ultra 12.3.13 Flashcards by Joseph Meyers | Brainscape

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motley, multi-colored

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abigarrado

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appropriate, suitable

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adecuado

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it is the most suitable outfit for spring

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es el traje más adecuado para la primavera

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the right man for the job

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el hombre adecuado para el puesto

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the best thing would be…

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lo más adecuado sería

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purely, unblemished

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acendrado

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thoroughly Spanish in nature

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de acendrado carácter español

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power outage, blackout

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un apagón

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to separate, set aside

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apartar

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separate the white pieces from the black ones

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aparta las piezas blancas de las negras

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to avert one’s eyes from something

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aparta la mirada/los ojos de algo

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if we don’t separate them they’ll kill eachother

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si no los apartamos se matarán

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we’ve set aside a little food for him

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hemos apartado un poco de comida para él

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stay clear! he’s wounded!

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¡apártense! ¡que está herido!

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to move away from the fire

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apártate del fuego

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the figures are far off the predictions

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las cifras se apartan de las predicciones

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to postpone, put back

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aplazar

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he has postponed his decision until his return

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ha aplazado su decisión hasta su regreso

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to besiege, to pester

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asediar

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he was bombarded with questions

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lo asediaron a preguntas

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to plug, clog up

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atascar

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to get stuck

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atascarse

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he got stuck halfway up the climb

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se quedó atascado a mitad de la cuesta

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omen, prediction

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augurio

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(to have) a breakdown *mechanical

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(tener) una avería

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risky, hazardous 2

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azaroso, riesgoso

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to swing

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balancearse, columpiar, oscilar

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a bandage (to bandage)

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una venda (vendar)

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(to produce) an alibi

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(alegar) una coartada

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(building) contractor

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un/a contratista (de obras)

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to deduce, infer (from)

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deducir (de)

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shop assistant, salesclerk

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el dependiente, la dependienta

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to exceed, be too much for, overwhelm

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desbordar

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the rain has caused the river to overflow

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la lluvia ha desbordado el río

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the work is just too much for me

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el trabajo me desborda

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the rive has overflowed

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se ha desbordado el cauce del río

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he’s brimming with happiness and high spirits

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desborda alegría y buen humor

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to spread beyond (war, epidemic)

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desbordarse fuera de

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displacement, movement

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el desplazamiento

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to exile, banish

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desterrar

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to dismiss, remove from office

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destituir

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he has been removed from his post

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ha sido destituido de su cargo

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to congratulate sb

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dar la enhorabuena a algn

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to link, connect (with) [ideas, to tie, lasso]

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enlazar (con)

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(maintain) balance

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(mantener) el equilibrio

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to (get) exhaust(ed)

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extenuar(se)

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to turn, spin

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girar

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to inflate, enlarge, distend, swell (with)

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hinchar (de)

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to involve

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implicar

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the interested/involved parties

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las partes implicadas

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a binge (to go out on the town)

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(andar/ir de) jarana/juerga

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a knuckle

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un nudillo

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(near the) fire

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(a la) lumbre

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as the days go by

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a medida que van pasando los días

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to great/lesser/certain extent

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en gran/menor/cierta medida

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a measure of flour

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una medida de harina

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made to measur

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a la medida

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his whereabouts are unknown

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se halla en paradero desconocido

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to placate, calm, pacify (2)

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aplacar, apaciguar

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in the depths of (one’s heart)

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en lo más recóndito de(l corazón)

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(to be at) rest, repose

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(estar en) reposo

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to fail (a test)

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reprobar

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to repudiate, disown

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repudiar

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to gnaw, corrode, eat away

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roer

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to overload, overburden

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sobrecargar

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calm, serene

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sosegado

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suture 2

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puntas, suturas, puntas de sutura

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greedy, glutton

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(un) tragón

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vine

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la vid

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swerve, abrupt switch, turn

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un viraje

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worry, anxiety

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la zozobra