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001 Flashcards

1
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Current Affair

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Actualidad / Asuntos actuales

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Abroad

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Extranjero (en el extranjero país foráneo)

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Holiday

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Vacaciones

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Holidays

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Días festivos (feriados)

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Camp holiday

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Vacaciones de campamento

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Sea holiday

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Vacaciones en el mar

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7
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City break

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Descanso en la ciudad (vacaciones cortas en la ciudad)

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Staycation

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Vacaciones sin salir del sitio donde vives, en lugar de salir de la ciudad, se puede tener actividades en la misma ciudad o sitio donde se viva

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sightseeing

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Turismo

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sightseeing tour

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Visita turistica

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sightseeing tours

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Excursiones turísticas

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Flair

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Estilo, toque, don (add flair to your email)

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13
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Odd one out

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el que no encaja

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Clever

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Inteligente

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Tasty

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Sabroso

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Starving

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Muriendo de hambre, hambriento

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Certain

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Cierto

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Awful

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Horrible

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Dreadful

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Terrible

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Disgusting

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Repugnante

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Very good

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Excellent, Perfect, Awesome, Wonderful

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Very bad

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Terrible, Awful, Disgusting, Dreadful

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Utterly

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Absolutamente

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Quite Imposible

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Absolutamente imposible

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Quite

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Bastante, Absolutamente, Muy (se usa para enfatizar - strong adjectives)

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intensifiers

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Absolutely, Really, Totally, Completely, Particularly, utterly, exceptionally, quite

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27
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Polite

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Cortes, Cortesia

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28
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Deal with

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tratar con, lidiar con

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29
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Settle down

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Establecerse, una persona cuando se casa

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30
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Get along

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llevarse bien (I get along with her)

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31
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Fall out with someone

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disgustarse con alguien, pelearse con alguien

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32
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make up

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hacer las paces, tiene varios significados, se interpreta acorde al contexto (maquillar, inventar, formar, constituir, preparar, hacer las paces

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take on

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asumir, aceptar, tomar, realizar, contratar

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let go

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give up

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renunciar, rendirse, dejar

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start up

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puesta en marcha, comenzar, sobresaltarse

37
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look after

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cuidar de, ocuparse de, velar por

38
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likewise

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igualmente, equally, alike, evenly

39
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timetables

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unwell

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indispuesto

41
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do not leave out steps in an explanation

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no omita los pasos en una explicación

42
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Steadily

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Continuamente

43
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Nowadays

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hoy en dia

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Aid

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Chunks

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Settle on

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decidirse por

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Despite

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a pesar de

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Neglected

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descuidado(a)

49
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Bolster

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Lead-in

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hacer entrar a… (an introduction or preamble that allows one to move smoothly on to the next part of something.)

51
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hand me down

52
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nothing but scraps

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Nada más que sobras

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And as for the cat

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Y en cuanto al gato…

54
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you had better not miss a meal

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es mejor que no te pierdas una comida

55
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you had better miss a meal

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será mejor que te pierdas una comida

56
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let’s get cracking

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pongamos manos a la obra (empecemos, arranquemos, iniciemos)

57
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what struck me was

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lo que me llamó la atención fue

58
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Creating LingQs is so important we named the site after it!

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¡Crear LingQs es tan importante que le pusimos el nombre al sitio!

59
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You will slowly get used to them

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Poco a poco te acostumbrarás a ellos

60
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get on with

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llevarse bien con..

61
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like a house on fire

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really enjoy spending time together

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see eye to eye on

63
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fall out with someone

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pelear con alguien

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get on really well

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llevarse muy bien

65
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go back years

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know someone for a long time

66
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strike up - strike up a relationship

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entablar - entablar una relación - begin a friendship

67
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Here’s the bottom line

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aqui esta el resultado final

68
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I couldn’t put it down

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no pude dejar /parar de leerlo (libros)

69
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It had me on the edge of my seat

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me tuvo al borde del asiento (películas, series…)

70
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the plot was full of twists and turns

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la trama estaba llena de giros y vueltas (películas, series, libros, TV, etc)

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it had a star-studded cast

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tenía un elenco lleno de estrellas (películas, series, etc)

72
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cliffhanger

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(final en suspenso) es un recurso narrativo que consiste en colocar a uno de los personajes principales de la historia en una situación extrema al final de un capítulo o parte de la historia, generando con ello una tensión psicológica en el espectador que aumenta su deseo de avanzar en la misma. El término es una expresión inglesa que puede traducirse como “quedar colgando del acantilado”. Según el medio y tipo de historia, un cliffhanger puede ser simplemente una escena, una imagen, una acción dramática, o tal vez solo una frase

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it lived up to all the hype

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estuvo a la altura de todo el bombo (rimbomba, publicidad, revuelo, medios masivos, opiniones etc)

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astonishing

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very surprising (asombroso)

75
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gorgeous

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very good looking, very attractive

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hilarious

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very funny (divertidisimo)

77
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delighted

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Very funny (encantado, maravilloso)

78
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taking part

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participando

79
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Resemble

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parecerse a (appereance)

80
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he’s only just got home

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solo acaba de llegar a casa

81
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foreign travel never really appealed to him until he retired

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los viajes al extranjero nunca le atrajeron hasta que se retiró

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