Vocabulario Flashcards
(132 cards)
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one-liner
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comentario ingenioso
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shtick
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numerito, truco
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prop
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atrezzo
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stump
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hacer campaña
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to mock (sb)
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parodiar, ridiculizar
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illiterate
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analfabeto
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rube
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palurdo, cateto
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portray (sb/sth)
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retratar, representar
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deadpan
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inexpresivo
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compere
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maestro de ceremonias
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walk-in
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sin cita, sin turno
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mainstay
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pilar, soporte
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seek out (sb/sth)
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salir a buscar, tratar de localizar
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punchline
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El final del chiste
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tagline
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slogan, mensaje
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premise
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argumento, tema
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disregard
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ignorar, olvidar
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scathing
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dañino, mordaz (ej: crítica)
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heckling
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interrupciones, molestias
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daunting
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abrumador, amilanador
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hack
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(peyorativo) aficionado, con poca maña
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woodcut
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grabado en madera
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engraving
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grabado (metal)
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offal
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víscera
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misty
with clouds of small drops of water in the air
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damp
slightly wet, and no pleasant
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thaw
change from hard, frozen state to a softer state
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stifling
hot, unconfortable, you can hardly breathe
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downpour
lluvia casi torrencial
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overcast
very cloudy
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gale
vendaval
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freckel
peca
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chubby
rechoncho
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ginger-hair
pelirrojo
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plump
rollizo/regordete
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stout
rollizo/corpulento
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scruffy
desaliñado
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stunning
muy atractivo
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shrewd
astuto / inteligente (positivo)
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daft
estúpido
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dumb
tonto / estúpido
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dim
lento / tonto
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cunning
pícaro / malicioso (listo en sentido negativo)
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sly
pícaro / malicioso (listo en sentido negativo)
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gregarious
gregario / sociable
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quarrelsome
combativo / camorrista
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even-tempered
easy-going. Tranquilo, sereno
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laid-back
despreocupado / sereno
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ill-mannered
impolite / maleducado
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pig-headed
stubborn. Cabezota
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stingy
mean. tacaño / miserable
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blunt
directo / brusco (brusque / abrupt)
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unprincipled
sin principios
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nosy
Indiscreto / entrometido
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inquisitive
(nosy). Indiscreto / entrometido
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naive
ingenuo
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pushy
avasallador / prepotente agresivo
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bossy
mandón
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She's a pain in the neck
Nobody likes ker
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to have your head screwed on
to be sensible
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to have a head like a sieve
to have bad memory (sieve = colador)
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to be an odd-ball
ser extraño
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to be (gone) round the bend
absolutely crazy / mad
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to be a lazy-bones
perezoso
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they don't see eye to eye
often argue
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to fall out with
had argument
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to make it up
arreglarlo y volver a ser amigos
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to get together
empezar a salir
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slender
delgado y atractivo
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scrawny
unattractively thin and bony-looking
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lanky
very thin and tall, and usually moving awkwardly
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gangling/gangly
tall, with long, thin arms and legs and rather awkward movements
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obese
obeso
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stout
with a quite large, solid body; used for men and women
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stocky
short and with a body that is wide across the shoulders and chest
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bulked up
increased in body size, especially by gaining more muscle
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lean
thin and healthy
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wiry
thin but strong
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unkempt
untidy, scruffy (desaliñado)
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swarthy
dark-coloured, used about skin
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haggard
the face look ill and tired
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sallow
amarillento (pálido en la piel)
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grinning
giving a big smile
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to pout
hacer muecas (1. estar enfadado / 2. poner morritos)
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grimace
poner cara de desagrado
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scowl
fruncir el ceño
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leer
mirar con cara de deseo sexual
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shurg one shoulders
subir y bajar los hombros, como no sabiendo la respuesta
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fold ones arms
cruzar los brazos
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cross ones legs
cruzar las piernas
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clench ones fits
apretar los puños
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tap/drum ones fingers
golpear un objeto rápidamente con los dedos (como tocando la batería)
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self-conscious
nervioso por lo que la gente pueda pensar de ti
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well-balanced
calm and reasonable
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diffident
lack of confidence
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aloof
unfriendly and not sociable
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haughty
unfriendly and thinks oneself better than others
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disdainful
does not believe others reserve respect
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conceited
think about oneself wonderful
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naive
ingenuo, inocente
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gullible
crédulo
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conscientious
meticuloso, concienzudo
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restless
inconformista
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pig-headed
cabezota
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detached house
casa sin compartir paredes con otras casas
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terraced house
varias casas compartiendo paredes
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cottage
small house in the country
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utility room
habitación para lavadora/congelador....
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shed
cobertizo/caseta (small building separated from the house usually for storing garden tools
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cellar
sótano (sin ventanas, para almacenar cosas)
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basement
sótano (con ventanas y habitaciones para poder vivir)
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studio
habitación de trabajo de un pintor/fotógrafo
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terrace/patio
paved area between house and garden for sitting and eating
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porch
covered area before an entrance door
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drive
a short road leading from the street to the house or garage
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corkscrew
sacacorchos
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peeler
pelador
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toilet roll
rollo de papel higiénico
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chopping board
tabla de cortar
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(coat) hanger
percha
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socket
enchufe
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dustpan and brush
recogedor y cepillo
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grater
rallador
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table mat
mantel individual
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to be infatuated with
romantically obsessed with
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besotted with
almost stupidly or blindly in love with
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amiable
amistoso
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fond
cariñoso
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unswerving
incebrantable
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stauntch
acérrimo, devoto // firme, sólido (ej: aliado)
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rift
desaveniencia
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feud
contienda, enemistad
