4.2.2 Vocab Enrichment Flashcards

This vocabulary deck contains advanced entertainment and music words. This roughly covers cards 8220-8420 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”).

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to misunderstand

e.g. I misunderstood the instructions

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malinterpretar

ej. Malinterpreté las indicaciones

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a misunderstanding

e.g. Don’t get mad at me. It was just a misunderstanding

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un malentendido / una confusión

ej. No te enojes conmigo. Solamente fue un malentendido

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comprehensible / understandable

e.g. His accent is so thick, it is barely comprehensible

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comprensible

ej. Tiene un acento tan fuerte que apenas es comprensible

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incomprehensible

e.g. His hatred is incomprehensible. I have no idea why he feels this way

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incomprensible

ej. Su odio es incomprensible. No tengo idea por qué se siente así

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understanding / compassionate

e.g. an understanding person

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comprensivo / compasivo

ej. una persona comprensiva

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to be on the same page / to be mutually understood

e.g. These designs are nothing close to what I wanted. I don’t think you and I are on the same page

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estar en la misma página / entenderse mutuamente

ej. Estos diseños no tienen nada que ver con lo que yo quería. No creo que tú y yo estemos en la misma página

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to determine / to establish

e.g. They were unable to determine the cause

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determinar / establecer

ej. No pudieron determinar la causa

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to clean out / to clear

e.g. I cleaned out the attic last night, so we can add more boxes

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limpiar a fondo / despejar

ej. Despejé el desván anoche, para que podamos agregar más cajas

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spotless / immaculate

e.g. I don’t just want this room clean. I want it totally spotless

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inmaculado / sin mancha

ej. No sólo quiero que este cuarto quede limpio. Lo quiero inmaculado

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a rag

e.g. We washed the car using old rags

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un trapo / un harapo

ej. Lavamos el auto con trapos viejos

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to rinse

e.g. Rinse the lettuce

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enjuagar

ej. Enjuague la lechuga

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a rinse

e.g. I don’t need a full shower. I just need a quick rinse

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un enjuague / un aclarado

ej. No necesito una ducha completa. Solamente necesito un enjuague

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to dust / to dust off

e.g. She dusted the shelves

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desempolvar

ej. Ella desempolvó los estantes

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a dustpan

e.g. a broom and dustpan

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un recogedor

ej. una escoba y un recogedor

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to wash off / to remove by washing

e.g. She washed the paint off her hands

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lavar de / quitar lavando

ej. Se lavó la pintura de las manos

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to wash down

e.g. He washed down the cookies with a tall glass of milk

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tragar con la ayuda de

ej. Se tragó las galletas con un gran vaso de leche

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to wash up

e.g. A bottle washed up on shore

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ser arrastrado por la marea

ej. Una botella fue arrastrada por la marea hasta la orilla

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to write off / to disregard / to dismiss

e.g. We can write off his opinion. He doesn’t know what he is talking about

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descartar

ej. Podemos descartar su opinión. Él no sabe de lo que está hablando

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to scribble / to scrawl

e.g. He quickly scribbled his name on the piece of paper

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garabatear / hacer garabato / garrapatear

ej. Rápidamente garabateó su nombre en una hoja de papel

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a transcript

e.g. I didn’t see his interview on TV last night, but I read the transcript

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una transcripción

ej. No vi su entrevista en la tele anoche, pero leí la transcripción

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to be past one’s prime

e.g. He doesn’t hit as many homeruns as he used to. He’s past his prime

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haber pasado sus mejores tiempos

ej. Él ya no anota tantos jonrones como antes. Ya pasó sus mejores tiempos

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old-fashioned / conservative / traditional

e.g. He is an old-fashioned guy

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tradicional / a la antigua / chapado a la antigua

ej. Él es un tipo tradicional

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old-fashioned / anachronistic / antiquated

e.g. Platform shoes are so old-fashioned

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pasado de moda / anticuado

ej. Los zapatos de plataforma están muy pasados de moda

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a fetus

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un feto

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to be underage / to be a minor

e.g. He can’t drink, he’s underage

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ser menor de edad / ser un menor

ej. Él no puede beber, es menor de edad

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prenatal / before birth

e.g. She received prenatal care from a great doctor

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prenatal / antes del nacimiento

ej. Ella recibió cuidados prenatales de un gran doctor

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to authorize

e.g. The police chief authorized the use of force

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autorizar

ej. El jefe de la policía autorizó el uso de fuerza

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to hand over / to give up / to yield

e.g. They were forced to hand over the information

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ceder / entregar

ej. Se vieron forzados a entregar la información

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to yield / to hand yourself over / to give in

e.g. Be strong. Do not yield to sin

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entregarse

ej. Sé fuerte. No te entregues al pecado

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taboo

e.g. a taboo subject

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tabú

ej. un tema tabú

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irritable / testy

e.g. She’s irritable when she’s hungry

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irritable

ej. Ella se pone irritable cuando está hambrienta

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to rub the wrong way / to irritate

e.g. He rubs me the wrong way because of his arrogance

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caer mal / irritar

ej. Él me cae mal por su arrogancia

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a nuisance / an annoyance

e.g. Flies are just a nuisance, but spiders can be deadly

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una molestia

ej. Las moscas son sólo una molestia, pero las arañas pueden ser mortales

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to nag / to pester / to badger

e.g. He keeps nagging me to do the dishes

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fastidiar / molestar / dar la lata a

ej. Él sigue molestándome para lavar los platos

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to mess with / to provoke

e.g. Don’t mess with that dog. He might attack you

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meterse con / provocar a

ej. No te metas con ese perro. Te puede atacar

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to meddle / to butt in

e.g. You shouldn’t meddle in other people’s business

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entrometerse / meter la cuchara

ej. No deberías entrometerte en los asuntos de los demás

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nosy

e.g. Stop being so nosy. Mind your own business!

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entrometido / metido / metiche

ej. Deja de ser tan entrometido. ¡Quédate en lo tuyo!

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to grab someone’s attention / to call someone’s attention

e.g. Her short blouse grabbed his attention

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llamar la atención a alguien

ej. La blusa corta que ella llevaba le llamó la atención

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to zone out / to check out / to daydream

e.g. In the middle of the boring speech, I zoned out

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dejar de prestar atención / desconectarse

ej. A la mitad del aburrido discurso, me desconecté

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the spotlight / the center of attention

e.g. She loves to be in the spotlight

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el centro de atención

ej. Le encanta ser el centro de atención

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to be out of it / to be distracted

e.g. Sorry I don’t understand. I’m a bit out of it today

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estar distraído

ej. Perdón, no entiendo. Estoy un poco distraída hoy

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a balloon / a hot-air ballon

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un globo aerostático

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a weather balloon / a meteorological balloon

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un globo sonda / un globo meteorológico

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barbaric / uncivilized / primitive

e.g. a primitive tribe

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bárbaro / primitivo / incivilizado

ej. una tribu primitiva

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primitive / rudimentary / crude

e.g. primitive technology

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primitivo / rudimentario

ej. tecnología primitiva

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austerity / strictness

e.g. During this period of budgetary austerity, we must cut our costs

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la austeridad

ej. Durante este período de austeridad presupuestaria, debemos recortar nuestros gastos

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a headboard

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una cabecera / un cabezal

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bedclothes / bedding

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la ropa de cama

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a bedspread

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un cubrecama / una colcha

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a cot

e.g. We don’t have a bed for our guest, but we can bring out the cot for him to sleep in

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un catre

ej. No tenemos una cama para nuestro huésped, pero podemos sacar el catre para que duerma

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a pillowcase

e.g. Please put this pillowcase on the pillow

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una funda

ej. Por favor pon esta funda en la almohada

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a cushion

e.g. That couch has very soft cushions

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un cojín

ej. Ese sofá tiene cojines muy suaves

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a duvet / a comforter / a quilt

e.g. The quilt is made of dozens of colorful squares

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un edredón / un cubrecamas / una colcha

ej. La colcha está hecha de docenas de cuadros de colores

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to fluff / to fluff up

e.g. She fluffed up his pillow before putting it back on the bed

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ahuecar / mullir

ej. Ella ahuecó la almohada para él antes de colocarla de nuevo en la cama

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blackmail / extortion

e.g. To use such blackmail on vulnerable old people is shameful

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el chantaje / la extorsión

ej. Es una vergüenza usar tal chantaje con gente anciana vulnerable

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to blackmail

e.g. She blackmailed him into giving her the information

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chantajear

ej. Ella lo chantajeó para que le diera la información

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to get carried away / to go overboard / to go to extremes

e.g. I simply told him to set the table, but he got carried away and decorated it with expensive flowers

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dejarse llevar / irse a extremos

ej. Solamente le dije que pusiera la mesa, pero se dejó llevar y la decoró con flores caras

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to have on you / to be carrying on your person

e.g. Do you have any change on you?

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llevar contigo / tener contigo / cargar en tu persona

ej. ¿Llevas algo de cambio contigo?

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to seal / to close

e.g. to seal an envelope

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sellar / cerrar

ej. Sellar un sobre

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in the vicinity / in the area / nearby

e.g. Is there a hospital in the vicinity?

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en los alrededores / en las inmediaciones / cercano

ej. ¿Hay algún hospital en los alrededores?

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proximity

e.g. the genetic proximity between humans and apes

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la proximidad / la cercanía

ej. la proximidad genética entre los humanos y los simios

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to slam the door

e.g. She slammed the door and ran out

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dar un portazo / azotar la puerta

ej. Ella dio un portazo y salió corriendo

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to shut out / to block out

e.g. She closed the curtains to shut out the light

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no dejar entrar / bloquear

ej. Ella cerró las cortinas para no dejar entrar la luz

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airtight / hermetically sealed

e.g. an airtight container

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hermético

ej. un contenedor hermético

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skin-tight

e.g. a skin-tight dress

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muy ajustado / apretado / embarrado

ej. un vestido apretado

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to condense

e.g. Can you condense this long report into a simple series of 10 bullets?

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condensar

ej. ¿Puedes condensar este largo informe en una serie de 10 simples viñetas?

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condensation

e.g. There’s condensation on the outside of my glass

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la condensación

ej. Hay condensación en el exterior de mi vaso

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to arm

e.g. The U.S. helped arm the rebels fighting for democracy

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armar

ej. Estados Unidos ayudó a armar a los rebeldes que peleaban por la democracia

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armed

e.g. armed and dangerous

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armado

ej. armado y peligroso

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a hazard / a threat

e.g. The knight was faced with many hazards along his journey

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un peligro / una amenaza

ej. El caballero enfrentó muchos peligros durante su travesía

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peril / danger

e.g. The jungle is fraught with peril

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el peligro / el riesgo

ej. La jungla está llena de peligro

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hazardous / perilous

e.g. a perilous journey

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peligroso / riesgoso

ej. un trayecto peligroso

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a doorstep

e.g. Please leave the package on the doorstep

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un umbral / un escalón de la entrada

ej. Por favor deje el paquete en el umbral

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a door handle

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un picaporte / una manilla / una manija

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a door knob

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un pomo / una perilla / un picaporte

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a doormat / a welcome mat

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un tapete de entrada / un felpudo

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a news anchor / an anchorman / an anchor

e.g. The anchorman sat behind the desk and introduced the TV news program

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un presentador

ej. El presentador se sentó detrás del escritorio e introdujo el programa de noticias televisivas

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a thriller / a suspenseful movie

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una película de suspenso

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a board game / a table game

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un juego de mesa / un juego de tablero

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a bouncer / a security guy

e.g. The bouncers threw the aggressive man out of the bar

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un sacaborrachos / un gorila / un segureta

ej. Los sacaborrachos aventaron al hombre agresivo fuera del bar

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a cameraman

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un camarógrafo

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a chip / a token

e.g. poker chips

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una ficha

ej. fichas de póquer

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a commentator

e.g. a TV sports comentator

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un comentador / un comentarista

ej. un comentarista de televisión

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a raffle

e.g. I won the gift certificate in a raffle

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una rifa

ej. Gané el certificado de regalo en una rifa

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the dealer

e.g. The dealer dealt five cards to each player

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el dealer / la persona que reparte las cartas

ej. El dealer repartió cinco cartas a cada jugador

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a tragedy

e.g. Tonight we are going to the theater to see a famous Greek tragedy

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una tragedia

ej. Esta noche iremos al teatro a ver una famosa tragedia griega

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a special effect / a visual effect

e.g. That movie has great special effects

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un efecto especial / un efecto visual

ej. Esa película tiene efectos especiales maravillosos

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film

e.g. I need a roll of film for this old camera

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la película

ej. Necesito un rollo de película para esta vieja cámara

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hide-and-seek

e.g. Let’s play hide-and-seek

A

las escondidas / el escondite

ej. Juguemos a las escondidas

90
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tag

e.g. The little boys love playing tag

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la roña / el pilla-pilla / las corretizas

ej. A los niñitos les encanta jugar a la roña

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a seesaw / a teeter-totter

A

un balancín / un sube y baja

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tug-of-war

e.g. The two teams played tug-of-war with the giant rope

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juego de tirar la cuerda

ej. Los dos equipos se enfrentaron en el juego de tirar la cuerda con una cuerda gigante

93
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a stripper / an exotic dancer / a go-go dancer

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una bailarina exótica / una encueratriz / una teibolera

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a filming / a shooting / a shoot

e.g. There was a movie shooting right outside my apartment this morning

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un rodaje

ej. Había un rodaje de película justo afuera de mi departamento esta mañana

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a slingshot

e.g. Bart Simpson is famous for carrying a slingshot

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una tirachinas / una tirapiedras / una cauchera

ej. Bart Simpson es famoso por llevar una tirapiedras

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a stunt

e.g. The actors in the James Bond movies do some amazing stunts

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una escena de acción / una escena peligrosa

ej. Los actores en las películas de James Bond llevan a cabo unas increíbles escenas de acción

97
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a stuntman / a stunt double / a double

e.g. That wasn’t actually Brad Pitt in that scene. That was just a stuntman

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un doble de acción / un doble

ej. Ese no era realmente Brad Pitt en esa escena. Era sólo su doble de acción

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in slow motion

e.g. Let’s watch that again in slow motion

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en cámara lenta

ej. Veamos eso de nuevo en cámara lenta

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a dimension

e.g. In the movie they travel through a black hole and into another dimension

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una dimensión

ej. En la película, viajan a otra dimensión a través de un agujero negro

100
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cable / cable TV

e.g. Do you have cable?

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el cable / la televisión por cable

ej. ¿Tienes cable?

101
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a talk show

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un programa de entrevistas

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a reality show

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un programa de telerrealidad

103
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a director

e.g. a movie director

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un director

ej. un director de cine

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a producer

e.g. Who is the producer of this show?

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un productor

ej. ¿Quién es el productor de este programa?

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dominoes

e.g. Let’s play dominoes

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el dominó

ej. Juguemos dominó

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checkers

e.g. They boy loves playing checkers with his grandfather

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el juego de damas / las damas

ej. Al niño le encanta jugar damas con su abuelo

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the media / the press

e.g. During the scandal, the president tried to avoid the media

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los medios de comunicación / la prensa / los medios

ej. Durante el escándalo, el presidente intentó evitar a los medios

108
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a merry-go-round / a carousel

e.g. The kids rode on the fake horses on the merry-go-round

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un carrusel

ej. Los niños montaron los caballos falsos del carrusel

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a mime / a mime artist

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un mimo

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a premiere

e.g. a movie premiere

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un estreno

ej. un estreno de una película

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a rerun / a repeat

e.g. I stayed up late watching reruns of old TV shows

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una repetición

ej. Me quedé despierto hasta tarde viendo repeticiones de viejos programas de tele

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the script

e.g. The actor read the script before agreeing to star in the movie

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el guión / el libreto

ej. El actor leyó el libreto antes de aceptar protagonizar la película

113
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a sequel

e.g. Ghostbusters had two sequels

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una secuela / una continuación

ej. Los Cazafantasmas tuvo dos secuelas

114
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a trilogy

e.g. The original Star Wars trilogy is timeless

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una trilogía

ej. La trilogía original de la Guerra de las Galaxias es atemporal

115
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a trailer / a movie trailer / a movie preview

e.g. Did you see the trailer for the new James Bond movie? It looks ridiculous!

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un avance / un avance de película / un trailer de película

ej. ¿Viste el avance de la nueva película de James Bond? ¡Se ve ridícula!

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a venue

e.g. What will be the venue for the concert? A stadium? An amphitheater?

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un lugar para eventos / un sitio para eventos

ej. ¿En qué lugar de eventos será el concierto? ¿Un estadio? ¿Un anfiteatro?

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an acrobat

e.g. I love watching the acrobats doing flips at the circus

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un acróbata

ej. Me encanta ver a los acróbatas hacer volteretas en el circo

118
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bingo

e.g. The old ladies played bingo every Tuesday

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bingo

ej. Las viejitas jugaban bingo todos los martes

119
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a cue / a signal

e.g. The actor waited for his cue and then walked onto the stage

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un pie / una entrada / una señal

ej. El actor esperó su pie y subió al escenario

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static

e.g. The TV is not working. I can only see and hear static

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la estática / la interferencia

ej. El televisor no funciona. Sólo puedo ver y escuchar estática

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a lounge

e.g. They sat in the lounge with a coffee and a cigar

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una sala de estar / un salón

ej. Se sentaron en la sala de estar con un café y un puro

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to shuffle

e.g. Did you shuffle this deck of cards?

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barajar

ej. ¿Barajaste este mazo de cartas?

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chess

e.g. a chess tournament

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el ajedrez

ej. un torneo de ajedrez

124
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a die / dice

e.g. He rolled the dice and hoped for good luck

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un dado / los dados

ej. Tiró los dados y esperó tener buena suerte

125
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to broadcast / to transmit / to air

e.g. The ship broadcasted a distress signal

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transmitir / emitir

ej. El barco transmitió una señal de emergencia

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a broadcast

e.g. This channel is running an exclusive broadcast of the soccer match

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una transmisión

ej. Este canal está pasando una transmisión exclusiva del partido de fútbol

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on the air / live

e.g. Quiet on the set! We’re on the air

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al aire / en vivo

ej. ¡Silencio en el plató! Estamos al aire

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equivalent to

e.g. Leaking government secrets is equivalent to treason

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equivalente a

ej. Filtrar secretos del gobierno es equivalente a traición

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an equivalent / a counterpart / an equal

e.g. He works for the English equivalent of the CIA

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un equivalente / una contraparte / un igual

ej. Él trabaja para el equivalente inglés de la CIA

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equally

e.g. Let’s split up the winnings equally

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equitativamente / igualmente

ej. Dividamos las ganancias equitativamente

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equally / just as

e.g. Stretching after exercising is equally important as stretching before

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igualmente / tan ____ como

ej. Estirar después de hacer ejercicio es tan importante como estirar antes

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a file / a dossier / a collection of documents

e.g. Can you look up the file from the Johnson murder case?

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un archivo / un dossier / un expediente

ej. ¿Puedes buscar el expediente del caso del asesinato de Johnson?

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to file / to file away

e.g. I spent my whole internship making copies and filing documents

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archivar

ej. Pasé todo el internado sacando fotocopias y archivando documentos

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on file

e.g. Do you have the Martinez account on file?

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en el expediente

ej. ¿Tienes la cuenta de los Martínez en el expediente?

135
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to file for

e.g. When he filed for bankruptcy, she filed for divorce

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solicitar

ej. Cuando él solicitó la bancarrota, ella solicitó el divorcio

136
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a fingerprint

e.g. The detective searched for fingerprints

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una huella digital / una huella dactilar

ej. El detective buscó huellas digitales

137
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to snap your fingers / to snap

e.g. She snapped her fingers and listened to the beat

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chasquear los dedos / tronar los dedos

ej. Ella chasqueaba los dedos y escuchaba el ritmo

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reparable / fixable

e.g. The damage to the house is reparable

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reparable

ej. El daño de la casa es reparable

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irreparable

e.g. irreparable harm

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irreparable

ej. daño irreparable

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to tinker with / to fiddle with / to play with

e.g. Steve Jobs started tinkering with electronics when he was a kid

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meter mano / trastear

ej. Steve Jobs comenzó a meter mano en los aparatos electrónicos cuando era niño

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to flap

e.g. The bird flapped its wings

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aletear / batir

ej. El pájaro aleteó sus alas

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to flap / to wave / to flutter

e.g. The flag was flapping in the wind

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agitarse / sacudirse / ondear

ej. La bandera se agitaba en el viento

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a follower

e.g. The religious leader had many followers

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un seguidor

ej. El líder religioso tenía muchos seguidores

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to follow up / to write back / to call back

e.g. I need to follow up with John. He hasn’t written me back yet

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estar al tanto / hacer el seguimiento / estar pendiente de

ej. Necesito hacer el seguimiento con John. No me ha escrito de vuelta todavía

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a follow-up

e.g. I already wrote you last week. This is my follow-up email

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un seguimiento

ej. Ya te escribí la semana pasada. Éste es mi correo electrónico de seguimiento

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to follow an example

e.g. She follows the example of her older sister

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seguir un ejemplo / seguir los pasos

ej. Ella sigue los pasos de su hermana mayor

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to retrace / to retrace your steps

e.g. We’re lost. We should retrace our steps

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retroceder / desandar / volver sobre sus pasos

ej. Estamos perdidos. Deberíamos volver sobre nuestros pasos

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to trace

e.g. He traced the outline of the design that was underneath the paper

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calcar / trazar

ej. Él calcó el contorno del diseño que estaba debajo de la hoja

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a trace

e.g. They left no trace

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un rastro / una huella

ej. No dejaron rastro alguno

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to track down / to locate

e.g. They finally tracked down the fugitive

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ubicar / localizar

ej. Finalmente localizaron al fugitivo

151
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a stalker

e.g. Maria had a stalker who followed her everywhere

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un acosador / un asediador / un acechador

ej. María tenía un acosador que la seguía a todos lados

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to stalk

e.g. She was arrested for stalking her favorite actor

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acosar / asediar / acechar

ej. Ella fue arrestada por acosar a su actor preferido

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to forge / to falsify

e.g. to forge a signature

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falsificar

ej. falsificar una firma

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a forgery / a falsification

e.g. a forgery of documents

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una falsificación

ej. una falsificación de documentos

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to barge in / to enter abruptly

e.g. She barged in the room while the meeting was taking place

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irrumpir / entrar bruscamente

ej. Ella irrumpió en el salón cuando la reunión se estaba llevando a cabo

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to get out of / to avoid / to escape

e.g. I got out of doing my homework because I was sick

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zafarse de hacer algo / librarse de hacer algo

ej. Me zafé de hacer mi tarea porque estaba enfermo

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to get off on the wrong foot

e.g. In the beginning of the interview, I spilled my coffee. I really got off on the wrong foot!

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empezar con el pie izquierdo

ej. Al principio de la entrevista, tire mi café. Realmente empecé con el pie izquierdo

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to get to the bottom of / to find out the real cause of

e.g. I don’t yet know who stole the pie, but I’ll get to the bottom of it

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llegar al fondo / averiguar la causa real de algo

ej. No sé quién se robó el pay, pero llegaré al fondo del asunto

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to get by / to scrape by

e.g. I don’t have very much money, but I get by

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tener lo justo para vivir / vivir con lo justo / tener suficiente

ej. No tengo mucho dinero, pero tengo lo justo para vivir

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to get by / to have just enough skills

e.g. My Spanish is not very good, but I get by

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defenderse / tener justo las habilidades necesarias / ir tirando

e.g. Mi español no es muy bueno, pero me defiendo

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to get in (to) / to get accepted (to)

e.g. My son got into Harvard

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entrar / ser admitido

ej. Mi hijo fue admitido a Harvard

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to get into / to get involved with

e.g. Bobby Fisher got into chess when he was very young

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meterse en / interesarse en

ej. Bobby Fisher se metió en el ajedrez cuando era muy joven

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to get out / to leak

e.g. The secret got out

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salir a la luz / salir a relucir

ej. El secreto salió a luz

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to get a lot out of

e.g. The class was boring, but I still got a lot out of it

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sacar provecho de

ej. La clase estuvo aburrida, pero de todas formas le saqué provecho

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to get to / to have the privilege of

e.g. I got to have lunch with the President

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conseguir / tener el privilegio de

ej. Conseguí almorzar con el presidente

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to regain / to re-earn

e.g. to regain someone’s trust

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recuperar / recobrar

ej. recuperar la confianza de alguien

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head-first / head-on

e.g. a head-on collision

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de cabeza / de frente

ej. un choque de frente

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to nod

e.g. He nodded in agreement

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asentir con la cabeza

ej. Él asintió con la cabeza al estar de acuerdo

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to shake your head

e.g. He shook his head “no”

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negar con la cabeza

ej. Él negó con la cabeza para indicar que no

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to jump rope / to skip rope

e.g. The girls are playing outside, jumping rope

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saltar cuerda / saltar la comba / saltar la cuerda

ej. Las niñas están jugando afuera, saltando la cuerda

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a jump rope

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una cuerda de saltar

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to jump on the bandwagon / to get on the bandwagon

e.g. A few cool kids started wearing the new style of hat, and suddenly everyone started to jump on the bandwagon. Those hats are everywhere!

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seguir el rebaño / subirse al carro / hacer como todos

ej. Unos cuantos chicos populares comenzaron a usar un nuevo tipo de gorro, y pronto todos comenzaron a seguir el rebaño. ¡Esos gorros se ven por todos lados!

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to jump to conclusions / to draw conclusions prematurely

e.g. Let’s not jump to conclusions. We don’t know all the facts

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sacar conclusiones prematuramente

ej. No saquemos conclusiones prematuramente. No tenemos todos los datos

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to be in the lead / to be in first place

e.g. The white horse is in the lead, with two laps left

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estar en la delantera / tener la ventaja / tener el primer puesto

ej. El caballo blanco está en la delantera, con dos vueltas restantes

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to take the lead / to move into first place

e.g. With that last homerun, the Yankees took the lead

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tomar la delantera

ej. Con ese último jonrón, los Yankees tomaron la delantera

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to take the lead / to take the initiative / to lead

e.g. Who is going to take the lead on this project?

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tomar la iniciativa

ej. ¿Quién tomará la iniciativa en este proyecto?

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to live by

e.g. I live by the belief that everything happens for a reason

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vivir guiado por

ej. Vivo guiado por la creencia que todo pasa por una razón

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to live off of someone

e.g. He still lives off his parents

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vivir de alguien

ej. Todavía vive de sus padres

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to live on / to live off of / to survive on

e.g. They live on the vegetables from their farm

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mantenerse de / subsistir de

ej. Se mantienen de la verdura de su finca

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to live up to

e.g. I was excited about this new president, but so far he hasn’t lived up to my expectations

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estar a la altura de

ej. Estaba emocionado con este nuevo presidente, pero hasta el momento no ha estado a la altura de mis expectativas

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to revive

e.g. The lifeguard revived the drowning victim

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revivir / reanimar

ej. El salvavidas revivió a la víctima que se ahogaba

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life-saving

e.g. a life-saving operation

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que salva la vida

ej. una operación que salva la vida

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a lifestyle

e.g. People are obsessed with the lifestyles of the rich and famous

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un estilo de vida

ej. La gente está obsesionada con los estilos de vida de los ricos y famosos

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a maniac

e.g. She was screaming like a maniac when her team won

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un maniaco

ej. Ella gritaba como maniaca cuando su equipo ganó

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delirious / crazed / hysterical

e.g. When his fever got really bad he went off on a delirious rant

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delirante / demente / histérico

ej. Cuando su fiebre subió mucho, empezó a despotricar de forma delirante

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hysteria / mania / delirium

e.g. Mass hysteria engulfed the crowd when the special guest appeared on stage

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la histeria / la manía / el delirio

ej. La histeria masiva envolvió a la multitud cuando el invitado especial apareció en el escenario

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mania / obsession / fever

e.g. “Beatle Mania” spread quickly through the United States in the 1960s

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la manía / la fiebre

ej. La “Beatle-Manía” o manía por los Beatles se propagó rápidamente en los Estados Unidos en los sesenta

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to hallucinate / to see things / to have visions

e.g. When he was gravely ill he hallucinated about wild animals living in his room

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alucinar / ver cosas / tener visiones

ej. Cuando estaba gravemente enfermo, él alucinó sobre animales salvajes que vivían en su cuarto

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a hallucination / a vision

e.g. During his drug trip he had crazy and colorful hallucinations

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una alucinación / una visión

ej. Durante su viaje, tuvo alucinaciones alocadas y coloridas

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an amp / an amplifier

e.g. a guitar amp

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un amplificador

ej. un amplificador de guitarra

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high fidelity / hi-fi

e.g. a hi-fi stereo

A

de alta fidelidad

ej. un estéreo de alta fidelidad

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a guitar pick / a pick

e.g. He plucked the guitar strings gently with his pick

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una púa / una púa de guitarra / una uña de guitarra

ej. Punteó las cuerdas de la guitarra delicadamente con una púa

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the tempo

e.g. the tempo of a song

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el tempo / el compás

ej. el tempo de una canción

194
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the key

e.g. the key of E minor

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la clave

ej. la clave de mi menor

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a chord

e.g. the opening chords of a song

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un acorde

ej. los acordes iniciales de una canción

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a riff

e.g. Most of Jimi Hendrix’s songs contain catchy and memorable guitar riffs

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una frase / una frase que se repite / un riff

ej. La mayoría de las canciones de Jimi Hendrix tienen frases memorables de guitarra

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an accordion

i.e. the musical instrument

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un acordeón

i.e. el instrumento musical

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bagpipes

i.e. the musical instrument

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una gaita

i.e. el instrumento musical

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a banjo

i.e. the musical instrument

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un banyo

i.e. el instrumento musical

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a cello

i.e. the musical instrument

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un violonchelo

i.e. el instrumento musical

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a clarinet

i.e. the musical instrument

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un clarinete

i.e. el instrumento musical

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a harp

i.e. the musical instrument

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un arpa

i.e. el instrumento musical

203
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an oboe

i.e. the musical instrument

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un oboe

i.e. el instrumento musical

204
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an organ

i.e. the musical instrument

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un órgano

i.e. el instrumento musical

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a trombone

i.e. the musical instrument

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un trombón

i.e. el instrumento musical

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a trumpet

i.e. the musical instrument

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una trompeta

i.e. el instrumento musical

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a xylophone

i.e. the musical instrument

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un xilófono

i.e. el instrumento musical

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an anthem / a hymn

e.g. the national anthem

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un himno

ej. el himno nacional

209
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a street musician

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un músico callejero

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a Christmas carol / a carol

e.g. They sat around the Christmas tree and sung carols

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un villancico / una canción de navidad

ej. Se sentaron en torno al árbol de Navidad y cantaron villancicos

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a cassette tape / a cassette / a tape

e.g. I have an old Pearl Jam tape, but I no longer have a tape player to play it in!

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un casete / un cassette / una cinta grabadora

ej. Tengo un viejo casete de Pearl Jam, ¡pero ya no tengo una casetera para escucharlo!

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a lullaby

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una canción de cuna / una nana

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a ballad / a love song

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una balada / una canción de amor