Vocabulary Unit 9 Flashcards
1
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arrojar
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to throw, to toss, to produce, to generate
2
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inesperado(a)
A
unexpected
3
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la sede
A
headquarters, venue
4
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un tanque de pensamiento y acción
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think-do tank (think tank)
5
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Noruega
A
Norway
6
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la alta expectativa de vida
A
high life expectancy
7
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la huella ecológica
A
ecological footprint
8
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los lazos humanos
A
human ties
9
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desplazar
A
to displace, to remove, to replace
10
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la desigualdad económica
A
economic inequality
11
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la discriminación
A
discrimination
12
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el género
A
gender
13
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la pobreza
A
poverty
14
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el hambre
A
hunger
15
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comprometido(a)
A
committed
16
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acosar
A
to harass
17
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planteado
A
proposed, suggested
18
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combatir
A
to fight
19
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sostener
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to sustain, to hold
20
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la igualdad
A
equality
21
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el crimen de lesa humanidad
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crime against humanity
22
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derrotar
A
to defeat
23
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el comicio
A
elections
24
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la cadena perpetua
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life sentence
25
el secuestro
kidnapping
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el asesinato
murder
27
la dictadura
dictatorship
28
el delito
crime
29
el desaparecido
missing person
30
el detenido
detainee, person under arrest
31
la ideología
ideology
32
la creencia
belief
33
criado(a)
brought up, raised
34
intolerante
intolerant
35
el pleito
dispute, confrontation
36
la aceptación
acceptance
37
el desacuerdo
disagreement
38
asimilar
to assimilate
39
dejarse llevar
to get carried away
40
la comunión
communion, understanding
41
estar en la luna, las nubes
to have one's head in the clouds, to be daydreaming
42
no pegar ojo en toda la noche
to not sleep a wink all night
43
leer entre renglones
read between the lines
44
pasar un buen rato
to have a good time, to enjoy oneself
45
en un dos por tres
in a jiffy, quickly
46
poner en ridículo
to make fun off, to humiliate
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estar de malas
to be out of luck
48
no ser cosa de juego
to not be a laughing matter
49
al pie de la letra
word for word, thoroughly
50
poner en marcha
to start, to put in motion
