vocab 111221 Flashcards by Rob Glover | Brainscape

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frame

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el marco

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spelling

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el deletreo / la ortografía

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subscribe / unsubscribe (coloq)

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darse de alta / darse de baja

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1, 2 or 3 days off work

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los feriados

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ruthless, merciless, heartless

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despiadado

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read out loud

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leer en voz alta

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muscle cramp, electric shock

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el calambre

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plunder, booty, spoils

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el botín

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to find or track down what you are looking for

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dar con algo

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to make yourself out to be

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dárselas de

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guardianship / protection

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la tutela

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to be honest …

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a decir verdad, para ser sincero

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to be about to do something

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Estar por (con infinitivo)

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to protest about something

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Protestar por algo

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double chin

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la papada

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butch woman / tomboy

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la marimacha

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rainbow

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arco iris

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crotch

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la entrepierna

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a rubbish dump

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un vertedero

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ugliness

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la fealdad

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tall tale

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una patraña

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stupid or useless thing

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una mamarrachada / soplapollez

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pain in the ass

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un coñazo

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furthermore

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es más

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a shipwreched person / castaway

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un náufrago

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wild boar

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un jabalí

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fuel / food

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el pábulo

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to entrench oneself

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atrincherarse

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play up / act the fool

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hacer el primo

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post it note

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un pósit

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to behave / act / pass a stool (formal)

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obrar

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malhumour

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la mala baba

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situation

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la coyuntura

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sever / cut down

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cercenar

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to Appoint

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nombrar

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milkshakes, smoothies

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los batidos

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a model (in photography etc.)

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un figurante

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no soportarse a su mismo

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coger mania a algn

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rude, crude, vulgar

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soez

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contemptuous

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despectivo

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coldness (fig & physical)

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una frialdad

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guide

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decalogo

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sack - bag

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un costal

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swear word )Spain=

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un taco

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that´s another matter

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eso es harina de otro costal

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scared

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acojonado

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local GPs

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medicos de cabecera

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to set up a company / business

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montarse una empresa

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to reveal, disclose - or to stay awake

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desvelar

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mourning / duel

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el duelo

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I´ll do whatever I want

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haré lo que me dé gana

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to stand at the elections

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presentarse a las elecciones

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a tailor

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un sastre

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tsar

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un zar

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to tangle - complicate - confuse

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enmarañar

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axe

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el hacha

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executioner

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el verdugo

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dungeon

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la mazmorra

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to mumble

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musitar

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nobility / your highness

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alteza

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scaffold

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el cadalso

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wealthy

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acaudalado

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eager

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deseoso (de)

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woodcutter

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leñador

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gift / warm reception

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un agasajo

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shop window (LA)

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la vidriera

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case / jewellery box

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un estuche

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chamois leather

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la gamoza

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watch mechanism (as well as cord)

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la cuerda

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laziness

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la holgazanería

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spoiled brat

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un malcriado

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daring / cheeky

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atrevido