Vocab Flashcards by Jeanette smith | Brainscape

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Pronunciar una conferencia

A

Deliver a lecture

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Una furia desbordante

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Overflowing rage/anger

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Férreo convencimiento

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Strong conviction

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Defender a capo y espada
O aferrarse a una idea

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Cling to an idea

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En el fondo

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Deep down/ actually/ really/ at the botton

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Las matices

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Nuances

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Caer en saco roto

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To fall on deaf ears

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Capacidad de matizar

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Capacity for nuance

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Encasillar

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To pigeonhole/typecast/ stereotype

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Las neuronas

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Neurones

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Prepotente

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Arrogant

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Inquebrantable

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Unshakeable/unbreakable

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Reparar en

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To think about or to notice

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Doblegar

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To bend/vanquish/break

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Doblegarse

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To yield or give in

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De entrada

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From the start or the get go

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Tener ideas fijas

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To have fixed ideas

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Aferrarse

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To cling to

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Presentar tonalidades

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To present shades of grey/nuances

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Despejar

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To clear

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La obcecación

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Obstinacy

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Un tozudez

A

A stubborn person

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Tozudo

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Stubborn

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Doblegarno

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Kowtowing

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Sumiso/a

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Submissive

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Ferozmente

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Fiercely

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De costumbre

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Usual

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Ser corto de vista

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Short sighted

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Ver la paja en el ojo ajeno y no ver la viga en el propio

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To see the speck in someone else’s eye and not see the straw in one’s own

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Mantenerse en sus truce

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To stick to one’s guns

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Rendirse o doblarse

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To surrender or yield or give in

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Disuadir

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To disuade or talk out of

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Cambiar de parecer

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To change one’s mind

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Reprender

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To reprimand or scold

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Acertadamente

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Correctly

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Las certezas

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Certainties

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Igual de rigidez

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Equally rigid

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Ancho de miras o tolerante o abierto de mente

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Open minded