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Vocab-08.2 Flashcards

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1
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an emergency

Help! It’s an emergency!

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una emergencia

¡Auxilio! Es una emergencia

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a crisis

We had a crisis at the office today. I’ll have to work late to deal with it

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una crisis

Tuvimos una crisis en la oficina hoy. Tendré que quedarme hasta tarde a resolverla

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an alarm

Did you hear the alarm go off last night?

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una alarma

¿Escuchaste la alarma cuando se encendió anoche?

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an employee

There are 57 employees at this company

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un empleado

Hay 57 empleados en esta compañía

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to hire

I just hired 3 new employees

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contratar

Acabo de contratar a 3 nuevos empleados

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to fire / to lay off / to let go

I hope I don’t get fired for coming into work late!

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despedir

¡Espero que no me despidan por llegar tarde al trabajo!

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full

The car is full

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lleno

El carro está lleno

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empty

an empty box

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vacío

una caja vacía

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to empty / to empty out

Please empty your pockets

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vaciar

Haz el favor de vaciar tus bolsillos

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to fill / to fill up

She filled up the glass with water

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llenar / retacar (México)

Llenó el vaso con agua

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glasses / eyeglasses / spectacles

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las gafas / los lentes / los anteojos

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sunglasses / shades

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los lentes de sol / las gafas de sol / los anteojos de sol

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the ground

It’s on the ground

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el suelo

Está en el suelo

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the floor

It’s on the floor

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el piso

Está en el piso

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a floor / a level / a story

the third floor

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un piso / un nivel / una planta

el tercer piso

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16
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free / at no cost

Buy one, get one free

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gratis / sin costo

Compre uno, llévese uno gratis

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free / liberated / loose

free from slavery

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libre / en libertad

libre de esclavitud

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general

a general rule

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general

una regla general

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generally / in general / overall

In general, I think it’s a great idea

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generalmente / por lo general / en general

En general, creo que es una gran idea

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half / half a

half an orange

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medio

e.g. media naranja

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half of / a half of

Half of the room was destroyed by the fire

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la mitad de

La mitad de la habitación fue destrozada por el incendio

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a quarter / one fourth

a quarter of my salary

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un cuarto / una cuarta parte

un cuarto de mi salario

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1 / 3 / a third

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1 / 3 / un tercio

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2 / 3 / two thirds

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2 / 3 / dos tercios

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to be halfway / to be halfway there

Let’s keep going, we’re halfway there!

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estar a mitad / estar a mitad del camino

¡Sigamos adelante, estamos a mitad del camino!

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to be halfway done

I’m halfway done. I’ll be finished by tomorrow

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ir por la mitad

Voy por la mitad. Terminaré mañana

27
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to cut in half

Can you cut this coconut in half?

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partir a la mitad / cortar a la mitad / partir en dos

¿Puedes partir este coco a la mitad?

28
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a joke / a gag

I didn’t mean that sincerely. It was just a joke

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una broma / un chiste

No quise decir eso sinceramente. Fue una broma

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Tell me a joke

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Cuéntame un chiste

30
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to joke / to kid

I’m just joking

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bromear

Estoy bromeando

31
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to make fun of / to tease / to pick on

Stop making fun of the nerds

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burlarse de / tomar el pelo

Deja de burlarte de los ñoños

32
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to kill

He killed a cockroach in his apartment

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matar

Él mató una cucaracha en su departamento

33
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to murder / to assassinate

The president was assassinated. And his bodyguard was murdered.

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asesinar

El presidente fue asesinado. Y su guardaespaldas también fue asesinado

34
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an assassination / a murder

Everyone remembers where they were when they first heard about John F. Kennedy’s assassination

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un asesinato

Todos recuerdan dónde estaban cuando se enteraron del asesinato de John F. Kennedy

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Let me know

Let me know when you’re gonna be in town next

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Hazme saber / Avísame

Hazme saber cuándo estarás de nuevo en la ciudad

36
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to let / to allow / to permit

She let him leave early

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dejar / permitir

Ella le permitió irse temprano

37
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dark

She was assaulted in a dark alley

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oscuro

La asaltaron en un callejón oscuro

38
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darkness

And then, out of the darkness, a beautiful woman emerged

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la oscuridad

Y entonces, de la oscuridad, salió una hermosa mujer

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light

Light travels very quickly

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la luz

La luz viaja muy rápido

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a light

Can you turn on a light?

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una luz

¿Puedes prender una luz?

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a lamp

She got him a lamp because his bedroom is very dark

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una lámpara

Ella le regaló una lámpara a él, porque su recámara es muy oscura

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a candle

We lit the candles to celebrate the holiday

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una vela

Encendimos las velas para celebrar las festividades

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bright / luminous

bright stars in the sky

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brillante / luminoso

estrellas brillantes en el cielo

44
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shade / the shade

sitting in the shade

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la sombra

e.g. sentado a la sombra

45
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a shadow

The child was fascinated by his shadow on the wall

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una sombra

El niño estaba fascinado con su sombra en la pared

46
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to look

She looks really good in that dress

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verse / lucir

Se ve muy bien en ese vestido

47
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to look / to seem / to appear

That seems really hard

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parecer

Eso parece muy difícil

48
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to look up / to search for

I want to look up this word in a dictionary

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buscar

Quiero buscar esta palabra en el diccionario

49
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a search

Some people are obsessed with the search for meaning in life

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una búsqueda

Algunas personas están obsesionadas con la búsqueda del sentido de la vida

50
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to search through / to go through / to search

She searched the house for her keys

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buscar / revisar

Ella buscó sus llaves por toda la casa

51
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to move / to move away

They moved to England

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mudarse

Se mudaron a Inglaterra

52
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to move

Could you move your car, please?

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mover

¿Puedes mover tu auto, por favor?

53
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to move / to move oneself

Please move!

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moverse

¡Muévete por favor!

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movement / motion

I love running, walking, dancing, and biking. Basically, I love any type of movement

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el movimiento

Me encanta correr, caminar, bailar y andar en bici. Básicamente, me gusta cualquier tipo de movimiento

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a move / a movement / a step

I learned a new move in my dance class last night

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un paso / un movimiento

Aprendí un nuevo paso en mi clase de baile anoche

56
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a movement

a violent political movement

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un movimiento

un movimiento político violento

57
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mobile

a mobile home

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móvil

una casa móvil

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motionless / immobile / still

a motionless animal

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inmóvil / quieto

un animal inmóvil

59
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a document / a file

In which folder did you put the documents?

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un documento / un archivo

¿En qué carpeta pusiste el documento?

60
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paper

We waste so much paper in my office

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el papel

Desperdiciamos tanto papel en mi oficina

61
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paper

a paper towel

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de papel

una toalla de papel

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a piece of paper / a sheet of paper

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una hoja de papel

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