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Vocabulario unidad 13
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- 1don´t bother to do somethingdon´t do it because it seems too much effort (bother: molestarse en)
- 2bribemoney or a present that you offer to someone so that they will do something for you (soborno)
- 3call it a daystop doing something (dar por terminado)
- 4commutetravel regularly to and from a place where you work
- 5convictdecide in a court that someone is guilty of a crime (condenar)
- 6counsellorsomeone whose job is to talk to people who have problems and give them help and advice (terapeuta)
- 7falling-outdisagreement (desacuerdo, diferencia) (caída)
- 8flick throughturn the pages quickly, looking at some of the pages but nor reading everything (ojear)
- 9glancelook at it quickly (ojeada, mirada, vistazo)
- 10kick outtell someone to to leave a place (echar)
- 11knock outmake someone leave a competition by defeating them
- 12overreactbe more annoyed or upset about something than is really necessary (exagerar)
- 13patchperiod of time (momento, periodo, racha) (*parche)
- 14roughtdifficult, there are lots of problems
- 15good or bad runperiod of time when things go well or badly for you
- 16upbringingway your parents look after you and taught you to behave (crianza, educación)
- 17boundarylimit that tells you which activities or types or behavior are acceptable and which are not (límite, frontera)
- 18compromiseend an argument by accepting that you cannot have everything that you want (mutuo acuerdo)
- 19defensiveangry because they think that someone is criticising them
- 20disruptivesomeone who causes difficulties and prevents things from happening normally (perturbador)
- 21lose face/save facelose people´s respect and seem weak or foolish/keep people´s respect
- 22flashpointsituation in which there might be serious problems such as arguments or violence (detonante de violencia) (*punto de combustion)
- 23gesturemovement of your body that communicates a meaning (gesto, expresión)
- 24get your own wayget what you want (salirse con la suya)
- 25gracekind and polite behavior
- 26groundsubjects and ideas you discuss in a discussion (*suelo)
- 27irrationalnot sensible, done without any good reason
- 28laid-backcalm and relaxed
- 29lighten upbecome more relaxed and less worried (relajarse) (*aclarar, iluminar)
- 30move ongo to the next place, start doing the next thing or start discussing the next subject
- 31put offdelay something until a later time (posponer) (*desalentar)
- 32resortdo something because other things have not been successful (recurrir) (*centro turístico)
- 33for the sake offor the purpose of something, for a person benefit
- 34set outintend (planificar) to do something or or try to do it
(disponerse a) - 35slobsomeone who is extremely lazy and untidy (guarro, desaliñado)
- 36steer through a situationcontrol or influence the way things happen (conducir, manejar)
- 37tantrumwhen a young child behaves in a very andry and unseasonable way (berrinche, rabieta)
- 38toddleryoung child who is learning to walk (bebé mayor)
- 39underlyingsomething that exist but is not is not very obvious and is nor stated directly (subyacente)
- 40vainsomeone very proud who think that he is very attractive or special in some way (superficial, banal, egoísta)
- 41ashessomeone´s: remains when their body has been cremated after their death
- 42blossomflowers on a tree
- 43buryput someone´s body in the ground after they died
- 44cementeryplace where the bodies of dead people are buried
- 45coffinbox in which the body of a dead person is buried of cremated
- 46condolencesthings you say to someone to show sympathy (compasión, condolencias) when a person has died
- 47cremateburn someone´s body after their have died
- 48dawnbeginning of the day (alba, amanecer)
- 49dignitaryimportant official (official=funcionario)
- 50drainingsomething that makes you feel extremely tired
- 51elaboratesomething very complicated
- 52feastingeating and drinking a lot to celebrate a special occasion (festín, banquete)
- 53graveplace when someone is buried (tumba, sepultura)
- 54leaveperiod of time when you do not have to go work
- 55lengthyvery long
- 56maternity/paternitydesigned to help women who are pregnant or have just had a baby/men
- 57mournersomeone who goes to a funeral (doliente, que se lamenta)
- 58scanmedical test which use special equipment to make a picture of the inside of someone´s body
- 59scatterthrow ir so that it spreads over a large area (dispersar)
- 60straightforwardsimple, with no problems or difficulties (directo)
- 61toastoccasion when people drink together to celebrate something or to wish people luck (brindis)
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