August 21 Flashcards

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1
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A shelter

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Un cobijo

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2
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Report, certificate

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Un parte

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3
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To express condolences

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Dar el pésame

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4
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To upset, to drive crazy

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Trastornar

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5
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To work, to have an affect on

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Obrar

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6
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Sense, meaning

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Acepción

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7
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Tailback, traffic queue

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Una caravana

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8
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Traffic jam

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Un atasco

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9
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Piping, pipes

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La cañería

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10
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Thin wall, partition wall

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El tabique

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11
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Bereft of, devoid of

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Huérfano

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12
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Starvation

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Inanición

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13
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Squatter

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Un okupa

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14
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Bittersweet

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Agridulce

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15
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Bounce, jump

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Un bote

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16
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A power cut

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Un apagón

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17
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Heavy going, tedious

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Pesado

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18
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Anchovy

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Un bocarte

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19
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I have the pleasure to inform you

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Tengo el agrado de informarle que…

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20
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To intimidate / be intimidated

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Amilanar/ amilanarse

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21
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To untie, to undo

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Deshacer

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22
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Den, hideout

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La guarida

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23
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Assets

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El activo

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24
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Property, building

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Un inmueble

25
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Overripe, overcooked, Old-fashioned

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Pasado

26
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Calm, unruffled

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Pancho

27
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A dropper

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Un cuentagotas

28
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Thread

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Un cabo

29
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Police sergeant

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Un cabo

30
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Chatterbox

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Un parlanchín

31
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Matching

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A juego - con falda a juego

32
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A hunch, an intuition

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Una corazonada

33
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Stingy, mean, miserable

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Mezquino

34
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Level with

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A ras de - a ras del suelo

35
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To take great pains with, to do your best

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Esmerarse

36
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To fan

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Abanicar

37
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To speak to, address

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Dirigirse

38
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Jeans, denims

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Los tejanos

39
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Tablets, pills

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Las pastillas

40
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Equipment

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Los enseres

41
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Poster, sign

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Un cartel

42
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Spider’s web

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Una telaraña

43
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Attic, loft

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Un desván

44
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A chance (football)

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Una opción, una ocasión

45
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A slip (of the mind)

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Un despiste

46
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Preacher

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Un predicador

47
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Finger tip

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La yema

48
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Gifted, exceptional

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Dotado

49
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To be headed for (figurative)

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Estar abocado a

50
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To be useful

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Servir

51
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Apathetic

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Abúlico

52
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To consider

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Reparar en

53
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Lipstick

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Carmín

54
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To undervalue

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Infravalorar

55
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Reluctant

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Reacio

56
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Reluctant

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Reacio

57
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Expert

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Un perito

58
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To compare

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Cotejar

59
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In slow motion

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A cámara lenta