ultra 4.27 Flashcards
(111 cards)
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to be lost in thought
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estar absorto en sus pensamientos
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to come to one’s mind
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acudir a la mente
3
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he did not keep the appointment
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no acudió a la cita
4
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gills
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las agallas
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in a display of generosity
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en un alarde de generosidad
6
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to brag about
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alardear de
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to shriek, yell
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dar alarido
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a day off
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un día de asueto
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the lamppost fell across the street
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la farola quedó atravesada en la calle
10
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good natured, easy-going
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bonachón
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spirit, verve
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brío
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dead leaves, brush, rubbish
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la broza
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to fall flat on one’s face
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caer de bruces
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old fashioned, anticuated
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caduco
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the brass band
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la charanga
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wild, untamed
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cimarrón
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The wild horse lives in the grassland
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En la pradera vive el caballo cimarrón
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he’s never satisfied
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no se conforma con nada
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a baby animal, cub
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la cría
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to spoil, thwart, disrupt
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desbaratar
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His maneuvers spoiled (or: ruined) our plans, and we couldn’t win
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Sus maniobras desbarataron nuestros planes y no pudimos vencer
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El hombre se desbarató al conocer la noticia y empezó a llorar
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The man lost his composure at hearing the news, and began to cry.
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to (get) discourage(d), dishearten(ed)
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descorazonar(se)
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to break one’s neck
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desnucarse
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to give off, shed
desprender
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a sparkle, glint
un destello
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he sometimes shows glimmers of intelligence
tiene a veces destellos de inteligencia
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to break up, disperse
disgregar(se)
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The police dispersed the demonstrators,
La policía disgregó a los manifestantes
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a star
divo/a
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to sit on, incubate
empollar
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a spell, charm
un ensalmo
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as if by magic
como por ensalmo
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They tested (or: tried) the new medicine on volunteer patients before marketing it.
Ensayaron el nuevo medicamento en pacientes voluntarios antes de ponerlo en el mercado.
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They were rehearsing all night until the dance was perfect.
Estuvieron ensayando toda la noche hasta que el baile salió perfecto.
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to (get) corrupt(ed)
enviciar(se)
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to become addicted to
enviciarse con/en
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diving suit, wet suit, space suit
una escafandra
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frost
la escarcha
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brook, swamp, marsh
un estero
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lineage, stock, race
la estirpe
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The lineage will continue with the two recently born grandkids
La estirpe continuará con los dos nietos recién nacidos.
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thunderous
estruendoso
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(a) criminal, evil, wicked (person)
(un/a) facineroso/a
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boaster, braggert (boastful)
fanfarrón(a)
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sumptuous
fastuoso
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sanctimonious, prudish
gazmoño/a, gazmoñero/a
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pleasant, pleasing, welcome
grato/a
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the fauet, tap
el grifo
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gullible
crédulo
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rust
la herrumbre
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shy, unsociable
huraño
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stealthily, on the sly
a hurtadillas
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unknown, undiscovered
ignoto
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The explorer wants to see the undiscovered parts of the junle
El explorador quiere abarcar los sectores ignotos de la jungla.
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to include, span, encompass
abarcar
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The project's scope includes the development of traffic safety policies.
El alcance del proyecto abarca la formulación e implementación de políticas de seguridad vial
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The tasks and activities that a politician must take on are often complex.
Las tareas y actividades que un político debe abarcar son a veces complicadas.
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unusual, rare
inusitado
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playful, fun, festive
lúdico
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lean, meager, skinny
magro
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affectations, prudery
los melindres
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don't be so finicky and just eat it
déjate de melindres y comélo
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brains, head, sense
la mollera
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to be close minded
| to be dim, pigheaded
ser cerrado de mollera
| ser duro de mollera
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a born actor
un actor nato
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the palate (both senses)
el paladar
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the floor, arena
la palestra
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to take the floor
salir/saltar a la palestra
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pending, outstanding
pendiente
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the slope, gradient, pitch
la pendiente
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it is still pending/outstanding
sigue/queda pendiente
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vicissitude, adventure, incident
una peripecia
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The finding of the baby by the panther is the incident that triggers the story
El hallazgo del bebé por parte de la pantera es la peripecia que desencadena la historia.
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to trigger, set off, unleash, let loose
desencadenar
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His statements triggered (or: let loose) a wave of criticism
Sus declaraciones desencadenaron una oleada de críticas
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to catch
pillar
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the police nabbed him
lo pilló la policía
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got you!
te he pillado!
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i caught him smoking
lo pillé fumando
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to thin out, become sparse
ralear
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rickety, meager, stunted
raquítico
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In that bar they serve some dishes so meager you'll still be hungry after
En ese bar sirven unos platos de comida tan raquíticos que siempre te quedas con hambre.
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to track (to comb the woods)
rastrear (el monte)
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The boat dragged the net along the bottom of the sea.
El barco rastreaba la red a lo largo del fondo del mar.
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to scramble for sth, fight over sth
andar a la rebatiña de algo
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to reconsider, think again
recapacitar
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carefully, thoroughly
detenidamente
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a feature, documentary
un reportaje
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extremely...
requete
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a really attractive girl
una chica requeteguapa
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it seems absolutely splendid to me
me parece requetebién
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a spring, the elastic
un resorte
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a rematch
una revancha
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plump, chubby, buom
rollizo
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skeptical (of about)
escéptico (acerca) de
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trafic light
un semáforo
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sly, underhanded
solapado
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I couldn't find out his intentions because he is very underhanded
no pude averiguar sus intenciones porque es muy solapado.
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spell, charm
el sortilegio, hechizo
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The witch cast a spell on him and turned him into a frog
La bruja le lanzó un sortilegio y lo convirtió en rana.
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stiff
rígido, tieso, duro
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stiff (joints, limbs, muscles)
entumecido, agarrotado, rígido
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to distort, twist (the sense of)
| cambiar el sentido de lo dicho
tergiversar
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He accuses the magazine of distorting his statements
Acusa a la revista de tergiversar sus declaraciones.
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The groups traded weapons for drugs.
Las bandas trocaban armas por drogas.
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Her laugh turned into a cry.
Su risa se trocó en llanto
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barter
el trueque
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a vineyard
un viñedo
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in exchange for
a trueque de, a cambio de
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to shear, to cut roughly/badly
tusar, trasquilar, esquilar
