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Workbook 3 Flashcards

0
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Basurero

A

Dustman or refuse collector

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1
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Contenedor de basura

A

Skip

A large metal container in which you can throw away bulky items

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2
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Chatarrero

A

Rag picker

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3
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Camion de la basura

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Dustcart

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4
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Basura que se tira por la calle, patio , etc

A

Litter
Tirar papeles o ensuciar el patio
To litter the playground

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5
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Basura

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Rubbish,

Refuse

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6
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Vertedero, basurero

Esta casa es una pocilga

A

Tip
This house is a tip (familiar)
Tip tambien significa propina

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7
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Estallido de escritura grafitis

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Outbreak of graffiti-writing

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8
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Hay slogans pintados con spray por toda la ciudad

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There are slogans sprayed all over the walls in the town

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9
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Mas de, more than

A

In excess of

In excess of 2thousand people die from heart attack annually

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10
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I wonder if my son is taking fitness to extremes

A

Dennis went over the top to make Paul feel at ease

Pasarse

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11
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Lema , divisa

Mi lema es moderacion en todas las cosas

A

My motto is moderation in all things

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12
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Comprar en exceso es la debilidad de laura

A

Shopping in excess is laura’s weakness

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13
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Estresado, agobiado

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Overstretched

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14
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Oversensitive

She is very oversensitive and gets upset very easily

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Sobrevalorado

Overrated

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15
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The two coffees cost us 20€, which I thought was terribly overpriced

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Agotado, cansado

Overtired

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16
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Engullir, devorar

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Wolf

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17
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Ahogarse(al tragar) asfixiarse,

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choke /tf6uk

He almost choked when he was wolfing the sandwich

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18
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Nip and tuck

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Cirugia plastica

19
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Meterse para el cuerpo, comer avidamente

A

Tuck into

20
Q

Lamer

A

Lick

21
Q

Hacer una confidencia

A

Confide

22
Q

Cleft sentences

A

Oraciones “partidas”
He paid 20€.
No, it was 25 € that he paid.

23
Q

Dar una fiesta, organizar una fiesta

A

Throw a huge party

24
Q

Otra cleft sentence:

No, it was for his birthday that he threw a party

A

Oraciones con “what “clause para dar enfasis
What he did was break a record
What I love is eat chips and salad

25
Q

Uncooperative, undeserving (no merecedor, not worthy)
uninformative(poco educativo, not educTional, poco instructivo ). unreceptive
Carefulness,powerless

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Disadvantageous,disrespectful, discourteous,/dis’k3:ti6s descortes
Indecisive(indeciso) inadvisable, insubstantial

26
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Decidido,ser decidido una persona

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To be decisive

27
Q

Un cascarrabias, a complainer

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Crank

28
Q

Manija, manilla, manivela

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Crank, handle

29
Q

Pocos, escasos recursos

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Scarce resources

30
Q

Escasamente, a penas, brevemente

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Scarcely , barely

31
Q

Analfabetismo

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Illiteracy

32
Q

Analfabetismo descontrolado

A

Rampant illiteracy

33
Q

Comunidad rural indigente, desamparada

Destitute

A

Destitute rural community

34
Q

Usureros de los prestamos

A

Loan shark

35
Q

Apuro, dificil situacion, dilema

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Predicament

36
Q

Dinero en efectivo

A

Cash ( coins and bills)

He lent them the cash

37
Q

Prestamo

A

Loan

38
Q

Emprendedores necesitados

A

Needy entrepreneurs

39
Q

Garantia, aval , fianza

A

Collateral

Mohammed yumus lent small amounts to the poor with no collateral

40
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Destinatario, receptor

A

Re’cipient

41
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Ganancia, beneficio

A

Profit, she only made 3 € profit on her product

42
Q

Incumplir en pagar

A

To default, fail in repaying

43
Q

Donativo, limosna

A

Handout

He thinks that people are better off with a loan than with a handout

44
Q

Impreso, folleto, information sheet

A

Handout ( igual que donativo)

45
Q

Ser de la vieja escuela

A

He is old school, he can’t use a computer

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