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32 Cards in this Set
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To counterfeit |
Falsificar |
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To embezzele |
Malversar |
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To bribe |
Sobornar |
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To forge |
Forjar o falsificar |
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Like a dog with a bone |
keep thinking about something that is worrying you |
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let sleeping dogs lie |
not talk about things likely to cause problems; |
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to go off |
Para un bomba (explotar) Irse |
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to come down |
to travel to a place that is further south, small or less important; Bajar |
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to Cackle |
to make slight, sudden, sharp noises, rapidly repeated. chiporrotear crujir |
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to fall about |
caerse de risa to fall about laughing ahogarse de risa to fall about laughing |
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dated |
old-fashioned, unfashionable |
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tacky |
tasteless something that looks cheap, poor quality or that shows bad |
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eyesore [adjective] |
unpleasant to look at, especially a building |
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unsightly [adjective] |
polite word for ugly |
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craze [noun]: |
something that suddenly becomes popular, but only for a short time; |
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put together [phrasal verb] |
to combine two or more elements; |
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file away [phrasal verb] |
to store in an organized manner; |
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throw together [phrasal verb] |
to combine something quickly without much thought; |
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throw away [phrasal verb] |
to remove something that is not wanted anymore; |
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get together [phrasal verb] |
to meet with somebody; |
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nod your head |
express agreement |
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raise your eyebrows |
express surprise |
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intensify |
compound |
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‘to pair up (with somebody)’ |
to work together with somebody |
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Settle for |
Aceptar (They had to settle for a lower price than they had initially wanted to sell for.) |
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humble |
modesto humilde |
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knack |
ability |
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undergo |
[verb]: to experience a process of change |
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open up |
[phrasal verb]: to create a new opportunity or possibility |
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to enforce |
[verb]: to make sure that a law or rule is obeyed by someone |
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to mold |
to give shape to |
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endeavor |
a serious determined effort; |
