2014 Good Vocab Flashcards by Jamie Young

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Fingir

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Pretend

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Un pesado

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A pest / A pain in the neck

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Tropezar con alguien

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To bump into / run into someone

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Me enteré

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I found out

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Es de vital importancia

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It is vitally important

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Reforma / Reformar

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Refurbishment / Refurbish

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Servil

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Servile

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Conseguir terminar algo

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To get something finished

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Apetecer algo o hacer algo

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To fancy something or fancy doing something

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Quedarse dormido

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To oversleep

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Un pelin

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A tad

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Cambiar de tema

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To change the subject

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Estar harto de

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To be fed up with

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Su sitio adecuado está alli

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It belongs in there

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Tentador

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Tempting

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Incluir algo con una compra, para lo cual no se cobra

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To throw in

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Elegante / Lujoso

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Fancy

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Perspicaz

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Insightful

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Cabezota

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Stubborn

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Despedir (por “mal comportamiento”)

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Fire / Sack

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Despedir (porque la empresa tiene que cortar puestos)

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To make someone redundant / To lay someone off

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Poco afinado (persona)

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Blunt

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Disposición

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Willingness

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Estar dispuesto

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To be willing

Emprendedor

Entrepreneur

Guasa

Banter

Aproximado

Approximate / Rough

Broma pesada

Prank / Practical joke

Sin piedad

Ruthless

Ingenioso

Witty (funny in a clever way)

Conflictivo

Abrasive

Llegar a

Arrive at

El mismo... que...

The same... as...

Comercio exterior

Foreign trade

Estar exento de algo

To be exempt from something

Sobacera

Holster

Consejo de ministros

The Cabinet

Desmayarse

To faint

Decepcionado

Disappointed

Lenguage florido

Flowery language

Un discurso para vender algo

A pitch (It is also a verb: to pitch)

Some aspect of something that helps sell it

A selling point

A very short, concise pitch

An elevator pitch