spanish 110922

Question 1

dar la chapa/vara/lata/tabarra

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molestar repetidamente o serpesadocon alguien, normalmente por cosas inoportunas

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sucumbir

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to succumb

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tener mano izquierda

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to handle a delicate situation well / be tactful

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seductor

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seductive

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un imán

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magnet

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astucia

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astuteness / cunning

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tener un pico de oro

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to have the gift of the gab (inf)

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elocuente

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eloquent

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entre comilla

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in quotation marks

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abordable

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approachable - manageble

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atraerle a algn - sentirse atraída por algn

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to attract someone / to be attracted by someone

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llamativo

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striking

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rodear / rodar

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to be surrounded by / to film

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el anhelo

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desire - longing

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sin remedio

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inevitably / hopelessly

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el ingenio

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wit (humour)

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ingenioso

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witty

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acepción

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sense / meaning

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la maña

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skill

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un / una estratega

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strategist

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caer en picado

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to plummet

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manirroto

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spendthrift - extravagent

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desprendir

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to remove / give off

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despilfarrar

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to squander / waste

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un augurio

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omen

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un / una quejica

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moaner

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dar un aire a algn

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to make a face at someone

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desencajada

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dislocated / contorted / shaken

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un achaque

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ailment

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Tener / sentir morriña

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to feel homesick

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Tener cuentitis

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to procrastinate / make excuses for not doing something you don't want to do

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Dar un soponcio

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to feel sick or faint on receipt of bad news or a shock

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Dar un patatús

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to have a dizzy spell (caused by a sudden shock)

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Dar un telele

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to have a soponcio or patatús caused by anguish

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malgastar

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to waste / squander

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el regadío

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irrigation

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ingente

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huge

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un embalse

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resevoir

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el trasvase

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decanting

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un vertido

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spillage

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pagar a escote

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go 50-50 or go dutch

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contados

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little or few (poco)

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hacer la mar de cosas

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to do many things

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una gozada

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a delight

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una barbaridad de

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much / lots of

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y pico

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approximately (when following an expression of quantity or number)

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un mogollón de

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lots of

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estancado

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stagnant

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distraer

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to entertain (as well as to distract)

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mortificar

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to torment / plague / mortify

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dar por descontado

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take for granted

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en sintonía con

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in harmony with / in tune with

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hacer gala de

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to display / show off