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1
Q

If I have some old trousers and I use them only for clean my bike, that’s…

A

That’s the only use I use them for

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When I should practice more but I’ve practiced just a little bit

  • I don’t ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
  • I haven’t ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
A
  • practice as much as I should

- practiced as much as I should

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When I want to use an umbrella that is not mine I ask…

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Can I borrow an umbrella?

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Ask her if you can borrow ten dollars from her, say please

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Can I borrow ten dollars please?

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5
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If something doesn’t work from the beginning

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It has never worked

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6
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To shut with force and noise

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Slam

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7
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If something deserved your effort

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It was worth it

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8
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If you’re driving and you want to warn any danger you…

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Honk the horn

hɑŋk) (hɔrn

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9
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Ask her if he seen to be in a good mood

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Does he seen to be in a good mood?

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10
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To diminish the differences between two things

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Bridging the gap

ˈbrɪʤɪŋ ðə gæp

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11
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If you had an abrupt cessation of consuming something you can use

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I stopped something cold turkey

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12
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Ask her if you have some milk left in the refrigerator

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Do we have any milk left in the refrigerator?

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13
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  • When it’s the last week on her vacation (with there)

- When it’s the next to last week on her vacation (with there)

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  • There is one week left on her vacation

- There are two weeks left on her vacation

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14
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When it’s the last week on her vacation (with have/has)

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She has one week left on her vacation

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15
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My Uncle’s son

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My causin

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16
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My brother’s children

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My nephiew and niece
(ˈnɛfju) (nis)
(ˈnɛfjuz) (ˈnisɪz)

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17
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If I give my girlfriend a ring she would be my…

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Fiance (fiˈɑnˌseɪ)

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18
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I know I should to do it… but I ___ ___ ___

A

But I haven’t done it

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19
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When she has an strict meal plan tell her to follow it

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Stick to your meal plan

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20
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Bogotá is 2,640 metres above sea level that is…

A

Altitude (ˈæltəˌtud)

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21
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A place to camp is a…

A

Campsite

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22
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If you live close to the supermarket, so the supermarket is…

A

Near me

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23
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I have a lot if pencils, if you want some you want…

A

Some of them

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24
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If everybody heard about something (With have)

A

Everybody has heard about

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25
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If something takes more time but you don’t really have time

A

That takes more time than I really have

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26
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Tell him you were own a ps1

A

I owned a ps1

aɪ) (oʊnd) (ə

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27
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If something is perfect for you

A

It suits me

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28
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In this period of time _______ three Presidents.

A

There have been

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29
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Until now

A

So far

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30
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When you know something but you don’t know if that changed recently, you would say…

A

As far as I know…

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31
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Ask him if that’s the use for that

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Is that what that’s for?

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32
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When the nurse took your blood you went…

A

for bloodwork

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33
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You can go to the gym and do cardio and…

A

Weight lifting

weɪt ˈlɪftɪŋ

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34
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  • Use this word to express what you would like to happen:
  • ____ he’ll come around
  • ___ Mary wouldn’t be too angry with him
A

Hopefully

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35
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Believing that something will happen the way you want it to (Negative + Past)

A

I wasn’t very hopeful

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36
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Something started a little bit after the last 12 months

A

It started just over a year

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37
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If they’re in brazil because they left their origin country last night

A

They left for brazil last night

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38
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When you find out something

A

I learned

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39
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Ask a question with who (to do something in the past)
___ ___ this?
The answer would be
___ ___ that

A
  • Who did this?

- She did that

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40
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Who / Whom (her his)

A

Whom (hum)

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41
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This big device to clean clothes

A

Washing machine

ˈwɑʃɪŋ) (məˈʃin

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42
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You recently got to this new home

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I just moved here

ʤʌst

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43
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If I had known… (go with you)

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I would have gone with you

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44
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I never would have caught the cheese flavor… (you say to me)

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if you hadn’t said to me

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45
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If my girfriend had fallen down… (be terrible)

A

It would have been terrible

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46
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What do you get watching rap battles?

A

I get goosebumps (gusbʌmps)

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47
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This place where you cook bread is

A

Oven

ˈʌvən

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48
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If you want to tell that you were with 3 friends…

A

There were four of us

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49
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Run out (You, your girlfriend) (Energy) (Past)

A

We ran out of energy

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50
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Run out (You, your girlfriend) (Water) (In this moment)

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We’re running out of water

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51
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Ask her the duration of that movie (with do and last)

A

How long does that movie last?

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52
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If you’re motivated and you don’t want to (bored - something)

A

I don’t want to get bored of it

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53
Q

If you’re in your bike and suddenly you’re on the floor, that was because…

A

I fell down

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54
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  • If a tree was born ___ its branches never straighten

- Not straight, bending, curved

A

Crooked (krʊkt)

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55
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2 types of bikeways

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Bike path, Bike lane

baɪk pæθ), (baɪk leɪn

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56
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If you’re in your office and you left you’re bike at home

A

I didn’t bring my bike

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57
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If you’re at home and you left computer in the office

A

I didn’t bring my computer home

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58
Q

Tell him your girlfriend got home with something for you

A

My girlfriend brought me something

brɔt

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59
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Do you know something? (You don’t know) (With even)

A

Not even the basics

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60
Q

Tell her that in addition to programming, you design

A

As well as program, i design

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61
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In addition to

A

As well as

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62
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If you don’t have any doubt

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I’m pretty sure

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63
Q

You were talking to your friend 29 minutes, How long were you talking with him?

A

For about 30 minutes

64
Q

You were working 3 minutes ago and now you’re on the street

A

I just got off of work

65
Q

If you are back at home, you only have 1 minute there and you were in some place

A

I just got back from somewhere

66
Q

Not being productive, not focusing too much (ˈfoʊkəsɪŋ)

A

Slacking off

67
Q

Something has many things that your mind can assimilate

A

I pick up so much from it

68
Q

If you want to take advantage of your free time

A

To make the most of my free time

69
Q

Ask who is the owner of the pen

A

Whose pen is it

70
Q

Store with nails, hammer, etc

A

Hardware Store

71
Q

You’re on your bike going up… You are on a…

A
  • Steep street

- Steep slope

72
Q

FAQ

A

Frequently Asked Questions

73
Q

You’ve been all day at home, Nevative outside

A

I haven’t been outside all day

74
Q

She was in wrong place, it’s dangerous (Should)

A

She shouldn’t have gone there

75
Q

It’s 11 and you’re still at home (One hour late) (Leave)

A

I should have left at 10

76
Q

It’s been 3 hours and your boss ask you for some emails

  • See
  • Read
  • One on more than one
A
  • I haven’t seen it yet
  • I haven’t seen them yet
  • I haven’t read it yet
  • I haven’t read them yet
77
Q

We are two, We weren’t…

A

Neither of us

78
Q

We are two, We are….

A

Both of us

79
Q

We are three, We weren’t…

A

None of us

80
Q

We are three, We were…

A

All of us

81
Q

Ask him for a glass of water

A

Can I have a glass of water?

82
Q
  • Happen (past - perfect)

- I didn’t know ___ ___ ___ until (ənˈtɪl) someone told me

A

What had happened

83
Q

What do you have to do when the water is here?
1 - I go out from the apartment
2 - ?
3 - I take the water
4 - I go back to the hall with the water bottle
5 - ?

A

2 - I go down the stairs

5 - I go up the stairs

84
Q

Tell her you got to chie like a tourist, now you’re still here

A

I stayed here

85
Q

The better I know her, ___ ___ I like her

A

The more

86
Q

If you’re cleaning your floor with this stick, so you’re using your ___ ___ ___

A

broom to sweep

87
Q

I got a ___ the last week in the beach (Sun color)

A

Tan

88
Q
  • In winter you have to turn on your…

- Wood ___

A

stove

89
Q
  • To desist from

- Please, Don’t ___ ___

A

Give up

90
Q

Used for introducing what you want to tell someone, especially when you are pleased or excited about it

A

Guess what!

91
Q
  • This is the correct way
  • Use should (it)
  • This ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
A

is how it should be

92
Q

Compare

A
  • In comparisson with

- Copared to (kəmˈpɛrd)

93
Q
  • You can’t form or devise (a plan or idea) in your mind

- I can’t ___

A

I can’t conceive

94
Q
  • Feeling or causing someone to feel uncomfortably confined or hemmed in by lack of space.
  • The opposite of spacious
A

Cramped (kræmpt)

95
Q
  • Put your back against the floor

- I ___ ___ ___ ___floor

A

I lay down on the floor

96
Q

When you have your back against the floor

A

I am lying down

97
Q

You make soup in a

A

Pot

98
Q

You make fry potatoes in a

A

Pan

99
Q

The table has four

A

Legs

100
Q

Some chickpeas come in a box and some come in a…

A

Can

101
Q
  • You use this word to introduce a subordinate clause which contains a statement which makes the main clause of the sentence seem surprising or unexpected
  • ___ it was very muddy, the football game went on
A

Although

102
Q
  • You have 5 minutes left to get off of work
  • Use future
  • In 5 minutes my work day ___ ___ ___
A

In 5 minutes my work day will be over.

103
Q

It, Sense, Negative

A

It doesn’t make any sense

104
Q

If you study, you’ll learn

A

If you don’t, you won’t

105
Q

___ Is something that some one else can gets, always

A

Disease

106
Q

___ is something that someone else may not get

A

Illness

107
Q

She can listen to the pressure cooker’s sound because she is near the kitchen and…

A

I’m further the kitchen than she is

108
Q

Gatherers gather…

(ˈgæðərərz) (ˈgæðər)…

A

fruits

109
Q

Prohibited words…

A
  • Course words
  • Cursing
  • cussing
110
Q

Do you live in chile? - Yes… (Have/Has, 5, Moving)

A

It’s been 5 years since I moved here

111
Q

The bag you put on your bike

A

Saddlebag

112
Q

What the health ___ me

A

brainwashed

113
Q

Piece of paper to clean your mouth while eating

A

Napkin

114
Q
  • Causing or feeling uneasy embarrassment or inconvenience. He had put her in a very ___ position
  • Difficult to use, do, or deal with:
  • I always feel ___ when I’m with Chris
A

Akward

115
Q

I haven’t ___ ___ ___ ___ in five years. (Again in Veneuela)

A

Been back to Venezuela

116
Q
  • You’re about to finish it

- ( Have / has ) Almost

A

I’ve almost finished it

117
Q

If you live in the second floor

A

Nobody lives under this floor

118
Q

If you don’t use yeast, the bread

A

doesn’t rise

119
Q

When you finished your breakfast 1 minute ago

A
  • I just ate breakfast

- I just had breakfast

120
Q

Queen (Relation) Elizabeth and Canada, (Ask her)

A

What does the Queen have to do with Canada?

121
Q

Tell her you were on your bike but now you’re next to your bike

A

I got off the bike

122
Q

to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible exten

A

Mumble

123
Q

To ___ somebody, e.g. a team, a friend, a rival

A

Beat

124
Q

You’re outside the gym, tell her that you went out recently

A

I just left the gym

125
Q

You stopped building a puzzle (Use two expressions)

A
  • I surrenderd

- I gave up

126
Q
  • You had a lot of thing to understand but lately you completed that
  • I ___ what I ___ ___
A

I understood what I was missing

127
Q

Those dogs let a lot of poop on the ground

A

They did their business on the ground

128
Q

That idea… 🤯 (Past)

A

blew my mind

129
Q

Use rather in a question, coffee or tea?

A

Would you rather have coffee or tea?

130
Q

Preffer

A

Rather (ˈræðər)

131
Q

Someone ask you something but you don’t want (Rather / Negative)

A

I would rather not.

132
Q
  • When did your friend become vegan?

- (Adapt / Lifestyle)

A

When she saw me adopt this lifestyle

133
Q

Be the property of

  • The vehicle didn’t ___ to him
  • The puppy ___ to my sister.
  • That doesn’t ___ to you
A

Belong

134
Q
  • If you say that something happens ___ ___ ___ something else happens, you mean that it happens immediately after the other thing.
A
  • As soon as

- As soon as relations improve they will be allowed to go

135
Q

Laundry, cleaning floors, washing dishes

A

Houseworks

136
Q

Tell her that he wasn’t fired, the boss…

A

laid him off

137
Q

Tell her the material of those tables

A

they are wooden

138
Q

This is the first time that you see them
Your friend - I hadn’t seen them…
You - (Use never and either)

A

I had never seen them before either.

139
Q

Tell her about the people you know and their bikes in the parking

A

I know people whose bikes have been stolen

140
Q

There are riders and drivers, the people walking are:

A

Pedestrians

pəˈdɛstriənz

141
Q

What’s the name of this thing to change direction? cars, bikes

A
  • Steering wheel

- Handlebars

142
Q

You got to chile from peru…

A

In the nick of time

143
Q

Is it a business trip or a… (Not placer) ?

A

leisure (ˈlɛʒər)

144
Q

What’s La vega?

A

A street market

145
Q

She is asking you for your chikpeas, tell her they’re black

A

I burned them.

146
Q

You’re in the hall wainting for the elevator with your dirty clothe, so you’re going…

A

To the top floor

147
Q

I’m using my phone as a…

A

Hotspot

148
Q

This place where there are dead animals on sale

A

Butcher shop (ˈbʊʧər ʃɑp)

149
Q

Tell her your phone is not good… (Sometimes it stops working)

A

Sometimes it breaks

150
Q

Empanadas are made with

A

Dough (doʊ)

151
Q

You ___ lucky (In the past, for something good)

A

Got

152
Q

Are you going to stay? (Without going)

A

No, I’m not staying.

153
Q

Pronounce this: Close the door and put on the clothes

A

Those words sound similar (Close and Clothes)

154
Q

Ask her the duration of that movie (with going and last)

A

How long is the movie going to last?

155
Q

We have a list of things we want for our birthdays, in this way we can ___ the ___ of each one

A

Meet expectations

156
Q

This phrase is used for emphasizing that a particular situation will remain the same no matter what happens.

I’m determined to prove my innocence ___ ___ that means going to the highest court in the land.

Two answers:

A
  • even if

- Even though

157
Q

The dog has four

A

Paws (pɔz)

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