Self2/2n23may//24//apr5, Flashcards

1
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the wildlife conservation

A

la conservación de la vida silvestre
silvestre is more like wildlife-natural
salvaje is more like wild, savage

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They embarassed him.
She was embarassed.
You embarrassed me.

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Lo avergonzaron.
Estaba avergonzada.
Avergonzar - to embarrass
Avergonzado- adjetivo
How embarrassing- qué vergüenza!
You embarrassed me. Me avergonzó.

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It is good he had a sense of humor.

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Es bueno:menos mal que tuviera sentido del humor. Or que haya tenido for recent past
It’s like tengo calor, frío, hambre, miedo, sentido ( feelings, emotions) Pero tengo un problema

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He would have liked to be with friends his own age.
I would have liked that.
I would have done that.

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Le hubiera gustado estar con amigos de su edad.
Me hubiera gustado eso.
Yo habría hecho eso.
It’s hubiera and iopn when with verbs like gustar!!!!

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5
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May I ask a question?

A

¿Puedo hacer una pregunta?

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6
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the soot

A

el hollín
oh-yeen
hollín hollín don´t take my soot to town

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There was a fine layer of soot on everything in the living room.

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Había una fina capa de hollín en toda la sala.
the layer - la capa
The door - el hollín

song - hollín hollín get off my couch, hollín hollín do take my soot away

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I vacumed the sofas and chairs and dusted all the knick-knacks on the shelves

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Aspiré los sofás y los sillones y desempolvé/ limpié el polvo de todas las chucherías de los estantes.
Desempolvar

(It´s limpié el polvo de todas…not a todas)

la aspiradora - the vacuum

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I cleaned the corner where I hang coats, hats, gloves and scarves and washed everything in the washing machine.

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Limpié el rincón donde cuelgo los abrigos, los gorros, los guantes y las bufandas y lavé todo en el lavarropas-la lavadora.

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First I cleaned all the wood furniture, including the end tables and cabinets, then I used lemon furniture wax to make them shine and smell nice.

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Primero limpié todos los muebles de madera, incluidas las mesas auxiliares y los gabinetes, y luego usé cera de limón para muebles para que brillaran y olieran bien.
It’s imp subj ra ras etc

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To clean the carpet, I vacuumed it first and then sprinkled baking powder on top. I left the baking powder on for 30 minutes and finally, I vacuumed the carpet again.

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Para limpiar la alfombra, primero la aspiré y luego esparcí /esporvolree’ polvo de hornear por encima. Lo dejé por 30 minutos y finalmente, aspiré la alfombra otra vez.
Esporvolrear-to sprinkle
Desempolvar- to dust
Esparcir- to scatter, spread

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I must say everything looked really good.

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Debo decir que todo tenía muy buena pinta.

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13
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I have just started to watch…

A

acabo de empezar a ver…

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They are very privileged people. They have many privileges.

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Son personas muy privilegiadas. Tienen muchos privilegios.
privilegiar - to favor/to grant the privilege of

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15
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the creek/brook/stream

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el riachuelo

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There is a small creek behind my house that makes a very soothing sound.

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Hay un pequeño riachuelo detrás de mi cabaña que tiene/hace un sonido muy relajante./calmante. Hace is probably better
some say un arroyo but I think that is like the barranco/gully/ravine

17
Q

take care of yourself (ud)
take care of yourself (tú)

A

cuídese mucho
cuídate mucho

18
Q

I always throw myself into my work.

A

Siempre me lanzo a mi trabajo.

19
Q

the escape/jailbreak/flight/leak

A

la fuga

20
Q

The toilet has a leak. Can you fix it?

A

El baño tiene una fuga. ¿Puede repararlo?

21
Q

There was a brain drain when the US abandoned Afganistán.

A

Hubo una fuga de cerebros cuando Estados Unidos abandonó Afganistán.
We.I is singular

22
Q

There is a flight of capital from Ukraine becase of the war.

A

Hay una fuga de capital de Ucrania debido a la guerra.

LA Ucrania

23
Q

to restrict/to limit
to restrict oneself/to limit oneself

A

restringir
restringirse

24
Q

that restricts/that limits

A

que restringe

25
Q

We decided to rent a van to move the piano.

A

Decidimos rentar una vagoneta para transportar el piano.
vagoneta is used in CR, Guate, Mex