Tema 2 Contextos 3 y 4 Flashcards

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plantear

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proponer, sugerir

set out, lay out, suggest, bring up

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2
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rematar

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dar fin a algo, terminar

conclude, close, round off, finish off

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3
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impetuoso/a

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impulsivo/a, apasionado/a

uncontrollable, unruly, impulsive, hot-headed

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4
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ADN

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acrónimo para ácido desoxirribonucleico

DNA

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5
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Artífice

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creador, autor, arquitecto

author, maker

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6
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avalar

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apoyar

support, back, endorse

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7
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campar a sus anchas

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vivir libre, sin restricciones
do things without being controlled and also can be used to say that something has free reign/does what it wants with no control

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replegarse

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retirarse, alejarse

withdraw, retreat , fall back

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Salpicar

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tener instancias de also, esparcir

spread, sprinkle

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10
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Acoso

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persecución, molestia

harassment, bullying

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Resarcimiento

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compensación por daño

compensation, indemnity

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12
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machaconería

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insistencia molesta

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13
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mantener

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preservar, conservar

maintain, keep

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14
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agotar

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acabar o extinguir

to exhaust

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15
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disponible

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que está a la mano para ser usado

available

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16
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el patrón

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conducta, modelo o pauta

pattern

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17
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perjudicar

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causar daño o perjuicio; lesionar, afectar

harm, damage, be harmful to

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18
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a costa de

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a expensas de….; por el esfuerzo o sacrificio de algo o alguien más
a the expense of

19
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quebrar

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romper, fragmentar

break

20
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cobijar

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cubrir, hospedar, dar protección o refugio

give shelter to, take in

21
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imponer

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obligar o forzar a alguien a hacer algo

impose, command

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la búsqueda

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la acción de buscar o investigar

search, quest, hunt

23
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la mortandad

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gran cantidad de muertes causados por enfermedades o fenómenos naturales
loss of life, death

24
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el Pérmico

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periodo geológico de hace aproximadamente trescientos millones de años

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el páramo
terreno sumamente frío y desolado | wasteland, bleak upland, barren plain, moor, moorland, tundra
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el hongo
organismo parásito, sin clorofila, que vive sobre materias orgánicas en descomposición fungus, mushroom, toadstool
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la anoxia
falta casi total de oxígeno
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enlazado/a
conectado o relacionado | connected, put together, tied together, interconnected
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la sequía
tiempo seco, sin lluvias, de larga duración | drought
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la agrometeorología
ciencia que estudia las condiciones meteorológicas, climáticas e hidrológicas y su interrelación con la producción agrícola
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repercutir
causar un efecto o un resultado | affect
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mitigar
moderar o reducir un problema | reduce, mitigate, alleviate, appease, relieve, allay
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prever
ver con antelación | foresee, forecast, foretell
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afrontar
resistir algo negativo, enfrentar | confront, face
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amenaza
peligro | threat, menace
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cazar
perseguir para atrapar | catch, hunt, obtain
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recorrer
atravesar, viajar | go over, go across, go through, traverse, go all over
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la planicie
terreno plano y extenso | plain, flatland
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el callejón
paso estrecho entre edificios o montañas | alley, alleyway, passage
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cordilleras
una serie de montañas | mountain range, mountain chain
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suscitar
provocar o generar | provoke, cause, arouse, raise, stir up
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colgar
estar suspendido o atado a un punto, sin tocar el suelo | hang, put up
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desentrañar
averiguar, descubrir información oculta | figure out, puzzle out get to the bottom of, unravel