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A thin wire that is stretched across a musical instrument and is used to produce a range of notes depending on its thickness, length, and tightness. (Cuerda)

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String

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(Idiom) Said when you want to give further details or be more exact about something.

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That is (to say)

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An over in cricket in which no runs are scored.

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Maiden / Maiden over

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To say something officially or certainly. (Pronunciar, declarar)

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Pronounce

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Without any particular purpose.

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Idle

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Clearly and intentionally stated. (Expreso)

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Express + noun

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To make a public expression that you are not satisfied about something, especially by marching or having a meeting. (Protestar)

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Demonstrate

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  • To show or make something clear. (Manifestar, expresar) - To show something and explain how it works. (Hacer una demostración, mostrar)
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Demonstrate

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Moving or being sent very fast. (Urgente)

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Express + noun

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To move a hand, another part of the body, or an object gently over something or someone, usually repeatedly and for pleasure. (Acariciar)

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Stroke

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(Idiom) Something that happens or succeeds suddenly because of luck, intelligence, etc. (Golpe de suerte, ser genial)

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A stoke of luck, genius, etc.

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A friend you know very well. (Amigo de confianza)

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Intimate

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(Lingüista, políglota)

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Linguist

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  • To recognize how good someone or something is and to value them. (Apreciar, agredecer) - To understand a situation and realize that it is important. (Apreciar)
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Appreciate

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To show clearly the edge of something. (Delimitar, determinar)

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Define

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To refuse to stop believing or hoping for something. (Agarrarse, ser fiel a una idea)

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Cling to something

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A small amount of work.

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Stroke

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(Vagabundo, errante)

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Wanderer

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To repeat the main points of an explanation or description. (Recapitular, resumir)

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Recap

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To put new strings onto a racket used in sport.

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String

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(Tartamudeante)

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Stuttering

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(Illustrar)

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Illustrate

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Conversation that is funny and not serious. (Cháchara, cotorreo)

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Banter

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A girl or young woman. (Señorita)

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Maiden

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To tell a story, often by reading aloud from a text, or to describe event as they happen. (Narrar, relatar)

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Narrate

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To work or happen in a way that is not smooth or regular.

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Stutter

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Importance.

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Significance

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To match or be similar or equal. (Corresponder)

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Correspond

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To look at, or tell someone else to look at, a book or similar record in order to find information and help

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Refer (somebody) to something

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(Idiom) Said to mean that something has advantages.

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There’s something/a lot to be said for

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The person that you are going to marry. (Prometido)

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Intended

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(Expression) (A las (hora en punto)

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On the stroke at _

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To tell a story or describe a series of events. (Relatar, contar)

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Relate

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(Interactuar)

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Interact

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  • To bring the memory of a past event into your mind, and often to give a description of what you remember. (Recordar, rememorar) - To cause you to think of a particular event, situation, or style. (Recordar)
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Recall

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(of babies) To make a happy sound with the back of the throat, or (of water, especially small streams) to flow quickly while making a low, pleasant sound. (Gorjear, gorgotear, gorgoteo)

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Gurgle

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  • The area around a fireplace or the area or floor in front of it. (Chimenea) - (Literary) A home, especially when seen as a place of confort and love. (Hogar)
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Hearth

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A long thin mark that is easily noticed because it is very different from the area surrounding it. (Raya)

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Streak

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To put a string through a number of objects. (Conectar, ensartar)

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String

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A type of large monkey, found in Africa and Asia, with a long, pointed face like a dog and large teeth. (Babuino)

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Baboon

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To make something clear or easier to understand by giving more details or a simpler explanation. (Aclarar)

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Clarify

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To have as a plan or purpose. (Pensar, intender, planear)

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Intend to

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(Gruñido)

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Grunt

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Another count, especially of the number of votes in an election. (Recuento)

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Recount

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To become friends with a child, especially over the internet, with the intention of commiting a sexual offence.

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Groom

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(Idiom) Used to show that you completely agree with what someone has said.

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You can say that again!

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To prepare someone for a special job or activity. (Arreglar, acicalar)

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Groom

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(Distinguir)

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Distinguish

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To count something again. (Recontar)

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Recount

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(Idiom) Used to show that what you are describing is in fact much more serious or important that you have suggested.

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To say the least

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To say or write something, especially clearly and carefully. (Expresar, declarar, exponer)

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State

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(Comunicar(se))

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Communicate

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A sudden change in the blood supply to a part of the brain, sometimes causing a loss of the ability to move particular parts of the body. (Derrame cerebral)

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Stroke

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(Idiom) To be completely different from something. (No tener nada que ver, no tener punto de comparación)

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Be a far cry from something

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(Tartamudo)

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Stutterer

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An act of moving your hand, another part of the body, or an object gently over something or someone, usually repeatedly and for pleasure. (Caricia)

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Stroke

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To make something necessary, or to involve something. (Conllevar, implicar)

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Entail

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To intend to do something. (Proponerse, tener la intención de)

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Propose

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  • A group of countries, political parties, or people who have agreed to work together because of shared interests or aims. (Alianza, coalición) - An agreement to work with someone else to try to achieve the same thing. (Alianza, relación)
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Alliance

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To express or show that you have a particular feeling, quality, or ability. (Mostrar, demostrar)

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Demonstrate

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(Insinuación)

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Intimation

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Unite and working together effectively. (Cohesivo, unido)

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Cohesive

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To become known, especially as a result of examining something or asking questions about it. (Resultar)

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Emerge

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(a particular movement that is usually repeated in) a method of swimming. (Brazada)

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Stroke

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A very small amount or number. (Pizca)

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Smattering

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To guess, based on the appearance of a situation and not on proof. (Conjeturar)

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Conjecture

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To express the most important facts or ideas about something or someone in a short and clear form. (Resumir, sintetizar)

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Summarize (UK usually Summarise)

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To express ideas, opinions, or emotions in words. (Verbalizar)

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Verbalise

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(Idiom) Despite what has just been said

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Having said that

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  • Not working or being used. (Parado, inactivo) - An _ moment or period of time is one in which there is no work or activity. - Without work. (Parado, desempleado)
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Idle

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  • An act of hitting a ball when playing a sport. - (old-fashioned) An act of hitting someone with a weapon.
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Stroke

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To move somewhere extremely quickly, usually in a straight line.

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Streak

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To get out of bed. (Levantarse)

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Arise

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To stick onto or hold something or someone tightly, or to refuse to stop holding them. (Agarrarse, aferrarse)

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Cling

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To make clear what you think or want without saying it directly. (Insinuar)

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Intimate

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The group of instruments that have strings and are played with a bow or with the fingers, or the players in a musical group who play these instruments. (Instrumentos de cuerda)

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Strings

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(Idiom) Thinking about something in one way, but not in every way.

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In a sense / In one sense

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(Expression) The ability to enjoy life and not be serious.

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Sense of fun

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To be connected to, or to be about someone or something. (Relacionarse)

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Relate to somebody / something

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The opposite. (El contrario, el opuesto)

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The converse

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An action that expresses your feelings or intentions, although it might have little practical effect. (Gesto)

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Gesture

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(Idiom) Not at all.

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In no sense

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To happen. (Surgir, presentarse una ocasión)

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Arise

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(Idiom) In every way or feature.

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In every sense

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One of the sounds the some clocks make at particular times, especially by ringing a bell once for each number or the hour. (Campanada)

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Stroke

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To increase in value. (Revalorizarse)

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Appreciate

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Consisting of or relating to string instruments. (De cuerda)

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String

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Very exactly. (Preciso)

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Pinpoint + noun

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To communicate by writing a letter or sending an email. (Escribirse)

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Correspond

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An occasion when someone orders the return of a person who belongs to an organisation, or order the return of products made by a company.

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Recall

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To judge or decide something after thinking carefully about it. (Decidir)

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Conclude

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To use a gesture to espress or emphasize something. (Gesticular)

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Gesture

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To direct someone or something to a different place or person for information, help, or action, often to a person or group with more knowledge or power. (Referir, remitir)

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Refer somebody to something

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A general feeling or understanding. (Sensación)

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Sense

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(Comunicación)

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Communication

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  • To find out or say the exact position in space or time of something. (Ubicar, localizar) - To discover or describe the exact facts about something. (Determinar, identificar)
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Pinpoint

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An often unpleasant characteristic that is very different from other.

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Streak

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  • To appear by coming out of something or out from behind something. (Aparecer, emerger) - To come to the end of a difficult period or experience. (Salir, resultar)
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Emerge

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(Expression) Your ability to understand funny things.

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Sense of humour

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The things that you do to make your appearance tidy and pleasant, for example brushing your hair, or the things that you do to keep an animal’s hair or fur clean and tidy. (Aseo, acicalamiento)

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Grooming

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(Expression) (UK) The feeling people have when there is a very important event or celebration.

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Sense of occasion

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To have as a plan or purpose. (Destinarse)

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Intend for

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One of the possible meanings of a word or phrase. (Significado, sentido)

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Sense

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  • A train or bus that takes less time to do a journey that other trains or buses. - A service that does something faster that usual.
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Express

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To develop gradually, or to cause something or someone to develop gradually. (Desarrollar(se))

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Evolve

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A series of related things or events. (Cadena)

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String

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To have importance or to matter. (Importar)

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Signify

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To be a sign of something; to mean. (Significar)

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Signify

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(of knowledge or understanding) Detailed, and obtained from a lot of studying or experience. (Profundizado)

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Intimate

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  • (of a pig) To make a low, rough noise. (Gruñir) - (of a person) To make a short, low sound instead of speaking, usually because of anger or pain. (Gruñir, refunfuñar)
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Grunt

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Using a service that does something faster that usual.

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Express

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(Idiom) To be involved in making a decision about something.

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Have a, some, etc. say in something

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To clean an animal, often by brushing its fur. (Cepillar)

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Groom

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To send something somewhere very quickly.

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Express

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If an engine or machine _, it runs slowly but does not move or do any work.

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Idle

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  • To talk or write about someone or something, especially in only a few words. (Referirse) - If writing or information refers to someone or something, it relates to that person or thing.
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Refer to somebody / something

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To hit a ball.

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Stroke

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(Hueso Hioides)

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Hyoid

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To understand a situation or someone’s feelings because you have experienced a similar situation or similar feelings. (Identificarse, enterder)

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Relate to something

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A short period of good or bad luck.

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(Winning, lucky, losing) Streak

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(Phrasal verb) To put an object that you are holding onto the floor or onto another surface, or to stop carrying someone. (Dejar)

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Put down something / somebody

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To find or show the connection between to or more things. (Relacionar)

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Relate

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(Paseo sin dirección)

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Wander

124
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(Apellido de soltera)

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Maiden name

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(Phrasal verb) To make a record that someone has promised to pay a particular amount of money as part of a collection to help people in need. (Apuntar, inscriber)

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Put somebody down for something

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To describe how something happened, or to tell a story. (Relatar)

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Recount

127
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The characteristic of having good judgement, especially when it is based on practical ideas or understandings.

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Sense

128
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The ability to remember things. (Memoria, recuerdo)

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Recall

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  • (a line or mark made by) A movement of a pen or pencil when writing or a brush when painting. (Trazo de un boli, pincelada) - Used in spoken English to mean an oblique or slash symbol. (Barra oblícua, /)
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Stroke

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To walk around slowly in a relaxed way or without any clear purpose or direction. (Deambular, vagabundear)

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Wander

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A guess about something based on how it seems and not on proof. (Conjetura)

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Conjecture

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To say a word or a letter in a particular way. (Pronunciar)

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Pronounce

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To feel or experience something without being able to explain exactly how. (Detectar, sentir)

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Sense

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(Idiom) Used to show that the name, etc. of something tells you something about it.

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As something implies

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The ability to use good judgement.

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Senses

136
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(Phrasal verb) To make someone feel silly or not important by criticizing them. (Menospreciar)

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Put somebody down

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(Idiom) Said when you are about to tell someone the most important fact they should remember in a situation.

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When all is said and done

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A movement of the hands, arms, or head, etc. to express an idea or feeling. (Gesto)

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Gesture

139
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To show a feeling, opinion or fact. (Expresar)

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Express

140
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To put strings on musical instrument. (Encordar)

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String

141
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(Recapitulación)

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Recap

142
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(Expression) To have a long, thin noticeable line of a different colour.

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Be streaked

143
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To talk to someone in a friendly and humorous way. (Cotorrear)

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Banter

144
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A very small spot of something. (Puntito)

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Pinpoint

145
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Of or about the first of its type. (Inaugural)

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Maiden

146
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Having or being likely to cause, a very close friendship or personal or sexual relationship. (Íntimo)

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Intimate

147
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Opposite. (Contrario, opuesto)

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Converse

148
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Lazy and not willing to work.

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Idle

149
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(Linguistica)

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Linguistics

150
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A ship or vehicle that is built to carry liquid or gas. (Tanque, camion cisterna)

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Tanker

151
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A person whose job is to take care of and clean horses. (Mozo de cuadra)

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Groom

152
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(Phrasal verb) To think that someone is a particular type of person, especially when you do not know them very well.

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Put somebody down as something

153
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(Tartamudez)

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Stutter / Stammer

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  • To start talking about a different subject from the one you are originally discussing. (Divagar, desviarse) - If your mind or your thought _, you stop thinking about the subject that you should be giving attention to and start thinking about other matters. (Divagar) - If you say that an old person’s mind is beginning to _, you mean that they are starting to get very confused because of their age.
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Wander

155
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(Exactitud, precisión)

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Accuracy

156
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To have a conversation with someone. (Conversar, charlar)

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Converse

157
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  • To communicate an idea or feeling without saying it directly. (Insinuar) - (Formal) To involve something or make it necessary. (Implicar)
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Imply

158
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The criminal activity of becoming friends with a child, especially over the internet, in order to try to persuade the child to have a sexual relationship with you. (Acoso sexual a menores)

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Grooming

159
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(Idiom) As you would expect; added to, or used to introduce, a remark giving information that is expected and not surprising. (No hace falta decir)

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Needless to say

160
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To make something known; to show. (Indicar, mostrar)

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Signify

161
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To order the return of a person who belongs to an organization or of products made by a company.

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Recall

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To remove water and unwanted substances from fat, such as butter, by heating it. (Clarificar)

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Clarify

163
Q

To speak or say something, especially the first part of a word, with difficulty, for example pausing before it or repeating it several times. (Tartamudear)

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Stutter / Stammer

164
Q

(Phrasal verb) To spend a period of time relaxing and doing very little.

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Idle something away / Tick over

165
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  • To offer or suggest a possible plan or action for other people to consider. (Proponer) - To suggest someone for a position or as a member of an organization. (Proponer) - To ask someone to marry you.
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Propose (+noun / + that / +ing)

166
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  • To end a speech, meeting, or piece of writing. (Concluir, finalizar) - To complete an official agreement or task, or arrange a deal. (Llegar a un acuerdo, pactar)
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Conclude

167
Q

A feeling or idea that is suggested by a particular word although it need not be a part of the word’s meaning, or something suggested by an object or situation. (Connotación)

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Connotation

168
Q

To run naked through a public place in order to attract attention or to express strong disapproval of something.

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Streak

169
Q

Special meaning.

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Significance

170
Q

To unserstand someone and be able to have a friendly relationship with them. (Relacionarse)

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Relate to somebody

171
Q

An ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste and feel. (Sentido)

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Sense

172
Q
  • To say what the meaning of something, especially a word is. (Definir) - To explain and describe the meaning and exact limits of something. (Explicar, determinar)
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Define

173
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  • To stay close or near. (Aferrarse, pegarse) - (Disapproving) To stay close to someone who is taking care of you, because you need their support. (No separarse)
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Cling

174
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  • (A piece of) strong, thin rope made by twisting very thin threads together, used for fastening and typing things. (Cuerda, cordel) - A set of objects joined together in a row on a single rope or thread. (Hilo, fila, ristra)
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String

Cambridge Vocabulary for IELTS 5.5+ (20 decks)

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