Unit 6 Flashcards
(110 cards)
1
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To ignore a person
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Disregard (Silvia)
2
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Go down
A
Decay (Silvia)
3
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Rude with someone
A
Hostile (Silvia)
4
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To spoil something
A
Ruin (Silvia)
5
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Criticise someone
A
Slam (Silvia)
6
Q
To highlight the qualities of someone
A
To praise (Javier Caña Álvaro)
7
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With problems
A
Troubled (Amaya)
8
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Improve
A
Enhance (Amaya)
9
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Hard up
A
Poorer(Amaya)
10
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Rich
A
Better off (Amaya)
11
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Harmful or damaging (doesn’ benefit you)
A
Detrimental (Javier Caña Álvaro)
12
Q
Express admiration of someone
A
Praise (Amaya)
13
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Taboo word of rich
A
Wealthy (Javier Caña Álvaro)
14
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To increase the value of smth (not only economically)
A
Enhance (Javier Caña Álvaro)
15
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Something good for you (will be useful)
A
Advantageous
16
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development
A
growth (paula)
17
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not involved or interested, disinterested
A
unconcerned (paula)
18
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someone that is kind
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friendly (paula)
19
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the opposite of disregard
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pay attention to (paula)
20
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to increase in size
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grow on (Javier G)
21
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the time by which something must be finished
A
deadline (Javier G)
22
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to come to an end
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expire (Javier g)
23
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a payment offered by a government
A
bounty ( Javier g)
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over again
A
anew (Javier G)
25
Throwing and catching objects into the air to entertain people
Juggle (Fran)
26
A report in the media that reveals something discreditable
Exposé (Fran)
27
Situated near the end of a period of time
Latter(Fran)
28
Living as a parasit
Parasitic (Fran)
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Domesticate an animal
Tame (Fran)
30
rich enough to be able to do and buy most of the things that they want
Well off (kaixuan)
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accidentally cause their opponent or enemy to have that advantage.
Give away(kaixuan)
32
meet someone unexpectedly.
Run into(kaixuan)
33
Something happens in a way or has the result or degree of success indicated.
Turn out(kaixuan)
34
manage with difficulty to see or hear something
Make out (kaixuan)
35
deadline
a time or day by which something must be done (iria)
36
point out
o tell someone about some information, often because you believe they do not know it or have forgotten it (iria)
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expire
If something that lasts for a fixed length of time expires, it comes to an end or stops being in use (iria)
38
juggle
to throw several objects up into the air, and then catch and throw them up repeatedly (iria)
39
run into
to meet someone you know when you are not expecting to (iria)
40
adjust
to change something slightly, especially to make it more correct, effective, or suitable (Maria)
41
trek
to walk a long distance, usually over land such as hills, mountains, or forests (Maria)
42
trickle down
used to refer to a situation in which something that starts in the high parts of a system spreads to the whole of the system (Maria)
43
upbringing
the way in which you are treated and educated when young, especially by your parents, especially in relation to the effect that this has on how you behave and make moral decisions (Maria)
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parrot (v)
to repeat exactly what someone else says, without understanding it or thinking about its meaning (Maria)
45
cope
to do something well in a difficult situation (Alonso)
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deny
to say that something is not true, or that you have not done something (Alonso)
47
dynamic
full of ideas, energy, and enthusiasm (Alonso)
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flatter
to say nice things to someone to please them, or because you want something from that person (Alonso)
49
mutual
feeling the same emotion, or doing the same thing to or for each other (Alonso)
50
Adjust
change something so that it looks better(Sara)
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Dealine
the time in which something must be finished (Sara)
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Delegate
Governmenta person authorized to act for another (sara)
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Trek
To travel slowly por with difficulties (Sara)
54
Applaud
To clap the hands together in approval (Sara)
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To expect or take into account something
Bargained for (Jimena)
56
To start something, usually a hobby
Take on (Jimena)
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To happen in a particular way, especially an unexpected one
Turn out (Jimena)
58
Improve
Pick up(Balza)
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Continue to the end
See trough (Balza)
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Not be able to experience sthng
Miss out on (Balza)
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Indicted or emphasize
Point out (Balza)
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Become more appealing
Grow on(Balza)
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To meet someone by chance
Run into (Jimena)
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To check something
Run through(Jimena)
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Reveal
Give away (Miguel)
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Hear or understand, specially with difficulty
Make out (Miguel)
67
To overpower or overcome in mind or feeling
Overwhelmed (Miguel)
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A long, narrow elevation of land
Ridge (Miguel)
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To criticize severely
Reproach (Miguel)
70
have a strong emotional effect on
overwhelm (paula)
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a plan to show how much money a person will earn
Budget (Elena)
72
full of energy
Lively (Elena)
73
having parts that are close together
Dense (Elena)
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a surface does not feel smooth when you touch it:
Rough (Elena)
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Having an almost vertical slope
Steep (Elena)
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person who likes strong emotions and traveling
adventurous (Ricardo)
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eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.:
ambitious (Ricardo)
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to run away
flee (Ricardo)
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to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble
dismay (Ricardo)
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be in one place without moving
stay put (Ricardo)
81
isolation
the state of being in a place or situation that is separate from others (Nicolás Gálvez)
82
luxury
a state of great comfort or elegance, especially when involving great expense. (Nicolás Gálvez)
83
gripe
to complain with grumbling (Nicolás Gálvez)
84
overwhelm
have a strong emotional effect on. (Nicolás Gálvez)
85
flattery
excessive and insincere praise, given especially to further one's own interests. (Nicolás Gálvez)
86
the painful feeling of having done or experienced something wrong, dishonest, etc.
Shame (jose)
87
able to be discerned; perceptible
Discernible (jose)
88
possessed, felt, or performed by each of two with respect to the other; reciprocal
Mutual (jose)
89
a payment offered by a government for doing something
Bounty (jose)
90
to repeat without thought or understanding
Parrot (jose)
91
unpleasantly cold
Chilly (Julian)
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A member of Bureaucracy
Bureaucrat (Julian)
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A body of delegates
Delegation (Julian)
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Scam or fraud
Rip Off (Julian)
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Helper from a foreign country
Au pair (Julian)
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full of energy and enthusiasm
Lively (Elena)
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Having a vertical slope
Steep (Elena)
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Having para closely together
Dense (Elena)
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A plan to show how much money will need
Budget (Elena)
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Not smooth
Rough (Elena)
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speak highly of somebody
praise (Marcos)
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worried
troubled(Marcos)
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benefitial
advantegous (Marcos)
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To improve
enhace (Maros)
105
Not controlled by any rule or law
unregulated (Marcos)
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despite
without taking any notice of or being influenced by(Baca)
107
commitment
a promise or firm decision to do something (baca)
108
increase
to (make something) become larger in amount or size (baca)
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subtle
not loud, bright, noticeable, or obvious in any way (baca)
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demand
to ask for something forcefully, in a way that shows that you do not expect to be refused (baca)
