06/05/13 Flashcards by Jose Soler

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Striving

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Animar a alguien

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Reshuffle (v/n)

A

Reorganizar, reestructurar

Reestructuración

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Curse

A

Maldicion

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Peers

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Colega de escuela, en trabajo es colleagues

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Be frowned

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No estar de acuerdo

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Nosedive

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Bajar ingresos o posicion

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Laudable

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Something perfect

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Ramifications

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Consequences

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Bias

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Prejudice

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Sought-after

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Being searched for

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Solely

A

Only

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Joy of enlightenment

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Enjoy for study

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Doggedness

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Opposite to creative

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The odds are shortened

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The chances are lessened

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Plum job

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Highly desired job

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Fall well short (of)

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Not come close to the (desired) level

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Driving force

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Main push

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Urge to upgrade

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Desire to increase the status (of)

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Exalted role

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Highly praised job

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Perceived edge

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Something has this when it is seen to be better

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Peers

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Persons of equal rank or status

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Colleagues

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Workmates

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Appreciable nosedive

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Noticeably large drop

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Serious ramifications

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Important consequences

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Sought-after work

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A job lots of people want

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Spoils of working life

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Profits from working

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Attendant drop

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Accompanying decline

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Roundly criticise

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Severely attack

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Burst

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Feel a very strong or irrepressible emotion or impulse

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Revise

A

Revisar una asignatura

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Review

A

Revisar solo un tema

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Parish

A

The smallest unit of local government, constituted only in rural areas

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To stammer

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Tartamudear

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Astonishment

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Great surprise

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Coffin

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Ataud

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Rascal

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Bribon

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To weep

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Llorar

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Leftover

A

Something, especially food, remaining after the rest has been used

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Weak

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Exhausto

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Heel

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Talon

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Retort

A

Replicar, reporting verb

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Dull

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Lacking interest or excitement

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Amusement

A

The provision or enjoyment of entertainment