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Say it right Flashcards

1
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choices

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opciones, selecciones

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what’s your choice?

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qué escoges?

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there’s no choice

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No hay de otra

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Good choice

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buena selección

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What are my choices?

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Cuáles son mis opciones?

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picky / choosy

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especial

Ellas is muy especial para la comida

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demanding

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exigente

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annoyingly fussy

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fastidioso

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annoyingly picky (Mex.)

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sangrón / No seas tan sangrón

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enough

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suficiente

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plenty (use caution)

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Tengo suficiente dinero ( I have enough to buy gas)

Tengo bastante dinero (boastful, “I’ve got plenty of money”

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alcanzar

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can mean “to reach” but also “to be enough” “to afford”

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13
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Te alcanza para una Coca?

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Do you have enough for a Coke?

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No me alcanza

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“I don’t have enough.” (money)

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15
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Can you afford new shoes?

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Te alcanza para nuevos zapatos?

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16
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Enough already!

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Basta!

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17
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Es bastante guapo

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He’s plenty handsome

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Es bastante listo con las computadores

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He’s really clever with computers.

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19
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El lo suficientemente listo

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He’s clever enough.

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20
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Temor

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temor = specific fear (temer); more like a feeling

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21
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temo que algo haya pasado

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I’m afraid that something has happened

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Mi temor es que escapen los animales

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My fear is that the animals might escape.

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Temo haber llegado en un mal momento

Temo que hayamos llegado en un mal momento

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I feat we may have arrived at a bad moment.

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24
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Miedo

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run of the mill sort of fear (fear of the dark, fear of scorpions…)

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Me dan miedo / Tengo miedo de ellos

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it gives me fear / I fear others

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26
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Susto

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a scare; more sudden than a fear; a shock

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27
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Que susto me diste!

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What a scare you gave me!

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28
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asustar

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to scare (same as dar susto)

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29
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tengo miedo los osos

los osos me asustan

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bears scare me

suggests bears sneak up and scare you

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30
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espantar

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to scare away

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31
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espantapájaros

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scarecrow (literally “scare away birds”)

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32
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espanto

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spook, ghost

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33
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la casa de los espantos

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haunted house

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34
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miedoso

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cowardly

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35
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pusilánime

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cowardly

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36
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espantoso

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frightfully bad, dreadful

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37
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to convey scary use…

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miedo

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38
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Es una película de miedo

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it’s a scary movie

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39
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una película de horror

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horror movie

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40
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tétrico

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eerie, spooky

41
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aterrador

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terrifying

42
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pavor

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terrifying, intense, almost phobic fear mingled with equal parts died and loathing

43
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me dan pavor las tarantulas

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I’m terrified of tarantulas

44
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pánico

A

similar to pavor but more slangy

45
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me da horror

A

it disgusts me (me da asco)

46
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me da cosa

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slangy, “gives me the creeps”

47
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adivinar

A

to guess

48
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Adivina quien es

A

Guess who it is

49
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Adivina que

A

Guess what

50
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I guess….

A

Supongo (suponer)

51
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Supongo que ya me voy

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I guess I’ll be going now

52
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Vas a ir esta noche?

Me imagino que si

A

Are you going tonight?

I guess so

53
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atinar / acertar

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to guess right

54
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A ver si le aciertas la ganador

A

Let’s see if you can guess the winner

55
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Atinaste!

A

You got it (guessed right)

56
Q

Let me guess

A

A ver si le atino

57
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la mitad de pizza
media pizza
una pizza medio cocida

A

half of the pizza (noun = mitad)
half a pizza
a half-cooked pizza

58
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half a bottle of wine

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media botella de vino

59
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Dame la mitad

A

Give me half

60
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Irse a mitades

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split the cost (slangy)

61
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Si compramos una pizza, nos vamos a mitades

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If we buy a pizza, we each pay half

62
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medio

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“kind of” (as a modifier)

63
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medio feo
medio feliz
medio borracho

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kind of ugly
kind of happy
kind of drunk

64
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a mediado de

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around the middle of (always used with time)

a mediados de marzo

65
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en medio de

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in the middle of

en medio de la calle

66
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en medio de gran lío

A

in the middle of a big mess

67
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A medias

A

adverb describing how something is done, half-way, or half-ass

68
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Esos albañiles lo hicieron a medias!

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those construction workers did a half-assed job.

69
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Never use “cómo” this way

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“How do you like…” “How was the…”

70
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How was the movie?

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Que tal estuvo la película?

71
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How’s the soup?

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Que tal la sopa?

72
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7 words for ‘maybe’

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  1. No lo sé
  2. puede ser
  3. a lo mejor
  4. tal vez
  5. quien sabes?
  6. quizàs (formal)
  7. chance (slangy)
73
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avoid these two for ‘maybe’

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probablamente

posiblemente

74
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universal excuse when something bad happens at your hands

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fue sin querer

75
Q

by accident / inadvertently

A

sin querer / sin pensar

76
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on purpose

A

a propósito / con querer

77
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lo hice con querer

A

I did it on purpose

78
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you must… / you have to…
you’d better..
you ought to…
you should…

A

tengo que
mas te vale
mejor..
debes / deberías

79
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mejor vas / mas te vale ir

A

you’d better go / you better go (or else…)

80
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debes ir mañana
deberías ir mañana
debieras ir mañana

A

You should go tomorrow

81
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adding “de” to “deber”

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evidence that something is “supposed to be” or “should be” / no debe de haber llegado (he must not have arrived yet)

82
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No debió haber llegado

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He shouldn’t have arrived. (That is did arrive but against speaker’s better judgement.)

83
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You should have gone

A

Debías haber ido / Debiste haber ido

84
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  1. Debías haber ido a la fiesta
  2. Debiste haber ido a la fiesta
  3. Debiste ir a la fiesta
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  1. You should have gone to the party (you missed a good time)
  2. (similar to above but with hint of “I told you so”)
  3. It was your duty/obligation to go
85
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you should have gone

A

hubieras ido

86
Q

they should have called

A

hubieran llamado

87
Q

obligar

A

to make / to force

88
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la policía nos obligó a salir

A

they police forced us to leave

89
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el diablo me obligó a hacerlo

A

the devil made me do it

90
Q

usually

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generalmente, normalmente, por lo general, suele…

91
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most of the time

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casi siempre

92
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most of the people

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casi todos

93
Q

to waste time

A

perder el tiempo

94
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a waste of time

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una pérdida de tiempo

95
Q

to ruin

A

echar a perder

96
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echaste a perder el juego

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you ruined the game

97
Q

to spoil / to go to waste

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echarse a perder

98
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estás echando a perder al nińo.

A

you’re spoiling the boy

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