Vocabulary Unit 6 Flashcards

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1
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el nacimiento

A

birth

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2
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la minoría

A

minority

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3
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la mayoría

A

majority

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4
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ampliamente

A

thoroughly

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5
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la inmigración

A

immigration

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6
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ubicarse

A

orient oneself

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7
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el promedio

A

average

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8
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mientras que

A

while, meanwhile, whereas

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9
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concebir

A

to conceive

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10
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el crecimiento

A

growth

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11
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carismático(a)

A

charismatic, enchanting

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12
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polémico(a)

A

controversial, polemic

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13
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la candidatura

A

candidacy

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14
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fascista

A

fascist (to exercise dictatorial control)

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15
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el cauce

A

channel, course, direction

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16
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la desconfianza

A

mistrust, suspicion

17
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el difunto

A

deceased, corpse

18
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de luto

A

mourning

19
Q

se cierne sobre (del verbo cernerse)

A

to soar upon, to hover over something

20
Q

tomar el pelo

A

to pull someone’s leg, deceive (literally to take the hair)

21
Q

quemarse las pestañas

A

to burn the midnight oil (literally to burn one’s eyelashes)

22
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suceda lo que suceda

A

whatever happens, come what may, no matter what

23
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sin remedio

A

hopeless, beyond solution

24
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al contrario

A

on the contrary, the other way around

25
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con las manos en la masa

A

to be caught red handed, to be caught in the act

26
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no importar un pepino

A

to not matter at all (literally to not matter a cucumber)

27
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ser otro cantar

A

to be a horse of a different color (literally to be another song)

28
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ser un cero a la izquierda

A

to be worthless, to count for nothing (literally to be a zero on the left side)

29
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llevar a cabo

A

to carry out

30
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interino(a)

A

temporary, substitute