False Friends Flashcards by Andrew Higton

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Adjudicar algo a uno

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Award

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Actual

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Present

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Agenda

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Diary

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Agonia

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Death pangs

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Agonizar

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To be in death throes

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Artifice

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Artist, craftsman

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Atender a

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To attend to

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Barraca

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Hut, cabin

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Bizarro

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Gallant, generous

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Bordar

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Embroider

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Carpeta

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File, folder

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Casualmente

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Fortuitous, accidental

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Cava

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Digging, cultivation

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Cavilar

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Ponder

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Collar

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Necklace

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Comando

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Terrorist gang

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Comediante

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Actor

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Comodidad

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Comfort

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Compas

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Beat, rhythm

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Concreto

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Concrete (adj)

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Conductor

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Driver

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Confidencia

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Confidential remark

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Consistente

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Solid, thick

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Estar constipado

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To have a cold

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Contestar

To answer

Coraje

Anger

Dato

Piece of information

Decepcion

Disappointment

Departir

Converse

Desgracia

Misfortune

Deshonesto

Indecent, lewd

Desmayo

Fainting fit

Destitucion

Dismissal

Deterioriar

Damage

Disgustado

Upset, annoyed

Disgustar

To displease

Divisar

To catch sight of

Editar

Publish

Editor

Publisher

Embarazada

Pregnant

Embarazar

To make pregnant

Encuesta

Enquiry, survey

Engrosar

To get fat, swell

Ermita

Hermitage

Escualido

Weak, skinny

Eventual

Fortuitous, contingent

Extenuar

Weaken

Fábrica

Factory

Fastidioso

Annoying

Fracaso

Failure

Gala

Full best dresd; elegance, varietés show

Genial

Full of genius, inspired

Gracioso

Funny

Guerrilla

Guerrilla warfare; band

Hábil

Skilful, clever; fit

Honesto

Decent, modest

Hostal

Simple hotel

Ignorar

Not to know, to be ignorant of

Incidencia

Repercussion, consequence

Pasar un examen

Take an exam

Patético

Moving

Petróleo

Petroleum oil; paraffin

Petulancia

Insolence, daring, vanity

Pinta

Look; stain; pint

Predicamento

Prestige

Pretender que

To claim That

Prevenir

Foresee; warn

Pupilo

Lodger; ward

Querella

Complaint; charge

Quitar

To take away, take off

Realizar

To put into effect

Recolección

Act of harvesting; gathering

Reconvenir

Reprimand

Refrán

Proverb; saying

Reino

Kingdom

Relevancia

Importance

Relevante

Outstanding; important

Renta

Unearned income

Reportar

To check; restrain; to bring advantage

Ingenuidad

Frankness

Injuria

Insult; outrage

Injuriar

Insult

Instancia

Legal process

Intoxicar

To poison

Jubilación

Retirement

Largo

Long

Lectura

Reading

Librero

Bookseller

Maniatico

Peculiar, cranky

Miseria

Poverty; squalor

Moroso

Slow, sluggish

Motorista

Motorcyclist

Muslo

Thigh

Notorio

Well known

Obsequioso

Obliging, helpful

Paisano

Fellow countryman

Parangón

Comparison; similarity

Pariente

Relation, relative

Resumir

To sum up

Sensible

Sensitive

Simpático

Nice

Starter

Choke

Suburbios

Por district

Suceso

Event; accident, crime

Tabla

Plank

Transpirar

Sweat

Verso

Line of poetry