Vocabulary Flashcards by Arturo Rosales

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Attempt

A

Try to do something

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Ultimate

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Final or best

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Severe

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Very serious or harsh

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Recharge batteries

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Rest to regain energy

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Keep the head above water

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Manage tu survive (often financially or emotionality)

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Prevent

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Stop something from happening

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Oblige

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Force or requiere someone to do something

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Jump the gun

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To do something too soon

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Be saved by the bell

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Be rescued from something just in time

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Below the belt

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Very cruel or unfair

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No sweat

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When you do something easily

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Skating on thin ice

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To be in a very risky situation

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Get the ball rolling

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To make something start happening

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Go the full distance

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To finish something

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Show the ropes

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To teach somebody how something should be done

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The ball is in my court

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To be one’s turn to act

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Cluttered

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Messy or full unnecessary things

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Reschedule

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Change the time of a planned event

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Be in the black

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Have money or make profit

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Tickled pink

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Very pleased or amused

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Hooves

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Hard feet of animals like horses or cows

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Shells

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Har outer covering

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Prints

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Marks left my feet or paws

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Beak

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Birds mouth

Hump

Rounded bump on the back of animals like camels

Fin

Body part fish use to swim

Trunk

Link nose of an elephant

Superb

Excellent, very good

Breaks up

To end / to stop being heard because of a bad connection

Break down

To begin to cry / To stop working

Break into

To enter a building or car by force / to suddenly begin to do something

Depend on

Need or influenced by someone/something

Rely on

Trust or count on someone/something

Comment on

Say something about a topic

Congratulate on

Praise someone for an achievement

Insist on

Demand something firmly

Result in

Cause something to happen

Invest in

Put money, time, or effort into something

Believe in

Accept something as true or have confidence in

Participate in

Take part in an activity

Specialise in

Focus on an specific area or skill

Lead to

Cause something to happen

Amount to

In total $

Refer to

Mention or talk about something

Contribute to

Help to make something happen

Cope with

Handle or deal with problems

Interact with

Communicate or work together

Replace with

Use Something instead of something else

Confuse with

Think one thing is another by mistake

Combine with

Mix or join together