Learn English With Griselda Series 1302 Flashcards

(24 cards)

1
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Disparate role

A

Completely different

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Savvy

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Knowledgeable
So you have knowledge to make the right decisions

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3
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Ruthless

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Without mercy
Like cruel, demanding, that type of person

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4
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Get by
Phrasal verb

A

To manage to deal with a difficult situation, using whatever money, equipment, etc. you have

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5
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“Get by” until you can stands on your own feet

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Get by - To be able to survive, to pay our bills, to eat
Stands on her own feet - until she’s able to fully support herself and her family by herself

Become independent

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6
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If you don’t give a fuck?

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You don’t care
It doesn’t matter who buys that one kilo
Just need to sell it

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7
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You Colombian?

A

He doesn’t say “ are you Colombian?”
Grammar speaking
Cut auxiliary verb

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Good ear

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He understands easily
He was able to listen to her and figure out that she was from Colombia

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9
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I keim-“ere”
Native English pronunciation

A

I came here

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10
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Caddy

A

Short form Cadillac

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11
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Cocaine is sourced from Caquetá

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That it was obtained there
Here is used like verb To be sourced
A source is a place where you get it

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12
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Smuggle the cocaine

A

To bring illegally

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13
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Pain in the ass
Pain in the neck

A

You are annoying

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14
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30 “grand”

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It’s slang for money
30 grand is 30,000

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15
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When she talks about her business she says that it
“Run on volumes”

A

Large quantity
To run in the context of business means to operate

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16
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Aight
Fast American speech

17
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Whad-am-ai gonna do

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So “what am I going to do “ with one ki?
Connecting speech

18
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Blend in

A

Become a part of the surrounding
She means that it’s difficult to be accepted

19
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Stick out like a sore thumb

A

If anyone’s ever, like slammed their thumb in a door
It gets all red at the end of it

20
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Get stuck on

A

Insecurities
Block her or prevent her from doing what she needs to do
Or
Physically not be able to move
You can’t think

21
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To make it

A

To achieve success, to become successful

22
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She says, I don’t think “I would have made it” anywhere with insecurities

A

Perfect conditionals
It’s usually used in combination with the third conditional
If I had done something, I would have made it

23
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Voluptuous

A

Well-shaped woman like an hourglass
Similar to curvaceous

24
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Dumb