Palabra por palabra Flashcards

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We have to ask ourselves

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Tenemos que preguntarnos

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At first sight

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A primera vista

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In the short term

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A corto plazo

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In the long term

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A largo plazo

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It’s a topic which has been in the media for several years now

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Es un tema que ya lleva varios años apareciendo en los medios

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A crisis on a world scale

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Una crisis a escala mundial

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A worrying situation

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Una situación inquietante

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In addition to what has been said

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Además de los dicho

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Likewise

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Asimismo

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On the other hand

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Por otra parte

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In other words

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Dicho de otro modo

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As we already know

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Como ya se sabe

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That is to say

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Es decir

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I don’t understand why

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No me explico por qué

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This explains why

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Esto explica por qué

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Therefore

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Así es que

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It’s a question of

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Se trata de

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In spite of this

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A pesar de esto

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19
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The stumbling block

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El tropiezo

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Be that as it may

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Sea como sea

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La situación va empeorando

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The situation is getting worse

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Given that

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Dado que

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Although I would like to think otherwise

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Aunque quisiera pensar de otra manera

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From other people’s point of view

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Desde el punto de vista ajeno

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Anyone can see that
Cualquiera es capaz de ver que
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The plain truth of the matter is that
La verdad lisa y llana es
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As is already known
Como ya se sabe
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On the contrary
Al contrario
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On the one hand
Por un lado
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On the other hand
Por otro lado
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There is no denying that
No se puede negar que
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It's certain that
Es cierto que
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Your have to bear in mind that
Hay que tener en cuenta que
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And as if that were not enough
Y por si eso fuera poco
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To cap it all
Para colmo
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To what extent?
¿Hasta qué punto?
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To a certain extent
Hasta cierto punto
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For the most part
Por la mayor parte
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In the last few months
Durante estos últimos meses
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As soon as possible
Cuanto antes
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From now (on)
Desde ahora
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Never again
Nunca más
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Every so often
Cada cuando
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At the turn of the century
Al final del siglo
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The keystone
La piedra clave
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Of course it's true that
Claro que es verdad que
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I want to make it very clear that
Quiero dejar muy claro que
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It cannot be denied that
No se puede negar que
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I'm not surprised that
No me sorprende que
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It has t be unthinkable that
Tiene que ser inconcebible que
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It's even more astonishing that
Es incluso más sorprendente que
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It's an affront to society that
Es una afrenta a la sociedad que
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The main thing should be that
Lo fundamental debe ser que
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To turn a blind eye (to)
Hacer la vista gorda (a)
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When all is said and done
A fin de cuentas
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The key to the problem has to be
La clave del problema tiene que ser
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I wish I could conclude by saying that
I wish I could conclude by saying that
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Esto nos lleva a la conclusión inevitable que
This brings us to the inevitable conclusion that
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To sharpen the imagination
Avivar la imaginación
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To produce a hypnotic effect
Producir un efecto hipnótico
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To prejudice a chid's development
Perjudicar el desarrolla del niño
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The influence on moral values
El influjo sobre los valores morales
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Advertising industry
La industrial publicitaria
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Advertising poster
El cartel publicitario
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To promote
Promocionar
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Message
El mensaje
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Target market
El mercado objetivo
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Advertising slogan
El eslogan publicitario
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To manipulate
Manipular
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To tempt (to)
Tentar (a)
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To appeal to our baser instincts
Llamar a nuestros instintos más bajos
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Brainwashing
El lavado de cerebro
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Consumer
El consumidor / la consumidora
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Consumer society
La sociedad consumista
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Purchasing power
El poder adquisitivo
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Constant interruption of programmes
La interrupción constante de los programas
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To target the young consumer
Dirigirse al consumidor joven