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92 Cards in this Set
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El abandono |
Abandonment |
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El abecedario |
Alphabet |
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Alcanzar un puesto directo |
To reach a senior rank |
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Allá cada cual (adage) |
It's up to them |
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Animar |
To encourage |
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Ante |
Faced with |
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Aprobar |
To learn |
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Apuntarse al paro |
To sign on (the dole) |
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Arruinar su vida |
To ruin their life |
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El asalariado |
Salaried employee |
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Asumir la responsabilidad |
To take responsibility for |
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La beca |
Grant |
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El buen dominio |
Good command |
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La burbuja inmobiliaria |
The property bubble |
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Buscar alianzas |
To look for partners |
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Capacitado |
Qualified |
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Las cifras |
Figures, statistics |
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La clave |
Key |
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Cobrar el paro |
To claim unemployment benefit |
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Carecer (carezco) de |
To lack |
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La carencia |
Shortcoming, lack |
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Centrarse (en) |
To be based on |
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El compañero |
Colleague |
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Compartir piso |
To share a flat |
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Comunicarse bien |
To communicate smoothly |
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Contar (çuento) con |
To possess, rely on |
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El contrato basura |
Poorly paid short-term contract |
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La culpa |
Fault |
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Decepcionado |
Disappointed |
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Dejar mucho que desear |
To leave much to be desired |
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La manifestación |
Demonstration |
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Darlo todo |
To give it your all |
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Los demás |
The rest, everyone else |
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La destreza |
Skill |
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La deuda |
Debt |
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Disputarse |
To dispute |
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Echar la culpa a |
To blame someone for |
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Emanciparse |
To become independent |
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El emprendimiento |
Entrepreneurship |
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El/la empresario/a |
Entrepreneur businessman/woman |
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Encantado |
Delighted |
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Encontrar la manera de |
To find the way to |
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Endeudarse |
To get into debt |
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La entrada |
Post |
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Equiparse |
To equip oneself |
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El esfuerzo personal |
Personal commitment |
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Espabilar |
To wise up |
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La Esperanza |
Hope |
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El exilio |
Exile |
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Facilitar |
To enable |
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La factura |
Bill |
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Fomentar |
To promote |
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Formarse |
To train |
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El fracaso escolar |
Dropping out of school |
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El/la funcionario/a |
Civil servant |
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El futuro digno |
A worthy furture |
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Ganarse la vida |
To make a living |
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La habilidad |
Skill |
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Hacer falta |
To be necessary |
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La iniciativa |
Initiative |
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Lo fácil |
What is easy |
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Los impuestos |
Taxes |
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La inquietud |
Curiosity, inquisitiveness |
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Llegar a fin de mes |
To make it to the end of the month |
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Marcharse |
To leave/go away |
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Más vale que |
It would be better if |
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El mileurista |
Person with a salary no higher than €1,000 |
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El niño mimado |
Spoilt kid |
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La nota |
Mark, result |
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La ONG (organización no gubernamental) |
NGO |
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La oposición |
State organised exam fot state sector posts |
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Orientado a |
Oriented towards |
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Pedir (pido) un préstamo |
To ask for a loan |
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Perder ilusión |
To lose enthusiasm |
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Prepararse |
To prepare oneself |
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Encuesta de trabajo |
Work position |
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Prosperar |
To do well |
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Quedarse sin trabajo |
To be out of work |
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Reciclarse |
To retrain, bring yourself up to date |
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Recurrir (a) |
To resort to |
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La reforma laboral |
Labour reform |
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Reinventarse |
To invent oneself |
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Un/a responsable |
Person responsible (for) |
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Superar |
To exceed |
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El sustento |
Sustenance, food |
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La temporalidad |
Lack of performance |
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Tener ganas (de) |
To feel like |
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Tener un futuro negro |
To have a bleak future ahead |
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Un vago |
Layabout |
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La vivienda |
Housing |
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The rest of your life |
El resto de la vida |
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To feel frustrated |
Sentirse frustrado |
