General stuff - 1 Flashcards

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In the middle of nowhere

Miguel - Jan 2025

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En media de la nada

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Sparrow

Miguel - Jan 2025

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un gorrión

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It’s taking shape

Miguel - Jan 2025

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Está cogiendo forma

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a refund

Miguel - Jan 2025

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un reembolso

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to refund / reimburse

Miguel - Jan 2025

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reembolsar

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woodworm

Miguel - Jan 2025

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la carcoma

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It has been foggy all week

Miguel - Dec 2024

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Ha habido niebla durante toda la semana

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It has been drizzling off and on

Miguel - Dec 2024

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Ha estado lloviznando a ratos

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sediment / dregs (e.g. wine, coffee)

Miguel - Dec 2024

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un poso

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large crowd

Miguel - Dec 2024

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un multitudinario

Also adjective, with variable end

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a saying

Miguel - Dec 2024

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Un dicho

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a sloppy, careless or unkempt person

Miguel - Dec 2024

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un dejado

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Flash card

Miguel - Dec 204

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una ficha

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Jack of all trades, master of none

Miguel - Dec 2024

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Oficial de todo, maestro de nada

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plaster (material on wall)

Miguel - Dec 2024

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el yeso

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to plaster (e.g. a wall, ceiling)

Miguel - Dec 2024

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enlucir

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plasterer

Miguel - Dec 2024

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el yesereo

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you keep the score (keep count)

Miguel - Dec 2024

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tu llevas la cuenta

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When does Easter fall?

Miguel - Nov 2024

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¿Cuándo cae la Pascua?

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The temperatures have fallen

Miguel - Nov 2024

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Las temperaturas cayeron

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I stopped by the shop

Miguel - Nov 2024

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Pasé por la tienda

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He’s a nice guy when you get to know him

Miguel - Nov 2024

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Es un tipo muy agradable una vez que lo conoces

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I should have gone

Miguel - Oct 2024

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Debería haber ido

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the last straw

Miguel - Oct 2024

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la última gota que colmó el vaso

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To have a bad streak ## Footnote Miguel - Oct 2024
Llevar una mala racha Tener una mala racha
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hub-bub ## Footnote Miguel - Oct 2024
parloteo, balbuceo (bullicio es más fuerte)
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zipwire ## Footnote Miguel - Sep 2024
la tirolina
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to go backpacking ## Footnote Miguel - Aug 2024
ir de mochilera
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heat stroke ## Footnote Miguel - Aug 2024
el golpe de calor
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hen house / chicken house | Pollito Tito
un gallinero
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A terrifying article with a terrifying title / headline | Pollito Tito
un artículo aterrador con un título aterrador
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I have to warn everyone | Pollito Tito
¡Tengo que advertirle a todos! | También: avisarle (to tell, warn, advise)
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She is returning **from** the supermarket
Ella está volviendo **del** supermercado.
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Really? How do you know? I saw it on the Internet! Goodness, then it must be correct! | Pollito Tito
“¿En serio? ¿Cómo lo sabes?” “¡Lo vi en internet!” “¡Dios mío! ¡Debe ser cierto!”
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The cave is empty. The glass is empty.
La cueva está vac**í**a. El vaso está vac**í**o. | Note stress on the 'i'
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But I'll tell you one thing .... (say one thing to you) | Pollito Tito
Pero te diré una cosa ...
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One by one (as in single file) | Pollito Tito
uno por uno
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out dated / out of fashion | Miguel
pasado de modo (anticuado)
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circular (ornate) window
el rosetón
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stained glass window
la vidriera
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mural (wall painting)
el mural
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to refurbish They refurbished the room
remodelar Remodelaron la habitación
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the refurbishment
la remodelación
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Compare: está lista With: esta lista
está lista - he/she/it is ready esta lista - this list
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through the keyhole ## Footnote Los tres cerditos
a través de la cerradura
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The wolf knocked on the door of the house made of bricks ## Footnote Los tres cerditos
El lobo tocó la puerta de la casa hecha de ladrillo
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Then I'll huff, and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down ## Footnote Los tres cerditos
Entonces soplaré y soplaré y derrumbaré tu casa
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to feel the sun on your skin and the wind in your face ## Footnote Juan - podcast
sentir el sol en la piel y el viento en la cara…
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I have just discovered the meaning of life ## Footnote Juan - podcast
Acabo de descubrir el sentido de la vida…
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the anchor
la ankla
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a moment
un momento / momentito
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in a tick (moment) ## Footnote Miguel
en un periquete
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in a flash (moment) ## Footnote Miguel
en un pispás
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the blink of an eye (short time) ## Footnote Juan - podcast
un abrir y cerrar de ojos ## Footnote Miguel comment: formal(ish), old fashioned; literary
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to pour | As in 'a drink'
escanciar / servir ## Footnote Helí - sobre la sidra
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on a diet I am on a diet ## Footnote Helí
a dieta Estoy a dieta
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one mile / five miles
una milla / cinco millas
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Thank goodness
Menos mal
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I didn't feel like staying at home ## Footnote Juan - Esto no basta podcast - 280225
No tenía ganas de quedarme en casa
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to take a stroll / wander around ## Footnote Juan - Esto no basta - 280225
Dar un paseo / dar una vuelta
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It has a natural look (aspect) ## Footnote Juan - Esto no basta - 280225
Tiene un aspecto natural
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I am going / walking (climbing) up a hill ## Footnote Juan - Esto no basta - 280225
Estoy subiendo una cuesta
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I was going to go to get a haricut ..... going to go to the hairdresser | Miguel says: correct and very common ## Footnote Juan - Esto no basta - 280225
Iba ir a cortarme el pelo ... iba ir al peluquero
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What was I saying? ## Footnote Juan - Esto no basta - 280225
¿Qué estaba diciendo?
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I have bad news ## Footnote Juan - Esto no basta - 280225
Tengo malas noticias
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While I walk I speak in Spanish to myself. I have conversations with myself ## Footnote Juan - Esto no basta - 280225
Mientras camino hablo en español conmigo mismo. Tengo conversaciones conmigo mismo
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It's getting dark here ...... the sun sets very early here in winter ## Footnote Juan - Esto no basta - 280225
Está atardamiendo aquí .... aquí el sol se pone muy pronto en invierno
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Spit it out! ## Footnote Helí
¡Escúpelo!
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a hidden message ## Footnote Helí
un mensaje oculto
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'perfect storm' ## Footnote RNE / Miguel - Feb 2025
cóctel ideal / cóctel explosivo / tormenta perfecta
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metaphor ## Footnote Miguel - Feb 2025
una metáfora
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That's the worse excuse I have heard ## Footnote Miguel - Feb 2025
Esa es la peor excusa que he oído
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His excuse is that he did not do it on purpose ## Footnote Miguel - Feb 2025
Su excusa es que no lo hizo a propósito | More formal: deliberadamente
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to go wrong ## Footnote Miguel - Feb 2025
ir mal
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In Friday / weekend mode ## Footnote Miguel - Feb 2025
En modo de viernes
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Solar panels ## Footnote Miguel - Feb 2025
las placas solares / los paneles solares
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audio clip ## Footnote Miguel - Feb 2025
fragmento de audio
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to be left alone on your own (e.g. in pub) to be left isolated (e.g. politically) ## Footnote Miguel - Feb 2025
quedarse solo
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to a greater or lesser extent ## Footnote RNE
en mayor o menor medida
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without warning ## Footnote RNE
sin previo aviso
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when we least expect it ## Footnote RNE
cuando menos lo esperamos
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leaving to one side ## Footnote RNE
dejando a un lado
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I always thought that ..... ## Footnote RNE
Yo siempre pensé que ....
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it is necessary (using 'faltar') ## Footnote Helí
Hace falta (Hacer falta - to be necessary)
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I need you (using falta) | Can be 'practical' or 'romantic' ## Footnote Helí
Me haces falta
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Can you lend me a hand? ## Footnote Miguel
¿Me puedes dar una mano? ¿Me puedes echar una mano?
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Can you keep an eye (on this) for me? ## Footnote Miguel
¿Me puedes echar un ojo?
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almost I slipped and almost fell ## Footnote Helí / Oxford dictionary
por poco Resbalé y por poco me caigo.
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He fainted ## Footnote Helí
Él desmayó
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to lock up ## Footnote Helí
encerrar
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to release / free / liberate ## Footnote Helí
Liberar
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to turn red / blush ## Footnote Helí
enrojercerse
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carpet (wall to wall) ## Footnote Helí
la moqueta
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I'm a bit down in the dumps ## Footnote Vicente - Tapas
Estoy un poco de capa caída
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Fill a gap (stave off hunger till mealtime) ## Footnote Vicente - Tapas
Matar el gusanillo (Comer algo pequeño para calmar el hambre hasta la comida principal)
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To do something on the sly ## Footnote Vicente - Tapas
Hacer algo “a escondidas” (Hacer algo sin que los demás lo sepan o en secreto)
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Something came to my mind ## Footnote Vicente - Tapas
Se me vino a la cabeza una cosa
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I'm going to have a snack - I need to stave off hunger ## Footnote Vicente - Tapas
Me voy a picar algo - necesito matar el gusanillo
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a slice (circular e.g. of chorizo) ## Footnote Vicente - Tapas
una rodaja
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It is delicious ## Footnote Vicente - Tapas
Está de rechupete
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The astronauts are made of different stuff
Los astronautas están hechos de otra pasta Las astronautas están hechas de otra pasta
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The news caught us all by surprise. Nobody was expecting it. ## Footnote Juan - R3D29
La noticia nos pilló a todos por sorpresa. Ninguno se lo esperaba.
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relaxed ## Footnote Miguel - March 2025
relejado | Remember: casado, enfadado etc (so relejado not relejante)
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Can you keep an eye on it for me? ## Footnote Miguel - March 2025
¿Me puedes echar un ojo?
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Can you lend me a hand? Can you give me a hand? ## Footnote Miguel - March 2025
¿Me puedes echar una mano? ¿Me puedes dar una mano?
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To refuse to do something vs To deny something ## Footnote Miguel - March 2025
negarse hacer algo negar algo
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As soon as I can ## Footnote Miguel - March 2025
Tan pronto como pueda
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I hadn't thought of that / That hadn't occurred to me ## Footnote Miguel - March 2025
No había caido en eso
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To fly (pilot) a plane ## Footnote Miguel - March 2025
Pilotar
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Is something wrong / has something happened? (Is something wrong with the brakes?) ## Footnote Miguel - March 2025
¿Te pasa algo? ¿Pasa algo con las frenas?
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a small heater (table top or under table) with a hook ## Footnote Helí
un braserillo (con un gancho)
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embers / hot coals ## Footnote Helí
las ascuas (embers) las brasas (hot coal / charcoal)
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where there was love, embers remain ## Footnote Helí
donde hubo amor quedan las ascuas
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A man of proverbs is wise and accurate ## Footnote Helí
hombre refranero, sabio y certero
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Its bark is worse than its bite ## Footnote Helí
Perro ladrador poco mordador
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We all make mistakes ## Footnote Helí
Él que tiene boca, se equivoca
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If you don't ask (nag), you don't get | More insistent than asking: 'nag away' ## Footnote Helí
Él que no llorar, no mama | mamar = to breastfeed: he who doesn't cry won't get breastfed
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fringe ## Footnote Helí
el flequillo
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Appearances can be deceptive Don't judge a book by its cover ## Footnote Helí
El hábito no hace el monje | Lo que vemos por fuera no define a una persona
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tremendous, enormous, dreadful ## Footnote Helí
tremendo/a | Adjective
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teenage years ## Footnote Helí
la edad de pavo
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they don't speak to each other ## Footnote Helí
no se dirigen la palabra
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to frisk / search (by police) ## Footnote Helí
cachear (La policía cachea a los pasajeros)
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fieldwork ## Footnote Helí
trabajo de campo
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footpath / trail ## Footnote Helí
el camino
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to go (serious) hiking ## Footnote Helí
ir / hacer de caminata | More serious hike e.g. for exercise, not with children
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to go for a countryside walk ## Footnote Helí
hacer una excursion | more relaxed than 'ir de caminata' - e.g. leisurely, with family, picnic
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a challenge, duel, dare, test ## Footnote Helí
un desafío
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It appears very good / has a good aspect | It / he / she ## Footnote Helí
¡Tiene muy buena pinta!
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It appears very bad / has a bad aspect | It / he / she ## Footnote Helí
¡Tiene muy mala pinta!
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No sooner said than done ## Footnote Helí
Dicho y hecho
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pips (e.g. grape) ## Footnote Helí
las pepitas
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to remove a stone (from fruit) ## Footnote Helí
deshuesar (quitar el hueso)
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a handful (WR)
un puñado
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low maintenance My garden is low maintenance ## Footnote WR
de poco mantenimiento Mi jardín es de poco mantenimiento
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deck of cards cut the deck of cards to shuffle the deck of cards ## Footnote U3A / WR
una baraja cortar la baraja barajar
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playing card ## Footnote WR
la carta / el naipe
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suit (of playing cards) clubs - spades - hearts - diamonds ## Footnote U3A / WR
el palo bastos - espadas - corazones - diamantes (oros)
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seaweed
alga marina
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rhubarb ## Footnote U3A / WR
el ruibarbo
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it is what it is ## Footnote Helí
el lo que hay
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a gap in the market ## Footnote Helí
un hueco en el mercado
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he was mad ## Footnote Helí
estaba mal de cabeza
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