Vocabulary, phrasal verbs and idioms

Question 1

Baffle

Answer 1

Confundir, desconcertar

Question 2

Biased

Answer 2

Favourable to

Question 3

Cynical

Answer 3

Esceptico

Question 4

Gather

Answer 4

collect, acumulate

Question 5

Grasp

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Guesswork

Answer 6

Conjeturas

Question 7

Hunch

Answer 7

Corazonada

Question 8

Naive

Answer 8

Ingenuo, inocente, inexperto

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Prejudiced

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Prejuicioso

Question 10

Presume

Answer 10

Suponer, asumir

Question 11

Reckon

Answer 11

Estimar, calcular

Question 12

Query

Answer 12

Consulta

Question 13

Cram

Answer 13

Apilar, embutir

Question 14

Inattentive

Answer 14

Desatento

Question 15

Brush up (on)

Answer 15

Refresh knowdlege

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Come (A)round (to)

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Change opinion because someno has persuade you

Question 17

Come up with

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Tener una idea

Question 18

Face up to

Answer 18

Accept somthing and try to deal with it

Question 19

Hit upon

Answer 19

Sudenly have an idea// discover something by chance

Question 20

Make out

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See, hear or understand someone or something with difficulty

Question 21

Mull over

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Reflexionar

Question 22

Piece together

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Darle sentido, descifrar, figurarse

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Puzzle out

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Darse cuenta, atar cabos

Question 24

Read up( on /about)

Answer 24

study/research

Question 25

Take in

Answer 25

Understand, pillar, asimilar

Question 26

Think ovver

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Think through

Answer 27

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.

Question 28

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.

Question 29

Think up

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Invent o imagnie something, mostly an excuse.

Question 30

Go to you head

Answer 30

Subirse a la cabeza

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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)

Question 33

Know what is what

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Know th eiportant fact of a situation

Question 34

Not have a leg to santd on

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not having a way to prove that you’re right

Question 35

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.

Question 36

Quick/ Slow on the uptake

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Take a short o long time to understand something

Question 37

ring a bell

Answer 37

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

Question 38

round the bend

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Crazy

Question 39

Split hairs

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

Question 40

Take stock ( of )

Answer 40

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