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C1 - Palix > Vocabulary 🤓 > Flashcards

Vocabulary 🤓 Flashcards

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Manualidades

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Craft

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Raza

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Breed

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Perro de la calle

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Stray Dog, street dog

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Refugio

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Shelter

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Perro de caza

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Hound dog, hunting dog

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Klínex

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Hanky paper

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Spring

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Muelle

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Papel higiénico

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Toilet Paper

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Enfrentarse

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To Cope

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Persona que no se levanta del sofá

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Couch Potato

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Obligatorio

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Required, Mandatory, Compulsory, Obligatorio

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12
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Emphasizers

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So -> You are so beautiful
Far -> I am far stronger than you
Very -> I am very strong
Far more -> I am far more beautiful than you
Far too -> It was far too easy

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Juvenil, infantil

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Boyish

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Infantil de mente

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Childish man

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Primordial

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Paramount (muy importante fundamental)

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A diferencia de, al contrario de

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Unlike

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Mientras que

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While, whereas (formal)

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Tropecientos

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Gazillion

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Extrovertido

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Outgoing, Outgoing person

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Penúltimo

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Last but one

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Antepenúltimo

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Last but two

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Cautivador, simpátivo

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Engaging

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Motero

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Motorcyclist, biker

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Conductor

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Motorist, driver

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Ganga

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Bargain

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Ojeada, mirada, vistazo

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Glance, sight

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Edad de Piedra

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Stone Age

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Restaurante (2)

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Restaurant, eatery

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Destacando

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Highlighting

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30
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Resaltar, destacar

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Featuring, emphasize (repasar el featuring)

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Creador, Inventor

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Originator

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Firmemente, severamente

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Tightly

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Traer consigo, producir, proporcionar, ocasionar

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Bring about

to cause something to happen:
He brought about his company’s collapse by his reckless spending.

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Decir haber hecho algo

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Claim to have done

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Residente

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Resident

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36
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Humedad

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Moisture, humidity

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Gotas

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Drop, droplet

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38
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Húmedo (adj)

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Moist, wet

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Creativo, original, novedoso, ingenioso

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Inventive

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40
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Reversión (de revertir)

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Reversal

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41
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Periquito

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Lovebird

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42
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Mordisquear

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To Nibble

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43
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Cercanía

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Closeness

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44
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Parecerse, asemejarse

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Resemble, to look like
That cloud resembles a ship (NO PREPOSITION TO)
You resemble your mom

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45
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Colega de trabajo

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Fellow, workmate

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46
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Destacar

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Hightlight -> Destacar alguien algo de otra cosa
Stand out -> Destacar por si mismo, on its own

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47
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Escasez

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Shortage

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48
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Baja estatura

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Shortness

49
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Prueba esto y a ver qué pasa

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Try something out

50
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Me apetece hablar en inglés

A

I feel like speaking English

51
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Me apetece comer carne

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I feel like eating meat

52
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Antojo

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Craving

53
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Amable, respetable

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Mild-mannered

54
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Día libre, fuera de servicio (trabajo)

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Off-dutty

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Pez gordo (persona con poder)

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Bigwig

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Carroñeros

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Scavengers

57
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Boca a boca

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Word on mouth

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To be the cause of or reason for (subyacer)

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lie behind

59
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to do anything, no matter how extreme, dishonest, wicked etc, to achieve a particular aim
hacer lo que sea para conseguir algo

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to go to any lengths

60
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Fantarronear, presumir

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show off

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Presumido

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show-off

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the fact of an event happening, an invention being made, or a person arriving

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advent

63
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Destacar, llamar la atención (por sí mismo)

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Stand out

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Escurridizo, evasivo

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elusive

65
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Interesado en

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Interested In

66
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Poco profundo, superficial

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Shallow (adj)

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Entumecido, adormecido

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numb

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Altura

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Tallness, height

69
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Tener posibilidad

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Stand a chance

70
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Dimitir

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Resign, quit(informal)

71
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Entregar (Phrasal verb), entregar a

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Hand (sth) in -> el sth va al final
hand (sb) in

72
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Ser propenso a

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To be prone to ing

73
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Experto, entendido

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Savvy

74
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Chupete (en British y American)

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Dummy (B)
Pacifier (A)

75
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Arma de doble filo

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Double-edged sword

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Estar emocionado,
extremely happy about something

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To be thrilled, To be excited

77
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Emphasize a negative statement that you have just made.

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Expression: Far from it
Expression: no way

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Países en desarrollo

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Developing countries

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Mercancía, mercadería

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ware

80
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Brecha digital

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Digital divide (Forma compuesta)

81
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Por el momento, por ahora, de momento

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For the time being (Locución adverbial)

82
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Significar representar ()
La “UU” en EE.UU. significa “unidos”

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stand for [sth]
The “U” in USA stands for “united”.

83
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Llevar a cabo

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To perform, to carry out, to conduct

84
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Niñez, infancia

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Boyhood

85
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Medicina

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Medicine, drug

86
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Elegante, lujoso, pijo

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Posh

87
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¿Mi consejo?

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My piece of advice?

88
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Preposición:
Interested…

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Interested in

89
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Preposición:
Worried…

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Worried about

90
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Ser un estirado

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Person

91
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Mantener las formas

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Stuff upper lip

92
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Job vs Work

Estoy buscando un trabajo

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Job (noun - countable) is what you are -> I’m a teacher
Work (noun - uncountable & verb) is what you do -> I teach english

I’m looking for a job
I’m looking for work

Work is sometimes the place of work -> I’m going to work or I’m leaving work
!= I’m leaving my job (seems like forever, quiting)

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Teletrabajo

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Teleworking

94
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Enunciado

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Original Sentence
Heading

95
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Matadero

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Slaughter house

96
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Destrozo/rotura

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Breakage

97
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Turn up vs come up

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Turn up -
1. To arrive, to appear
Example: What time did they finally turn up?
2. To be found, especially by chance
Example: I lost my bag a week ago and it haven’t turned up yet.

Come up-
1. To happen or be going to happen in the future
Example: Something’s come up at work so I won’t be home until late night tonight.
2. To be discussed or mentioned
Example: The subject of religion come up

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naufragio

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wreck

99
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Wreckage

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restos del accidente

100
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approve of

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Dar el consentimiento

101
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Approvingly/disapprovingly

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Aprobatorio

102
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entierro

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Burial (fonética: berial)

103
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empresa de mudanzas

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removal company

104
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Revival

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Traer algo del pasado

105
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Supervivencia

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Survival

106
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Superviviente

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Survivor

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Other VS another

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Other – se utiliza para referirse a una cosa o a una persona que es diferente o distinta de una que ya se mencionó.
Another – se utiliza para referirse a una persona o cosa adicional del mismo tipo de la que ya se mencionó.

Antes de hablar de cualquier otra cosa, echemos un vistazo a un ejemplo de estas palabras en contexto:

“I want another computer.”
“I want the other computer.”

En el primer ejemplo, la persona quiere una computadora adicional, la misma o similar a la que ya tiene.

En el segundo ejemplo, la persona quiere una computadora diferente a la que tiene. Esto podría ser una marca distinta o un tipo diferente de computadora.

108
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Agacharse

A

Bend down / Bend over

109
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Inclinarse

A

Bend Over

110
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Coger un hobbie

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Take up

111
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Préstamo

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Loan

112
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Derribar / demoler

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Pull down

113
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Dejar espacio / Dejar sitio

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To make way

114
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Máximo esfuerzo

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Utmoust

115
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Tema - problema / Problema más serio

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Issue / Trouble

116
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¿Quieres que te lleve?

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Do you want a lift?
Do you want a ride?

117
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Me llevaron

A

I got a lift

118
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Tengo suerte de estar contigo

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I’m lucky on being with you

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