Vocab-20.2 Flashcards

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a medal

a gold medal

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una medalla

una medalla de oro

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a trophy

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un trofeo

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treasure

buried treasure

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el tesoro

tesoro enterrado

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an award / a prize

He won an award for his groundbreaking research

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un premio / un galardón / una condecoración

Ganó un premio por su investigación innovadora

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a reward / a prize

I gave my son a reward for his good behavior

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una recompensa / un premio

Le di una recompensa a mi hijo por su buen comportamiento

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to reward

We want to reward him for his service

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recompensar

Queremos recompensarlo por su servicio

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to award

They awarded him a medal of honor

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otorgar / dar / galardonar

Le otorgaron una medalla de honor

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to be rewarding / to be fulfilling / to be validating

My work is very rewarding

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gratificante / satisfactorio

Mi trabajo es muy gratificante

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to babysit / to watch / to take care of

She babysits my kids

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cuidar niños / hacer de canguro

Ella cuida a mis hijos

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a babysitter / a sitter

When we go out, we have to call a babysitter to watch our kids

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una niñera / una cangura

Cuando salimos, tenemos que llamar a una niñera para que cuide a nuestros hijos

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a nanny

The nanny has lived with them for 5 years

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una niñera / una nana

La nana ha vivido con ellos durante cinco años

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a stroller / a baby carriage

She pushed her baby in the stroller

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un coche / una carriola

Empujó a su bebé en la carriola

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a diaper / a nappy

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un pañal

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to give birth

She gave birth to her first child while stuck in an elevator

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parir / dar a luz

Dio a luz a su primer hijo cuando estaba atorada en un elevador

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a newborn / an infant

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un recién nacido / un infante

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a nursery / a nursery school / a preschool

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una guardería / un jardín infantil / un jardín de niños

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to crawl

The baby crawled into the other room

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arrastrarse / gatear

El bebé gateó hasta el otro cuarto

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basic / fundamental

basic knowledge

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básico / fundamental

el conocimiento fundamental

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basically / essentially / effectively

Jelly and jam are basically the same thing

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básicamente / esencialmente

La jalea y la mermelada son básicamente lo mismo

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quality

superior quality

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la calidad

calidad superior

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an aspect / a facet

One aspect of the policy is that it benefits senior citizens

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un aspecto / una faceta

Un aspecto de la política es que beneficia a los adultos mayores

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a characteristic / a feature / a trait

She has some interesting traits: a big nose, small eyes, and very red lips

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una característica / una cualidad / un rasgo

Tiene unos rasgos interesantes: la nariz larga, los ojos pequeños, y los labios muy rojos

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to comment

He commented on the weather

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comentar

Él comentó sobre el clima

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a comment / a remark

He was offended by her negative comment

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un comentario

Él se ofendió por su comentario negativo

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an annotation / a notation / a comment

annotations in the margins of the printed report

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una acotación

acotaciones al márgen de los reportes impresos

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feedback / input

Can you please give me some feedback on the new designs?

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un comentario / una crítica

¿Me puedes dar tus comentarios sobre los nuevos diseños por favor?

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mostly / almost completely / for the most part

Antarctica is mostly covered with ice

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en su mayoría / mayormente / en gran parte

La Antártida está cubierta de hielo en su mayoría

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incomplete

I can’t accept this work. It’s incomplete

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incompleto

No puedo aceptar este trabajo. Está incompleto

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thorough / meticulous

a thorough cleaning

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concienzudo / meticuloso

una limpieza concienzuda

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thoroughly

I thoroughly reviewed the document, and I found no errors

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minuciosamente / cuidadosamente

Revisé el documento minuciosamente, y no encontré errores

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comprehensive

a comprehensive health exam

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comprensivo

un examen médico comprensivo

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absolute

absolute power

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absoluto

poder absoluto

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absolutely

Don’t pull the alarm unless it’s absolutely necessary

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absolutamente

No hagas sonar la alarma a menos que sea absolutamente necesario

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to control / to be in control of

She controls the budget

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controlar / tener el control de

Ella controla el presupuesto

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control

They fought for control of the coastline

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el control

Lucharon por tener el control de la costa

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dominant / controlling / domineering

a dominant personality

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dominante

una personalidad dominante

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to dominate

Microsoft dominates the PC market

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dominar

Microsoft domina el mercado de la computación

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to have it under control / to be on top of it / to be in control of

He has it under control

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tenerlo bajo control / estar en control de

Ella lo tiene bajo control

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to take control / to assume control

to take control of a situation

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asumir el control / tomar el control

asumir el control de la situación

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out of control

This situation is totally out of control!

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fuera de control / descontrolado

¡Esta situación está completamente fuera de control!

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uncontrollable

uncontrollable anger

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incontrolable

rabia incontrolable

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to regulate

The government tried to regulate the trade of cotton

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regular / controlar

El gobierno trató de regular el comercio del algodón

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a regulation

There are too many environmental regulations in this country

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una regulación / una norma

Hay demasiadas regulaciones ambientales en este país

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a crowd

There’s a huge crowd in front of the building

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una muchedumbre / un gentío / una multitud

Hay una enorme muchedumbre frente al edificio

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crowded / packed / jam-packed

a jam-packed stadium

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abarrotado / lleno de gente / atiborrado

un estadio abarrotado

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culture

I love the Argentinian culture

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la cultura

Me encanta la cultura argentina

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cultural

cultural conflict

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cultural

un conflicto cultural

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a dialect

Chinese is actually a mixture of over 50 different spoken dialects

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un dialecto

De hecho, el chino es una mezcla de más de 50 dialectos distintos

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to cut / to clip / to slice

Cut the carrots

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cortar / rebanar

Corta las zanahorias

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to cut up / to cut into pieces

Please cut up this onion for me

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cortar en pedazos / picar

Por favor corta esta cebolla en pedazos para mí

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to chop / to chop up

Chop up the onion

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picar / triturar

Pica la cebolla

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to chop down / to cut down

They chopped down my favorite tree

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talar / cortar

Talaron mi árbol preferido

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to trim

I have to trim the bushes before my wife gets home

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recortar

Tengo que recortar los arbustos antes de que regrese mi esposa

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a trim

I don’t need a major haircut. Just a trim

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un recorte / un despunte / una despuntada

No necesito todo un corte de cabello, sólo una despuntada

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Cut it out! / Knock it off! / Quit it!

i.e. Stop it!

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¡Para! / ¡Basta!

i.e. Para lo que estás haciendo

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to decrease / to go down / to drop

The temperature has decreased

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disminuir / bajar / reducir

La temperatura ha bajado

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to reduce / to lower

The bank lowered interest rates last month

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reducir / bajar

El banco redujo las tasas de interés el mes pasado

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to discount / to mark down

The supermarket discounted eggs last week

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rebajar / poner en oferta

El supermercado rebajó los huevos la semana pasada

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a decrease / a reduction / a decline

This amount represents a decrease of almost 20%

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una disminución / una merma / una reducción

Esta cantidad representa una disminución de casi 20%

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a discount

Can I get a discount?

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un descuento / una rebaja

¿Me das un descuento?

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decreasingly ___ / less and less ___

Milk has been getting less and less expensive every year

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cada vez menos ____ / decrecientemente ____

La leche se ha vuelto cada vez menos cara año tras año

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to increase / to rise / to go up

Sales increased

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aumentar / subir

Las ventas aumentaron

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to raise / to increase / to boost

Oh no, they raised their prices again

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aumentar / subir

¡Oh no, aumentaron los precios de nuevo!

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an increase / a gain / a rise

an increase in efficiency

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un aumento / un alza / una subida

un aumento en la eficiencia

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a surge / a sudden increase / an explosion

a surge in online shopping

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un aumento repentino / una explosión

una explosión en las compras en línea

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increasingly ___ / more and more ___ / ___er and ___er

My job has become increasingly difficult

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cada vez más

Mi trabajo se ha vuelto cada vez más difícil

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to multiply / to proliferate

The island’s rat population multiplied

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multiplicar / multiplicarse / proliferar

La población de ratas en la isla se multiplicó

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delighted / pleased

He was delighted to see her

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encantado / contento

Él estaba encantado de verla

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a delight / a pleasure

It has been a pleasure to see you

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un placer / un gusto / un deleite

Ha sido un placer verte

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a doorbell

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un timbre / un timbre de puerta

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a doorman / a superintendent

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un portero

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to emphasize / to stress / to highlight

He highlighted the importance of the decision

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resaltar / destacar / enfatizar

Él resaltó la importancia de la decisión

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emphasis / accent

The emphasis falls on the third syllable

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el acento / el énfasis / el hincapié

El acento cae en la tercera sílaba

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emphasis / focus / weight

The history professor’s lecture put extra emphasis on the colonial period

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el énfasis / el hincapié

La clase del profesor de historia hizo hincapié en el período colonial

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the focus / the focal point

the focus of the study

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el enfoque / el punto focal

el enfoque del estudio

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to fail

I tried, but I failed

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fracasar / fallar

Intenté, pero fracasé

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failure / defeat

He doesn’t deal well with failure

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el fracaso

Él no maneja bien el fracaso

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a flop / a failure

That product launch was a total failure

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un fracaso

Ese lanzamiento de producto fue un total fracaso

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fair / just

a fair assessment

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justo

una evaluacion justa

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fairly / justly

The results were decided fairly

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justamente / equitativamente / de forma justa

Los resultados fueron decididos justamente

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fairness / justice

Fairness is her guiding principle

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la justicia / la equidad

La justicia es el principio que la guía

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injustice

They were protesting the injustice of the new law

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la injusticia

Estaban protestando la injusticia de la nueva ley

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unfair

Oh come on, that’s totally unfair!

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injusto

¡Oye, vamos, eso es completamente injusto!

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to fake / to pretend / to feign

He faked being sick

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fingirse / simular

Fingió estar enfermo

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to fake / to falsify

When the Dean discovered that the professor had falsified all of her research, he fired her

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falsificar

Cuando el decano descubrió que la profesora había falsificado todas sus investigaciones, la corrió

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a fake / a knock-off / a bootleg

Is that a real Prada bag? No it’s a knock-off

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de imitación / pirata / trucho

¿Es esa cartera una Prada de verdad? No, es de imitación

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man-made / artificial / synthetic

a man-made lake

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hecho por el hombre / artificial / sintético

un lago hecho por el hombre

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to pretend to be

She pretended to be asleep

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hacerse el ___ / simular / fingir

Se hizo la dormida

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to pretend to be someone

He pretended to be her brother

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hacerse pasar por alguien

Se hizo pasar por su hermano

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to freeze

Freeze the chicken

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congelar

Congela el pollo

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to freeze / to freeze up

I left my tea outside and it froze

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congelarse

Dejé mi té afuera y se congeló

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freezing / very cold / chilly

It’s freezing!

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helado / muy frío

¡Está helado!

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frozen

The lake is frozen

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congelado

El lago está congelado

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to thaw / to thaw out

Leave the meat out to thaw

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descongelar

Deja la carne afuera para que se descongele

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to melt / to melt down

First we need to melt the chocolate

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derretir

Primero tenemos que derretir el chocolate

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international / worldwide / global

a global problem

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internacional / mundial / global

un problema global

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globalization

Globalization has had both positive and negative effects on the developing world

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la globalización

La globalización tiene efectos tanto positivos como negativos en el mundo en desarrollo

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a globe

i.e. a 3D model of Earth or another planet

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un globo

i.e. un modelo tridimensional de la Tierra u otro planeta

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gradual / progressive

a gradual deterioration of power

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gradual / progresivo

un deterioro gradual de poder

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gradually / little by little

Little by little, we put together the giant jigsaw puzzle

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gradualmente / poco a poco

Poco a poco, armamos el rompecabezas gigante