Vocabulario 1 Flashcards by Gary Bird

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Clashes with gunmen

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Encuentros con hombres armados

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At ease!

A

¡Descansen!

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Trappings (paraphernalia) of power

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Parafernalia de poder

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A ban on possessing weapons

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Prohibición de posesión de armas

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A beauty spot

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Un mirador

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A blunder

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Una metadura de pata

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A debate on

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Un debate sobre

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Fail-safe procedures

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Procedimientos de seguridad

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A flair for diplomacy

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Una predisposición para la diplomacia / talento para la diplomacia

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A heatwave

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Ola de calor

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A makeshift reception

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Una recepción improvisada

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A masked intruder

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Un intruso con máscara

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A medical breakthrough

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Un avance médico

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A recent attack

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Un ataque reciente

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A request

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Una petición

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A shake up

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Un reajuste

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A sham

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Una farsa / un simulacro

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Shoddy service

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Servicio chapucero

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A special touch

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Un toque especial

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A heavy film

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Una película pesada

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A bid of £1,000

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Una oferta de mil libras

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A tip-off

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Un chivatazo

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A trade delegation

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Una delegación de comercio

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Accomplice

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Cómplice

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According to civil sources

Según fuentes civiles

Accused of

Acusado de

Addictive

Adictivo

Agression against

Agresión contra

Agreement

Acuerdo

Aim / intention

Objetivo

Airstrip / runway

Pista de aterrizaje

Allied embassies

Embajadas aliadas

Allies

Aliados

Ambush party

Grupo de emboscada

American envoy

Enviado americano

Ammunition dump

Depósito de municiones

Among the ruins

Entre las ruinas

An aggression

Una agresión

An infiltrator

Un infiltrado

An outright victory

Una victoria absoluta / indiscutible

Anarchic

Anárquico

Angler

Pescador

Anti-personnel mines

Minas antipersonales

Apartment blocks

Bloques de apartamentos

Appearance (e.g. In court)

Comparencia

Application for asylum

La solicitud de asilo

Armed group

Grupo armado

Arrest

Arresto

As a result of

Como resultado de

As far as (someone) is concerned

Por lo que (alguien) respecta

Human shields

Como escudos humanos

Assembly

Asamblea

At a research stage

En una fase de investigación

At ground level

A ras de suelo

At gun point

A punta de pistola

At knife point

A punta de navaja

At stake

En juego

At the Chilean border

En la frontera chilena

At this phase

En esta fase

At this stage

En esta estapa

Atrocities

Atrocidades

Attachment / device

Dispositivo

Attention!

¡Presenten!

Backlash

Arrebato / reacción violenta

Bad weather hampered the rescue

El mal tiempo obstaculizaba el rescate