Nacho Flashcards
(98 cards)
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Surgió algo
A
Something come up
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Impidiéndole
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Preventing her from -ing
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Domiciliación bancaria
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Direct debit
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Cuenta corriente
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A current account
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Negaron que su hijo robara el dinero
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They denied their son stealing the money
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Les hubiera gustado que su hijo robara el dinero
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They would like their son to steal the money
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Una celebración única
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A one-off celebration
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Quejarse
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To whine, to complain
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Me quedé sin dinero, así que estoy arruinado
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I ran out of money, soy I am broke
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Estoy arruinado (2)
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I am broke, I am out of money
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Pare de leer para hacer la cena
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I stopped reading to make dinner
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Hacer la cena
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To make/ cook dinner= To get dinner/lunch ready
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Parar
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To stop= to come to a hault
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Duelo
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Mourning, bereavement
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Cementerio
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Graveyard, cementery
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Bautismo
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Christening, baptism
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Ni yo
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Nor/Neither + aux + subject
Ex: Nor have I
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Yo también
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And so + aux + subj
Ex: and so should I
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Pues yo si/no
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Well + subj + aux/auxn’t
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Pero no se quien si
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But + subj (nose quien) + aux/auxtn
Ex: but my father didn’t
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No ser consciente (2)
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Unconsious/ unaware
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Tener cuidado (2)
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Be careful/ beware of
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No es lo suficientemente atractivo
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He is not attractive enough = He is too ugly
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Nací en España
Nací en una familia rica
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I was born into Spain
I was born into a well-off family
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To carry/llevar
Bear/Bore/ born-borne
Da lugar a I born (me trajeron al mundo)
Ex con bear: you have to bear/keep in mind
I was born to a country at war
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Prescindir de algo
To do without something or someone= To dispense with something or someone
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Además de tal
In addition to
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Cansado de escribir
Tired OF writtING
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Además de escribir emails responde llamadas
In addition to writing emails he answer phone calls
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Estudio inglés para escribir mejor
I am studying English to write emails better
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Soy una persona de levantarme pronto
I am a morning person/ I am a early bird
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To go to bed early (sinónimo)
To have an early night
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A quien madruga dios le ayuda
The early bird catches the worm
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That’s right (sinónimo)
You got that right/ you bet
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Diferencia entre how long y how much time
Si pones delante “durante” y cuadra es how long
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Sustituir
To substitute (sub, abreviatura)
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Decir que estás enfermo
I reported on sick/off sick or I called in sick
Luis is off sick (está enfermo)
Estar en una baja: to be on a sick leave
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To have the right to
To be entitled to
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Son tanto tal como tal
No son ni tal ni cual
Either_or_
Neither_or_
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No pude ver el mobiliario (2)
I couldn’t see furniture
I could see no furniture
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Other vs another
Other es diferente
Another es lo mismo
Other – se utiliza para referirse a una cosa o a una persona que es diferente o distinta de una que ya se mencionó. Another – se utiliza para referirse a una persona o cosa adicional del mismo tipo de la que ya se mencionó.
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Like vs as
Like: comparación
As: identificación
Ej: I am telling you like a friend (no soy tu amigo) or I am telling you as a friend (soy tu amigo)
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Parecido
Alike/similar
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Similar
He looks + adj (look like = resemble = parecerse)
He seems + adj (seems to= appear to= parece que)
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Se nota (3)
You can tell that
It is clearly shown/understood
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Física, físico (físicamente), físico científico
Physics, physical, phisician
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Pronunciación college vs colleague
College (colich) instituto facultad
Colleague (colig) compañero
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Un amigo mío
A friend of mine/ hers
Some colleagues of my boyfriend
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No trabajo
I am off
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Dormir hasta tarde
A Lie-in, to oversleep
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Para quien trabajas?
No trabajo en este momento
Who do you work for?
I am not employed at the moment
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Mentally ill/ good mental head
Insane / sanity
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Employer vs employees
El que lo da/ los que trabajan
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Agencia de empleo
Tasa de desempleo
An employment agency
Unemployment rate
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Cuanta gente trabaja en Newbel
How many people does Newbel employ?
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Gastar dinero en
Spend money ON
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Pierdo mucho tiempo yendo al trabajo
I waste a lot of time commuting/ going to work
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Gasta mucho tiempo
Time-consuming
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Basura (5)
Garbage, trash, rubbish, litter, waste
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I have an opportunity (sinónimo)
I stood a chance
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Crisis en singular y plural
One crisis
Two crises
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Análisis en singular y plural
1 Analysis
2 analyses
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Pon el puño (para pinchar)
Give me a fist
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State vs estate
State: estado
Estate: finca, hacienda, herencia y se hacen combinaciones por ejemplo:
- the real estate (inmobiliaria)
- estate agents (agente inmobiliario)
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Singularia tantum and plural tantum
This news IS fantastic
These news I am bringing to you IS…
People have/are/ don’t like
Spanish people is (es una masa)
Spaniards are
A series of…/two series (siris) of
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At the moment (sinónimo)
At this time
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Diferenciar
Can you TELL a mandarine FROM orange?
You couldn’t TELL one FROM the other
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Barato
Cheap (connotación negativa)
Affordable or reasonably price (bien)
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Carretera
Motor way
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-on + consonante = se pronuncia con a
London (Landon)
My son (the san)
Monday (Manday)
A ton (tan)
Monkey
Money
Etc
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Raise vs rise
Levantar (put up) vs aumento (increase)
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Programme vs program
British vs American
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A medio día
At midday
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The faculty significado
British (building) vs American (staff)
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Maletero
Boot
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Carruaje
A carriage
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Baúl
Trunk
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Un viaje
One-way (American) vs single (British)
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Within
Inside an interval
Ex: within two weeks you will have finished the paper
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By
Ese día concreto
Ex: by the tenth of January the test would have been finished
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On
Usado para un día concreto en el calendario lo puedes poner con el dedo
Ex: on Monday / on November 27
No: on November SI: In November (no es un día concreto)
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At
At + time
Ex: at six o’clock
At this moment (no es medible sin duración)
In this moment (intervalo) Ex: I will tell you in a moment
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Me las apañaré para resolverlo
I will manage to solve my problem
You will get there
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Lo podemos hacer sobre la marcha
We can do it on the go
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Friki manitas (2)
Nerd, whizz
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Start/ doing urgently something
Get down to something/ - ing
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Buzón
Mail box
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Explicación:
-This is the hammer with which the woman hit the nails (no se puede omitir which)
-this is the hammer which the woman hit the nails with (aquí si podemos omitir which porque el with está al final)
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La gente a la que estás esperando (2)
The people for whom you are waiting
The people (who/whom/that) you are waiting for
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Difference between who and whom
Who (relative pronoun)= subj/obj
Whom= only as an object (+formal)
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Se ha quemado (2)
Get burn
Caught fire
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Cuando omitir that or which
No omitir cuando actúan de sujeto
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Fruit/suit/suitable (pronunciación)
Omitimos la i en la pronunciación
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The videocall came too late. I was waiting for it.
Otra forma: the videocall (which/that) I was waiting for, came too late
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Al mismo tiempo
At a time
Ex: I didn’t do them all at a time
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Conocer/ Ser consciente de
To be acquainted with
To be aware of
To know
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Te suena de algo
Does it bring a bell?
Does it sound familiar to you?
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Nóminal relative clauses
What= lo que (NO se puede cambiar por lo cual)
Which= ,lo que (se puede cambiar por lo cual)
Ex: I am going to explain what I told you about last class
Ex: Nacho told us that we are very smart, which we really appreciated
