NEW WORDS SET 3 Flashcards

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Landlord

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  • A person or organization that owns and leases apartments to others.
  • A landowner
    • Arrendatario, terrateniente
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Swamp

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Noun:
A tract (tramo, sección) of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
Verb:
To flood or drench with water or the like.
- Pantano -

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Glitter

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Verb:
To reflect light with a brilliant, sparkling luster; sparkle with reflected light.
Noun:
A sparkling reflected light or luster
- Resplandecer -

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Chuckle

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To laugh softly or amusedly, usually with satisfaction
- Risita -

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Lumberyard

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An establishment where timber (maderos, madera) and sometimes other building materials are stored or sold
- Aserradero, astillero -

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Scaffold

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Noun:
A temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- Andamio -

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Dow

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Verb:
To be able.
To thrive; prosper; do well.

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Thrive

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To prosper; be fortunate or successful.
- Prosperar, triunfar -

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Dowse

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To search for underground supplies of water, metal, etc., by the use of a divining rod.
- Radiestesia -

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Hustle

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To proceed or work rapidly or
energetically
- Ajetrear -

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Meadow

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A tract of grassland used for pasture or serving as a hayfield.
- Prado, pradera (es el plural de prados) -

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Hideous

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Horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly
- Horroroso -

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Roundtrip

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A trip to a given place and back again
- Viaje de ida y vuelta -

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Stem

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Noun:
The ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
Verb: stemming, stemmed
The removal of the stem of a certain plant, fruit or leaf

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Log

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A portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a felled tree.
It is used commonly to describe a measure or a recording of something
- Leño, Registro, Bitácora -

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Trunk

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The main stem of a tree, as distinct from the branches and roots.
Also; the body of a person or an animal excluding the head and limbs; torso.

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Stain

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A discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Manchar, ensuciar -

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Spot

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Noun:
A rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
Verb:
/ two main uses /
1. To stain or mark with spots
2. To detect or recognize

  • Punto, puntear, detectar -
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Cushioning

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Noun:

A soft bag of cloth, leather, or rubber, filled with feathers, air, foam rubber, etc., on which to sit, kneel, or lie.
Verb:
To place on or support by a cushion.
- Cojín, cojinería, amoblar -

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Lash out

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To burst into or resort to verbal or physical attack
- Arremeter -

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Foresees

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To know in advance or to see beforehand
- Ver de antemano, PREVÉ -

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Fulfill

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To carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
Or
To bring to an end; finish or complete, as a period of time
- Realizar, llevar a cabo, cumplir -

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Glance

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Verb:
To look quickly or briefly.
Noun:
A quick or brief look
- Eche un vistazo -

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Settle, settle up

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To appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions

To pay all of an amount you owe “I’ve finished eating – just let me settle up and we can go”

  • Establecer, acomodarse -
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Shrewd

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The quality of showing astute or sharp judgment in practical matters, sometimes at the cost of moral compromise:
a shrewd businessman.
Synonym for piercing
- Astuto, sagaz -

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Endeavor

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Verb:
To exert oneself to do or effect something; make an effort; strive
“He endeavors to keep things neat in his apartment”
Noun:
A strenuous effort; attempt.
- Empeño, esfuerzo -

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Pacemaker

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An electronic device implanted beneath the skin for providing a normal heartbeat by electrical stimulation of the heart muscle, used in certain heart conditions.
- Marcapasos -

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Self - taught

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Learned by oneself

Taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education:
self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.

Synonym for autodidact