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Vocabulary B2 > General Vocabulary > Flashcards

General Vocabulary Flashcards

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Countless

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Innumerable. “There were countless television series last year”

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Pick up

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Recoger. “Can you pick up your clothes from the bedroom floor?”

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Approach

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“A new approach is for parents to look at their own behaviour”

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Treat

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Tratar. “You can’t continue to treat them the same way that last 12 years”

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Upset

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Ofendido. “I can’t do that because she’d very upset”

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Lack

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Falta. “That’s a total lack of respect”

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Stepdaughter

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Hijastra. “Penny has a 16 years old stepdaughter”

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Hold

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Celebrar. “They are holding several parties at home that week”

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Bring up

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Criar. “I’ve found that if you have brought your son up to do the right thing usually they’ll behave well”

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Do the right thing

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Hacer lo correcto

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Do the wrong thing

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Hacer las cosas mal

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Make it clear

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Dejarlo claro. “I make it clear that they have to clear up any mess”

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Clear up

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Solucionar, resolver. “You have to clear up any mess”

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Mess

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Lío, desorden. “What a mess!”

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Rising hormones

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Aumento de hormonas. “Teenage problems are a result of rising hormones and a desire for independence”

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Prioritise

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Priorizar. “Many teenagers can`t prioritise or concentrate on several different things”

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Instead

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En lugar de, en vez de. “If they are up to 20 minutes late, don’t react angrily. Instead, ask if they2ve had a problem with public transport and let it pass”

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React

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Reaccionar. “Don’t react angrily!”

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Expect

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Esperar (de alguien o de algo). “There have been times when my daughter’s room has not been as tidy I expected”

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Turn out

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Resulta. But it turns out that the region of the brain that controls judgement and emotions is not fully mature until the early twenies”

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Turn into

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Convertirse. “I’m not turning into a criminal, it’s just clothes on the floor”

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Complain

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Quejarse. “Parents often complain that teenagers can be charming to people outside the home but irritating to their family”

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Charming

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Encantador, simpático. “My son is charming when he wants money”

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Irritating

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Molesto, fastidioso. “My son is so irritating when he is hungry”

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Tend

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Tender. “Parents tend to mention all the other things that they may or may not have done wrong”

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Tidy

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Ordenar. “i’ve asked him to tidy his room several times”

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Carpentry

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Carpintería. “I’ve been learning how to do things like carpentry and so on”

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Household

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Doméstico. “Who should do the household chores?”

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Chores

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Tareas. “Who should do the household chores?”

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Research

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Investigación, estudio. “Research shows that women still find themselves doing most of the chores”

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Whereas

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Mientras. “Mothers spend three hours a day doing housework and cooking, whereas fathers spend just 45 minutes”

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Act

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Actuar. “They act as though they are doing their partner a favour”

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Regard

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Considerar. “She regards it as an exception to the rule”

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Whether

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Si (conjunción). I don’t know wheter he’s in (or not)

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Innumerable

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Countless

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Recoger

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Pick up

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Enfoque

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Approach

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Tratar

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Treat

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Ofendido

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Upset

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Falta

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Lack

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Hijastra

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Stepdaughter

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Celebrar

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Hold

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Criar

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Bring up

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Hacer lo correcto

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Do the right thing

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Hacer las cosas mal

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Do the wrong thing

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Dejarlo claro

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Make it clear

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Solucionar, resolver

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Clear up

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Desorden, lío

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Mess

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49
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Aumento de las hormonas

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Rising hormones

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Prioritise

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Priorizar

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En lugar de, en vez de

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Instead

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Reaccionar

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React

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Esperar (de alguien o de algo)

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Expect

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Resulta

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Turn out

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Convertirse

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Turn into

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Quejarse

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Complain

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Encantador, simpático

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Charming

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Molesto, fastidioso

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Irritating

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Tender

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Tend

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Carpintería

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Carpentry

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Doméstico

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Household

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Tareas

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Chores

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Estudio, investigación

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Research

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Mientras

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Whereas

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Actuar

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Act

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Considerar

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Regard

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Si (conjunción)

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Whether

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Give someone a lift

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Llevar a alguien en coche. “She gives me a lift to work everyday”

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Firm

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Empresa. “I will work for a new firm last month”

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Come out

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Salir. “I’d love to come out now” “The sun is coming out”

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Mind (v)

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Preocuparse. “Can’t you mind your own business?”

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Nowadays

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En la actualidad. “I’m quite busy nowadays”

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Below

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A continuación. “Look the sentences below”

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Mad

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Loco. “He drives me mad”

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Run the shop

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Llevar la tienda. “She can’t run the shop because she has no enough experience”

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Partly

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En parte. I joined the sports club partly to make friends and partly to do exercise”

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Countryside

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Campo. I love the most os my city its countryside”

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Carry

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Llevar. “We don’t want to carry too much stuff”

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Enquire

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Consulta. “You have to include your own enquires”

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Request

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Solicitud. “You have to sen the request to join the sports club”

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Deal with

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Tratar con. “I usually have to deal with my manager in my work”

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Llevar a alguien en coche

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Give someone a lift

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Empresa

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Firm

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Salir

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Come out

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Preocuparse

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Mind

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En la actualidad

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Nowadays

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A continuación

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Below

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Loco

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Mad

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Llevar la tienda

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Run the shop

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En parte

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Partly

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Campo

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Countryside

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Consulta

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Enquire

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Solicitud

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Request

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Tratar con

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Deal with

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Odd

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Extraño, extravagante. “Do you think I am odd? There’s no one I can really talk to.

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Extraño, extravagante

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Odd

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A dream come true

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Un sueño hecho realidad. “This is the day your dreams come true”

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Un sueño hecho realidad

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A dream come true

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Indeed

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En efecto, en realidad, de verdad. “do you have a library? Yes!! Indeed!” (aquí significa: !claro que si!)” “Thank you so much indeed” (aquí significa: muchas gracias, de verdad)

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En efecto, en realidad, de verdad

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Indeed

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People my age. People my own age. People of my age.

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Gente de mi edad. Gente de mi propia edad. Gente de mi generación

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Police force

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Cuerpo de policia. “We would like to hear about career opportunities in the police force”

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Cuerpo de policia

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Police force

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Leisure

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Ocio

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Ocio

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Leisure

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Find out

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Descubrir, averiguar. “Read the extract to find out how he became interested in motorbikes”

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Descubrir, averiguar

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Find out

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Sum up

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Resumir. “My biking beginnings can be summed up in two words: teenage love”

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Resumir

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Sum up

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Abrupt

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Abrupto. “Our romance came to an abrupt end”

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Abrupto

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Abrupt

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By then

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Por entonces. “I was sixteen by then and already heartbroken”

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Por entonces

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By then

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Urge

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Empujar (a hacer algo). “I urged my mother to stop the car”

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Empujar (a hacer algo)

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Urge

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On display

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En exposición. “There was a light blue 50 cc bike on display right at the front of the shop”

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En exposición

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On display

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Get back

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Volver. “Maybe I could even get my girlfriend back”

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Volver

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Get back

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Head off to

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Ir. “After they had finished, they headed off to a cafe for a sandwich and a cup of coffee”

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Ir (phrasal verb)

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Head off to

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Ape man

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Hombre mono. “Tarzan is an ape man”

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Hombre mono

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Ape man

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Aware

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Consciente. “Do you know the age when children become aware?”

125
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Consciente

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Aware

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Rush

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Prisa.”In all the rush, I forgot my umbrella” (Con la prisa se ne olvidó el paraguas)

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Prisa

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Rush

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High-pitched

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Agudo (referido a algún sonido). “I love the high-pitched screaming of the engine”

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Agudo (referido a algún sonido)

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High-pitched

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Straw

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Paja

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Paja

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Straw

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Smell

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Olor

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Olor

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Smell

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Risk

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Riesgo

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Riesgo

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Risk

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Pile

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Pila, montón. “There was two large piles of straw with about a metre and a half”

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Pila, montón

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Pile

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Take up

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Empezar a hacer una actividad. “He talks about how he first took up riding motorbikes”

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Empezar a hacer una actividad

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Take up

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Go out with

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Salir con alguien (referido a tener una relación). “She started to go out with Peter last summer”

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Salir con alguien (referido a tener una relación)

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Go out with

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Start up

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Arrancar (una moto, un coche, etc). “You need to start up the engine if you want to listen to the radio”

143
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Arrancar (una moto, un coche, etc)

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Start up

144
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Make up

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Inventar algo, como una excusa, para ocultar algo. “I was making the promises up. I never thought about keeping them”

145
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Inventar algo, como una excusa, para ocultar algo

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Make up

146
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Deceive

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Engañar. “You are always deceiving me!”

147
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Engañar

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Deceive

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