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General (3) Flashcards

1
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bodyguard

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Guardaespaldas

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Blazer

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Americana

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Squat

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Estar en cuclillas

  • She’s squatting
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Egoísta

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Selfish

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5
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Cacerola

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Pot, saucepan

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Cubo (recipiente)

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Bucket, pail

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Préstamos

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Loan (loun)

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Impuestos municipales

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Council tax

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Distrito (londres o NY)

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Borough

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Arrendatario

Arrendador

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Tenant

Landlord/Landlady

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Contrato de arrendamiento

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Tenancy contract / Tenancy agreement

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Estafa o estafar

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Scam

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13
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Asciende a

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Amount to

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14
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Organizar una visita

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To arrange a viewing

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15
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Búsqueda de piso

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Flat hunting

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16
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Fianza

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Deposit

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17
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Aval/avalista

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Guarantor

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18
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Atrasos

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Arrears

- Mary had built up three months of arrears (Mary había acumulado tres meses de atrasos)

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19
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Cansarse, enfadarse

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Get tired, get angry

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20
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Hassle

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Engorro, molestia

  • Not to mention the hassle of commuting long distances
  • It’s worth the hassle (vale la pena la molestia)
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21
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Crop up

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Salir de la nada (like Appear suddenly)

- Problems started cropping up when we installed the new software.

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22
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Lista de deseos

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Wish list

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23
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End up

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Terminar, acabar haciendo algo (not finish)

- I skipped many classes and ended up dropping out (lo acabo dejando)

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Bitterly

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Extremadamente (frío) (bitter = amargo o amargado)

It was bitterly cold every day last week

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25
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Violencia de género

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gender-based violence

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Presumir (sobre)

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Boast about

Show off

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27
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Widespread

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Extendido, generalizado, diseminado

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Swiftly

Swift

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Rápidamente (quickly)

Rápido

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29
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Luto

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Mourning

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Asistir (al evento)

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go to the event

Attend the event

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31
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Agarrarse

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Hold on to

- To avoid accidents, hold on to the handrail while on the escalator

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Prejuicio

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Prejudice (prelludis)

- Barry has such a prejudice against women drivers that he won’t even get in the car if a woman is driving.

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33
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En parte, parcialmente

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Partly

- This shirt is partly made of cotton and partly of synthetic fibre.

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34
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Alabar, elogiar

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Praise

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35
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Aborto

Matrimonios del mismo sexo

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Abortion

Same sex marriage

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36
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Robo

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Robbery

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37
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Declararse en bancarrota

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Go bankrupt /bankrapt/

File for bankrupt

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38
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Despilfarrar

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Squander

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39
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Nómina

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Wage, salary, payroll

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40
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Activos (inmobiliarios), valor (advantage)

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Assets

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Pasivo (inmobiliarios), responsabilidad, carga, obligación, desventaja

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Liability (the opposite of asset)

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42
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Demandar (por)

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Sue (for)

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43
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Incumplimiento de contrato

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Breach or break of contract

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44
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Cumplir con, ceñirse

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Keep to

- This plan will work if we keep to it.

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45
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Bodega

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Winery

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46
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Pienso de animales

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Feed

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47
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Policy

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Política (hombre o regla), o póliza

Política como actividad es politics!

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48
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Soso (de sabor)

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Bland

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49
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Aceitoso

Salado

Picante

Amargo

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Oily, greasy

Salty

Spicy, hot

Bitter

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50
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Void

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Nulo, sin validez

Anular

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51
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Aguja

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Needle

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52
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Hectic

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Frenético (with a lot of action)

- Work at the shop was always hectic before Christmas

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53
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Sencillo

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Plain (sin adornos, sin condimentar)

  • The dress was plain, with no frills.
  • I like plain chips

Simple (sencillo)
- The solution is very simple: restart the computer.

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54
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Desordenada

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Messy (room o people) (the opposite of)

  • Paul grounded his son because his room was messy
  • The bookshelf was messy, with everything shelved in the wrong place
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55
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Mancha

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Stain (en ropa o en sentido figurativo)

- The affair was a stain on the politician’s reputation.

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56
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Spot

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Grano o manchas en la piel (por ej los gatos)

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57
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Binge

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Atracón (n)
- On rainy days, I like to have a movie binge.

Darse un atracón (v)

  • Yesterday I binged a series
  • When I’m feeling down, I binge on chocolate.

Emborracharse o darse un atracón de comer
- College students binging at parties has become a widespread problem

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58
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Lavandería

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Launderette /londret/

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59
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Quietly

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En voz baja
- Tom and Lucy were talking quietly, so as not to disturb Jean, who was still working.

Silenciosamente
- The children were reading quietly in their rooms

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60
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Murmurar

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Whisper

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61
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Cuesta

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Hill, slope

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62
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Medidas

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Measurement (de longitud, área, volumen)

Measure (prevención, precaución)
- The police took an important measure to reduce crime in the neighbourhood.

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63
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Báscula (de baño)

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Bathroom scale

64
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Derramar, verter

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Spill

- He spilled the cup of coffee on his shirt.

65
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Equivocarse

A

Get wrong

66
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Mesita

A

nightstand

67
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Shield (sb) from (sth)

A

Proteger a alguien de algo

- Nancy wants to shield her family from harm

68
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Settlement

Settle (on)

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Acuerdo, asentamiento

Llegar a un acuerdo, fijar, resolver

69
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Pelar

A

Peel

70
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Brillante

A

Shiny

71
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Pursuit

A

Búsqueda o actividad (hobby)

72
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Lead (to)

pasado led to

A

CON TO
Provocar
- The employee’s habitual tardiness led to his dismissal

Llevar o conducir a:
- This road leads to the forest.

SIN TO
Liderar, dirigir
- The chief inspector leads the investigation.
- The tour guide leads the people through the city.

73
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Pala (tool used for digging)

A

Spade /speid/

74
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Poner en peligro

A

Endanger

Put at risk

75
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Settle

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Resolver, acordar, llegar a un acuerdo

  • They settled their dispute peacefully
  • That’s settled then! (Está decidido)

Instalarse
- She eventually settled in New York.

Posarse, depositarse
- The dust settled on the cars after the winds blew it in. (va muy a menudo con dust)

76
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Influir en

Tener influencia en

A

The main factor that influences millennial’s behaviour..

The main factor that has an influence ON millennial’s behaviour..

77
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Enhance

A

Mejorar

- He enhanced his prospects of finding a job by getting a college degree

78
Q

Livelihood

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Sustento (financial support)

- Because of the recession Larry lost his job and his livelihood

79
Q

Rascarse o rascar

Rasguñón

A

Scratch

80
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Canvas

A

Lienzo, tela o lona

81
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Salir adelante, superar dificultades

A

Cope, overcome

82
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Presidir

A

Preside over, lead, head

Chair (presidir una reunión)

83
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Liquidar

A

Pay off

- They’ll pay off their debts

84
Q

A lo largo de

A

Throughout

  • Airplanes are landing throughout the day
  • The bells can be heard throughout the city
85
Q

Charco

A

Puddle /páadel/

86
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Pantano

A

Swamp /ssuomp/

87
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Estanque

A

Pond

88
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Ladera

A

Hillside

89
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Repartidor

A

Delivery man

90
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Tropezarse

A

Trip over, stumble

91
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Anciano

A

Elderly (adj)
-Their elderly grandmother can barely hear.

The elderly = la población anciana

92
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Gallo

Gallina

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Cork, rooster

Hen

93
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Upper

A

Superior o más alto

94
Q

Alojamiento

A

Accommodation

95
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Carbón

A

Coal

96
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Paja

A

Straw

97
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Paloma

A

Pigeon /pillin/

98
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Nearby

A

Próximo, cernano

99
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Tener la intención de

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Intend + to / intend -ing (same meaning)

  • I intend to start a new retail business in autumn 2021.
  • I intend starting a new retail business in autumn 2021
  • I intend to study hard this year
100
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Mentalidad, actitud

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Mindset

101
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Punto de control

A

Checkpoint

102
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Negligencia

A

Negligence

Malpractice

103
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Repaso

A

Recap

104
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Jubilado

Jubilarse

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Retired

To retired

105
Q

Anciano

Los ancianos

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Elderly

The elderly

106
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Appeal (n)

Appeal to sb for sth (v)

A

(n) atractivo, encanto
(v) atraer a
- It is the film’s intense love story that appeals to teenage girls

(v) solicitar, reclamar
- The state governors appealed to the President for help in stopping the riots.

107
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Fairly

A

Justamente, limpiamente

Más o menos
- Hopefully it’s fairly clear

108
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Es curioso!

A

It’s strange! it’s interesting!

109
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Desempleado

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Unemployed

110
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Indeciso

A

Hesitant

111
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Humilde

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Modest, humble

112
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Sobre

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Envelope

113
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Mug

A

Taza o atracar

114
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Sordo

A

deaf /def/

115
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Raza

A

Race (humana)

Breed (animal) also means “cruzar” or “reproducirse”

116
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Atragantarse

A

Choke

117
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Ahogarse

A

Drown

118
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Colchón

A

Mattress

119
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Raise

Rise

Arise

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Levantar algo (por acción propia normalmente), aumentar, recaudar.

  • Raise your hand if you have a question
  • The company raised everybody’s salary by 3%

Subir (no necesita complemente directo), normalmente sin ayuda externa, tb aumentar salarios

  • The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
  • House prices had risen quickly

Surgir (a partir de = from), presentarse, levantarse (una tormenta o de la cama)

  • The opportunity never arose.
  • She arose at 7:30 a.m. as usual.
  • Several complications arose from the surgery
120
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En curso, en desarrollo

A

Ongoing

121
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Attend

Attend to

A

Asistir a un evento
- Over two hundred people attended (the) meeting

To help sb
- Doctors tried to attend to the worst injured victims first.

To deal with sth
- I have many important matters to attend to.

122
Q

Store (n)

Store (v)

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(n) tienda, almacén, bodega

(v) guardar, almacenar

123
Q

Interruptor

A

on-off switch

124
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Sobrestimar

A

overrated (using passive voice)

- Big cities are overrated; they don’t compare to peaceful, quiet towns.

125
Q

Párpado

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Eyelide /ailid/

126
Q

Sonido molesto

A

Annoying sound

127
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repasar

A

look over, go over

check (revisar)

128
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Espesor

A

Thickness

- The thickness of the walls kept the house well insulated.

129
Q

Semáforo

A

Traffic light

- I yelled out “Stop!” just as she was about to drive through the red light. or —when the traffic light was red

130
Q

Yell out

A

Gritar

131
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Tear

A

Llorar, lágrimas (tristeza).

Rasgar, rasgadura
- He tore the page from the book.

132
Q

Hence

A

De ahí

- Your grammar is weak, hence the low mark I’ve given you.

133
Q

Desmontar

A

Take apart

- She was a good mechanic and could take an engine apart in less than three hours.

134
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a mano

A

By hand

135
Q

Paño de cocina

A

Tea towels /ti taul/

136
Q

Levantar tus manos

A

Lift your hand up

137
Q

Flood

A

Inundar, inundación

- The flood was caused by the river bursting its banks.

138
Q

Consejero

A

Counselor

139
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Manmade

A

hecho por el hombre, artificial, sintético

140
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Head

A

(n) cabeza
(adj) jefe
(v) dirigir (lead), guiar, ir o encaminarse

141
Q

Outline

A

(n) Contorno, perfil, borrador

(v) Resumir,

142
Q

worldwide

A

Mundial

- The worldwide shortage of rare metals is a threat to manufacturing.

143
Q

Coser

A

Sew /sou/

144
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Tailor

A

(n) sastre (=dressmaker)

(v) hacer a medida

145
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Meet

A

Conocer a alguien por primera vez
- We just MET. (Nos acabamos de CONOCER)

Reunirse

Quedar con alguien

Encontrarse por casualidad

146
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Presentar a alguien

A

Introduce

- Ana introduced us to her boyfriend.

147
Q

Solicitud

A

Application, request

148
Q

Plea

A

Súplica

149
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Cucaracha

A

cockroach

150
Q

Get on with

A

Ponerse con

- Don’t watch TV. Just get on with your homework!

151
Q

Do up

A

Repair or decorate a building so that it looks attractive

- Mike is doing up the house in order to sell it.

152
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Wear out

A

Agotar, desgastar (por cansancio o ser deteriorado)

  • Hard work will wear you out if you do not take breaks
  • If I use my toothbrush eight times a day, it will wear out quickly.
153
Q

Pick (sb or sth) up

A

Pasar a recoger algo o a alguien

154
Q

Outskirts

A

A las afueras

- Heathrow Airport lies on the outskirts of London.

155
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Idle (adj)

A

Inútil, ocioso, vago, sin usar, libre

- Fred liked to spend his idle time fishing in the creek behind his house

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