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March-April Flashcards

1
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sway

A

inclinar

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refrain

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restringir

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tackle

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enfrentar

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thrive

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prosperar

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5
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sitcoms

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comedias/series

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rather

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preferir

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furlough

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despido temporal

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herald

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anunciar

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hail

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saludar

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ripped up

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arrancar

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entrench

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attitude difficult to change

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12
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striving

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esforzarse/luchar

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13
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intersectionality

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the way it combines, specially used for margined groups in the history

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shackles

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used to confine legs and arms

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hallmark

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mark of purity made of gold or silver

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shawl

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worn by women on shoulders

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17
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pitched

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tirar

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nestled

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to lie close to, like a nest

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19
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mahogany

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refers to the woods’ colours

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20
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barrister

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a lawyer

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21
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vague

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vago

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22
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ramped up

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allows to go up, like a ramp

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tipping point

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climax, the point that decides

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to enable

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to authorize, to allow, make possible

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take for granted

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dar por un hecho

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fleeing

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to escape, to vanish

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shun

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to avoid someone, evitarlo, alejarlo

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erode

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destroy slowly

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29
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superb

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extremely good

30
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slay

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to kill

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poked

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to jab, to push with your finger

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peddles

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to carry to sell

33
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geeser

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viejo

34
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whimsical

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playful, unpredictable

35
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center/centre

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both correct; english/britain

36
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sake of it

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use to say “for the purpose of”

37
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depletion

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reduction of something, ““the depletion of resources”

38
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nitwits

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scatterbrained, despistado

39
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dull

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aburrido, desafilado

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spruce

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to make look clean

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abode

A

home

42
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trek

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travel

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bustling

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full of energy

44
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pixy (ish)

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ish, meaning more or less.

45
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latter

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last mentioned, or to talk about a second option; “to illustrate the latter”

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embodiment

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personification/manifestation; a tangible or visible form of an idea, quality, or feeling.

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upheld

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to confirm, to support

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to depict

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to illustrate, to represent.

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onlooker

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spectator

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attest

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to certify, to serve as a clear evidence of something. Witnesses must attest and certify. Atestiguar

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bow

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in archery. arco

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wield

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to have and be able to use

53
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lifelike

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very similar to a person

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carved

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to cut on a hard material

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stark

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complete, absolute, sheer, utter

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sheer

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completely, right,

57
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utter

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complete, absolute

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peer

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look at something with difficulty, come into view. Sobresalir

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Panacea

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solution for all difficulties or diseases

60
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factual

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actually occurring, truthful, accurate

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broadcast

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to transmit, to disperse, related to radio and tv

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resembles

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have similarities with something (mostly appearance)

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rearrange

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to reorganize, most of the time into a better position

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handicap

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to impede, to be an obstacle

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anachronistic

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belonging or appropriate to an earlier period, especially so as to seem conspicuously old-fashioned.

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allot (ted)

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to assign

67
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gulf

A

golfo

68
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thwarting

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to prevent

69
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outmoded

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old fashioned

70
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odds

A

the chances, possibilities

71
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cling

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to hold tighly

72
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altogether

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in total, completely. Including everything. Taking everything in consideration. ie overall, all in all, on the whole, all things considered, in sum

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