Fabulous Budapest book Flashcards

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Warder

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Verb
Walking around the place without any purpose direction

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Warder

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Verb
Walking around the place without any purpose direction

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Flood

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Noun
-Charco
- A large number of things or people that appear at the same time

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Line up

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Verb
A line or queue
- hour-long lines- up are usually during peak periods

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Bewildering

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Adj
Difficult to understand

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Flick

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Verb
Make something move
And while flicking through the book

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Take for granted

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Dar por sentado
I had previously taken for granted all the food that I could find in Ecuador before I moved on

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Acquaintance

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Noun
Relation with someone but not a close friend
Slightly friendship
-After our problem, we can only remain acquaintances to maintain our friendship

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Acquainted

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Adj
Familiar with something

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Nurture

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Verb

to take care of, feed, and protect someone or something, especially young children or plants, and help him, her, or it to develop

- She wants to stay at home and nurture her children.

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Pass on

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Phrasal Verb

Give something to someone else

- I would like to pass on my traditional roots to second and third generations

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Embrace

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Abrazar

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Spot

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Verb
Detectar
*-Will you spot him everywhere he is hiding ? *

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Encounter

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Verb
Meet something when you still doing something else
-you will constantly encounter memories from its past when you are walking this stress of Budapest

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Bullet

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Noun
-And in some places, you will even find bullet holes in the walls

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Overwhelming

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Adj

Very great or very large
-An overwhelming majority has voted in favour of the proposal.

Difficult to fight against
-She felt an overwhelming urge/desire/need to tell someone about what had happened.

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Countless

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Adj
Uncountable

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Set off

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phrasal verb
Start a journey
Make a bomb or alarm

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Stag

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Deer male

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Whip

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Strip of leather

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Fell apart

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Break up

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Claws

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Garras

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Beak

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Pico

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Sword

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Weapon with a long metal blade (cuchilla)

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Oath
Solemn promise
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Slaughtered
Extremely drunk
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Outstanding
Exceptionally good
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Regard
Think in a specific thing
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Battle
a sustained fight between large organized armed forces. **-"the battle lasted for several hours"**
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Heir
Heredero
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Bring up
**Phrasal verb** Look after until become an adult
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Priest
**Noun** Person who perform religious ceremonies
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Faith
**Verb** Strong beliefs in doctrines
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Befall
**verb** especially of something bad) happen to (someone). *-a tragedy befell his daughter*
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Wrongfully
**Adjective** Unfair *the Mongols have been wrongfully called Tatars by Hungarian historians*
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Yield
*Verb* to give up the control of or responsibility for something, often because you have been forced to *-They were forced to yield (up) their land to the occupying forces.*
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Raids
Incursiones
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Wheelbarrow
Carretilla
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Stump
**Noun** the part of something such as a tree, tooth, arm, or leg that is left after most of it has been removed *- He stopped and sat down on the stump of a tree.*
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Trigger
also ) cause (an event or situation) to happen or exist: trigger something off *-an allergy can be triggered by stress or overwork*
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Mankind
Human race *WWII was the biggest armed conflict in the history of mankind and caused the highest number of victims *
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Drag
**Verb** Transport *-Jews fell victim to WWII : they were dragged from the country and transported to concentration camps *
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Cattle wagons
Wagons used to transport animals
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Siege
**Noun** The act to rounded a place with guns *the most Hungarian battle was the siege of Budapest*
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Tight
adjective hard to move, undo, or open: she twisted her handkerchief into a tight knot
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Stronghold
**noun** a place that has been fortified so as to protect it against attack: *- their mountain strongholds fell to enemy attack*
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Litter
**noun** rubbish such as paper, cans, and bottles left lying in an open or public place *-always clear up after a picnic and never drop litter *
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Oblivion
**noun** the state of being forgotten, especially by the public: *his name will fade into oblivion*
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Throughout
**Preposition** A lo largo de A lo largo de los años
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Junctions
Uniones
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Landing Strips
Pistas de aterrizaje
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Civilian casualties
Victimas civiles
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Blown up
**adj** the violent shattering or exploding of something *the blowing up of several apartment blocks.*
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Barely
**Adv** Apenas
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Rigged elections
Elecciones amarradas
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Bugg
**verb** Conceal a miniature microphone to monitor or recall someone’s conversation
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Unbearable
*Adj* Insoportable
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Sickle
Noun Oz Como de la muerte
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flower-beds
garden plot in which flowers are grown
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Overthrow
**Verb** Remove from power Derrocar