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1
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the attitude

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la actitud

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to label

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etiquetar

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label

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la etiqueta

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job seeker

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demandante de empleo

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card

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una tarjeta

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to be unemployed

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estar en paro

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job offers

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las ofertas de trabajo

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press

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la prensa

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to carry out

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desempeñar

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paid

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remunerado

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to conceive

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concebir

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to demand, to call for

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exigir

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quoted, listed

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cotizada

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dose

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dosis

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an average mark

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una nota media

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branch

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rama

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risk management (as a degree)

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actuariales

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business (as a degree)

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empresariales

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psychology

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psicología

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a budget

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un presupuesto

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to blow, to melt, to murge

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to fundir

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don’t blow your budget

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no fundas tu finiquito

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compensation, reparations

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la indemnización

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to invest

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invertir

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to find out

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averiguar

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to weigh

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sopesar

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to demolish

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derrumbar

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to advise

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aconsejar

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mimar

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to pamper

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to watch, to guard

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vigilar

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anger

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la rabia

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pair, even

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par

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hangover, undercurrent

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resaca

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to anchor, to cling on

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anclar

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to hide

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esconder

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36
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to throw

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tirar, lanzar

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37
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salary, wage

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sueldo

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38
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stretch

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trano

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39
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Sweden

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Suecia

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40
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a wire without network, no internet

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un alambre sin red

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member, integral

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integrante

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42
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designed for one purpose

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unipersonal

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43
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drunkenness

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borrachera

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44
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counted, few

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contado

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45
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regulations

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normativa

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46
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multar

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to fine

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47
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guide (noun)

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el/la guía

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destruction, havoc

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el destrozo

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ordinance, orderly

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la ordenanza

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epicenter

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el epicentro

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51
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town

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la localidad

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52
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violent

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violento

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53
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gifted

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dotado

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54
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to sugest

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proponer

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55
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hardworking

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trabajador

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56
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the crime

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la delincuencia

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57
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to show

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mostrar

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ambitious

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ambicioso

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59
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immersed

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sumido

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60
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to suceed

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lograr

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61
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(role) models

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modelos

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at the cost of

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a costa de

63
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whatever the cost

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a costa de cualquier cosa

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the religion

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la religión

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at your disposal

A

poner a disposición

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the block (of buildings)

A

la cuadra

67
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to guide

A

guiar

68
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don’t be so naive!

A

¡no seáis tan mojigato!

69
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a gold digger

A

un busca/caza fortunes

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opening night

A

estrenar una película/ una obra de teatro

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a sin

A

un pecado

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shame

A

la vergüenza

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to strangle

A

ahogar

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landowner

A

terrateniente

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to flick through

A

echar un vistazo

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to be on the road/on the way

A

estar de camino

77
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to see people

A

ver a personas

78
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to be close

A

estar muy unidos/as

79
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a different relationship to the one you have with your parents

A

una relación diferente a la que se tiene con los padres

80
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I can’t see them as much as I would like to

A

no puedo verlos tanto como quisiera

81
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to keep abreast, to keep up-to-date

A

ponerse al día

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performance

A

el rendimiento

83
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to feed

A

dar de comer

84
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like a happy hour, something you have before a meal to make you hungry

A

a la hora del aperitivo

85
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appetizer

A

el aperitivo

86
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to open your appetite

A

abrir el aperitivo

87
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to encourage

A

animar

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gypsy

A

el gitano

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surreal

A

surrealista

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surrealism

A

el surrealismo

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shocking

A

chocante

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bullfighting

A

toreo

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astrology

A

la astrología

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chav

A

choni

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to escape

A

fugarse

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astrological chart

A

la carta astral

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premiere, debut

A

estreno

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to be released

A

estrenarse

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womanizer

A

un mujeriego

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male chauvinist

A

un machista

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to fly the nest

A

irse del nido

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accountant

A

el contador

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to miss

A

echar de menos

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scholarship, bursary

A

una beca

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lungs

A

los pulmones

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lung

A

el pulmón

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rations

A

los víveres

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a link

A

un enlace

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a maid of honour

A

una dama de honor

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Arabic, Arab

A

el árabe

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foreign office minister

A

ministerio de asuntos exteriores

112
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ambassador

A

el/la embajador

113
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without a doubt, undoubtedly

A

sin duda, sin lugar a dudas

114
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to obtain, to achieve

A

lograr

115
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to be as fit as a fiddle

A

estar rebosante de salud

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to be in seventh heaven, to be over the moon

A

estar en séptimo cielo

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blackmail

A

el chantaje

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riddle

A

la adivinanza

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gossipy

A

cotilla (adjective)

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a gossip, a busybody

A

el/la gossipy cotilla

121
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to kiss

A

besar

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angry

A

estar enfadado

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a rave, binge, revelry

A

la juerga

124
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youth unemployment

A

el paro juvenil

125
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to take advantage of

A

aprovechar

126
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to scratch or touch the surface (of something)

A

arañar la superficie (de algo)

127
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to borrow

A

tomar prestado

128
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jobs

A

los puestos laborales

129
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to return

A

regresar

130
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to do the exam in all subjects which is mandatory to go to university

A

hacer la selectividad

131
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the gross (as in income, total)

A

el bruto

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profitable

A

rentable

133
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instant gratification

A

una gratificación instantánea

134
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owner

A

el dueño

135
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manager

A

el/la gerente

136
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great-grandfather

A

el bisabuelo

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cart, wagon

A

el carro

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a dagger

A

una daga

139
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wealthy

A

adinerado

140
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reach, scope

A

el alcance

141
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seasonal

A

estacional

142
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great-granddaughter

A

la bisnieta

143
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wood

A

la madera

144
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toy

A

un juguete

145
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to be resourceful (colloquialism)

A

ser apañado

146
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to reast

A

asar

147
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recipe, medical prescription

A

la receta

148
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the straight

A

el estrecho

149
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to be full

A

estar a tope

150
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really busy or used when describing a great time

A

a top

151
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to be up to one’s nose

the lowest level of “I’ve had it up to here”

A

estar harta las narices

152
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to be up to one’s eyebrows

the middle level of “I’ve had it up to here”

A

estar harta las cejas

153
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to be up to the crown of one’s head

the highest level of “I’ve had it up to here”

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estar harta la coronilla