Intro Flashcards

1
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Conmovedora

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Moving touching poignant
Conmover: to move (emotionally
Conmoverse: to be moved
El libro es profundamente conmovedor.

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2
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Malgastar

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To waste. Malgastado/a: wasted, squandered.
El libro no tiene nada palabra malgastada. No malgasto dinero

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3
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El Sollozo

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Sob (n.)
Sollozar: to sob to weep.
Ella solloza para todas.

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4
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Destacado/a

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Outstanding, distinguished
Destacar: to emphasize to stand out. Sharon destaca para su amabilidad.

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5
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Otorgar

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To grant, bestow. Award
Él otorga su sabiduría a su niños.

Le otorgaron el mayor honor de su país.

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Agotador/a

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Exhausting.
Agotar: to exhaust.
A veces, la vida me agota.

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Perspicacia

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Insight.
Perspicaz: Sharp, clever, perceptive, keenly
Su (her) perspicacia nos ayuda.

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8
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Compraventa

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(n.) buying and selling
La compraventa de drogas me molesta.

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9
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Desgarrador

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Heart rendering, harrowing.
Desgarrar: to tear, tear apart
El perro desgarró mis zapatos.

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10
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Dotado/a

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Gifted, talented.
Dotar: to equip with, endow with, bless with.

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11
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la alacena

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cupboard

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12
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echar de perder

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spoiled it
pj 19

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13
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colarse
se cuele

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to enter furtively /sneak in /slip in (colloquial)
pj19/20

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14
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acceder

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to accept /gain access
pj 19

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15
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saborear

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to savor
pj20

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16
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la beca

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scholarship
pj21

17
Q

el codazo

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a poke/nudge
pj21

18
Q

sacudir
sacudirse

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to shake/to shake out/to beat/todust
sacude la cabeza pj 20

to shake off

19
Q

no hacían juego que

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they don’t have a match (as in a thing)pj 22

20
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disponer

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have at your disposal pj23

to arrange
to set out
to stipulate

21
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el aliado

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ally pj23

22
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de por vida

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for life pj23
forever

23
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tanda

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a batch, a series of/set/group pj25

24
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tales

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such

25
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hilar

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to spin pj25
capace de hilar una historia oral tan maravillosa que….

26
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las pandillas

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gangs

27
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hacinar
hacinarse
hacinadas

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v: to pile up /to heap/huddle
rv: to be crowded together
Participó : overcrowded pj24

28
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derrumbar
derrumbarse

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to collapse/to demolish/knock down
pj24

29
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en llamas

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on fire

30
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tenderse

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to lie down pj n34
me tiendo sobre la espalda
tu tiendes
se tiende