vocab 111221 Flashcards by Rob Glover

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frame

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el marco

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spelling

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el deletreo / la ortografía

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subscribe / unsubscribe (coloq)

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darse de alta / darse de baja

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1, 2 or 3 days off work

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los feriados

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ruthless, merciless, heartless

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despiadado

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read out loud

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leer en voz alta

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muscle cramp, electric shock

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el calambre

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plunder, booty, spoils

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el botín

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to find or track down what you are looking for

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dar con algo

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to make yourself out to be

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dárselas de

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guardianship / protection

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la tutela

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to be honest …

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a decir verdad, para ser sincero

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to be about to do something

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Estar por (con infinitivo)

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to protest about something

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Protestar por algo

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double chin

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la papada

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butch woman / tomboy

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la marimacha

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rainbow

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arco iris

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crotch

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la entrepierna

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a rubbish dump

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un vertedero

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ugliness

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la fealdad

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tall tale

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una patraña

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stupid or useless thing

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una mamarrachada / soplapollez

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pain in the ass

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un coñazo

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furthermore

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es más

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a shipwreched person / castaway

un náufrago

wild boar

un jabalí

fuel / food

el pábulo

to entrench oneself

atrincherarse

play up / act the fool

hacer el primo

post it note

un pósit

to behave / act / pass a stool (formal)

obrar

malhumour

la mala baba

situation

la coyuntura

sever / cut down

cercenar

to Appoint

nombrar

milkshakes, smoothies

los batidos

a model (in photography etc.)

un figurante

no soportarse a su mismo

coger mania a algn

rude, crude, vulgar

soez

contemptuous

despectivo

coldness (fig & physical)

una frialdad

guide

decalogo

sack - bag

un costal

swear word )Spain=

un taco

that´s another matter

eso es harina de otro costal

scared

acojonado

local GPs

medicos de cabecera

to set up a company / business

montarse una empresa

to reveal, disclose - or to stay awake

desvelar

mourning / duel

el duelo

I´ll do whatever I want

haré lo que me dé gana

to stand at the elections

presentarse a las elecciones

a tailor

un sastre

tsar

un zar

to tangle - complicate - confuse

enmarañar

axe

el hacha

executioner

el verdugo

dungeon

la mazmorra

to mumble

musitar

nobility / your highness

alteza

scaffold

el cadalso

wealthy

acaudalado

eager

deseoso (de)

woodcutter

leñador

gift / warm reception

un agasajo

shop window (LA)

la vidriera

case / jewellery box

un estuche

chamois leather

la gamoza

watch mechanism (as well as cord)

la cuerda

laziness

la holgazanería

spoiled brat

un malcriado

daring / cheeky

atrevido