17A Vocab Flashcards by Ellie Wiegman

Q

Amagarle la vida a alguien

A

To make someone’s life miserable

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Estar en manos de alguien

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To be under someone’s control

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Hacer la vida más fácil

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To make life easier

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¡Pero, hombre/mujer!

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Come on!

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El avance

A

Breakthrough

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El cargo

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Position

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La cura

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Cure

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Marte

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Mars

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La novedad

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Innovation

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La predicción

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Prediction

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La tendencia

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Trend

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Diferenciarse

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To be different

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Enterarse de

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To find out (about)

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Desechable

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Disposable

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Probable

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Probable

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Tecnológico/a

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Technological

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A lo mejor

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Maybe

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Quizá(s)

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Perhaps

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Seguro que…

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Surely…

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Tal vez

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Maybe

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Dentro de

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In, within

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El/la alarmista

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Alarmist

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La apreciación

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Appreciation

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La ciencia

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Science

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La conciencia

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Conscience

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El descubrimiento

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Discovery

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La equidad

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Fairness

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La experimentación

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Experimentation

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El experimento

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Experiment

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El incentivo

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Encouragement

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El/la investigador(a)

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Researcher

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El método científico

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Scientific method

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La privacidad

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Privacy

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La seguridad

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Security

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Demostrar (o:ue)

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To prove

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Descubrir

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To discover

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Abundante

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Plentiful

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Cómodo/a

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Convenient

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Comunitario/a

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Communal

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Ecológico/a

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Ecological

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Evidente

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Obvious, clear

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Fiable

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Reliable

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Inmediato/a

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Immediate

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Interactivo/a

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Interactive

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Móvil

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Mobile

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Obvio/a

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Obvious

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Rápido/a

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Fast

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Renovable

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Renewable

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Resistente

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Strong, tough

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Sostenible

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Sustainable

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Universal

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Universal

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Así (es) que

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So

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Por eso

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Therefore

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Por lo tanto

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Therefore

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A corto/medio/largo plaza

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In the short/medium/long term

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El ácido

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Acid

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El campo científico

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Scientific field

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(Cerrar [e:ir]/aumentar) la brecha

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(To close/increase the) gap

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La diabetes

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Diabetes

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El fármaco

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Medicine

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La fase

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Stage

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La glucosa

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Glucose

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La humanidad

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Humankind

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La infraestructura

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Infrastructure

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La insulina

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Insulin

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La jeringa

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Syringe

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La modernidad

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Modernity

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El organismo

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Organism

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La sangre

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Blood

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El sistema inmunológico

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Immune system

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Dominar

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To dominate

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Estar interesado/a en

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To be interested in

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Inyectarse

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To give oneself an injection

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Patentar

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To patent

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Redundar en

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To benefit

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Suministrar

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To administer

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Tornarse

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To become

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Ajustado/a a

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Adapted to

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Citado/a

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Cited, quoted

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Diabético/a

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Diabetic

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Farmacéutico/a

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Pharmaceutical

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Rezagado/a

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Lagging behind