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vocab 180622 Flashcards

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la jeringuilla

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syringe

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sonsacar a

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to coax / worm / wheedle

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amortiguar

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to cushion

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alborotar

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to disturb, make a racket, stir up

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escurrir

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to drain / strain

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añorar

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to long for / yearn for

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atisbar

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to make out / discern

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desbordar

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to overflow

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emborronar

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to smudge

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desparramar

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to spill / scatter

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bregar

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to struggle / fight / quarrel

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desgarrar

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to tear / tear apart

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arropar

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to tuck in

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recurrir a

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to turn to (someone) or have recourse to

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yermo

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uninhabited / barren / wasteland

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un meringón

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a Real Madrid fan (colloq)

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ameno

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enjoyable / pleasant

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un abanico

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range (as well as fan)

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en el marco de

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within, in the framework of, in the context of

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un juicio de valor

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value judgement

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un arquero (portero)

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goalkeeper

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frases hechas

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clichés, soundbites

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propiamente dicha

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as such, per se

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los militantes

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militants - activists

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zafar
to release / untie / escape
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inusitado
unusual
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ínfimo
negligible
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la puesta en escena
staging
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salir del parado
to come out well / succeed
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se apoyar en
to rely on
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un marco temporal
timeframe
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tender la ropa
to hang out the washing
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desterrar
to banish / exile
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el paradero
whereabouts
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el / la caparazón
animal shell / bird skeleton
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copioso
abundant
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una bayeta
cloth (cleaning cloth)
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insolación
sunstroke / sunshine
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estival
summer (summer)
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una goleada
thrashing
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el bochorno
sultry weather / embarrasment
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tapear
to have some tapas
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alla donde fueres, haz lo que vieres
when in Rome, do as the Romans do
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aplatanado
listless
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un caramelo
sweet / candy
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sombrío
dark (of mood)
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inconexa
unconnected
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lacrimógena
tear producing / weepy
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lijar
to sand / sand down
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un posavasos
coaster / drinks mat
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desacertado
ill considered / wrong
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el bolo
gig (Sp colloq)
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la ciénega
swamp
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El despiste
absent mindedness
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la narración
story - act of telling (a story)
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el jaleo
racket lots of noise
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superponerse
to overlap
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la superposición
overlap (n)
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a la intemperie
out in the open
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fliparse por (eg me flipa por ...)
to be crazy about
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el presentimiento
premonition - feeling
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pasado por agua
soft boiled, soaked, drenched
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la manteca
lard
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un sombrero de copa
top hat
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los juegos malabares
juggling
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caer en que
to realise
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la audacia
audacity, daring, cheek
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de un tirón
in one go
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asequible
affordable, accessible
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un desglose del precio
price breakdown
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la letra pequeña
the small print
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no puedo permitirmelo
I can't afford it
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me suena
it rings a bell
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esa cara me suena
I know that face, I've seen that face somewhere before
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no me suena su nombre
I don't remember hearing her name before
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las copas
shorts / liqueur / spirits (Spain)
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un trago
a swig (Spain) / drink (LA)
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timar
to trick
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un timo
a rip off
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versar sobre
to be about

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