Vocabulary Flashcards
(468 cards)
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aburrirse
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to bore oneself
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operarse de algo
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to get operated on
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hacerse una prueba/analysis
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to do a blood analysis
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surgir
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to spring fourth, emerge, appear, arrise
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sugerir
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to suggest
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una sugerencia
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a suggestion
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hacer una sugerencia
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to make a suggestion
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una juala
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a cage
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la frontera de Gilbraltar
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the border of Gilbraltar
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sigo haciéndolo incorectemente
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I continue to do it wrong
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las diapositivas
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slides
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deshacer la maleta
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to unpack your suitcase
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el cabecero
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the headboard
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tener problemas de espalda
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to have back problems
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un compromiso
A
an engagement
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llegar a un acuerdo
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to reach an agreement
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el sofá
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a sofa
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trasladarse
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to move
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dar una vuelta
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to take a walk
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un control
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a quiz
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sonsacar
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to elicit an answer
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dejar de fumar
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to quit smoking
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dejar fumar
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to allow to smoke
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una perdida de tiempo
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a waste of time
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el tema
the theme
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no van por ahí los tiros
you are going in the wrong direction
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es difícil de manejar el tiempo
it is hard to manage time
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encontrarse a
to run into someone
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encontrarse con
to look for someone
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está nublado
it's cloudy
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el testamento
the testament
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discapacitado/a
handicapped
33
ojos vidriosos
glassy-eyed
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roncar
to snore
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movirse
physically to move one's body
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movir
to move an event
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morirse de risa
to die from laughing
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rozar
to graze, brush against, scrape against, skim
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dos días a la semana
two times a week
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la chispa
a spark
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una moraleja
a moral
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un lazo
a ribbon
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un hito
a landmark
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pasar por alto
to overlook
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un lugar relegado
to push in the background, set aside
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un método muy fiable
a reliable method
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una persona muy fiel
a faithful person
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en total que
in summary
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en resument
in summary
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tener hipos
to have hiccups
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apuntar con un arma a alguien
to point a gun at someone
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quitarsele el hipo
to get rid of the hiccups
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el cirujano
the surgery
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en fila de a uno
a row of one
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resbaladizo/a
slippery
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no puede venir en este horarior
he cannot come at these times
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no puede venir a esta hora
he cannot come at this hour
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en frente
opposite
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delante
in front of
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quedarse
to make a plan to meet, to meet
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estar molesto/a
to be bothered
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el carro de compra
the shopping cart
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a menudo
often
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visualizar
to visualize
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una disonancia
a disonance
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algo disonante
something dissonant
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más adelante (en un libro/pelicula)
ahead/later in a book/movie
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más tarde (en tiempo)
later
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esposas
hancuffs
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ir esposado
to go in handcuffs
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menos mal que
thankfully (in conditions aversive)
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a punto de ponerme una multa
about to give me a ticket
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currar
to work hard
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la marea
the tide
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un barco varado en la arena
a boat stranded on the beach
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el cencerro
a cowbell
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estar como cencerro
to be crazy
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resbalarse
to slip
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el medicamento no le hizo nada
the medicine didn't do anything
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aislado
isolated
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echar un vistazo
to glance
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quitarselas
to get rid of
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poner una inyección
to give an injection
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todo se ha resuelta
everything is fixed/resolved
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estrillar las piernas
to stretch your legs
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un candil
a candle holder
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entomecido
to have not moved in awhile and feel frozen
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se puede hacer
it is possible to do (it)
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enterarse
to learn or discover/figure out
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la inquina
an aversion or dislike
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la premeditación
premeditation
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la alevosía
treachery
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una resolución
a resolution
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salir/irse pitando
to get out of somewhere quickly
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un lugar recoleto
a place a little off to the side
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un choque
a collision
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una colisión
a collision
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un atenuante
extenuating circumstances
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suspender
to fail (a course)
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un suspenso
a failed grade
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el suspense
suspense
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¡Ni en broma!
no way!
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no sé de que va
I don't know what it is about (book/movie)
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perturbar
to disturb, disrupt
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dormirse
to fall asleep
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dormir
to sleep
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he dormido como un tirón
I slept like a log
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el locutorio
the speaker
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el colutorio
mouthwash
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dos calles confluyen
two streets that converge
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una columna
a column (structural)
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dar marcha atrás
to reverse
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ser torpe
to be clumsy
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me pone negro
to make mad
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me da asco
it disgusts me
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me da grima
it gives me the chills (like chalk squeaking chills)
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una escala
a scale like a Likert scale
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el aborto
abortion
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la homosexualidad
homosexuality
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un arbusto
a bush
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las alcantarillas
the sewers
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huelo a tigre
to stink (bodily)
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enfatizar
to emphasize
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pestañear
to blink, wink
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dar de alta
to discharge, to sign-up
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dar de baja
to unsubscribe
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ahorcar
to hang
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en acogida
a foster home
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el cansancio
exhaustion
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agradecer
to be thankful
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ahogar
to choke, strangle, drown, suffocate, asphyxiate
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nefasto/a
terrible, disasterous
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un hito
a milestone
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un reto
a challenge
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el ejercito
the army
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el projimo
a fellow man
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pedir un adelanto
to ask for an advance
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estar a disposicion
to be available
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una franja horaria
a slot in a schedule
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estar tenso/a
to be tense
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quedarse en silencio
to remain silent
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estar en pendiente
to be sloped/to be waiting
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estar a pleno sol
to be in full sun
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estar detras
to be behind
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una azotea
a flat roof
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una contractura
an injury
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incluso
including
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una cacerola
a pot
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ir atras
to go behind
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estar delante
to be in front
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ir alante
to go to the front
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tacitas reglas
implicit/tacit rules
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a corto plaza
short-term
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a largo plaza
long-term
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abastecer
to replenish/supply
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abrir una cuenta
to open an account
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abuso
abuse
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acción
share of stock
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accionista
shareholder/stockholder
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aconsejar
to advise
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actitut
attitude
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activos
assets
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administración de tiempo
tiem management
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afectar
to affect
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aire contaminado
polluted air
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un ajuste
an adjustement
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al detal
retail
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al por mayor
wholesale
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al por menor
retail
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aliviar
to alleviate
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un almacén
a warehouse
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almacenar
to stock
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alumbrado
lighting
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un ámbito
an environment
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amortización
amortization
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amortizar
to amortize
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anteceder
to come before
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hacerse un moño
to make a bun (hair)
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hacerse una coleta
to make a pony tail
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llegar con antelación
to arrive early (with time)
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recogerse el pelo
to pull back your hair
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para colmo
to terminate (to end) - a transition word when telling a story
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derrapar
to skid (in a car)
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pasarlo bien/mal
opinion - how did it go?
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pasar
what happened (translate like gustar)
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ser espeso
to be a slob
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estar espeso
to not be clear thinking (foggy)
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cutre (person)
tacaña - cheap, stingy
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cutre (place)
dirty and poor
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hortera (person)
tacky
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choni/mari
tacky girl
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bajar la guardia
to lower your guard
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una panadería
a bakery
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hacerse ilusiones con
to have illusions about
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elitista
elite
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hetergéneo
heterogenous
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homogeneo
homogenous
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un curso mayor que yo
one grade ahead of me
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un curso
a grade level
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repetir curso
to repeat a grade
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la madurez
the maturity
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irlandés
irish
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un barco
a boat
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mi intima amiga
my best friend (when young kids)
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poner en evidencia
to show - to put in evidence
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desistir de
to give up, to cease, to abandon
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presumir de + inf
to brag, boast, show off, to presume
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jacartse de + inf
to brag, boast
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una cancha de tenis
a tennis court
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una pista de tenis
a tennis court
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hacerse amiga de
to make friends with
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bajito
short (not pequeño)
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se puede hacer
it is possible to do it
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una no puede tolerar esta situacion
one (including self) cannot tolerate this situation
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enterarse
to know something, to figure it out
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salir pitando
to rush out
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un choque
a collision
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un lugar recoleto
a place off the beaten path (hidden)
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un atenuante
something that attenuates something else
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suspender
to fail
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un suspenso
a failed course
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dormirse
to fall asleep
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dormir
to sleep
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para colmo
to summarize, to end
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derrapar
to skid
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pasarlo bien
opinion on how things went
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pasar
to have taken place
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espeso
slob
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ser espeso
to be a slob
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estar espeso
to be foggy or unclear in thinking
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sobrepasado
to surpass a limit
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destresa oral
oral skill
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tirar a
to tear down or raze
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un plazo
a date of termination
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echo de menos a españa
I miss Spain
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echo de menos españa
I miss the people of spain?
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en cambio
on the other hand
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al reves
opposite, upside-down, inside-out
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un perro labrador
a labrador
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bordes
rude
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en punto
exactly on time
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ha dejado de lado
left it off to the side
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me ha salido un churro
tried, but it was a disaster
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intercambiar
to exchange opinions
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recordar
to remind someone of something
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metodico/a
methodical
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un/una asistente
an assistent
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no quiero ser una carga
I don't want to be a burden
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tener noticias
to have news
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una muestra
a sample
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hacer amigos
make friends generally
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hacerse amigo de alguien
to make friends with someone specifically
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gente cuadricalado
square, stiff people
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recordar algo a alguien
remind someone of something
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puritano
puritan
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protestante
a protestant
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quejicas
complainers
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gente forastera
foreigners
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gente de fuera
foreigners
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una persona cuidadoso
a careful person
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todo encaja
everything fits
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me resulta familiar
it sounds familiar
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es un hecho sorprendente
it's surprising
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un circuito
a circuit - loop
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superarse a si mismo
to overcome oneself
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una relación fluida
a fluid relation
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una destreza
a skill
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sentirse de pena
I feel bad
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sentirse fatal
I feel crappy
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sentirse culpable
I feel guilty
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darse pena
it makes me feel guilty
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darse rabia
it makes me mad
273
darse miedo
it frightens me
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darse grima
it gives me the shills (chalk on board)
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una derrota
a defeat
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una victoria
a victory
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la igualdad
equality
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dentro de tres semanas
at the end of three weeks
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antes de tres días
anytime between now and three days from now
280
apaciguar
to apease
281
he dejado de lado
I left it to the side
282
me ha salido un chorro
I tried to do it but it was a disaster
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intercambiar
to exchange (opinions)
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rayas
lines
285
liso
plain
286
cuadriculada
square (a person)
287
en punto
exactly on time
288
poner verde a alguien
speak poorly about someone
289
enfeito
ugly
290
despedir
to fire
291
despedirse
to say goodbye
292
más adelante
later (in a presentation)
293
insultar
to insult
294
el anticiclón
area of calm pressure (sun maintaining)
295
la borrasca
area of low pressure (rain moving in)
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un/a candidato/a
a candidate
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la candidatura
the candidacy
298
dimitir
to resign
299
despedir improcedentemente
to fire without cause
300
controvertido/a
contraversial
301
los alrededores
the surrounding areas (further outside of a place)
302
las afueras
the suburbs (surrounding areas closer to the place)
303
dividir
to divide
304
heridos
injuries
305
dar una rueda de prensa
give an interview with the press
306
un busto
a bust
307
aletoria
ahora si, ahora no (fickle?)
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los devueltos
vomit
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las devoluciones
the returns
310
un suceso
chronic bad doing
311
la mirilla
an eye hole in the door
312
una metáfora
a metaphor
313
el infierno
hell
314
el averno
hell
315
un demonoio
a demon
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empírico/a
an empirical person
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cuadriculado/a
a square person
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respetable
respectable
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una eminencia
an eminent person
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una escena
a scene
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un aula
a classroom
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una díapositiva
a slide from a slidedeck ppt
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subliminal
unconscious
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inconsciente
unconscious
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las neuronas
the neurons
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automáticamente
automatically
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los patrones
the patrons
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un conjunto
a set
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competir
to compete
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lejano/a
far away
331
cercano/a
nearby
332
acceder a
to acede something to someone
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al punto de
about to ....
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un desglose
an outline
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ampliar
to flesh out an idea/theme
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amplificar
to amplify a sound
337
emprendedor
an entrepreneur
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el bum
the boom of the internet
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la empresa
the company
340
un socio
a person you work with (more like a partner)
341
adelantado a su tiempo
ahead of its time
342
go for the gold
tirar por lo alto
343
ser visionario
to be a visionary
344
hacer un resumen
to summarize something
345
poner en contacto a personas
to put people in contact with eachother
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hacer una oferta
make an offer
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los inversores
the investors
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circunstancial
circumstantial
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coartada
an accomplice
350
dan pruebe de
give proof of
351
en el fundo
at the bottom of something (like a pot or a basement)
352
al fundo
at the bottom of something like a street
353
día a día
from day to day
354
las memorias
memoirs
355
la memoria
memory
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avistar
to spy - but only boats, planes, and UFOs
357
no importa quien ha hecho que
it doesn't matter who did what
358
Que alivio!
What a relief!
359
mortificarse
to be mortified
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el desodorante
deoderant
361
una receta
a recipe or a doctor's order for a pharamacy
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un medicamento
a drug/medication
363
tropezar (con)
to trip over something/to stumble/to bump into something
364
diagnosticar
to diagnose
365
oculto/a
hidden
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la mortaja
the thing covering a dead body, a shroud
367
recio
robust, sturdy, vigorous, hardy, strong
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echar hecho/a polvo
to be overwhelmed
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una ampolla
a blister
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levantar una ampolla
to get a blister
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perderse
to miss something that happened
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incuestionable
unquestionable
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em mitad de nada
in the middle of nowhere
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una ponencia
a conference
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dirigirse a alquien
I'm writing you because (formally)
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detonar una bomba
to set off a bomb
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incluso si
even though
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breath
el aliento
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la frialdad
the coldness (of a person)
380
ser un/a buitre
to be a vulture
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estar reformado
to be reformed
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reformar
to reform
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el cuarto de invitados
the guest room
384
un presupuesto
a budget, or a quote/estimate
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el alquiler
the rent
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alquilar
to rent
387
aturdir
to knock out
388
pura fachada
only a pretense
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el fregadero
the sink
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la pila
the sink
391
las fichas
the playing pieces of a game
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ficha de cliente
an account/client information
393
coger manía a algo/alguien
to hate someone with a mania
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hablar a voces
to talk loudly
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enfadarse
to get angry
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un internista
an internist
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colar a alguien
to cut in line
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anestesiar
to anasthetize
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un día de locos
a crazy day/week
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cuñdo/a
a sister-in-law
401
decadente
of formal elegance but now in disrepair
402
decaído
depressed (a person)
403
un abanico
a hand fan
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un ventilador
a regular fan
405
el agente immobiliario
a real estate agent
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pedir cita/pedir hora
to make an appointment
407
bochorno
muggy, stormy, sticky weather
408
viendo
seeing
409
yendo
going
410
pasar la tarjeta
to swipe a credit card
411
hierático
frozen
412
un muñeco de cera
a wax doll
413
viril
virile
414
te estas quendando conmigo
are you kidding?
415
servil
submissive
416
el mismo derecho que
the same right as
417
potente
powerful (for machines), sexual power when referring to a person
418
revolcar
to roll in
419
hacer gracias
to give thanks
420
calentarse
to incite one another
421
me subo por las paredes
I am climbing the walls
422
por cierto
by the way
423
si lo hubiera sabido
if I had known it
424
sudando como un pollo
sweating a lot
425
llamo para pedir cita
I am calling to make an appointment
426
llamo para pedir hora con..
I am calling to make an appointment (hour) with
427
soprendente
surprisingly
428
medicamento
a medicine
429
ha habido un problema
there was a problem (in the recent past)
430
hubo un problema
there was problem (yesterday)
431
ya he hecho lo del hotel
I have already done the...(list of items)
432
va a haber algo
there is going to be/happen something
433
va a pasar algo
there is something going to happen (more surprising)
434
servil
submissive
435
servicial
useful
436
un hotel de lujo
a fancy hotel
437
un colche de alta gama
a fancy car
438
un producto de buena marca
a fancy product (of good mark)
439
a ellos no les gusto
they don't like me
440
un comensal
a diner
441
presidir la mesa
sit at the head of the table
442
redicho
precocious
443
pedante
pedantic
444
ser un sieso
polite way of saying to be an ass
445
por casualidad
by chance
446
una discusion
a fight
447
una discusion sobre
a discussion on a topic
448
una pelea
a fight (verbal or physical - can include just an argument)
449
pelearse
to fight between two people
450
una bronca
a huge row
451
argumentar
to list the reasons for
452
discutir
to fight
453
discutir sobre
to discuss something
454
la antítesis
the antithesis
455
comporarse
to behave
456
la azafata
the stewardess
457
llegar por los pelos
arrive at the last minute
458
me dio un tirón
I stretched a muscle
459
me dio flato
it gave me a cramp
460
pagar por separado
to pay separately
461
el/la testigo
the witness
462
solicitar
to solicit or request (formal)
463
he visto con mis proprios ojos
I saw with my own eyes
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hacer escala
to have a lay-over
465
el amanecer
to dawn
466
no doy credito
I don't believe (negatively)
467
reparar en algo
to consider, pay attention to
468
cambiar de asiento
to change a seat/house, whatever
