4000 Common English Words Flashcards

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Asustado

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Afraid: when someone is afraid, they feel fear.

The girl was afraid of what she saw.

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De acuerdo

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Agree: to agree means, to say yes or think in the same way.
Learning English is totally important, I agree with you.

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Enojado

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Angry: when someone is angry, starts to speak loudly or fight.

I didn’t do my homework, so my mom was angry

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Llegar

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Arrive: to arrive means: to get to or reach some place.

She always arrives at school at 9 am

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Atacar

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Attack: it means: try to fight or hurt

Benlly tried to attack me yesterday

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Fondo, parte de abajo

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Bottom: it’s the lowest part of something.

The bottom of my keyboard doesn’t work.

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Astuto, listo, inteligente

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Clever: when someone is clever can solve problems and hard puzzle 🧩

The clever boy thought of a good idea

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Cruel

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Cruel: cruol
When someone is cruel, they do bad things to hurt others.

The cruel man yelled at his sister

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Finalmente

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Finally: if something happens finally, it’s means that happened after a longtime or at the end.

She finally crossed the finish line after four hours of running

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Esconderse

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Hide: haid
To hide means: to try not let others see you.

The other children will hide, while you count to one hundred.

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Cazar

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Hunt: hont
To hunt is to look for or search for an animal to kill.
Long ago people hunted with bows and arrows.

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Mucho

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Lot
There a lot of apples in the basket

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Medio (en el medio)

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The middle of something is the center or halfway point.

The Canadian flag has a maple 🍁 leaf in the middle of it.

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Momento

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Moment: moument
A moment is a second or a very short time.
I was only a few moments late for the meeting.

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Satisfecho.

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Pleased. Plisd
When someone is pleased, they’re happy.

She was pleased with the phone call she received.

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Promesa (verbo prometer)

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Promise: promess
To promise is to say you will do something for sure.

He promised to return my key by tomorrow.

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Responder (verbo)

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Reply
To reply is to give an answer or say back to someone.

She asked him what time his meeting was. He replied, at three

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Seguro (estar bien)

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Safe (adjetive)
When a person is safe, they’re not in danger.

Put on your seat belt in the car to be safe

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Engañar (verbo)

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Fool (fuol)

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Truco

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Trick: treck.
A trick is something you do to fool another person.

His card trick really surprised us

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Bueno (bien) adv.

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Well
You use well to say that something was done in a good way.
The couple can dance quite well.

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Aventura

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adventure (edvenshor)
An adventure is a fun or exciting thing that you do.
Riding in the rough water was an adventure

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Acercarse a (verb.) regular

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Approach (aproushe) (la e solo para que hagas el sonido tú sabes)
To approach something means to move close to it.

The boy approached his school.

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Cuidadosamente (adv)

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Carefully
Carefully means with great attention, especially to detail or safety

The baby carefully climbed down the stairs.

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Químico (un material químico)

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Chemical: quemecol
A chemical is something that scientists 👩‍🔬 use in chemistry 🧪
The scientist mixed the chemicals.

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Crear (verb) regular

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Create.
To create means to make something new
She created an igloo from blocks of snow.

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Malvado/ malo

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Evil 😈 ivol
Evil describes something or someone bad or cruel, not good.
The evil figure scared us all.

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Experimento

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Experiment 🧪
An experiment is a test that you do to see what will happen.
The student did an experiment in science class

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Matar (regular verb.)

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Kill (kel)
To kill someone or something is to make them die.
I killed the fly with the fly swatted

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Laboratorio

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Laboratory: labretory
A laboratory is a room where a scientist works.
My mother works in a laboratory.

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Reír (verb)

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Laugh 😆 (laf)
Laugh is the sound made when someone is happy or funny things occurs.
The sound of their laugh filled the room.

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Fuerte/ alto/ escandaloso (adjective)

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Loud: laut
If a sound is loud, it’s strong and very easy to hear.
The man’s voice was so loud that we all could hear him

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Nervioso 😥

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Nervous.
When a person is nervous, they think something bad will happen.
The boy became nervous 😬 when he heard the news.

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Ruido

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Noise.
A noise is an unpleasant sound.
The crying baby made a loud noise.

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Desagradable

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Unpleasant. (Onplesent)

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Proyecto

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Project.
A project is a type of work that you do for school or a job.
His afternoon work project was to paint the room green

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Asustar

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Scare
To scare someone is to make them feel afraid

My uncle was scared by what he saw in the room

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Secreto

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Secret 🤫
A secret is something that you don’t tell other people.
The two boys were sharing a secret

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Gritar de hablarle mal (regular verb)

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Shout (shaut)
To shout is to say something loudly
My boss shouted at me because I was late for work

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Oler 👃

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Smell:
To smell something means to use your nose to sense it.
The two friends smelled the flower 🌺

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Terrible (de tratar mal)

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Terrible 😞
If something is terrible, it’s very bad

They way he treated his classmate was terrible.

42
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Peor

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Worse
If something is worse, it’s of poorer quality than another thing

Business was worse this month than last month

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Muñeca

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Doll

44
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Alien 👽

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Alien (ei lien)
An alien is creature from a different world 🌍
The alien came in peace ☮️

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Paz

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Peace (piz)

46
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Entre/ en medio de (preposition)

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Among.
If you are among certain things, they are around you.
There was a red apple among green ones.

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Cierto (ciertamente)

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Certain (certen)

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Gráfico/ tabla para representar algo.

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Chart
A chart is a list of information
We used a chart to see how we had improved

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Nube 🌧️

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Cloud.
A cloud is a group of water drops in the sky.

The sky was filled with white clouds ☁️