Families Flashcards

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A fitting shirt

A

Camisa ajustada

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This stands for

A

Esto significa, quiere decir…

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2
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To slim

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Adelgazar

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Overcome the difficulties

A

Superar las dificultades

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4
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Someone tofi

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Someone who seems to be thin , but isn’t

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5
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Clean cut

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Un hombre acicalado, pulcro

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Luxuriating

A

Lujurioso

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7
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String of pearls

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Collar de perlas

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8
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Enjoy

A

I enjoy dancing

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9
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Summary, synopsis /si’nopsis

A

Resumen

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Summarize

A

Sinterizar

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Bracing,invigorating / in’vigereitin

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Tonificante, estimulante

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Statistics /st “e” al revés ‘tistics/

A

Estadistica

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13
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More one-parent families

A

Más familias monoparentales

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14
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Fewer births

A

Menos nacimientos

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Young people less inclined to marry

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La gente joven menos inclinada a casarse

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Higher divorce rate

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Tasa , indice, de divorcio más alto

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Women more interested in a career

A

Mujeres más interesadas en carreras

18
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Grandparents have a caring role

A

Rol de cuidados

19
Q

Mum multi-tasking

A

Multi tareas

20
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Dad taking child to school, juggling work and fatherhood

A

Alternando trabajo con paternidad

21
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An extended family

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A family that includes near relatives in addition to the nuclear family (aunts, )

22
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Nuclear

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A family that only includes mother, father and children

23
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Traditional family

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Parents are married

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Unconventional family

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Not a traditional one ( father stays at home while wife goes out for work, parents who are not married, family with only one parent in the home)

25
Q

A shoulder to cry on

A

Give support to someone

26
Q

Bored to tears

A

Be very bored

27
Q

Laugh one’s head off

I laughed my head off

A

Couldn’t stop laughing

28
Q

Make a move (informal)

It’s late, the children have to go to bed, we have to make a move

A

Leave, Salir

29
Q

Sink or swim

It could go either way for her at university, she might do well or just give it all up

A

O hundirse o salir adelante

30
Q

To feel under the weather

A

To feel unwell

Indispuesto, ill, sick, not healthy

31
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Turn a blind eye

A

My neighbour behaved pretty badly at the party but I pretended not to notice

32
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Be at loose end

A

Estar al borde de los nervios