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1
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a library

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una biblioteca

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a bookstore / a bookshop

a college bookstore

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una librería

una librería universitaria

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fiction

She loves to read fiction

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la ficción

A ella le encanta leer ficción

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nonfiction

the nonfiction section

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la literatura de no ficción / la literatura factual / la factual

la sección factual

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a novel

She likes to read romance novels

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una novela

Le gusta leer novelas románticas

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a biography

a biography of Mikhail Gorbachev

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una biografía

una biografía de Mikhail Gorbachev

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an e-book

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un libro electrónico / un libro digital

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an encyclopedia

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una enciclopedia

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a handbook / a manual

I keep my car’s manual in the glove compartment

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un manual

Guardo el manual del auto en la guantera

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a chapter

That book has 15 chapters

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un capítulo

Ese libro tiene 15 capítulos

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a table of contents

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una tabla de contenidos

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a page

Turn to page 27

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una página

Vayan a la página 27

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to turn the page

She turned the page and continued reading

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pasar la página / voltear la página

Ella pasó la página y siguió leyendo

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calm / tranquil / peaceful

a peaceful place down by the lake

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calmado / tranquilo

un lugar tranquilo junto al lago

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to calm down / to settle down / to chill out

Calm down!

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calmarse / tranquilizarse

¡Cálmate!

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to calm

Only the baby’s mother can calm him during his tantrums

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calmar a / tranquilizar a

Sólo su madre puede calmar al bebé durante sus berrinches

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to cancel / to call off

The game was canceled

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cancelar / suspender / anular

Se canceló el partido

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a cancellation

We had a cancellation, so now there’s a table available for two

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una cancelación

Tuvimos una cancelación, así que ahora hay una mesa para dos disponible

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Cheers!

i.e. said when toasting

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¡Salud!

i.e. dicho cuando se brinda

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to cheer

The crowd cheered loudly when the player scored a goal

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aclamar

El público aclamó a viva voz cuando el jugador anotó un gol

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to clap / to applaud

We all clapped when the dancer finished her performance

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aplaudir

Todos aplaudimos cuando la bailarina terminó su presentación

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applause / clapping

a round of applause

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el aplauso / la ovación / los aplausos

una ronda de aplausos

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an audience

The comedian started throwing fruit into the audience

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un público / una audiencia

El comediante comenzó a aventarle fruta al público

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a spectator / an audience member

The star player came up to bat, while the spectators cheered

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un espectador

El jugador estrella se acercó a batear mientras los espectadores echaban porras

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common / commonplace

a common practice

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común

una práctica común

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typical / characteristic / common

This is a typical food of this region

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típico / característico / común

Ésta es una comida típica de la región

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rare / uncommon / atypical

Solar eclipses are rare

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raro / poco común / atípico

Los eclipses solares son raros

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hardly ever / rarely / seldom

This animal is hardly ever seen in the wild

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rara vez / pocas veces

Este animal se ve rara vez en estado salvaje

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to have something in common

She and I have a lot in common; that’s why we get along so well

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tener algo en común

Ella y yo tenemos mucho en común; por eso nos llevamos tan bien

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mutual

mutual trust

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mutuo

la confianza mutua

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collective

a collective attempt to improve the quality of the school

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conjunto / colectivo

un esfuerzo conjunto para mejorar la calidad de la escuela

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altogether / collectively / as a whole

Collectively, the friends were known as “the three musketeers”

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colectivamente / en conjunto

Colectivamente, los amigos eran conocidos como “los tres mosqueteros”

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to keep in touch with / to stay in touch with / to stay in contact with

Let’s keep in touch

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mantenerse en contacto con

Mantengámonos en contacto

34
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to be in touch with / to be in contact with

Are you still in touch with your ex-boyfriend?

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estar en contacto con

¿Sigues en contacto con tu ex novio?

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to be out of touch

We had been out of touch for years, but we recently reconnected on Facebook

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estar sin contacto / estar fuera de contacto

Estuvimos fuera de contacto durante años, pero recientemente nos encontramos en Facebook

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to reach out to / to contact

We hadn’t spoken in years, but she reached out to me when she heard my grandfather died

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contactar a

No habíamos hablado en años, pero ella me contactó cuando supo que mi abuelo había fallecido

37
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a contact

I have over 1,000 contacts in my address book

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un contacto

Tengo más de 1.000 contactos en mi libreta de direcciones

38
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convenient

a convenient location

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conveniente

una locación conveniente

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conveniently

The laundromat was conveniently located across the street from my apartment

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convenientemente / a conveniencia

La lavandería se encontraba convenientemente cruzando la calle de mi apartamento

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inconvenient

Cash is so inconvenient. I prefer to use my credit card

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inconveniente

El efectivo es tan inconveniente. Prefiero usar mi tarjeta de crédito

41
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an inconvenience

We apologize for the inconvenience

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una inconveniencia / una incomodidad / una molestia

Nos disculpamos por la inconveniencia

42
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to inconvenience / to burden

Please don’t come pick me up. I wouldn’t want to inconvenience you

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incomodar a / causar molestia / causar inconveniente

Por favor no vengas a recogerme. No quisiera causar molestia

43
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to correct

She always corrects my grammar when I speak improperly

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corregir

Ella siempre me corrige la gramática cuando hablo incorrectamente

44
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a correction

This article is a correction of last week’s article, where we made an error

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una corrección

Este artículo es una corrección del artículo de la semana pasada, donde cometimos un error

45
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a diet

A bird’s diet consists of worms and seeds

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una dieta

La dieta de un ave consiste de lombrices y semillas

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to diet / to go on a diet

I’m getting fat. I need to go on a diet

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hacer dieta / ponerse a dieta / ponerse a régimen

Estoy engordando. Necesito ponerme a dieta

47
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a vegetarian

He’s a vegetarian, so he can’t eat chicken

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un vegetariano

Él es vegetariano, así que no puede comer pollo

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a vegan

She’s vegan. She can’t even eat eggs

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un vegano

Ella es vegana. No puede comer huevos, siquiera

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disgusting / gross / nasty

That spoiled food is disgusting

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asqueroso / repugnante

Esa comida echada a perder es asquerosa

50
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Ew, gross! / That’s disgusting!

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¡Ay, qué asco! / ¡Guácala! / ¡Es asqueroso!

51
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to gross out / to disgust

That food grosses me out

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dar asco

Esa comida me da asco

52
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disgusted / offended / indignant

He feels disgusted by her comments

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indignado / ofendido

Él está indignado por sus comentarios

53
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a drug / a medicine

They invented a drug to cure depression

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una droga / una medicina / un medicamento

Inventaron un medicamento para curar la depresión

54
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drugs / illegal drugs

Heroin is a dangerous drug

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las drogas / las drogas ilegales

La heroína es una droga peligrosa

55
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drug abuse

Drug abuse is a serious problem in America

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el abuso de drogas

El abuso de drogas es un problema severo en los Estados Unidos

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to be addicted to / to be hooked on

I am addicted to coffee

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ser adicto a

Soy adicto al café

57
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an addict / a drug addict / a junkie

a treatment center for addicts

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un adicto / un drogadicto

un centro de tratamiento para adictos

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a drug dealer / a dealer

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un narcotraficante / un traficante / un camello

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heroin

i.e. the drug

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la heroína

i.e. la droga

60
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cocaine

i.e. the drug

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la cocaína

i.e. la droga

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marijuana / weed / pot

i.e. cannabis

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la marihuana / la hierba / la mota

i.e. el cannabis

62
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a joint / a spliff

i.e. a marijuana cigarette

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un porro / un toque / un varillo

i.e. un cigarrillo de marihuana

63
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energy / power

Solar, nuclear, and coal are all sources of energy

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la energía

Las fuentes de energía incluyen la solar, la nuclear y el carbón

64
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energetic / lively

an energetic person

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energético

una persona energética

65
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an event / an affair

She’s hosting an event for the Ambassador

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un evento / una ocasión

Ella será la anfitriona de un evento para el embajador

66
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an occasion

It’s a special occasion, let’s have some champagne

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una ocasión

Es una ocación especial, tomemos un poco de champaña

67
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an incident / an occurrence / an episode

There was an incident at the office this morning

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un incidente / un suceso / un episodio

Hubo un incidente en la oficina esta mañana

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a case / an instance

In this case, I was wrong

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un caso / un ejemplo

En este caso yo estaba equivocado

69
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exciting / thrilling

How exciting!

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emocionante

¡Qué emocionante!

70
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excited / thrilled

I’m excited to go on vacation

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emocionado

Estoy emocionado porque me voy de vacaciones

71
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to excite / to thrill

The threat of danger excites him

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emocionar / entusiasmar / animar

La amenaza del peligro lo emociona

72
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anticipation / excitement

to wait with anticipation

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la anticipación

esperar con anticipación

73
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excitement / thrill / fun

the thrill of riding a horse for the first time

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la emoción / el entusiasmo

la emoción de montar un caballo por primera vez

74
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an excuse / a pretext / a cop-out

His excuse for not coming was that he was sick

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una excusa / un pretexto

Su excusa por no venir fue que estaba enfermo

75
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Don’t make excuses

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No saques excusas / No hagas excusas / No salgas con pretextos

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