Da 4A 2n22nov//24//aug12, Flashcards

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unexpected/unforseen adj
unexected/unforseen noun
Meeting them (like for the first time) was an unforseen pleasure.

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imprevisto
imprevisto
Conocerlos fue un placer imprevisto. Meeting them was an unforseen pleasure.
Previsto - foreseen predicted planned

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The plot of the story was that the birthday boy and his novia lived happily ever after.

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La trama de la historia era que el cumpleañero y su novia fueron felices y comieron perdices.

trama - plot
birthday person - cumpleañero
were happy and ate partridges - pears that talked
lived happily ever after. Y vivieron felices para siempre.

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He reads self-help and detective books.

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Lee libros de autoayuda y de detectives

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Who wrote “The feast of the goat”? answer

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¿Quién escribio “La fiesta del chivo”? Mario Vargas Llosa

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Who wrote the book “Malinche”. answer

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¿Quién escribio “Malinche”? Laura Esquival.

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I am intrigued by so much mystery.

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Estoy intrigada por tanto misterio.
intrigar - to intrigue
intrigarse - to be intrigued

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Reading the writing of Gabriel Garcia Márquez is like following a labyrinth. His writing is exceedingly/extremely complex.

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Leer la escritura de Gabriel García Márquez es como seguir un laberinto. Su escritura es sumamente compleja.

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the reading and writing

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lectura y escritura

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How do you say “hopscotch” in Spanish and who wrote a novel called “hopscotch”? answer

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¿Cómo se dice “rayuela” en español y quién escribió una novela llamada “Rayuela”? Julio Cortázar
(rrah-yweh-lah)
ra -ue-la
hopscotch in spanish is called avión

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Have you ever failed a test?
to fail a test

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¿Alguna vez ha reprobado un examen?
reprobar also suspender-suspendido
aprobar - to pass, to approve

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Unfortunately, it is a huge risk.

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Desafortunadamente/por desgracia/desgraciadamente, es un riesgo grandote.

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I grew-up like that.

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Crecía así.

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Are you a night or morning person?

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¿Es usted una persona nocturna o matutina?
matutina -related to morning

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Human beings are more similar than different.

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Los seres humanos son más similares que diferentes.

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Our loved ones are the most important people to us in the world.

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Nuestros seres queridos son las personas más importantes para nosotros en el mundo.

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Septic tanks are part of the sewer system.

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Las fosas-los tanques sépticas forman parte del alcantarillado. la alcantarilla is only a part of the alcantarillado

septic tank - la fosa séptica/el tanque séptico - correct
sewer system - sistema séptico o alcantarillado. USE alcantarillado, not sistema séptico because the latter is NOT used