March-April Flashcards
(72 cards)
1
Q
sway
A
inclinar
2
Q
refrain
A
restringir
3
Q
tackle
A
enfrentar
4
Q
thrive
A
prosperar
5
Q
sitcoms
A
comedias/series
6
Q
rather
A
preferir
7
Q
furlough
A
despido temporal
8
Q
herald
A
anunciar
9
Q
hail
A
saludar
10
Q
ripped up
A
arrancar
11
Q
entrench
A
attitude difficult to change
12
Q
striving
A
esforzarse/luchar
13
Q
intersectionality
A
the way it combines, specially used for margined groups in the history
14
Q
shackles
A
used to confine legs and arms
15
Q
hallmark
A
mark of purity made of gold or silver
16
Q
shawl
A
worn by women on shoulders
17
Q
pitched
A
tirar
18
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nestled
A
to lie close to, like a nest
19
Q
mahogany
A
refers to the woods’ colours
20
Q
barrister
A
a lawyer
21
Q
vague
A
vago
22
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ramped up
A
allows to go up, like a ramp
23
Q
tipping point
A
climax, the point that decides
24
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to enable
A
to authorize, to allow, make possible
25
take for granted
dar por un hecho
26
fleeing
to escape, to vanish
27
shun
to avoid someone, evitarlo, alejarlo
28
erode
destroy slowly
29
superb
extremely good
30
slay
to kill
31
poked
to jab, to push with your finger
32
peddles
to carry to sell
33
geeser
viejo
34
whimsical
playful, unpredictable
35
center/centre
both correct; english/britain
36
sake of it
use to say "for the purpose of"
37
depletion
reduction of something, ""the depletion of resources"
38
nitwits
scatterbrained, despistado
39
dull
aburrido, desafilado
40
spruce
to make look clean
41
abode
home
42
trek
travel
43
bustling
full of energy
44
pixy (ish)
ish, meaning more or less.
45
latter
last mentioned, or to talk about a second option; "to illustrate the latter"
46
embodiment
personification/manifestation; a tangible or visible form of an idea, quality, or feeling.
47
upheld
to confirm, to support
48
to depict
to illustrate, to represent.
49
onlooker
spectator
50
attest
to certify, to serve as a clear evidence of something. Witnesses must attest and certify. Atestiguar
51
bow
in archery. arco
52
wield
to have and be able to use
53
lifelike
very similar to a person
54
carved
to cut on a hard material
55
stark
complete, absolute, sheer, utter
56
sheer
completely, right,
57
utter
complete, absolute
58
peer
look at something with difficulty, come into view. Sobresalir
59
Panacea
solution for all difficulties or diseases
60
factual
actually occurring, truthful, accurate
61
broadcast
to transmit, to disperse, related to radio and tv
62
resembles
have similarities with something (mostly appearance)
63
rearrange
to reorganize, most of the time into a better position
64
handicap
to impede, to be an obstacle
65
anachronistic
belonging or appropriate to an earlier period, especially so as to seem conspicuously old-fashioned.
66
allot (ted)
to assign
67
gulf
golfo
68
thwarting
to prevent
69
outmoded
old fashioned
70
odds
the chances, possibilities
71
cling
to hold tighly
72
altogether
in total, completely. Including everything. Taking everything in consideration. ie overall, all in all, on the whole, all things considered, in sum
