Vocab-12.1 Flashcards

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interesting / fascinating

Ancient history is fascinating

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interesante / fascinante

La historia antigua es fascinante

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an interest

I have many interests, including dance, languages, and sports

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un interés

Tengo muchos intereses, incluyendo la danza, los idiomas y los deportes

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to interest / to fascinate

International politics interests me

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interesar / fascinar

Me interesa la política internacional

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to be interested in

I’m interested in international politics

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estar interesado en

Estoy interesado en la política internacional

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to lose interest in

He lost interest in baseball when he was 14

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perder interés en

Perdió el interés en el béisbol cuando tenía 14 años

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to invite

He invited us to his party

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invitar

Él nos invitó a su fiesta

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to invite over

They invited us over for dinner

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invitar a casa

Nos invitaron a su casa para cenar

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an invitation

I just got an invitation to your sister’s wedding

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una invitación

Me acaba de llegar una invitación para la boda de tu hermana

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to keep / to maintain

He kept a high level of productivity

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mantener

Él mantuvo un alto nivel de productividad

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to keep / to hold onto

You can keep the book

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guardar / quedarse con

Puedes quedarte con el libro

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to keep / to keep on / to continue

Keep running, don’t stop

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seguir / continuar

Sigue corriendo, no pares

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to continue / to proceed

Everything continued as usual

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continuar / proceder

Todo continuó como siempre

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to lie

He’s lying about his age

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mentir

Está mintiendo sobre su edad

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a lie / a fib

She caught him in a lie

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una mentira / una mentirilla

Le cachó una mentira

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a liar

Don’t trust him. He’s a liar

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un mentiroso

No confíes en él. Es un mentiroso

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to lie down

She lied down to rest

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acostarse / echarse

Se acostó para descansar

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to lay / to set down / to put down

He laid a flower on her grave

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poner / colocar

Él puso una flor sobre su tumba

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fortunately / luckily

It’s raining, but luckily I remembered my umbrella today

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afortunadamente / por dicha / por suerte

Está lloviendo, pero por suerte recordé mi paraguas hoy

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unfortunately

Unfortunately, I think we’re going to lose the game

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desafortunadamente

Desafortunadamente, creo que vamos a perder el partido

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Good luck!

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¡Buena suerte!

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to be lucky / to be fortunate

You are very lucky that you did not get caught

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tener suerte / ser afortunado

Tienes mucha suerte de que no te hayan atrapado

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unlucky / unfortunate

an unfortunate accident

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desafortunado

un accidente desafortunado

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luck / chance

It’s a game of luck, not of skill

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la suerte

Es un juego de suerte, no de habilidad

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luck / good luck

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la suerte / la buena suerte

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misfortune / bad luck

He has suffered a lot of misfortune this year

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la desgracia / la mala suerte

Él tuvo mucha mala suerte este año

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to send

He sent me a text message

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enviar / mandar

Me mandó un mensaje de texto

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to mail / to send / to ship

He sent me a letter

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mandar / enviar

Me mandó una carta

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the mail

Did you get the mail yet today?

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el correo

¿Recibiste el correo hoy?

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a post office

There’s a post office on the corner

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un correo / una oficina de correos

Hay un correo en la esquina

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a mailbox

Is there a mailbox where I can mail this letter?

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un buzón de correo / un buzón

¿Hay un buzón donde puedo mandar esta carta?

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a mailman / a postman / a mail carrier

My dog always barks at the mailman

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un cartero

Mi perro siempre le ladra al cartero

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an envelope

She took the letter out of the envelope and read it

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un sobre

Ella sacó la carta del sobre y la leyó

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a package

You got a package in the mail

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un paquete

Recibiste un paquete en el correo

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a packet / a pack

a pack of gum

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un paquete / una cajetilla

un paquete de chicle

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packaging

Customers often judge a product by its packaging

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el envase / el embalaje / la envoltura

Los clientes a menudo juzgan un producto por su envoltura

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packaged / boxed / canned

packaged food

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empacado / empaquetado

la comida empacada

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a postage stamp / a stamp

He put a stamp on the letter and sent it out

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una estampilla / un sello / un timbre

Le puso una estampilla a la carta y la envió

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to stamp

She stamped the document

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estampar

Ella estampó el documento

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postage

How much does postage cost?

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el franqueo

¿Cuánto cuesta el franqueo?

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a postcard

I’ll send you a postcard when I get there

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una postal / una tarjeta postal / una tarjeta

Te mandaré una postal cuando llegue

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the seal / the sealing

She broke the seal and ripped open the envelope

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el sello / la selladura

Ella rompió el sello y rasgó el sobre

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a ZIP code / a postal code

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un código postal

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cruel / evil / wicked

an evil villain

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malvado / cruel / maligno

un villano malvado

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to meet

We met when we were kids

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conocer

Nos conocímos cuando éramos niños

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to get together / to meet up / to meet

Let’s meet in front of the library

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encontrarse / reunirse

Vamos a encontrarnos en frente de la biblioteca

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to introduce to

She introduced me to Steve

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presentar a

Ella me presentó a Steve

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to shake hands

The two men shook hands and then began the negotiations

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darle la mano

Los dos hombres se dieron las manos y luego comenzaron las negociaciones

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a meeting

We held a meeting to discuss the issue

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una reunión / una junta

Celebramos una reunión para discutir el tema

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a ghost / a spirit

The ghost of his great grandfather haunts this house

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un fantasma / un espíritu

El fantasma de su bisabuelo se aparece en esta casa

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a monster

The child was afraid of monsters

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un monstruo

El niño le tenía miedo a los monstruos

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personal

a personal problem

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personal

un problema personal

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a personality

He has an outgoing personality

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una personalidad

Él tiene una personalidad extrovertida

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personally

I didn’t mean to offend you personally

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de manera personal / personalmente

No quería ofenderte de manera personal

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personally / individually

He thanked her personally

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personalmente / individualmente

Él le agradeció personalmente

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in person

She spoke to him in person

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en persona

Ella habló con él en persona

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impersonal / cold / detached

Online dating can seem very impersonal

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impersonal / frío

Las citas en línea pueden parecer muy impersonales

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a policeman / a police officer / a cop

Don’t let the cops see you

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un policía / un oficial de policía

No dejes que los policías te vean

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a policewoman

The policewoman helped me out of the burning car

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una policía / una oficial de policía

La oficial de policía me ayudó a salir del auto en llamas

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a position / a location

the position of the table in the room

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una posición / una ubicación

la posición de la mesa en el cuarto

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a position / a posture

a relaxed position

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una posición / una postura

una posición relajada

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possible / feasible / viable

a possible outcome

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posible / viable

un resultado posible

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likely / probable

A positive result is likely, but not guaranteed

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probable

Un resultado positivo es probable, pero no garantizado

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probably

I’m probably going to ask her out tonight

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probablemente

Probablemente la invitaré a salir esta noche

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impossible

Time travel is impossible

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imposible

Viajar en el tiempo es imposible

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a chance / a possibility

There’s a chance that he will stop by today

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una posibilidad / un chance

Existe la posibilidad de que venga hoy

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a shot / a chance / an opportunity

I only have one shot at this

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una oportunidad / un chance

Sólo tengo una oportunidad en esto

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to make possible / to allow / to permit

The scholarship made it possible for me to study

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hacer posible / permitir

La beca me permitió estudiar

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a fact

Is that a fact, or is that just your opinion?

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un hecho

¿Eso es un hecho, o es sólo tu opinión?

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fake / phony / false

a fake address

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falso / falsificado

una dirección falsa

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real / true

a real Picasso painting

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real / verdadero

una verdadera pintura de Picasso

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true

a true statement

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verdadero / cierto / verídico

una declaración verdadera

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the truth

Tell me the truth

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la verdad

Dime la verdad

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really / truly

What do you really think of the movie?

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realmente / en realidad

¿Qué piensas realmente de la película?

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Really? / Seriously? / For real?

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¿En serio? / ¿De verdad? / ¿De veras?

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reality

Drugs are for people who can’t handle reality

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la realidad

Las drogas son para quienes no pueden lidiar con la realidad

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realistic

That drawing is so good, it looks realistic

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realista

Ese dibujo es tan bueno, se ve realista

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unrealistic

an unrealistic solution

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poco realista / irreal

una solución poco realista

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honest / truthful

Be honest with your parents

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honesto / honrado

Sea honesto con sus padres

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blunt / honest / frank

She’s very blunt – never afraid to express her true opinions

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franco / honesto / directo

Ella es muy franca; nunca duda en expresar su opinión

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honestly / frankly / To tell you the truth

To tell you the truth, I really don’t like chocolate

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francamente / Para ser honesto / La verdad es que

Francamente, no me gusta el chocolate

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dishonest / untruthful

He is dishonest about his past

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deshonesto / falso

Él es deshonesto acerca de su pasado

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official

an official report

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oficial

un reporte oficial

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unofficial

an unofficial statement

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no oficial

una declaración no oficial