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175 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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detras de (in place of atras)
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in back of
behind |
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estar de regreso
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back (returned)
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estar de vuelta
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back (returned)
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volver
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back (returned)
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el fondo
al fondo |
back of (bus, building, etc.)
all the way to the back |
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ponerse
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to become (fleeting)
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hacerse
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to become (longer term)
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volverse
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to turn into
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transformarse
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to turn into (physical change)
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convertirse
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to turn into (more thorough)
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llegar a ser
resultar |
to turn out to be, to become
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arder
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on fire, burning up
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incendiar
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to set on fire
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quemar
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to burn (like steak)(or like sunburn)
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esquina
rincon |
outside corner
inside corner |
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fecha
cita compromiso |
date
appointment something to do |
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fracasar
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to fail
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fallar
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to fail, but less permanent
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reprobar
suspender |
fail an exam (Americas)
fail an exam (Spain) |
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delante
en frente de |
in front of
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chistoso
gracioso comico |
funny (laugh)
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extrano
raro |
makes you wonder
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divertido
diversion |
fun
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pasar
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happen
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acontecimiento
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happening
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hecho
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occurence
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suceso
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event
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evento
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event, but by chance
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hirvir (hirviendo)
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scalding hot
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caliente
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hot
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calientita
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pretty hot
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tibia
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lukewarm
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templada
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not hot but not cold
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helada, fria, fresca, al tiempo, tibia, caliente
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cold beverage degrees
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helado, frio, fresco, templado, calientito, caliente, caluroso
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weather degrees
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calido
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pleasantly warm
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calor barbaro, tremendo, bochornoso, sofocante, caloron
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too warm
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Tengo calor (not estoy caliente)
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I'm hot
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tener prisa
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to be in a hurry
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apurarse
or apresurarse |
hurry up
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darse prisa
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to make oneself hurry up
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date prisa
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hurry up
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Andale
Orale |
hurry up (emphatic)
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buscar
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to look for
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mirar
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to look at
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verse
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to look
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parecer o parecerse
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to resemble
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extranar
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to miss somebody (Americas) or something
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echar de menos
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to miss somebody (Spain)or soemthing
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perder
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to miss (the bus, train, etc.)
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faltar a
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to miss (class)or to be absent from
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faltar
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missing (e.g. money)
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pasar rozando (to graze)
pasar cerca |
to miss being run over
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proximo
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next
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el dia siguiente
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next day
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proxima semana
la semana que entra |
next week
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proximo ano
el ano que viene |
next year
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pegado
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right next door
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junto a
al lado de |
next to
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consultas
cosultorios |
doctors' offices
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bufete
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law office
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despacho
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accounting/admin office
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viejo/a
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old, decrepit
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grande, mayor
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older but not old
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LA orden
EL orden |
order in restaurant
organizational order |
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pedir
ordenar (less common) |
order food
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trozo
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3-D fragment and useful
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pedazo
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fragment not useful
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rebanadas
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slices
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persona callada
una persona de pocas palabras |
quiet person
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tranquilo
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quiet place
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ahorrar
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to save money or time
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evitar
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to save a trip
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guardar
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save something for later
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salvar
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save lives
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bajo
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short person
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corto o breve
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short trip
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letrero
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road sign
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rotulo
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shop sign
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senal
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signal
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huella
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trace or clue
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sena
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hand signal
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indicio
muestra |
indication
evidence |
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saltarse
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to skip
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alli
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over there
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alla
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way over there
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mas alla
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beyond or past
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alla
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in my country
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obrero
labradores jornaleros trabajador empleado oficinista |
worker (various kinds)
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Que escoges?
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What's your choice?
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No hay de otra
No hay remedio |
There's no choice
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Buena seleccion
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good choice
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Cuales son mis opciones
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What are my choices?
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especial
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choosy
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Ella es muy especial para la comida
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She's a very picky eater.
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fastidioso
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annoying or bothersome
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Es muy sangrona para la comida
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She's a very annoyingly picky eater.
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No seas tan sangron
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Don't be so picky
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suficiente
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enough
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alcanzar
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to have enough (in lieu of bastante)
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Te alcanza para una Coca?
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Do you have enough for a Coke?
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no me alcanza
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I don't have enough
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Te alcanza para nuevos zapatos?
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Can you afford new shoes?
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Es bastante guapo
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He's plenty handsome.
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Es bastante listo con las computadoras
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He's real clever with computers.
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Es lo suficientemente listo
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He's clever enough.
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Basta
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enough already
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Temor
verb is Temer |
very specific fear
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Temo que algo haya pasado
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I'm afraid something has happened
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Mi temor es que escapen los animales.
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My fear is that the animals may escape.
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Temo haber llegado en un mal momento.
Temo que hayamos llegado en un mal momento. |
I fear we may have arrived at a bad moment.
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Miedo
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ordinary fear
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Me dan miedo
Tengo miedo de ellos. |
I fear them.
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Susto
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sudden fear, scare, shock
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Que susto me diste
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What a scare you gave me
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asustar
dar susto |
to scare
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Los osos me asustan
en vez de Tengo miedo de los osos. |
Bears scare me
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Espantar
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to scare away
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espantapajaros
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scarecrow
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Espanto
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ghosts or spooks
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La casa de los espantos
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haunted house
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Es una pelicula de miedo.
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It's a scary movie.
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tetrico
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spooky
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aterrador
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terrifying
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Pavor
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intense phobia
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Me dan pavor las tarantulas.
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I'm terrified of tarantulas.
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Me da panico
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It terrifies me.
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Me da horror
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It disgusts me
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ese senor me da cosa
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That man gives me the creeps
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adivinar
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guess
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Adivina quien es
Adivina que |
Guess who it is
Guess what |
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Supongo
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Guess, 1st meaning
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Supongo que ya me voy
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I guess I'll be going now.
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Imaginarse
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Guess, 2nd meaning
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Me imagino que si.
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I guess so.
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Atinar
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guess right, 1st meaning
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Le atino a mi nombre.
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He guessed my name.
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Acertar
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guess right, 2nd meaning
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A ver si le aciertas al ganador.
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Let's see if you can guess the winner.
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A ver si le atino
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Let's see if you can guess it.
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medio
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half, middle (adjective)
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mitad
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half of (noun)
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medio
medio feo |
kind of
kind of ugly |
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Nos vamos a mitades
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We each pay half
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a mediados de
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around the middle of (date)
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en medio de
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in the middle of (e.g. street)
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a media
Hice la tarea a media |
half-way
He made the homework halfway. |
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a medias
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half-assed
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Que tal?
N.B. use instead of como |
How?
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No lo se
puede ser a lo mejor tal vez quien sabe quizas or quiza |
Maybe
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chance
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Maybe (2nd meaning)
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Sin querer
Sin pensar por distraccion involuntariamente |
It wasn't on purpose
Accidental |
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a proposito
con querer adrede deliberadamente |
On purpose
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Tienes que (ir)
Mas te vale (ir) Has de (ir) Hay que (ir) Mejor vas debes/deberias (ir) |
You must or you have to
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Debes ir manana
Deberias ir manana Debieras ir manana |
You should go tomorrow
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No debe de haber llegado.
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He must not have arrived yet.
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No debio haber llegado.
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He shouldn't have arrived.
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Debias haber ido.
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You should have gone.
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Hubieras ido.
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You should have gone. (best)
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obligar
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to obligate
to make to force |
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La policia nos obligo a salir
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The police forced us to leave.
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Normalmente
Generalmente por lo general |
usually
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Suele (soler) pasar a las seis.
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It usually comes by at six.
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casi
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almost
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casi siempre
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most of the time
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casi todos
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most of the people
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casi toda la clase
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most of the class
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perder el tiempo
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to waste time
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perder una oportunidad
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to waste an opportunity
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una perdida de tiempo
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a waste of time
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malgastar
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to misspend
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echar a perder
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to ruin
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Echaste a perder el juego
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you ruined the game
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echarse a perder
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to spoil (e.g. food)
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Estas echando a perder el nino.
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You're spoiling the boy.
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