Fluencia Level 8 Units 1-2 Flashcards

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1
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(Begin Level 8 Unit 1: Housework)

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(las tareas domésticas)

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(review) Call (plural) me as soon as you arrive at the airport.

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Llámenme tan pronto como lleguen al aeropuerto.

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(review) How confused she is! Hopefully she still wants to marry him.

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¡Qué confundida está ella! Ojalá quiera casarse con él todavía.

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(review) I will take what is mine and leave what is yours (informal).

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Tomaré lo que es mío y dejaré lo que es tuyo.

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(review) Please clean [up] (informal) the broken jar.

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Por favor limpia la jarra rota.

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(review) It’s likely that we will have to buy a new car.

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Es probable que tengamos que comprar un carro nuevo.

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(review) People are talking a lot (there is a lot of talking) about (of) the company’s new logo.

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Se está hablando mucho del nuevo logotipo de la empresa.

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(housework: wanting and demanding): to want to, to feel like, to have [an] appetite [for]; to supplicate, to beg (2); to demand. I feel like eating in a restaurant tonight. My mother is the boss (the one who orders) in my house.

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apetecer; suplicar, rogar; demandar. Me apetece comer en un restaurante esta noche. Mi mamá es la que manda en mi casa.

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(housework: wanting and demanding): the want, wish, desire; to specify, make precise requirements; the hope, the desire

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el deseo; precisar; la esperanza

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(housework: wanting and demanding): to demand; to long (for); to demand, to call for, to exhort. I long to return to the country where (in where) I was born. Christina longed for the love she had left behind.

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demandar; anhelar; exigir. Anhelo regresar al país en donde nací. Cristina anhelaba al amor que había dejado atrás.

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(wishes & wants: subjunctive): In my company they require that men wear (dress themselves of) [a] jacket and tie.

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En mi empresa requieren que los hombres se vistan de saco y corbata.

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(w & w): I specify that you (have precise instructions for you to) return my earrings. I need them for dinner (to wear to dinner).

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Preciso que me devuelvas mis aretes. Los necesito para la cena.

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(w & w) I demand (exhort) that you (informal) clean this room immediately!

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¡Te exijo que limpies este cuarto inmediatamente!

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(w & w) Waiter, I insist (on) that you bring me a new salad. This one has a hair [on it]!

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Mesero, insisto en que me traigas una nueva ensalada. ¡Esta tiene un pelo!

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I am looking for a dentist that doesn’t judge me.

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Busco un dentista que no me juzgue.

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(housework) bookshelf, bookcase; TV; to make the bed

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el estante; la televisión; hacer la cama

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(housework) microwave; the chores (to-dos); to dust

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el microondas; los quehaceres; desempolvar

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(housework) blinds; toiletries, articles of touching; cleaning, toilet; articles of cleaning; the bathtub (2); the dining room

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las persianas; los artículos de tocador; el aseo; los artículos de aseo; la bañera, la tina; el comedor

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19
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Her hope is that they give her (the) work.

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Su esperanza es que le den el trabajo.

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My wife asked me to dust (that I dust, that I will dust) (2) the blinds.

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Mi esposa me pidió que desempolve (desempolvara) las persianas.

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My children want (feel like, have an appetite for) us to go to the beach.

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A mis hijos les apetece que vayamos a la playa.

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Do you (informal) want us to do the chores before or after we go (going) to the movies?

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¿Quieres que hagamos los quehaceres antes o después de ir al cine?

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I long for us to see each other soon.

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Anhelo que nos veamos pronto.

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Do you (formal) prefer that I organize (tidy, order) first the living room or the dining room?

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¿Prefiere que ordene primero la sala de estar o el comedor?

25
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My desire is that there be happiness in the world.

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Mi deseo es que haya felicidad en el mundo.

26
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(Level 8 Unit 2: Talking about the Big News)

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27
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(prepositions and conjunctions) against; nor; away from. Last night I slept away from home.

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contra; ni; fuera de. Anoche dormí fuera de casa.

28
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(prepositions and conjunctions) about [On a website page] About (around) Us

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acerca de: acerca de nosotros

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(prepositions and conjunctions) together with (to), along with (to); but, except, rather; around (of)

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junto a; sino; alrededor de.

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to begin, to start (to), to commence: I started to read the book this morning.

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Comencé a leer el libro esta mañana.

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(preposition (a) after verbs related to teaching and learning) I want to learn to play the guitar.

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Quiero aprender a tocar la guitarra.

32
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(review) I hope (long for) that we’ll see each other soon.

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Anhelo que nos veamos pronto.

33
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to play (at): I play chess with my grandfather.

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jugar a: Juego al ajedrez con mi abuelo.

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[made] of: Her new coat is made of wool.

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de: Su nuevo abrigo es de lana.

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The streets are covered with (of) snow and ice.

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Las calles están cubiertas de nieve y hielo.

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Are you (informal) going to eat with Guillermo or Omar?

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¿Vas a comer con Guillermo u Ómar?

37
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I don’t like to run or (nor) lift weights.

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No me gusta correr ni levantar pesas.

38
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Neither Carlos nor Julia is (are) coming to the party. (Are not coming…)

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No vienen ni Carlos ni Julia a la fiesta.

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not even: I’m (female) so angry with you. I can’t even look you [in] the face.

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ni, ni siquiera: Estoy tan enojada contigo. Ni (siquiera) te puedo ver la cara.

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My grandparents didn’t come from Italy but (rather) from Spain.

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Mis abuelos no vinieron de Italia sino de España.

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in front of (d e) (2); across from, opposite (f) (to); towards, to

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delante de, enfrente de; frente a; hacia

42
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according to; without

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según; sin

43
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(-car verbs) to look for; to attack; to dry

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buscar; atacar; secar

44
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(-car verbs) to touch, to play (music); to practice; to publish

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tocar; practicar; publicar

45
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(-car verbs) to indicate; to fish; to chew; to take out (sth)

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indicar; pescar; masticar; sacar

46
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(-car verbs) Edgar fishes every day. I doubt he will fish today because it’s really cold.

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Edgar pesca todos los días. Dudo que pesque hoy porque hace mucho frío.

47
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(-car verbs) His band (group) plays every weekend. Hopefully they play their new song today.

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Su grupo toca todos los fines. Ojalá toquen su nueva canción hoy.

48
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the bogeyman: The bogeyman will eat you (informal).

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el coco: El coco te comerá.

49
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the weeping woman

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la llorona

50
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elves, goblins

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los duendes

51
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Perez the (little) Mouse (tooth fairy)

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el ratoncito Pérez

52
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(review) I lost a shoe under the bed.

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Perdí un zapato debajo de la cama.

53
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After visiting my niece, I got sick.

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Después de visitar a mi sobrina, me enfermé.

54
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You can’t beat the clock (against the time nobody wins).

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Contra el tiempo nadie gana.

55
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(review) Except for potatoes, I don’t like vegetables (2).

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Excepto por las papas, no me gustan los vegetales (las verduras).

56
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(review) They have liked baseball since they were children.

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A ellos les ha gustado el béisbol desde que eran niños.

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(review) According to my brother-in-law, he is the best doctor in the city.

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Según mi cuñado, ese es el mejor doctor en la ciudad.

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