ultra 5.29.14 3 Flashcards by Joseph Meyers

Q

a dent

A

una abolladura

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threadbare, shabby, worn out

A

raído

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to creak, grind (one’s teeth), grate, clank

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rechinar (los dientes)

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a line [of writing]

A

un renglón

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immediately after

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a renglón seguido

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he didn’t notice the difference

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no reparó en la diferencia

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regardless of the cost

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sin reparar en gastos

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to get one’s strength back

A

reparar fuerzas

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to repair

A

reparar

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cottage cheese

A

el requesón

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an inspection, seizure, search

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una requisa

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a chink, crack, opening

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un resquicio

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a nightingale

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un ruiseñor

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to savour, relish, delight in

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saborear

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rage, cruelty (viciously)

A

(con) saña

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sap

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la savia

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the burial, intermnent

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el sepelio, el entierro

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a hand saw

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un serrucho, una sierra

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astral, astronomic

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sideral
espacio sideral
luces siderales

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overdraft (bank)

A

un sobregiro

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Q

to sit round the table after lunch/dinner

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estar de sobremesa

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an after lunch sigar

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un cigarro de sobremesa

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we’ll talk about that after lunch/dinner

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hablaremos de eso en la sobremesa

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to sip, suck (through a straw)

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sorber (por una paja)

a (engagement) ring

una sortija (de compromiso)

to smooth out, mellow, tempe

suavizar

to beg, implore (sb not to do sth)

suplicar (a algn no hacer algo)

a tapestry, carpet, walhanging

un tapiz

defective, faulty | crazy, loony, stupid

tarado

You have to be crazy to grab that snake with your hands

Hay que estar tarado para coger a esa serpiente con las manos.

Here we store the defective product

Aquí almacenan el producto tarado.

shopkeeper, grocer

el tendero

a social gathering, regular informal gathering

una tertulia

to walk with long strides

andar a trancos

in a couple of strides

en dos trancos

a clover | clubs (naipes)

un trébol

a warble, trill

el trino (de las aves)

a manned flight | manned by

un vuelo tripulado | tripulado por

gauge (ferrocarril)

la trocha

a path, shortcut

una trocha, una vereda, un atajo

a mob, crowd | a pile

un tropel

to be under the protection/guardianship of | to be a ward of the court

estar bajo la tutela de | estar bajo tutela jurídica

tools, equipment

los útiles (de pesca, de labranza)

the dishes, service, set

la vajilla

four blue counters equals one black one

cuatro fichas azules valen por una negra

it's not good/use to me now

ya no ma vale

i can still use/wear this hat

este sombrero me vale aún

better late than never

más vale tarde que nunca

the greeness

el verdor

to glimpse, catche a glimpse of

vislumbrar, ojear, atisbar

a helmet

un yelmo, un casco