Vocab-23.5 Flashcards

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birdwatching

Birdwatching is a very popular hobby worldwide

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la observación de aves

La observación de aves es un pasatiempo muy popular en el mundo

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hay

The horse is eating hay

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el heno / la paja

El caballo está comiendo heno

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a haystack / a bale of hay

There are haystacks scattered around the farm

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un pajar / un almiar / una pila de heno

Hay pajares por toda la granja

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a maple / a maple tree

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un arce / un sácere / un maple

i.e. un tipo de árbol

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a nature preserve / a nature reserve

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una reserva natural / una reserva ecológica

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a fern / a fern tree

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un helecho

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a hedge

There are two big hedges on either side of the field, so nobody can see in

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un seto vivo / un seto

Hay dos enormes setos a cada lado del campo, para que nadie pueda ver hacia adentro

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ivy

There’s ivy growing all along the side of this building

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una hiedra / una yedra

Hay hiedra creciendo por el muro de este edificio

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an oak / an oak tree

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un roble

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an orchard

an apple orchard

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un huerto

un huerto de manzanas

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a pine / a pine tree

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un pino

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a scarecrow

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un espantapájaros

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an acorn

The squirrel collected acorns for the winter

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una bellota

La ardilla juntó bellotas para el invierno

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a mill

a windmill

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un molino

un molino de viento

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residue

The substance left a thin residue on the surface of the machine

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el residuo

La sustancia dejó una delgada capa de residuo en la superficie de la máquina

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a shepherd

The shepherd rounded up his sheep

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un pastor

El pastor juntó sus ovejas

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a thorn / a spine

a rose’s thorns

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una espina

las espinas de una rosa

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to wilt / to droop / to shrivel

The rose wilted as it began to die

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marchitarse / flaquearse

La rosa se marchitó cuando comenzó a morir

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aerosol

an aerosol spray can

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un aerosol

una lata de espray en aerosol

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to beat around the bush

Don’t beat around the bush. Get to the point!

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dar rodeos / irse por las ramas

No te vayas por las ramas. ¡Llega al punto!

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to beat oneself up over / to dwell on

OK, so you forgot it was her birthday. Don’t beat yourself up over it

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comerse la cabeza por / darle vueltas a / mortificarse por

OK, así que se te olvidó que era su cumpleaños. No te comas la cabeza por eso

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unbeatable / invincible

Mike Tyson was unbeatable until he met Buster Douglas

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insuperable / inmejorable / invencible

Mike Tyson era invencible hasta que se enfrentó a Buster Douglas

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to not miss a beat

The teleprompter suddenly turned off, but the president continued his speech without missing a beat

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sin perder el ritmo / sin perder un paso

El apuntador electrónico se apagó de repente, pero el presidente continuó su discurso sin perder un paso

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to throb

My finger is throbbing

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pulsar / palpitar

Mi dedo está pulsando

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to blow over / to be forgotten

Don’t worry, this whole scandal will blow over in a few weeks

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pasar a segundo plano / pasar / ser olvidado

No te preocupes, todo este escándalo pasará a segundo plano en unas semanas

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to blow off steam / to vent / to relieve

I’m so stressed out at work. I need to leave the city to blow off some steam

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desahogarse / aliviarse

Estoy tan estresado en el trabajo. Necesito irme de la ciudad para desahogarme

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a briefing

The president attended the press briefing

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una sesión informativa

El presidente asistió a la sesión informativa para la prensa

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to brief / to inform

Brief the president

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informar brevemente / informar

Informar al presidente

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to cancel out / to neutralize

The sleeping pills canceled out the effect of the caffeine

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neutralizar

Las pastillas para dormir neutralizaron el efecto de la cafeína

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to waive

I’ll waive the fee on your purchase

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eximir / dispensar / exonerar

Voy a eximir el impuesto de su compra

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to relinquish / to forego

He relinquished his right to own a firearm

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renunciar / ceder / privarse de

Él renunció a su derecho de poseer un arma de fuego

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to refrain from / to abstain

He refrained from eating the chocolate cake, although it looked delicious

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abstenerse / contenerse

Él se abstuvo de comer el pastel de chocolate, aunque se veía delicioso

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abstinence / self-restraint

Abstinence is a common trait of many deeply religious individuals

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la abstinencia / el autocontrol

La abstinencia es una característica común de muchos individuos profundamente religiosos

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a waiver / a release

The skydiving company makes you sign a waiver before boarding the airplane

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exención / dispensa

La compañía de paracaidismo te hace firmar una exención

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undercover

an undercover police officer

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encubierto / infiltrado

un policía infiltrado

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to be a fugitive / to be on the loose / to be at large

The fugitive is on the loose

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ser un prófugo / estar suelto

El fugitivo está suelto

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a casualty / an innocent victim

When the military bombed the school, there were hundreds of civilian casualties

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una víctima accidental / una baja / una pérdida

Cuando el ejército bombardeó la escuela, hubo cientos de víctimas accidentales

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to frame / to set up

I’m not guilty. I was framed!

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tenderle una trampa a / hacer una encerrona

No soy culpable. ¡Me tendieron una trampa!

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a mercenary

His military forces were largely made up of paid mercenaries

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un mercenario

Sus fuerzas militares estaban formadas, en gran medida, de mercenarios pagados

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a child molester / a pedophile

Child molesters are the worst type of criminals

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un pederasta / un agresor infantil / un pedófilo

Los pederastas son el peor tipo de criminales

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a pickpocket / a thief

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un carterista / un pillo / un ladrón

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to pickpocket

I got pickpocketed on the street today

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carterear

Me carterearon en la calle hoy

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to rape

He tried to rape her, but she kicked him in the groin and ran away

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violar

Intentó violarla, pero ella lo pateó en la ingle y huyó

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rape

Most rapes unfortunately go unreported

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la violación

Desafortunadamente, la mayoría de las violaciones no son reportadas

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a rapist

The police captured the rapist

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un violador

La policía capturó al violador

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a shooting

There was a shooting at a school

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un tiroteo / una balacera

Hubo un tiroteo en una escuela

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to hijack

The terrorists hijacked the airplane

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secuestrar

Los terroristas secuestraron el avión

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to kidnap / to abduct / to take hostage

Our mother was kidnapped

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secuestrar / abducir / agarrar de rehén

Nuestra madre fue secuestrada

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a hostage / a captive / a prisoner

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un rehén / un secuestrado / un prisionero

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an intruder

The alarm sounded to alert us of the intruder

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un intruso

La alarma sonó y nos avisó de la presencia del intruso

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to convict

He was convicted of fraud

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condenar

Fue condenado por fraude

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to condemn / to sentence

They sentenced him to life in prison

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condenar / sentenciar

Lo sentenciaron a cadena perpetua

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a sentence / a decision / a judgment

The judge will give the sentence tomorrow

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una sentencia / una condena

El juez dictará sentencia mañana

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parole

He’s on parole

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la libertad condicional / la libertad bajo palabra

Está en libertad condicional

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to commit perjury / to lie under oath

He was put in jail for committing perjury

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cometer perjurio / mentir bajo juramento

Lo metieron a la cárcel por cometer perjurio

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a ransom

The kidnappers charged her parents a large ransom

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un rescate

Los secuestradores pidieron un gran rescate a sus padres

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to persecute

They persecute minority groups

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perseguir

Persiguen a los grupos minoritarios

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to prosecute

The government will prosecute you for your crimes

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procesar

El gobierno lo procesará por sus crímenes

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to vandalize

I can’t believe he vandalized a church. That’s low

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vandalizar

No puedo creer que haya vandalizado una iglesia. Eso es caer bajo

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vandalism

Graffiti is a form of vandalism

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el vandalismo

El graffiti es un tipo de vandalismo

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the mafia

Apparently Tony’s dad is in the mafia

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la mafia

Aparentemente, el papá de Tony está en la mafia

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contraband / illegal products

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el contrabando / los productos ilegales

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a smuggler / a trader in contraband

a smuggler of illegal weapons

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un contrabandista / un traficante de contrabando

un contrabandista de armas ilegales

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an accomplice

He got a sentence of 10 years in prison, and his accomplice got 5 years

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un cómplice

Él fue sentenciado a 10 años en prisión, y su cómplice a 5 años

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a conspiracy / a plot

a conspiracy theory

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una conspiración / un complot

una teoría de conspiración

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a gravestone

There was a large gravestone over his grave

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una lápida

Había una gran lápida sobre su tumba

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a massacre

A crazy gunman killed 50 people at the mall. It was a massacre

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una masacre

Un loco armado mató a 50 personas en el centro comercial. Fue una masacre

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a morgue

Her body was kept in the morgue for several hours until it was transfered to the funeral home

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una morgue / un depósito de cadáveres

Guardaron su cuerpo en la morgue durante varias horas, hasta que lo transfirieron a la funeraria

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in mourning

She’s in mourning

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de luto

Ella está de luto

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to mourn

He’s currently mourning the recent death of his grandfather

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estar de luto / lamentar

Él está de luto ahora por la muerte reciente de su abuelo

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a mummy

There are lots of mummies buried in the pyramids in Egypt

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una momia

Hay muchas momias enterradas en las pirámides en Egipto

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an obituary

She wrote a beautiful obituary for her father in the newspaper

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un obituario

Ella escribió un precioso obituario para su padre en el periódico

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a mortician / an undertaker

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un empleado de funeraria

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to die off / to go extinct

The elephants in Africa are slowly dying off

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desaparecer / extinguirse

Los elefantes en África se están extinguiendo lentamente

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a coffin / a casket

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un ataúd / un féretro / un cajón

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to kill off / to exterminate / to wipe out

The evil settlers tried to kill off all the native tribes

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acabar con / exterminar

Los malvados colonos intentaron acabar con todas las tribus nativas

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the remains

In the woods, they found the remains of a person

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los restos

En el bosque, encontraron los restos de una persona

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dyslexia

Your son is not dumb. He just suffers from dyslexia, making it hard to read

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la dislexia

Su hijo no es tonto. Sólo tiene dislexia, por lo que le cuesta trabajo leer

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dyslexic

a dyslexic student

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disléxico

un estudiante disléxico

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an electrician

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un electricista

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a fuse / a circuit breaker

an electric fuse

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un fusible

e.g. un fusible eléctrico

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a generator

an electricity generator

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un generador

un generador de electricidad

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a volt

a 12-volt light bulb

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un voltio

una bombilla de 12 voltios

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voltage

What is the voltage of this electrical charge?

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el voltaje

¿Cuál es el voltaje de esta carga eléctrica?

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a flare / a sparkler

We used flares to alert the helicopters of our presence

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una bengala

Usamos bengalas para alertar a los helicópteros sobre nuestra presencia

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a fire drill

We have to do a fire drill at school today

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un simulacro de incendio

Tenemos que hacer un simulacro de incendio en la escuela hoy

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an SOS / (Save Our Ship)

i.e. a signal for help

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un SOS

i.e. una señal de auxilio

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to evacuate

There’s a fire in the basement. Please evacuate the building

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evacuar

Hay un incendio en el sótano. Por favor evacúen el edificio

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to vacate

We have to vacate the premises within 30 days

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desocupar / desalojar

Debemos desalojar las instalaciones dentro de 30 días

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a clove of

a clove of garlic

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un diente de

un diente de ajo

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clove

i.e. a type of spice

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el clavo

i.e. un tipo de especia

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a cooperative / a co-op

My wife and I belong to a food co-op

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una cooperativa

Mi esposa y yo pertenecemos a una cooperativa de comida

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a cutting board

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una tabla de cortar

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to deep-fry

These potatoes are deep-fried and seasoned with extra salt

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freír en aceite abundante

Las papas están fritas en aceite abundante y sazonadas con sal extra

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to sauté

Please sauté the onions while I prepare the chicken

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saltear / sofreír

Por favor saltea las cebollas mientras yo preparo el pollo

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formula / infant formula

She stopped breastfeeding and switched to formula

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la fórmula infantil / la leche maternizada / la fórmula para bebés

Dejó de amamantar y comenzó a usar fórmula infantil

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cilantro / coriander

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el culantro / las semillas de culantro / el cilantro

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cumin

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el comino

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fennel / fennel seeds

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el hinojo / las semillas de hinojo

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ginger

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el jengibre

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nutmeg

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la nuez moscada / la mirística

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oregano

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el orégano

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paprika

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pimentón / pimentón dulce

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parsley

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el perejil

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rosemary

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el romero

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saffron

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el azafrán

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thyme

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tomillo

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wheat bran / bran

a bran muffin

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el salvado de trigo / el salvado

un panecillo de salvado

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cornmeal / cornflour

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la harina de maíz

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a crayfish / a crawfish / a crawdad

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un ástaco / un cangrejo de río

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horseradish

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el rábano picante

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gelatin / jelly

Jell-O is a popular snack made of gelatin

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la jalea / la gelatina

Jell-O es un refrigerio conocido hecho de gelatina

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a kebab

a chicken kebab

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un pincho / una brocheta

un pincho de pollo

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a kettle

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una tetera

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a ladle

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un cucharón

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rye

rye bread

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el centeno

el pan de centeno

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a colander / a strainer

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un colador / un escurridor

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a turnip

i.e. the vegetable

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un nabo

i.e. la legumbre

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a wafer

A wafer is a very thin type of cookie

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un barquillo / una oblea

Una oblea es un tipo de galleta extremadamente delgada

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the lining / the liner

the lining of a container

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el revestimiento interno / el forro

el forro de un recipiente

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a bun

She put her hair in a bun and went out for a jog

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un moño / un chongo / un rodete

Puso su cabello en un moño y salió a trotar

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dandruff

Eew, he has dandruff all over his shoulders

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la caspa

Ay, tiene mucha caspa sobre los hombros

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extensions / hair extensions

Her extensions look so fake

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extensiones / extensiones de cabello

Sus extensiones de cabello se ven muy falsas

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hairspray

He always puts a lot of hairspray in his hair

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la laca para el pelo / el spray para el pelo / el fijador

Él siempre pone mucho fijador en su cabello

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a hairband / a headband / a hair tie

She uses a hairband to keep her hair out of her face while she cooks

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una diadema / una balaca / una vincha

Ella usa una balaca para quitarse el cabello de la cara mientras cocina

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a hair clip / a bobby pin / a barrette

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una horquilla / un pinche

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a perm

She got a perm, and now her hair is really curly

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una permanente

Se hizo una permanente, y ahora tiene el cabello rizado

128
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pigtails

The little girl had pigtails

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dos colitas / dos coletas

La niñita llevaba dos colitas

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a braid

The little girls put braids in each other’s hair

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una trenza

Las niñas se hicieron trenzas la una a la otra

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bangs

She got a haircut and has bangs now

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el fleco / el flequillo / el cerquillo

Ella se hizo un nuevo corte de cabello, y ahora tiene fleco

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a mohawk

Many of my friends have mohawks

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un corte estilo mohicano / un mohicano / un mohawk

Muchos de mis amigos tienen cortes estilo mohicano

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an afro

Julius Erving was famous for having a huge afro in the 1970s

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un peinado afro / un afro

Julius Erving era famoso por tener un enorme peinado afro en los setenta

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dreadlocks

I want to grow dreadlocks like Bob Marley

A

las rastas

Quiero dejarme crecer rastas como Bob Marley

134
Q

a toupee / a hair piece

A gust of wind blew off his toupee, and now he is very embarrassed

A

un peluquín / un bisoñé

Una ráfaga de viento le voló el peluquín, y ahora está muy avergonzado

135
Q

a wig

That’s not her real hair. That’s a wig

A

una peluca

Ese no es su verdadero cabello, es una peluca

136
Q

hands-free

a hands-free phone

A

manos libres

un teléfono con manos libres

137
Q

second-hand

She heard the second-hand account of the murder, from the witness’s friend

A

de segunda mano

Escuchó la historia del asesinato de segunda mano, se la contó la amiga del testigo

138
Q

to take something off your hands

If you have too many dishes in your cabinet, I can take some off your hands. I need some

A

quitarse algo de las manos / sacarse algo de las manos

Si tienes demasiados platos en el gabinete, yo te puedo quitar algunos de las manos. Necesito unos

139
Q

to get out of hand / to get out of control / to be out of hand

This situation is getting out of hand

A

estar fuera de control / salir de control

esta situación se está saliendo de control

140
Q

to have the upper hand

The larger company had the upper hand in the negotiation

A

tener el sartén por el mango / tener la sartén por el mango

La compañía más grande tenía el sartén por el mango en las negociaciones

141
Q

a boiler

The heat stopped working. Let’s check the boiler in the basement

A

una caldera / un calentador

La calefacción dejó de funcionar. Vamos a revisar la caldera en el sótano

142
Q

sweltering

sweltering heat

A

sofocante / abrazador / bochornoso

el calor sofocante

143
Q

stuffy / poorly ventilated

a stuffy room

A

sofocante / bochornoso / mal ventilado

un cuarto sofocante

144
Q

a jeweler

I need to see the jeweler to get my watch fixed

A

un joyero

Necesito ir al joyero para que arregle mi reloj

145
Q

a jewelry store / a jewelry shop

Argh, honey, do we have to stop at EVERY jewelry store that we walk past?

A

una joyería

Joder, querida, ¿tenemos que detenernos en CADA joyería que pasamos?

146
Q

a locket

She wore a heart-shaped locket around her neck, with a picture of her grandfather

A

un medallón / un relicario

Ella llevaba en el cuello un relicario en forma de corazón, con una foto de su abuelo

147
Q

a bead

She likes to make necklaces with beads

A

una cuenta / un abalorio

Ella hace collares con cuentas

148
Q

a carat

14 carat gold

A

un quilate

oro de 14 quilates

149
Q

to kick out / to force out / to expel

They got kicked out of the bar for fighting

A

sacar a alguien por la fuerza / echar / expulsar

Los echaron del bar por pelearse

150
Q

to kick the bucket / to croak / to keel over

The old man kicked the bucket last night. The funeral is tomorrow

A

estirar la pata / colgar los tenis

El viejo estiró la pata anoche. El funeral es mañana

151
Q

to kick off / to begin / to launch

The candidate kicked off his campaign on Monday

A

comenzar / inaugurar / lanzar

El candidato lanzó su campaña el lunes

152
Q

a launch

Brainscape had a party to celebrate the launch of our new app

A

un lanzamiento

Brainscape organizó una fiesta para celebrar el lanzamiento de nuestra nueva aplicación

153
Q

to kick down

The cop kicked down the door

A

derribar / echar abajo a patadas

El policía echó abajo la puerta a patadas

154
Q

to kick in / to set in

The drug takes about an hour to kick in

A

empezar a hacer efecto

La droga tarda como una hora en empezar a hacer efecto