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Vocabulary, phrasal verbs and idioms Flashcards

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Baffle

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Confundir, desconcertar

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Biased

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Favourable to

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Cynical

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Esceptico

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Gather

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collect, acumulate

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Grasp

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Captar, agarrar (puede ser pillar algo, o captar conocimiento)

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Guesswork

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Conjeturas

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Hunch

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Corazonada

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Naive

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Ingenuo, inocente, inexperto

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Prejudiced

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Prejuicioso

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Presume

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Suponer, asumir

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Reckon

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Estimar, calcular

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12
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Query

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Consulta

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Cram

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Apilar, embutir

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Inattentive

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Desatento

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15
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Brush up (on)

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Refresh knowdlege

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Come (A)round (to)

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Change opinion because someno has persuade you

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Come up with

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Tener una idea

18
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Face up to

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Accept somthing and try to deal with it

19
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Hit upon

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Sudenly have an idea// discover something by chance

20
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Make out

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See, hear or understand someone or something with difficulty

21
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Mull over

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Reflexionar

22
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Piece together

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Darle sentido, descifrar, figurarse

23
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Puzzle out

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Darse cuenta, atar cabos

24
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Read up( on /about)

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study/research

25
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Take in

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Understand, pillar, asimilar

26
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Think ovver

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Pensar detenidamente. Think over is to think about something carefully, example would be considering something like a job offer.

27
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Think through

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Thinking through is to thinking about how something that had already happened, and how that situation or something has been effected by it. Example would be thinking about the consequences of your actions has caused.

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Think through

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Thinking through is to thinking about how something that had already happened, and how that situation or something has been effected by it. Example would be thinking about the consequences of your actions has caused.

29
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Think up

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Invent o imagnie something, mostly an excuse.

30
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Go to you head

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Subirse a la cabeza

31
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Have yours wits aobut you

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Mantenerse alerta

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in the dark (about)

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Not knowin very much (bc others keeping it secret)

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Know what is what

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Know th eiportant fact of a situation

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Not have a leg to santd on

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not having a way to prove that you’re right

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Not see the woods for the tree

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No ver lo que está delante de ti por fijarse algo peque sin importancia.

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Quick/ Slow on the uptake

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Take a short o long time to understand something

37
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ring a bell

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something that sounds familiar to you although you cannot remember the exact detail

38
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round the bend

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Crazy

39
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Split hairs

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Argue or worry about a very small details or difference that are not important

40
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Take stock ( of )

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Spend some time thinking about the situacition you ar in befor you decide what to do next

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