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1
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There are dogs with lineage and ___

A

Stray dogs

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Humans have races and dogs have ___

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Breeds

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  • When ___ ___ ___ ___back in venezuela

- My Grand Father always had an arepa warm for me

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I would wake up

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  • My first month eating only lentels I was ___ every day

- About your stomach10

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Bloated

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Your class mate is next to you and he is so sleepy, his eyes are closing, Tell your other class mate what’s happening right now

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He’s falling asleep right now!

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You were in the classroom yesterday and your classmate’s eyes were closing, Tell her what happened in class yesterday

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He fell asleep in class yesterday

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  • To remove something that you don’t want anylonger (get…)

- I can’t wait to ___ ___ ___ that ugly old couch.

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  • Get rid of

- “Get rid of something”

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  • To start to feel happy or well again after something bad has happened to you
  • It can take weeks to ___ ___ an illness like that.
A

Get over

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  • Having everything ordered and arranged in the right place, or liking to keep things like this
  • The house was clean and ___
  • My flatmate isn’t very ___
  • A ___ solution
A

Tidy

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  • Transitive to lift things up and put them in the place where they are kept in order to make a place tidy
  • ___ ___
  • I’ve already asked them to ___ their toys ___.
A

Pick up

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  • About being on bed

- I couldn’t ___ ___ last night

A

Fall asleep

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How did you sleep last night?

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I slept well last night

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Answer someone that she’s sleeping using present simple and “already”

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She’s already asleep

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If you want to make the hot chocolate thicken, you could add…

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Corn starch

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  • What time do you ___ ___ every day?

- (When you stop sleeping)

A

Get up

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If your aparment never gets sun is because it’s a ___-___ aparment

A

South-facing

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  • The latest time or date by which something should be completed
  • Contact your local school district to find out what the ___ is
A

Deadline

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18
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Ask her if she (BE USED TO)

  • Cook
  • Work late
  • Horses
  • Sunny weather
A
  • Are you used to cooking?
  • Are you used to working late?
  • Are you used to horses?
  • Are you used to sunny weather?
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To produce air or breath suddenly, forcibly, and loudly through the nose and mouth by involuntary action (allergy)

  • I ___
  • She ___
  • (Past) - I ___
A
  • I Sneeze
  • She sneezes
  • Sneezed
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To expel air from the lungs suddenly with a harsh noise (smoke)

  • I ___
  • She ___
  • (Past) - I ___
A
  • I cough
  • She coughs
  • I coughed
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To make progress; not to stay in the same place and therefore, to remain unchanged

A

Move forward

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Ask who is the owner of the papers

A

Whose papers are they?

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Ask who is the owner of that picture

A

Whose picture is that?

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If the answer is = “She lives with Carlos”, ask me the question.

A

Who does she live with?

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You are sleepy and you open your mouth (and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom)…

  • You are ___
  • Yesterday I ___
A
  • Yawning

- I yawned

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That guy has no beard, ask him the length of his beard removal process
- ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Every mornng?

A

How long does it take you to shave every morning?

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You were bitten by a mosquito tell her what you do with your nails because something happens with your arm

A

I scratch because my arm itches

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  • To stay in the same place or in the same condition
  • Tell her what the doctor ordered him
  • The doctor ordered him ___ ___ in bed for a few days.
A

To remain

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29
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The Second Conditional
(if + past simple, … would + infinitive)
1 - To have a lot of money … Travel around the world
2 - To be rich … Travel all over the world

A
  • If I had a lot of money, I would travel around the world.

- If she were rich, she would travel all over the world

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The Second Conditional
(Would + infinitive, … if + past simple)
1 - Travel around the world… To have a lot of money
2 - Travel all over the world… To be rich

A
  • I would travel around the world If I had a lot of money,

- She would travel all over the world If she were rich

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  • In some way or other

-

A
  • Sort of

-

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Someone ask you if your are hungry, the answer would be Yes or Not, but you want to say 50%

  • ___ ___
  • I’m ___ ___ hungry

If something is a little bit wierd
- It’s ___ ___ weird

A
  • Kind of

- I’m kind of hungry

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Someone ask you if your are hungry, the answer would be Yes or Not, but you want to say 50%
- I’m ___ ___ hungry

Do you participate in the chat?
- I ___ ___

Are you waterbender?

A
  • Sort of
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34
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She is asking you something, You didn’t understand it and you want her to repeat the question:
I’m ___, ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

A

I’m sorry, say it one more time

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35
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You’re cooking lentils in a pot, you want her to move a spoon or other implement round in in order to mix it thoroughly (ˈθɜroʊli)

  • Hey, can you ___ the lentils please
  • Yesterday, she ___ the food
A
  • Stir (stur)

- Stirred (sturd)

36
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A thing that is given free:

  • You had a naughty dog and you let him in your grandparent’s house
  • You’re looking for the perfect gift to ___ ___
A
  • I gave it away

- Give away

37
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To get rid of something that you no longer want

  • What did you do with it?
  • Have you ___ the papers ___ ?
A

Throw (θroʊ)

  • I threw it away (θru)
  • Thrown & away (θroʊn)
38
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And also:
You want to say that he speaks very well and you don’t know speak like him
- I can’t speak english ___ ___ ___ he can

A

As well as

39
Q

You’re doing stretching exercises because you want to ___ ___

A

Get flexible

40
Q

If you have to make bread you have to ___ the dough and bake it

A

Knead

41
Q

Remove unnecessary items from (an untidy or overcrowded place).
- The next step is to ___ your bedroom.

A

Declutter

42
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To do something that you have been intending to do for some time

  • I meant to phone her yesterday, but I never ___ ___ to it.
  • Somehow, they never ___ ___ to thinking about it.
  • “Did you think I’m crazy?” No, I didn’t ___ ___ to think that
A

Got around

43
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A piece of evidence or information used in the detection of a crime.

  • She ask you something but you need help, you can ask her for a ___
  • Give me a ___
A

Clue

44
Q

The replacement of a soundtrack in one language by one in another language
- I watched it with spanish ___

A

Dubbing

45
Q

Pause in indecision before saying or doing something.

  • She, unsure of what to say (past)
  • Don’t hesitate to contact me (present)
A
  • Hesitated

- Hesitate

46
Q

Ask yourself

  • What
  • Suppose
  • to do
A

What am I supposed to do?

47
Q

Make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

  • Don’t get ___
  • He is just ___ because
A

Upset

48
Q

You’re cooking lentils and you want to increase or decrease the fire, ask her to do it

  • ___ ___ ___ ___
  • ___ ___ ___ ___
  • ___ ___ ___ ___
A
  • Turn the hob up
  • Turn up the stove
  • Turn up the heat
49
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Feel or declare that (someone or something) is responsible for a fault or wrong
- I don’t ___ you

A

Blame

50
Q

He fell down and he screamed, oh my foot is ___!

A

Backwards

51
Q

In the direction of
They drove ___ the German frontier
(droʊv) (ˈʤɜrmən)

A

Towards (təˈwɔrdz)

52
Q

The most of the fridays I have to work until 2pm if ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

A

I don’t have any commitments

53
Q

You are in the gym, It’s hot inside, there is a drop falling down from your forehead.

  • I’m ___
  • When I go to de gym I always ___
  • Yesterday I ___
A
  • Sweating
  • Sweat
  • Sweated
54
Q

Other way to say the midday

- At ___

A

at noon

55
Q

You want to say that you have gone as well

- They have gone, ___ ___ ___

A

So have I

56
Q

You, past perfect, negative, “noticed”

A

I hadn’t noticed

57
Q

When the dentist took out your wisdom teeth

- My cheek ___ ___

A

Was swollen (ˈswəʊlən)

58
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  • To stop believing that something you want to happen might be possible
  • You, lose hope, past (All of it)
  • I ___ ___ ___
A

I lost all hope

59
Q

You were doing something but you didn’t succeed (With fail)

I ___

A

I failed

60
Q

Ask her if she has ever asked herself something

A

Have you ever wondered?

61
Q

Say Horizon

A

həˈraɪzən

62
Q
  • If someone steals from you, he is a ___
  • In caracas I was always scared because there were a lot of ___ , they were all ___
  • They have ___ from me
  • Yesterday he ___ from me
A
  • Thif (θif)
  • Thieves (θivz)
  • Criminals
  • Stolen
  • Stole
63
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If you turn on the heater and the kettle at the same time, home’s power usage exceeds what your panel can handle, that creates an electrical circuit overload, where do you fix this?

A
  • In the breaker box
64
Q

Situated more or less centrally in relation to (several other things).

  • ___ us
  • Flowers hidden ___ the roots of the trees
A

Among us

65
Q

Pick out (someone or something) as being the best or most appropriate of two or more alternatives.

  • Yesterday I ___ my favourite pant
  • I have to ___ one
  • I don’t know where we’re going to stay, we haven’t ___ the hotel
  • With no money, he had no ___ but to walk home.
A
  • Chose (ʧoʊz) (Past)
  • Choose (ʧuz) (Present)
  • Chosen (ˈʧoʊzən) (Participle)
  • Choice (ʧɔɪs) (Other Thing)
66
Q
  • The quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity.
  • The investigation gathered ___ in the spring
  • As a bullet loses ___ , it arches down toward the ground.
A

Momentum

67
Q
  • (Of a task) requiring much skill or effort

- (Of a person) making others work hard or meet high standards; not easily satisfied.

A

Demanding

68
Q

I’m not leaving until… (fall asleep)

You ___ ___ ___

A

you have fallen asleep

69
Q

To find fault with angrily (ˈæŋgrəli)

  • She ___ me if I don’t wash the dishes
A
  • Scolds
70
Q

You awoke before the sun rises

I awoke before ___

A

Dawn

dɔn

71
Q

On every occasion

___ he saw the sea

A

Whenever (/wɛnˈɛvə/)

72
Q

Tell her you said that was going to happen (Warn)

I ___ you

A

I warned you

73
Q
  • You don’t want to turn on the heater again:
  • It would be crazy to turn it on

We are almost in summer, the heater ___ ___ ___ be on

A

Should no longer

74
Q

The quality or state of being different or diverse; the absence of uniformity, sameness, or monotony.

A

Variety (vəˈraɪəti)

75
Q

This is an oasis ___ by the climate changing

A

Threatened (ˈθrɛtənd)

76
Q

Be all round (someone or something).

  • The hotel is ___ by its own gardens
  • The police have ___ the building
A

Surrounded

77
Q

Third conditional:

Read it before / Be more surprising

A

If I had read it before, it would have been more surprising.

78
Q

Third conditional:
You have exercised a lot in the last years, You’re okay with that because you lost the weight you gained.
Not exercised / Lose more weight

A

If I hadn’t exercised all those years I would have lost more weight.

79
Q

If you went to the supermarket Saturday and Sunday

You were tired because you went there two days ___ ___ ___

A

Two days in a row

80
Q

Remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position.

  • To remove money from a bank
  • To remove something from a place
A

Base Form: Withdraw
Past Simple: Withdrew
Past Participle: Withdrawn

81
Q

You were drinking alcohol all day yesterday

- Yesterday, ___ ___ ___ all day

A

I drank (dræŋk) alcohol (ˈælkəˌhɑl) all day

82
Q

You use these kind of container to save your food in the refrigerator
- I put the food in an ___ container

A

Airtight (Containter)

ˈɛrˌtaɪt

83
Q

If you are going ___ ___ ___, you have to run

- Someone is going to steal something from you

A
  • To get robbed (rɑbd)
84
Q
  • ___ ___ ___ ___, the more dangerous that place is

- When it gets late.

A

The later it gets…

85
Q

Hi carlos, Yesterday I drank a lot of beer

  • How much beer? One hundred liters?
  • ___ ___ ___
  • I didn’t ___ ___ ___
A
  • Not that much

- I didn’t go that far

86
Q

What is your favorite music ___?
My favourite muisc ___ is rap!
Rap and Salsa are music

A

Genre (ˈʒɑnrə)
Genres (ˈʒɑnrəz)
[job (ʤɑb)]

87
Q 
Negotiation
We are \_\_\_
Yesterday we were \_\_\_
Yesterday I \_\_\_ with my customer
I'm going to \_\_\_
A

negotiating (nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtɪŋ)
negotiated (nəˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtəd)
negotiate (nəˈgoʊʃiˌeɪt)

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