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  1. … there are exposed beams
  2. … it has the same sharpness/clarity [N used for sound + sight -> adj = it’s sharp/clear]
  3. … I’ll bring it to school [Nb was a rookie error]
  4. a washer [in a tap]
  5. to lock the door [with keys + with a bolt]
A
  1. hay las vigas vistas
  2. tiene la misma nitidez [-> adj = nítido]
  3. voy a traerla a escuela
  4. una zapatilla
  5. echar + las llaves/el cerrojo
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  1. What 2 ways can say “it was constructed when don’t know who constructed it. What golden rule?
  2. What does a reyerta imply?
  3. people with little education [OR can translate poorly educated people]
  4. We need to sharpen our wits [Expl phrase]
  5. The police arrested the ringleaders
A
  1. A “se construyo [ONLY 3rd psn sing] OR la construyeron [ONLY 3rd psn pl]. B. never mix the 2 forms eg se construyeron is incorrect]
  2. un pelar con una arma blanca [a bladed weapon]
  3. gente con poca formación
  4. Tenemos que agudizar el ingenio [agudizar = sharpen (if, pos), aggravate (if, neg) ingenio = wit, if jokes or “ingenuity”)
  5. La policía detuvo a LOS cabecillas
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  1. It’s worth/It doesn’t hurt to remember that … [Wht structure?]
  2. Sorry for being so insistent [Q: A. why no por? B. How change to include por]
  3. … I thought it was enough to bring up/trot out their public policies
    • … the double standards that shine through [ie stand out} in the campaign”
  5. … they’ve been stunned BY the audacity of it all
A
  1. no está de más recordar que … [no está de más + inf]
  2. siento ser tan insistente [A. Cos’ no lo B. Lo siento por ser …]
  3. … pensaba que bastaba sacar a relucir sus politicas publicas
  4. el doble rasero que reluce en la campaña [relucir = to shine (fig) -> to stand out (fig)]
  5. … se han quedado atónitos ANTE la osadia
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  1. I’m a little bit under the weather … a crappy moment [as in, difficult] … he’s a dodgy person
  2. factions, as in maths
  3. to add [up] and to subtract
  4. at full capacity
A
  1. Estoy un poco chungo .. un momento chungo … es una persona chunga
  2. los quebrados
  3. sumar y restar
  4. en pleno rendimiento [rendimiento = performance/efficiency, re production + yield, on an investment]
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  1. Start with este/esta (not esto) why?
  2. Why not start sentences with esto?
  3. plumbing, or pipes in general -> a pipe
  4. a bus pass [on which load X no. of trips] [Q: where buy?]
  5. Span equiv = “eenie … meanie … miny … moe … catch a nigger by the toe”
A
  1. Let it guide you to the correct noun eg este -> edificio, esta -> casa]
  2. Cos’ esto is a pronoun which refers to s.th which discussed before (it’s NOT s.th nuetral?)
  3. la tubería -> un tubo [also say, if want la caña in a tall glass]
  4. un bono de autobús [en un estanco
  5. pito … pito … gorgorito … donde vas … tu tan bonito
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  1. Struct: Now, that’s what I call … a knife … un chirigota
  2. side effects
  3. divide and conquer [CLUE: focus on tenses]
  4. to extend, eg a sentence
  5. Gramm N = a word with the same sound
A
  1. Eso sí que es … un cuchillo … a comic carnival band
  2. efectos aversos
  3. divide y vencerás
  4. alargar
  5. un homófono
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  1. Which T/M?: Creo que [?, ser] una tontería que [?, venir] a recogerme. [Why subj?]
  2. Which T/M?: Me pidió que [?, llevar] los papeles a la primera persona que [?, ver] cuando [?, ser] posible [Why subj x2?]
  3. Two is an eg of Estilo Indirecto, what was said?
  4. Say “**as if ** your child needed” A. without que B. With que
A
  1. Creo que [es] una tontería que [vengas] a recogerme. [Es una tontería = valoración]
  2. Me pidió que [llevara] los papeles a la primera persona que [viera] cuando [fuera] posible [A. la primera persona = desconocido, B. cuando]
  3. lleva los papeles a la primera persona que veas, cuando sea posible
  4. A. como si su hijo necesitara B. como que su hijo necesitaba
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  1. What T/M implica: Cuando iba a la escuela, no … [?, entender]
  2. What T/M implica: Cuando voy a la escuela, no … [?, trabajar]
  3. What T/M implica: Cuando vaya a la escuela, … [?, hablar]
  4. an umbrella term CF a word with a more specific meaning
  5. it’s a bluff CF he’s bluffing
A
  1. Cuando iba a la escuela, no … entendía
  2. Cuando voy a la escuela, no … trabajo
  3. Cuando vaya a la escuela, hablaré [pres. subj implies -> future]
  4. un hiperónimo CF un hipónimo
  5. es un farol CF va de farol
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  1. vb = to fall through, eg plans or to be thwarted [reflx vb <- vb]
  2. I’m clean (as in, no longer addicted)
  3. I’ve had one too many (as in, drinks) [NB: which verb?]
A
  1. malograrse [think ma/lograr] [<- malograr = to ruin
  2. voy limpio
  3. llevo una copita de más [llevar]
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  1. celebrity -> celebrities
  2. Name for magazine like Hola
  3. Adj: annual -> biannual -> quarterly -> monthly -> fortnightly -> weekly -> daily
  4. the underworld
  5. Is N for “death” Masc or Fem?
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  1. persona famosa -> (las) famosas
  2. un revista de corazon
  3. anual -> semestral -> trimestral -> mensual -> quincenal -> semenal -> diario
  4. el inframundo
  5. La muerte
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  1. Exp: to be happy as Larry
  2. Which is more common - Es decir, or O sea,? Why?
  3. How make ¡Cuántas cosas! (as in, to do) -> more colq?
  4. a paperweight
  5. a stapler -> stapled
A
  1. Estar más feliz como unas castañuelas
  2. Es decir. The repeated sound of “o sea” sounds a bit “pijo” (like when Enrique Iglesias was un hijo de papá (a spoilt brat)
  3. ¡Que de cosas
  4. una pisapapeles
  5. grapador -> grapado
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  1. a multi-talented person
  2. indespensable
  3. self-control
  4. modern languages
  5. an obsolete term
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  1. una persona polifacética/o
  2. indispensable [Pronunciation is different]
  3. autocontrol
  4. lenguas modernas
  5. un termino obseleto
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  1. There’s no magic bullet. [Span. ref a magic s.th else, to solve problems]
  2. It’s much more unequivocal or categorical
  3. How use exp: Si bien es verdad que bla bla
  4. How use exp: Es menos una cuestión de bla bla
  5. How use exp: no solo X, sino tambien Y
A
  1. No hay varita mágica
  2. es mucho más tajante
  3. Para rectifar o matizar una información.
  4. Para valorar y posionarse sobre la información. [therefore subj]
  5. Para resaltar información relevante
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  1. Tech term: a word with multiple meanings (linguistics)
  2. a documentary
  3. the syllabus (ie list of topics)
  4. a little glu
  5. a brain storm
A
  1. una palabra polisémica
  2. un documental
  3. el temario
  4. un poco de pega (F-N)
  5. una lluvia de ideas
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  1. a utopian concept <- N
  2. an unthinkable idea
  3. a fracture in society [NOT fractura o grieta, is an anglicismo]
  4. the inhabitants of the house
  5. the run-down house still wasn’t drooping
A
  1. un concept utópico <- utopía
  2. un idea impensable
  3. un clivaje en la sociedad
  4. los moradores de la casa
  5. la fachada ruinosa todavía no estaba colgando
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