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Set 6 Flashcards

1
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escrutador/escrutadora, escudriñador/escudriñadora

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scrutinizing

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escudriñar algo, busconear algo

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to scrutinize something (examine closely)

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hacer el escrutinio de algo, escrutar algo

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to scrutinize something (count something - eg ballots)

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4
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el examen, el escrutinio

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the scrutiny (close examination)

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el escrutinio, la mirada escudriñadora

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the scrutiny (searching look)

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6
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soportar escrutinio, soportar análisis adecuado

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to bear scrutiny

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7
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sandunguero/sandunguera, oscilante, bamboleante

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swaying (adjective)

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el sandungueo, el remeneo

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the swaying (of hips)

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el sandungueo, el vaivén, el balanceo, la oscilación, el contoneo, el bamboleo

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the swaying (general - swaying motion)

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el vaivén, el balanceo, la oscilación

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the sway (swaying movement)

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el dominio, la influencia, el influjo, el ascendiente

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the sway (influence)

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12
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balancearse, bambolearse, mecerse, tambalearse, oscilar, zarandearse

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to sway (4th is clumsily, 5th is of a building)

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13
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menear algo, mecer algo, bambolear algo

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to sway something

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14
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influir en algo, influenciar algo/a alguien, mover algo/alguien, persuadir a alguien, influir a alguien

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to sway something/someone (influence something/someone)

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15
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dominar algo, tener influencia sobre algo

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to hold sway over something

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16
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el hielo seco

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the dry ice (ice itself - in refrigeration)

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17
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el vapor de hielo seco

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the dry ice (smoke from dry ice)

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18
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el que las hace las paga; el que siembra vientos recoge tempestades; recoges lo que siembras; cosecharás tu siembra; lo que se siembra se cosecha; donde las dan, las toman; cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos

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what goes around comes around (karma saying)

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19
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todo lo que sube tiene que bajar

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what goes around comes around (things will come full circle), what goes up must come down

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20
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dejar atónito/atónita a alguien, pasmar a alguien, dejar estupefacto/estupefacta a alguien, asombrar a alguien, sorprender a alguien

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to astound someone

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21
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pasmado/pasmada, atónito/atónita, estupefacto/estupefacta, asombrado/asombrada, espantado/espantada

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astounded

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22
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sorprendente, asombroso/asombrosa, pasmoso/pasmosa

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astounding

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23
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asombrosamente, extraordinariamente, sorpresivamente

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astoundingly (1st and 2nd are impressively, 3rd is surprisingly)

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24
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el saludito, el saludo, la mención, el agradecimiento, el reconocimiento

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the shout-out

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25
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gritar algo, vociferar algo, decir algo en voz alta

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to shout out something

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26
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establecer límites, poner límites, fijar límites

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to set boundaries

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27
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el resurgimiento, el renacimiento

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the regrowth

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28
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recién crecido/recién crecida

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regrown, recently grown

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29
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crecer nuevamente, volver a crecer

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to regrow

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30
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volver a crecer, volver a salir

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to grow back

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31
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la trufa

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the truffle (chocolate or mushroom)

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32
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trufado/trufada

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truffle (adjective), truffle-stuffed (savory or sweet)

33
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los escombros, el escombro

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the rubble (bits of brick/stone from something destroyed)

34
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la piedra, la piedra rústica

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the rubble (stone fragments used for decoration)

35
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en grupo

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in a group, en masse, together

36
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el monóculo

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the monocle

37
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las esposas, los grilletes

A

the manacles

38
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esposar a alguien

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to manacle someone, to handcuff someone, to cuff someone, to wed someone

39
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engrilletar a alguien, encadenar a alguien, aprisionar a alguien, ponerle grilletes a alguien, ponerle grillos a alguien

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to shackle someone (literal - put shackles on)

40
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coartar algo/a alguien

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to shackle someone (figurative - restrict someone), to limit something, to restrict something

41
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los grilletes, los grillos, las cadenas, las prisiones

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the shackes (literal restraints)

42
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las trabas, las cadenas

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the shackles (figurative restraints)

43
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molestar a alguien, hacerle enojar a alguien

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to roil someone (make someone angry)

44
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agitarse, enturbiarse

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to roil (move turbulently)

45
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enturbiar algo

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to roil something (stir up sediment in something - eg water), to muddy something (roil something), to cloud something (roil something), to mar something, to make something turbid, to make something muddy, to spoil something

46
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enturbiarse

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to roil (move turbulently), to become cloudy, to become muddy, to become marred (figurative), to turn sour (figurative), to become confused (become unclear)

47
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la experimentación

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the experimentation, the testing, the experience (knowledge), the experimenting

48
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la agitación, el batido

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the churning (act of churning; 1st is general, 2nd is for butter)

49
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la rotación excesiva, la pérdida de clientes, la fuga de clientes

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the churning (in finance - excessive trading)

50
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agitado/agitada, revuelto/revuelta

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churning (agitated)

51
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la mantequera

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the churn (device for churning), the butter dish

52
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la lechera, el tarro de leche (Río de la Plata), la cantina de leche (Colombia), el tarro

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the churn (milk container)

53
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batir algo, hacer algo

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to churn something (food - 1st is for cream and butter, 2nd is only for butter)

54
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agitar algo, revolver algo

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to churn something (agitate something)

55
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arremolinarse, agitarse, revolverse

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to churn (intransitive - last is of the sea or a stomach, rest are general)

56
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ídem, igual, también, lo mismo, iguanas ranas (México)

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ditto (all are spoken, 1st is also written)

57
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el signo ídem, idem, las comillas

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ditto (written ditto mark)

58
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repetir algo, reiterar algo, duplicar algo

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to ditto something (repeat something)

59
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la inactividad, la latencia, el estado latente

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the dormancy

60
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inactivo/inactiva, durmiente

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dormant (1st is of a volcano, 2nd is in biology)

61
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latente, dormido/dormida, oculto/oculta

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dormant (of talent - unused)

62
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por naturaleza, de manera innata

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innately

63
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innato/innata, inherente

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innate (both are natural/inherent, 1st is also inborn)

64
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erudito/erudita, docto/docta, instruido/instruida, ilustrado/ilustrada, entendido/entendida

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learned (knowledgeable)

65
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aprendido/aprendida, adquirido/adquirida

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learned (taught)

66
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inexplicablemente

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inexplicably

67
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inexplicable

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inexplicable

68
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tamizar algo, cerner algo

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to sift something (flour or sugar)

69
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cernir algo, filtrar algo, colar algo, cribar algo

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to sift something (last is of sand or gravel, rest are of general objects with that texture)

70
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examinar cuidadosamente algo, escudriñar algo, repasar algo, revisar concienzudamente algo

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to sift through something

71
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filtrar algo, seleccionar algo

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to sift something out (remove/eliminate something)

72
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tamizar algo de algo, cribar algo de algo, cernir algo de algo, separar algo de algo

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to sift something out of something

73
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el tamiz, el cedazo, el colador, el coladero, el cernedor

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the sifter

74
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el tamiz, el cedazo, el colador, la criba

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the sieve (1st and 2nd are for powder, 3rd is for liquids, 4th is for solids)

75
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escurrir algo, tamizar algo, colar algo, cribar algo, cerner algo

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to sieve something (strain something - 3rd is of liquids, 4th and 5th are of solids)

76
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el tamiz molecular

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the molecular sieve

77
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tamizar algo, colar algo

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to sieve something (remove lumps from something)

78
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hacer una criba con algo, cribar algo

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to sieve through something (figurative)

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