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37 Cards in this Set
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BREAKDOWN
It is a noun
It means a failure
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Significa una crisis, avería o ruptura
Sentence: My car has a breakdown |
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WIDESPREAD It is an adjective It means "extensive" or "prevalent"
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Significa: generalizado, demasiado extendido.
Sentence: Video games are quite widespread in the world |
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LUMP It is a noun A bit of something solid with no particular shape |
Significa: pedazo, grumo Sentence: She found a lump in her bag. |
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OFF-TARGET It is a phrasal verb Fail to achieve the thing aimed at. |
Significa: fuera de lugar, desviado Sentence: The shot was off-target |
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STRIKINGLY It is an adverb Attracting attention or notice through unusual or conspicuous qualities |
Significa: impresionantemente Sentence: The trip was strikingly beautiful |
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GLIDE It is a verb To move smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly |
Significa: moverse suavemente, desplazarse Sentence: Penguins glide across the ice |
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IRRESPECTIVE It is an adverb Not needing to allow for |
Significa: Sin tener en cuenta. Sentence: All the neighbors made a house, Irrespective into account the money |
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BENEATH It is an adverb or a preposition Under something, or in a lower position than something |
Significa: debajo de, considerar algo indigno. Sentence: He hid the letter beneath a pile of papers. |
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PENT-UP It is an adjective |
Significa: reprimido Sentence: Marco said he was going to use the pent up energy |
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SALIENT It is an adjective The salient facts about something or qualities of something are the most important things about them |
Significa: notable, destacado Sentence: The teacher expressed the salient facts in this week |
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SEAL OFF It is a phrasal verb To prevent people from going into an area |
Significa: sellado Sentence: Firemen have sealed off the site of the explosion.
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STEP UP It is a phrasal verb
To increase |
Significado: aumentar
Sentence: The firm must step up production. |
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FORK IN THE ROAD It is an idiom
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Significado: obstáculo en medio, obstáculo en el camino
Sentence: There is a possible fork in the road for the airstream |
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AID
It is a noun
Help, support |
Significado: ayuda
Sentence: He finished the homework with the aid of someone. |
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STAND OUT It is a phrasal verb To be conspicuous |
Significado: destacan más Sentence: The originality of the narrative is what makes the novel stand out. |
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EXPEL It is a verb To banish |
Significado: expulsar Sentence: A student was expelled from the boarding school for bringing drugs onto campus. |
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SWALLOWING It is a verb To ingest |
Significado: tragar Sentence: My cousin swallowed the hamburger without tasting it. |
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SQUEEZE It is an adjective
To press |
Significado: apachurrar
Sentence: I squeezed the toothpaste to get the last of it. |
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PROTRUSION It is a noun
To stick out from or through something |
Significado: saliente
Sentence: The snake protruded its tongue and hissed loudly.
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LIES It is a noun
To lie down |
Significado: Localiza
Sentence: The part that lies under the hard palate and the front of the tongue. |
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OVERLAPS It is a verb
To partly cover each other |
Significado: superpone
Sentence: A glottal closure overlaps with the oral closure. |
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FURTHER It is an adverb
Farther away |
Significado: Más lejos
Sentence: Second plosive further back than first plosive. |
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GROOVED
It is an adjective |
Significado: estriado
Sentence: The tongue assumes a longitudinal grooved shape for sibilants |
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JET It is a noun Stream of liquid |
Significado: chorro Sentence: The jet-of-air method of producing noisy turbulence is more effective than simple narrowing of the articulators |
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ALIGNMENT It is a noun Correct position |
Significado: alienación Sentence: The editor changed the alignment of the image in the article. |
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GET RID OF It is a phrasal verb To throw out |
Significado: deshacerse de Sentence: We got rid of that car old. |
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BANKRUPTCY It is a noun A situation in which a business or a person becomes bankrupt. |
Significado: bancarrota Sentence: The company was forced into bankruptcy. |
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STRUGGLING It is an adjective Unsuccessful but trying hard to succeed: |
Significado: luchando Sentence:It's the story of a struggling artist who marries a rich woman. |
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UTTER It is a verb To say something or to make a sound with your voice: |
Significado: pronunciar Sentence: He sat through the whole meeting without uttering a word. |
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OVERWHELMED It is a verb To defeat someone or something by using a lot of force |
Significado: abrumado Sentence: Government troops have overwhelmed the rebels and seized control of the capital. |
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SUFFUSED It is a verb To spread through or over something completely: |
Significado: Infundido Sentence: His voice was low and suffused with passion. |
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EMBITTERED It is an adjective Very angry about unfair things that have happened to you |
Significado: amargado Sentence: They ignored all her pleas and she became very embittered. |
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DESPONDENT It is an adjective Unhappy and with no hope or enthusiasm: |
Significado: abatido
Sentence: She started to feel despondent about ever finding a job. |
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SOFTEN SOMEONE UP It is a phrasal verb To do things that will please someone so that they will do what you want |
Significado: ablandar a alguien Sentence: You're trying to soften me up so I'll drive you to Jodie's house. |
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THICK AHEAD It is an adjective (of a person) dull-witted; stupid |
Significado: cabeza dura Sentence: Marco used to be very thick ahead against debates |
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CUDDLING It is a verb to put your arms around someone and hold them in a loving way |
Significado: caricias Sentence:She cuddled the baby and eventually it stopped crying. |
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SOUGHT AFTER It is an adjective Wanted by many people and usually of high quality or rare |
Significado: cotizado Sentence: At the age of 17 she is already one of Hollywood's most sought-after actresses. |
