Books Flashcards

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Mercurial / moody

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Voluble

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Arson

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Incendio provocado

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To mistrust / mistrust

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Desconfiar / desconfianza

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Fumble / fumble to / fumble for

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Dejar caer el balon / hurgar, revolver / titubear

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Turn in

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Entregar

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On the contrary

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Por el contrario

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Sheer

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Puro, completamente, transparente, vertical

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Home in on sth

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Dirigirse

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Footnote

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Nota a pie de página

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Wasp

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Avispa

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Camiseta sin mangas

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Tank top

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Dejar la escuela / abandonar los estudios

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Drop out of school

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shortcomings

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Defectos /deficiencia / punto flaco

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bewilder / bewildered

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Desconcertar / desconcertado

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Juzgar mal a alguien

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misjudge

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To cut the theeth / to cut classes or school

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Salir los dientes / saltarse clases / irse de pinta

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Echar a alguien / poner de patitas en la calle

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To give somebody the boot

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Tener un presentimiento

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To have a hunch

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curvaceous

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Curvolinea / con curvas

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19
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Sin bubis

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Flat- chested girl

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20
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Desagradecido

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Ungrateful

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To be fond of / fondly

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Tener cariño por alguién/ cariñosamente

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Colmillo

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Fangs

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23
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Bangs

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Fleco

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Deshilachado
frayed
25
Bastilla
Hem
26
Resignation
Renincia
27
embezzlement
Malversación
28
Contratiempo
Setback
29
hesitant / hesitantly
Dudoso / dudosamente
30
Decidirse
Make up your mind
31
Grounded
Castigado
32
A la luz de la luna
By the light of the moon
33
Out of the blue
De la nada
34
Once in a blue moon
Muy de vez en cuando
35
To be over the moon
Estar muy contento
36
To land on the moon
Aluzinar
37
Alunizaje
Moon landing
38
Moon over
Soñar
39
To disquiet / disquite
Inquietar / inquietud, intranquilidad, desosiego
40
Hundirse / fregadero
Sink
41
Nudo / nudo en el estomago
Knot
42
Ribon
Moño
43
Vivir juntos
Move in together
44
Revelar
Disclose
45
Próximo
Upcoming
46
A diferencia
Unlike
47
shareholder
Accionista
48
Despedir
Sack
49
En vano
To be in vain
50
Fiscal
Prosecutor
51
Poner a tu disposición
To put at your disposal
52
Si mal no recuerdo
To my best recollection
53
Byword for
Sinónimo de
54
Talk someone into sth
Convencer
55
To abuse
Insultar
56
bombardment
Bombardeo
57
Practicamente
Virtually
58
La niña de mis ojos
The aaple of my eye
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With bare hands
Con mis propias manos
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Namely
En concreto
61
thorough
Meticuloso, cuidadoso, total, completo
62
Under the noses of everyone
Frente a sus narices
63
Supporting documents
Documentos adicionales
64
Quirks
Peculiaridades, extravacancia
65
Zótano
Cellar
66
Snoop
Fisgonear, huamear
67
Don't snoop into things don't concern you
No te metas en lo que no te importa
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To take a sabbatical
Tomarse un año sabático
69
Tar
Chapopote
70
Invoice
Factura
71
Caretaker
Conserje
72
scoundrel
Bribón, desvergonzado
73
De vez en cuando
occasionally
74
Lease
Arrendar
75
Enfermizo
sickly
76
Terreno
plot of land
77
Apelar
appeal
78
Jack
Gato, enchufe
79
Recaída
relapse
80
disheartening
Deshalentador
81
Doblar
Fold
82
trustee
Fideicomisario
83
Grope
Manocear, toquetear, meterle la mano
84
Por así decirlo
So to speak
85
Tener atole en la venas
To have nerves of ice
86
bedridden
Postrada en cama
87
acquaintances
Conocidos
88
Interwine
Entrelazar
89
Set foot
Poner un pie (visita)
90
Tickle
Picar/ intrigar
91
Speak with a plum in the mouth
Hablar con la papa/ fresa en la boca
92
Asfixiar
Smother
93
middleman
Intermediario
94
Well-to-do
De bien
95
proselytise
Convertir (religión)
96
blessing
Bendición/aprovación/ concentimiento
97
Dawn on me
Me cae el 20
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Clench
Rechinar
99
Clench
Rechinar
100
Candour
Franqueza
101
Slander
Difamar
102
haggard
Demacrado
103
Lavado de dinero
money laundering
104
Adivinanza
Riddle
105
Callejón sin salida
Blind alley
106
trial and error
Prueba y error
107
Madden
Hacer enojar
108
Plunder
Plagear / saquear / desvalijar / abusar
109
discard
Deshacerse
110
Lighten
Aligerar
111
Freshen
Refrescar
112
Revenous
Hambriento
113
Scabies
Sarna
114
Tick
Palomillas / garrapata
115
Breastfeed
Dar pecho
116
Aceitar
Oil
117
Inconfundible
Unmistakable