X Dele Ex 7, vocab, Pr 1 - Pr 2.2 Flashcards
the jail
the prisoner
la cárcel
(I am feminine and I was in one. ugh)
el preso/la presa
the climate
el clima
ends in ma which is usually M
to get worse/to make worse
empeorar
em prefix before p is inward, like in peor (usually it is is en - desencadenar)
If you do nothing, it will get worse.
Si no haces nada, empeorará.
peor is adj-adv for worse, the verb includes peor plus the prefix em (which is em in front of p but usually is en meaning interiority, inward - go into worse)
(entristecer - to sadden, to get into sad)
to cause/to provoke
provocar, causar
People who cause fires should be put in jail.
Las personas que provocan/causan incendios deberían ser encarceladas. or
Las personas que provocan incendios deberían estar en la cárcel.
prefix en is interiority, interior, inner, inward, here it is in jail
(een-sehn-dyoh)
to unleash
desencadenar
(cadena=chain,
encadenar is to chain with en prefix being interiority,
des prefix means un as in undoing something)
(dehs-ehng-kah-deh-nahr)
also soltar: Los soltamos los perros en el jardín trasero.
caderas=hips
The sinking ship unleashed (triggered) an oil slick
El barco que se hunde desencadenó una marea negra.
cadena = chain
dhes - ehng - kah - deh - no
to sink
hundir - transitive
hundirse - pronominal
huir - to flee
the oil slick/spill
la marea negra
the greenhouse gases
los gases de efecto invernadero
hard v after n
eem - behr - nah - deh -roh
At last you arrived, Vickie.
Por fin llegaste, Vickie.
Por fin is more at last and not finally.
Finally is more por último, finalmente
At last you figured out the difference.
Por fin descubriste la diferencia.
descubrir=to discover, uncover, find out
(after talking for a while) Finally, I would like there to be international agreements.
(después de hablar un rato) Finalmente, me gustaría que hubiera acuerdos internacionales.
if-would it´s conditional then subjunctive
hubiera = there to be…REMEMBER THIS!
huberia is imperfect subjunctive of haber,
haya is present subjunctive,
this sentence is not a perfect tense and because of conditional here triggers-takes imp subjunctive
also por último
On the other hand there are those who say these things are accidents.
Por otro lado hay quienes dicen que estas cosas son accidentes.
or Por otro lado están los que van a decir que estas cosas son accidentes.
or Por otro lado están los que dicen que estas cosas son accidentes.
BUT THE FIRST IS THE BEST
CAN ONLY USE INDETERMINATE AFTER HAY!!!!! if you miss this again, say hooaaannkkk baaa ddddd
The poll shows that the majority support Biden.
La encuesta muestra que la mayoría apoya a Biden.
no subjunctive because of mostrar - it´s a truth-real thing
apoyar=to support
aportar=to contribute
Democrats want the new Vice President to be Kamilla Harris but the Republicans don´t.
Los demócratas quieren que la nueva vicepresidenta sea Kamilla Harris pero los republicanos no.
vicepresidente - vicepresidenta
the frozen food
la comida congelada
congelar=to freeze
the nuances of meaning
los matices de significado
el matiz=the nuance
las sutilezas=the subtleties
(they) have to be taken into account
han de ser tenidos en cuenta
tenidos here is an adj
carefully, thoroughly (adv)
detenidamente
likewise, also
asimismo
slightly, lightly (adverb)
adv levemente, ligeramente
(leh-beh-mehn-teh) soft v
adj ligero/a = light,lightweight
it´s necessary to avoid (don´t use necesitar)
es preciso evitar
I suggest you read the documents carefully before signing.
Te recomiendo leer los documentos detenidamente antes de firmar.
Le sugiero que lea los documentos detenidamente antes de firmarlos.
detenido adj = detailed, thorough - or under arrest (detained)
(deh-teh-nee-dah-mehn-teh)
recomendar plus infinitive - recommend something
sugerir que plus infinitive - to suggest/propose something
There is considerable evidence that global warming is real.
Hay muchas pruebas de que el calentamiento global es real.
las pruebas=the evidence/proof
la prueba=the test/exam
can´t sub which so can´t use just que, need de que
Water provides life.
El agua proporciona la vida.
proporcionar=to provide/supply
(think - to provide the poor = proporcionar)
also proveer is to provide and
aportar - to contribute, to provide
Everyone contributed interesting ideas in the meeting.
Todos aportaron ideas interesantes en la reunión.
aportar=to provide/contribute
apoyar=to support/to lean
a business experience
una experiencia empresarial
empresarial - business/management
Your passport has a validity of ten years.
Su pasaporte tiene una vigencia de diez años.
la vigencia - the validity (period of) also la validez
Who judges-considers that there is no evidence of human intervention in climate change?
¿Quién juzga que no hay pruebas de la intervención del hombre (de la intervención humana) en el cambio climático?
juzgar = to judge/consider pruebas = evidence prueba = test
Malnutrition is probably linked to poverty.
La desnutrición está probablemente ligada a la pobreza.
ligado - (adj) linked-connected
ligar - to tie, to bind
He holds/maintains that there is no such thing as climate change.
Él sostiene que no existe el cambio climático.
sostener - to hold, to support (like back-up)
cld also use mantiene I think - to maintain a position
the statements
los enunciados - noun (from enunciar, to state/enunciate), las declaraciones
anuncio = announcement, advertisement
by age groups
por franjas de edad
la franja - stripe/band/border/strip
