vocab 240124 Flashcards by Rob Glover | Brainscape

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taquillera

A

blockbuster

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colarse por

A

to sneak in

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una parábola

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parable

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el traspaso

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transfer

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un descarrilamiento

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derailment

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locuaz

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talkative

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una cercanía

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local network (trains etc.)

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derogar

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repeal, abolish, revoke

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recurrir a

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to turn to (someone-something) or have recourse to

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la guinda

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cherry / icing on the cake (fig)

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abecedario / alfabeto

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alphabet

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el regadío

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irrigation

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cobrar protagonismo

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to take centre stage

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un retroceso

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backward step

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la baza

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opportunity / advantage

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un desencuentro

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no show, mix up, disagreement

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un vertedero

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rubbish dump

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socorrido

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useful

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un revulsivo

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a salutary lesson

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a cuanto es … de …

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how far is it from

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pillarse un pedo / ciego

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to get shit faced

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una vitroseramica

A

ceramic hob

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dorar

A

to brown (meat)

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despejado

A

clear (weather, space etc.)

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un pincel

A

paintbrush

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rotular

A

to label / head / mark

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hace un frío de mil demonios / que pela

A

it´s extremely cold (colloq)

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se me ha ido el santo al cielo

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I had something in my head but it´s gone (colloq)

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tocar un premio

A

to win a prize (en vez de ganar)

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una musiquilla

A

jingle

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atraganarse

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to choke / lose your train of thought

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una pepita

A

a pip (fruit gen)

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una pipa

A

pip (de girasol or seeds to be toasted with salt)

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no tengo un duro / estoy a dos velas

A

I’m broke

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escarchado

A

frosted / candied

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el yerno

A

son in law

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La nuera

A

daughter in law

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los tatarabuelos

A

great, great grandparents

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bisnietos

A

great grandchildren

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sacar un tema

A

to bring up a new topic of conversation

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tronchar

A

to crack up with laughter

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no tiene gracia

A

that´s not funny

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los trillizos

A

triplets (whether identical or not)

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quadrillizos, cinquellizos etc.

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quadruplets, quintuplets etc.

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una conversación de besugo

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conversation where noone listens to each other

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hablar para el cuello de la camiseta / hable entre dientes

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to mumble (colloq)

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pagar a escote

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to split a bill so that everone pays for what they consume

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eres lince

A

you are clever (colloq)