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Fall of the giants vocab Flashcards

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grape

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uva

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encargado

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in charge

Grigori era el encargado del taller.

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He was itching to do something or dying to

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se moriá de ganas

Grigori se moriá de ganas de hablar con Dewar sobre Buffalo.

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to find out

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averiguar

También debe averiguar la Comisión dónde y cómo se ha aplicado esta substancia.

The Commission must also examine where and how this substance has been used.

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amazing

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asombroso

a. amazing
La actuación de Manuel fue asombrosa, especialmente después de solo una semana de práctica.Manuel’s performance was amazing, especially after only one week of practice.

El eclipse solar fue asombroso.The solar eclipse was amazing.

b. astonishing
Los resultados de la elección son asombrosos.The results of the election are astonishing.

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just like that

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asi´ tal cual

Este código se proporciona así tal cual, sin ninguna garantía.
This code is provided as is with no warranty at all.

Así tal cual, de repente, cuando la marea subió

and that´s how it was when the tide suddenly came up…

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It sounds very complicated

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Suena muy complicado…

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joy

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alegria

llorar de alegria
saltar de alegria

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it´s impressive

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es impresionante

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I like to… or something amuses me

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me encanta…

this works like gustar but is stronger in its meaning.
me encanta el deporte

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he is on a world tour

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está dando la vuelta al mundo
dar una vuelta to take a walk
estar de vuelta to be back
dar la vuelta to walk around

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to contribute

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aportar

aportar una vision ma´s fresca.

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the supplies, deliveries

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los suministros

El piloto lanzó suministros en la zona afectada por el desastre.

El suministro satisface la demanda del producto.
suministros de oficina
suministros de agua

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the shock

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el choque
el choque cultural.
Los cinturones de seguridad es el dispositivo de seguridad más eficaz en el choque de un vehículo.
so it can also mean a car crash or a collision

El choque se debió a errores de navegación en una condiciones de baja visibilidad.

The collision was caused by navigational errors in reduced visibility.

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the strike industrial type

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la huelga minera de 1912
ir a la huelga

Tal fue el caso de la huelga en la industria del papel.
Such was the case with the strike in the paper industry.

La única arma que le queda a la gente contra esta sinrazón es la huelga.

Strikes against this unreasonableness are the only weapon the people have left.

derecho a la huelga right to strike

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house maids servants

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las criadas

Las criadas domésticas extranjeras sufren malos trato
Foreign maids are often mistreated

think of them crying when they see snakes ‘adas’

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more experienced

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más experimentados

El modo básico para usuarios con escasa experiencia y el modo avanzado para los más experimentados.

Simple mode for non-expert users and advanced mode for experienced users.

Note that this is a tricky word.It sounds like experiment

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weak, faint

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tenue
iluminación tenue —subdued light n · soft lighting n
tenue luz —dim light n
más tenue adj—fainter adj

Puede seleccionar cuatro niveles de brillo que van desde muy tenue a muy brillante.

Four levels of brightness ranging from very dim to very bright can be selected.
but it can mean other things such as, thin, tenuous

La tenue relación con Birmania se dio concretamente con su gobierno.
The tenuous relation with Burma was with government.
muy tenue a muy brillante scale 1 out of ten

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joints of the body

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los articulaciones

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even so

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aun así
Las hamburguesas se han quemado un poco, pero, aun así, están ricas.

No estudié, pero, aun así, aprobé el examen.

Aun así, es posible que retos de una escala diferente surjan en un futuro no distante.

Still, challenges of a different scale may come to the fore in the not-so-distant future.

So we can see it means ¨ still ¨ , all the same, nonetheless

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to neglect

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descuidar

Nunca descuido a los buenos amigos. I never neglect good friends.

Can also mean to overlook something

Al preparar la boda, no podemos descuidar los detalles.

In preparing the wedding, we can’t overlook the details.
It´s like cuidar to look after but des cuidar

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anxious, worried

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inquieta

so it kind of means not to be quiet about something

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to be dumbfounded

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atónita
when the count tongue kissed her she was stunned, dumfounded, flabbergasted, astounded, amazed
He would have to atone for this behaviour

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horrified, shocked

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horrorizaba
El Pensador se horrorizaba cuando notaba que…

Desde luego esto me horrorizaba! Of course this horrifies me!
starts with the word horror some people think ABA is horrible.

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25
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immediately

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enseguido

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to prevent

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impedir
La gripe no le impidió ir a trabajar.
the flu did not stop her ‘Jacqelyn from going to work.

El soporte impide que el tejado se derrumbe.
the support prevents the roof from collapsing.

So it impedes or stops something happening

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features of a person

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las facciones

thye talked about Maud and Fitz haveing similar features.

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steel

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acero

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melting

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fundiendo

melting the steel to cast the train wheels.

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beauty

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una belleza

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to suppress

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reprimir
reprimir emocienes
reprimir una sonrisa
El hombre reprimió un bostezo. The man suppressed a yawn.

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anger

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ira

Aprendí a controlar la ira en terapia. I learned to control my anger in therapy.

El hombre enfadado intentó controlar su ira.
The angry man tried to control his rage.

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by then by that time

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para entonces
Para entonces sabíamos lo suficiente de la enfermedad para tomar la decisión de tener otro hijo con la misma condición.
By then we knew enough about the disease to make the decision to have another child with the same condition.

Para entonces, los riesgos de la terapia excedían los beneficios
By then, the risks of the therapy exceeded the benefits.

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disgusted nauseated

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asqueado
Aquella horripilante violencia asqueó a muchos sureños blancos y dio lugar a las primeras divisiones entre la población blanca del Sur. america.gov
Such gruesome violence sickened many white Southerners, and rifts emerged within the white South.

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a sign

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una seña

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to place something somewhere

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colocar
lo colocaron a presión en el interior de una caja profunda con una mezcla compactada de arena de moldes húmeda.

They placed it into a deep box with precision with a mixture of compacted moist sand for molding.
From latin locar to place
From Lat “c” changes in Sp to “qu” before every “e”

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the hole

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el agujero
el agujero negro the black hole
agujero de ojono

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a sound

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un sonido

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to cool down

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enfriarse

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to start something up like a motor

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se puso en marcha el motor eléctrico
el coche se puso en marcha
puso en marcha el plan
ya se puso en marcha Already started

poner en marcha means to activate something start it
up or get it going or switch it on

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the rest of them

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los demas

todos los demas

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42
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breath

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el aliento

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43
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they placed…

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colocasen
colocar is the verb
locar in Latin to place

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he unbuttoned his coat

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desabrochó´el abrigo

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to lift or raise your voice

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alzando la voz

Alzando la voz el ex presidente Alberto Fujimori negó haber ofrecido una amnistía al líder del grupo Colina Santiago Martín

Ha alzado la voz en contra del escándalo de Guantánamo en un momento en que no era fácil hacerlo.

You raised your voice against the scandal in Guantanamo at a time when it was not easy to do so.

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to stop

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detener

La conductora detuvo el taxi en la intersección.

Los activistas detuvieron la destrucción del bosque.

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an average

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un promedio

en un promedio adv—on an average adv

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powerful

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poderosos

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49
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the slap

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la bofetada

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salary

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un sueldo

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51
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the sharpness

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nitidez

lo que recordaba con toda nitidez…

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52
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unfortunately

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por desgracia

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to dig

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cavar

cavar su propia tumba

El jardinero cavó un agujero con la pala.

The gardener dug a hole with the shovel.

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honesty

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el honradez

El juez era un hombre de gran honradez.

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trade union

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el sindicato

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a cage

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una jaula

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57
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to crush

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aplastar

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filthy

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mugrienta

filthy, grubby, greasy etc

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disengaged

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desenganchó

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´the waste

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los desechos

desechos químicos

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anxiety

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ansiedad

ataque de ansiedad
ansiedades

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after a little while

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dentro de un rato

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dose

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dosis

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64
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vaccinations

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vacunas

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similar

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semejante

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66
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the stores

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las almacenes

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67
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solely

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únicamente

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the office

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el despacho

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69
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cunning

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ladino

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assistant

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el ayudante

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a vein

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veta

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72
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engagement ring

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anillo de compromiso

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73
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earrings

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aros for clip on

zarcillos pierced

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74
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to rebuild

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rehacer like an piece of jewellery

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75
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to rebuild a house

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recontruir

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76
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a mouse

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un ratón

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77
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warm food

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tivio

78
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in front of

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por delante de…

79
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ninth

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noveno

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to be full of something overflowing eg energy

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rebosante
rebosante de alegria
rebosante de salud
rebosante de aromas
lleno de rebosar   full to overflowing
81
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briefly in short

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fugazmente L fugio to flee
Eng cognate fugitive
SP la fuga the escape or fleeing
so we get fleeting - a star across the sky.

82
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expected, something to wait for

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prevista

83
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hanged people

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ahorcaban
verb ahorcar to hange ahorcarse to be hanged.
Note the “a” prefix meaning motion
ahorcar to go to the gallows horca = the gallows.

84
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ankles

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los tobillos

85
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fear terror

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el espanto

86
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to move away from sth

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alejarse

87
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crooked

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torcida
torcer to twist, bend
El chico torció´la verdad

88
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spread scattered

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espareida

89
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to deserve

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merecer Eng cognate merit

90
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to hurt

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herir

91
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worker usually blue collar

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obrero

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portrait

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retrato

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trouble, disorder

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trastorno

tras meaning upside down and torno to turn

94
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to collect, pick up sth left behind

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recoger ENg cog recollect

95
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my way

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a mi manera

96
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at the same time, simultaneously

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a la vez

97
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going up, higher up

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arriba

98
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in the dark

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a oscuras

99
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to dissolve

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diluir

100
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to flee, escape

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huir

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to influence

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influir

102
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to get, to manage

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conseguir

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to pursue, to continue with

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proseguir

104
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to follow

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seguir

105
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to govern, manage

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regir

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to restrict

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restingir

107
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to reappear, rise up again

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resugir

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to shout, roar

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rugir

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to submerge

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sumergir

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to come out, appear, emerge

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surgir

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to compromise, give in

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transigir

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to sew

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coser

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to insert, to put in

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meter

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to attend

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asistir a

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to carry out

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cumplir

116
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to publicise, broadcast

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difundir

cog diffuse

117
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to pretend

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fingir

finjo

118
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to welcome, receive

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acoger

cogsie gave me a warm welcome.

119
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to take, catch

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coger

120
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to shrink

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encoger

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to choose

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escoger

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to collect, gather

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recoger

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to surprise, startle

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sobrecoger

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to correct

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corregir

125
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to address, direct

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dirigir

126
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to demand

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exigir

127
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to inflict

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infligir

Annie inflicted needlessly harsh punishment on her son for not making his bed.
Annie infligió una pena innecesariamente dura a su hijo por no tender la cama.

128
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a challenge

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un reto

129
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all is well

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todo marcha bien

or todo va bien

130
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to set up, put together, assemble

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armar

131
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to drag

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arrastar

132
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to study, take a course in sth

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cursar

133
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to test, try out, rehearse

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ensayar

test tubes = tobos de ensayo

134
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to hand in, hand over

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entregar

135
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I don’t owe anybody anything

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No le debe nada a nadie

136
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How long have you been in this neighborhood?

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Cuánto tiempo hace que vive en esta vecindad?

137
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We’re coming back at the end of the month

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regresamos a fines del mes.

138
Q

How long have you been studying French?

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¿Cuánto tiempo llevas estudiando francés?

139
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test tubes

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tubos de ensayo

140
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pendant

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dije
like the verb part of decir
can also be peniente

141
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magnifying glass

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lupa

142
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similar

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paracidas, similar, semejante

143
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tin

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estaño

144
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chisel

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cinsel

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electrical tape

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taipe electrica

cinta

146
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pliers

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alicantes

147
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hammer

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matillo

148
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handle

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el mango

149
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a joke

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un chiste

150
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to step on

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pisar

No pisar el césped

151
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to apply for something

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solicitar algo
are you applying for that job?
solicitas aquel puesto?

152
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to attend something

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asistar a algo

153
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to sneeze

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estornudar

154
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to keep something, put away

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guardar
para guardar algo lejos de ti.
to keep something away from you.

155
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to send something

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mandar

156
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to chew

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mascar

cog masticate

157
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to surf the web

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navegar

navegar en el red

158
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to press

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pulsar

a pulsating headache

159
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to take away, remove sth

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quitar

to quit somemthing

160
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to review

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repasar

161
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to take a long time

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tardar

162
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to jog

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trotar

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I have forgotten something

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me hace falta algo

164
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I don’t like something

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me da asco algo

me dan asco los chinos

165
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disgust as a noun

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el asco

166
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fuck as an expression in the street

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joder

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to put up with something, tolerate

A

aguantar

168
Q

to store

A

almacenar
the stored items
los elementos almacenados

169
Q

to reach

A

alcanzar

Al has cancer. He has reached the end of his life.

170
Q

however

A

obstante

171
Q

hardly, scarcely

A

apenas

172
Q

army

A

ejercito

think army exercises in korea

173
Q

to save

A

salvar

think: Eng salvage

174
Q

to raise

A

levantar

175
Q

to lower something down

A

bajar algo

176
Q

to lift something up

A

levantar algo

177
Q

to sink

A

hundir

All the hound dogs were sinking in the Texas floods.

178
Q

to push something

A

empujar algo

179
Q

to push someone over

A

para empujar a alguien

180
Q

to push something down

A

empujar algo hacia abajo

181
Q

to pull something down

A

tirar algo

182
Q

to pull something up

A

sacar algo

183
Q

to hold it above my head

A

para mantenerlo por encima de mi cabeza

184
Q

to put something behind my back

A

poner algo detrás de mi espalda

185
Q

to put something down on the ground

A

poner algo en el suelo

186
Q

to get down on the ground

A

bajar al suelo

187
Q

to get down from there

A

bajar de alli

188
Q

to put it higher

A

para ponerlo más alto

189
Q

to put it across the room

A

ponerlo a través de la habitación.

190
Q

to go across the road

A

cruzar la carretera

191
Q

to cross the street

A

para cruzar la calle

192
Q

to push someone

A

para empujar a algiuen.

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