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Instituto Cervantes 04_01A Flashcards

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  1. What are the names of the types of commillas?
  2. What order do use the commillas?
  3. Where are the comillas?: Antonio said to me: “What a ‘banger’ Julián has bought for himself”.
  4. Usually = normalmente o usualmente and why?
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  1. las comillas angulares («»), las inglesas (“”) las simples(‘’)
  2. angulares -> inglesas -> simples
  3. «Antonio me dijo: “Vaya ‘cacharro’ que se ha comprado Julián”»
  4. Both correct, but NORMALMENTE suena más natural
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What are the uses of quote marks (6)

  1. Use in serious printed texts
  2. Use in novels
  3. Use re specific words
    4a. How indicate title of book?
    4b. How indicate tilte of article, chapter or poem
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  1. To frame text quoted + if several paras use at beg and end.
  2. To frame the thoughts of the character in 1st person
  3. To show the word = improper + rude + comes from another language + is used ironically + has a special meaning
    4a. In italics, if text not or vica versa
    4b. in quote marks
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1a. loc vb - ir + camino + struct = means?
1b. This dinner is on its way to becoming a disaster.
1c. Why that become vb re things?
1d. How does that become vb apply re people?
1e. Why not hacerse?
1f. How hacerse apply to people?

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1a. ir camino de + inf = to be on its way to + inf
1b. Esta cena VA CAMINO DE + VOLVERSE un desastre.
1c. volverse + adj + N = SUDDEN + INVOLUNTARY + longlasting (duradero) change
1d. Duradero + ECON SITUATION + attitude + personality.
1e hacerse + adj + N = SLOW+ VOLUNTARY + longlasting change -> caraceristics + weather+ natural phenomena
1f. Duradero + ECON SITUATION + job + ideology

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3a. The args DON´T HOLD WATER, it´s clear that the accused is guilty.
1. un POLO NECK jersey (2x)
2. insulation (N) -> to insulate (eg in walls)
1a. You OWN your house or rent? (what use of adj?)
4a. The Queen HERSELF admits that they were wrong. (what use of adj?)

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3a. Los argumentos CAEN POR SU PROPIO PESO, está claro que el acusado es culpable.
1. un jersey de cuello alto + cuello vuelto
2. el aislamiento -> aislar
1a. Tu casa es PROPIO o alquilada (to indicate ownership)
4a. La PROPIA reina admite que se equivocaron (to emphasis N)

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What are the 4 uses of PROPIO (adj)?

1a. Use re a person?
2a. Use re person or thing?
3a. Use re arangement?
4b. Use in giving colour to a sentence?
2b. Acne is a TYPICAL problem FOR adolescents
3b. 40 years ago it was THE DONE THING for women to stay at home

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1a. posesión o propiedad, que pertenece a alguien
2a. caracteristico, típico, peculia de cada persona o cosa
3a indicado, adequado, conveniente ALL = suitable, appropriate
4a enfatizar un sustantivo
2b. el acné es un problema PROPIO de los adolscentes
3b. hace 40 años LO PROPIO era que la mujer se quedase en casa

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What mean these PROPIO phrases? (not exact)

  1. propio + amor = means?
  2. asumir + propio = means?
  3. caer + propio = means?
  4. nombre + propio = means?
    2a. Juan took the credit for Maria’s work (an eg of 2)
    4a. My own father taught me to drive. (eg 4th use)
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  1. amor propio = self love
  2. asumir como propio = to take + adopr for one’s own
  3. caer por sus propio peso = to not hold water + withstand scrutiny
  4. nombre propio = proper N eg Chus
    2a. Juan asumió como propi el crédito por el trabajo que hizo María
    4a. Fue mi propio padre que me enseño a conducir
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1a. How use rebasar** **de + X + para + inf struct?
2a. How use pasar de + X + a + Y struct?
1b. With his statements he crossed the line from criticism to move onto a frontal attack. (clue: move on to = ord vb)
2b. When he got to uni, he went from being a shy and fearful (or skittish) kid to** being **the life of the party

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1a. to indicate to go from X to Y + do this without permission (exceeding som limit)
2a. to indicate a go from X to Y + X and Y are very different (or opposites).
1a. Con sus declaraciones rebasó la linea de la critica para + pasar al ataque frontal.
2a. Cuando llegó a la universidad, pasó de ser un niño timido y asustadizo a ser el alma de la fiesta

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1a. It is no longer conceived as a version of seclusion, but as a form of exhibition.
1b. No longer + X, but structure? When use?
2. It´s a society based on the rule of law.
3. It can gradually disappear without us noticing it (loc prep)
4. He threw the ball so hard that it went over the stands of the football stadium. (why chose that vb? What subtlety does it add?)

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1a. Ya no se concibe como una variante del recogimiento, sino como una forma de exhibición
1b. Ya no… , sino = no longer … but (use to counterpose ideas)
2. Esta es una sociedad basada en el estado de derecho
3. puede desaparecer poco a poco sin lo percibimos
4. Lanzó la pelota con tanto fuerza que rebasó las gradas del estadio de fútbol. (rebasar -> to go beyond, some kind of limit sin permiso)

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  1. the treatment of blind people (-> blindness) (fml)
  2. other countries in the region (explain use of N)
  3. that starts from the climate we have been given, [vb] from the way we live (clue: think starting a car)
  4. You appeal to that. (vb)
    5a. We go on and on about it (loc vb)
    5b. to broadcast (alt to loc vb, fig not lit meaning)
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  1. el tratamiento de los invidentes -> invidencia
  2. otros países del entorno (entorno N = environment + surroundings)
  3. que arranca del clima que nos ha sido dado, arranca de la manera de vivir,
  4. Usted apela a eso. (apelar a)
    5a. Le damos mucho eco (darle mucho eco a algo)
    5b. difundir** + **divulgar = to tell everybody, ie broadcast
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  1. or when a case of corruption comes to light (clue: think come to the surface)
  2. We flog ourselves with what goes wrong (clue: think turn out, not ir)
  3. It´s something inherent to the spanish (loc vb)
  4. many of the things that people do not know (vb, as in haven’t learnt)
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  1. o cuando aflora un caso de corrupción (aflorar)
  2. nos flagelamos con lo que sale mal
  3. Es algo consustancial al español (es consustancial a algo = to be an integral part of s.th)
  4. muchas de las cosas la gente desconoce (desconocer = to not know)
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  1. The stories of some films go beyond the limits of reality.
    2a. According to the experts the food has become an attraction (ie lure) for clients
    2b. why that vb to become?
    2c. how that become vb apply to things?
    2d. how that become vb apply to people?
  2. Which other become vb implies outcome of a slow process?
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  1. Las historias de algunas peliculas rebasa los limites de la realidad
    2a. Según los expertos, la comida se ha convertido en un reclamo para los clientes
    2b. convertirse en + N = longlasting change + quick + involuntary + radical
    2c. things = its function + natural and social phenomen
    2d. people = physical aspect eg blind + profession
  2. llegar a ser** - **slow
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  1. bookend (N, eg at end of a shelf of books)
    2a. This bookends a period of my life which started with K and ended with M (clue: not use same word in Spanish)
    2b. This rounds off (or wraps up) a period of my life
  2. shelf -> bookshelf
  3. It has had a reputation as a tax haven for decades (vb = negative metaphorical meaning)
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  1. sujetalibro
    2a. Este enmarca un periodo de mi vida que comenzó con K y terminó con M (enmarcar)
    2b. Este remata un periodo de mi vida … (rematar)
  2. estante -> estanteria
  3. arrastra desde hace décadas la fama de paraíso fiscal.
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  1. the Ukranian player has withdrawn from the X (loc vb)
  2. I do not feel like** a **second-class creature
  3. Mariya signed with Real Madrid at the start of this year (loc vb = to sign with/transfer to, sport)
  4. didn’t grant a visa to 7 representatives of that country
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  1. La jugadora ucraniana ha renunciardo a participar en el X
  2. no sentirme una criatura de segunda
  3. Mariya fichó a principios de este año por el Real Madrid (fichar por el X)
  4. no otorgó el visado a los siete representantes de este país
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Maneras para rectificar o matizar una información (1 of 3)

1a. While it is true**… **we can’t [do X]
2a. It may be true that**…. **but it is also true …
1a. While it is true that** the crisis is worsening Spain’s image, **we cannot say that it is the only explanation.
2a. It may be true that we do not know our history, but it is also true that corruption has done …

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1a. Si bien es verdad que…. , no podemos [+ inf]
2a. A lo mejor es cierto que… , pero también es verdad que …
1a. Si bien es verdad que** la crisis agrava la imagen de España, **no podemos decir que sea la única explicación
2a. A lo mejor es cierto que no conocemos nuestra historia, pero tambien es verdad que la corrupción ha hecho …

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Maneras para rectificar o matizar una información (2 of 3)
1a. It’s not that**… **it’s …
2a. It’s not that** + vb tense … **but rather ….
3a It’s not that + there aren’t**… **what happens is ….
2a. It is not that the image changes, but rather that X is added

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1a. No es eso… es (or son) …
2a. No es que… , sino que …
3a. No es que + no haya** … **lo que pasa es que …
2b. No es que cambie la imagen, sino que se van añadiendo X

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Maneras para rectificar o matizar una información (3 of 3)

1a. It’s less a question of**… **than of …
2a. Not only**… **but also …
1b. It is less a question of disappointment with X than of NOT KNOWING (N) one’s OWN history (clue - recently learnt way to express possession of sth)
2b. Rafa Nadal not only does Marca España when he wins, but also when he loses.

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1a. _Es menos una cuestión d_e … que de_ …
2a. _No solo… sino también_ …
1b. _Es menos una cuestión de decepción con X que de_ desconocimiento de la propia historia
2b. Rafa Nadal _no solo hace Marca España cuando gana, _sino también_ cuando pierde

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What is a locución?

  1. I didn’t find any serious errors, just the odd one or two, but they can be corrected. (loc pronominal)
  2. I bought second hand clothes (loc. adj)
  3. The criminal shot him at point blank range without saying a word (loc. adv)
  4. There was a mistake in ticket sales and I was in between** (or **in the middle of) a couple of people (loc. prep) (Clue: re was, as in to be located)
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Group of words + stable unit = single meaning (more than sum of the words)

  1. No encontré ningún error grave, solo alguno que otro, pero que pueden corregirse
  2. Me compré ropa de segunda mano
  3. El delincuente le disparó A QUEMARROPA sin mediar palabra alguna
  4. Hubo un error en la venta de entradas y me quedé en medio de una pareja

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