News Flashcards
(78 cards)
1
Q
Border
A
Franjas
2
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Overweight
A
Sobrepeso
3
Q
Sharp
A
Afilado
4
Q
Owl
A
Búho
5
Q
Bald
A
Calvo
6
Q
Accessible
A
Accesible
Asequible (approachable)
7
Q
Disorder
A
Trastorno
8
Q
Skier
A
Esquiador/a
9
Q
Cliff
Steep
A
Acantilado
10
Q
Amazing
A
Alucinante
11
Q
Spinal cord
A
Médula espinal
12
Q
To vent
A
Desahogar
13
Q
Copy and paste
A
Cortar y pegar
14
Q
Draft
A
Borrador
15
Q
Recruit
A
Reclutar
16
Q
Fall by her own weight
A
Caer por su propio peso
17
Q
I’m overwhelmed with work
A
Estoy desbordada de trabajo
Estoy hasta arriba de trabajo
18
Q
Strengths and weaknesses
A
Fuertes y debilidades
19
Q
Roof
A
Tejado
20
Q
Deluge
A
Diluvio
21
Q
The top right-hand side/part
A
En la parte superior derecha
22
Q
At the bottom;
At the end
A
En el fondo;
Al fondo
23
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Thoroughly;
Step on it (max speed)
A
A fondo;
Pisa a fondo
24
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To suggest going
A
Decir de ir
Proponer/sugerir ir
25
To deny;
To refuse
Negar;
Negarse a + infinitive
26
What day is it? It’s Friday. (Only days)
It’s January.
A que día estamos?
Estamos a viernes.
Estamos en enero.
27
I was sick the next day
Al día siguiente estuve enferma.
28
We’ll meet at about 1 o’clock
Nos veremos sobre la una.
29
At dawn; sunrise; sunset
Al alba; amanecer; anochecer
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At night
De noche
Por la noche
31
Breach, opening
Brecha
32
Complaint
Reclamo
33
To suffer from, endure
Padecer
34
To raise (the prices of); to commend (the work)
Encarecer (los precios/la labor)
35
Exchange gap
Brecha cambiaría
36
Cutbacks, reduction (finance)
Recorte
37
Overcome, unblock, overcome (situation)
Destrabar
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I went to the top of
Fuiste hasta lo alto de/la parte superior de
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Of course
Desde luego
40
Again, return
De vuelta
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To exchange, trade
Canjear
42
It’s done neatly
Se haga de modo prolijo
43
To discard
Descartar (se)
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Bring closer together, herald;
To approach
Avecinar
Avecinarse
45
Bring closer together, herald;
To approach
Avecinar
Avecinarse
46
To bet
Apostar
47
To burst
Reventar
48
To sweep to victory; triumph
To raze
Arrasar
(En las elecciones)
49
To take off (economy); unstick
Despegar
50
Sumido en una crisis
Plunged/sunk in a crisid
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To repeal, abolish, revoke
Derogar
52
Officials; civil servants
Funcionario
53
Narrow;
Tight (fitting)
Estrecha
54
To go through
Traspasar
55
To write, draw up
Redactar
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The law covers
La ley Abarca
57
Behind/backward
Rezagado
58
As a whole/overall
En su conjunto
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Passed, overtaken
Rebasada
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Succinctly
Escueto/a
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carries out
llevar a cabo
62
opinion
dictamen
63
high ranking
alto rango
64
protection, refuge
amparo
65
to scare, instill fear
amedrentar a alguien o con un perro
66
Expansion
Ampliación
67
To seize (fear, property)
Apoderarse de
(Fear gripped me;
Seized property)
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Disrupt, ruin
Desbaratar
69
To weigh the options
Sopesar las opciones
70
Efficient, effective
Eficaz
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To discover, find
Hallar
72
To access, agree
Acceder
73
Procedure
Tramite
74
Regulatory burden
Carga regulatoria
75
Requirement
Requisito
76
Record
Expediente, archivo
77
Audit
AuditorIa
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