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SPAN 340 Test 2
Idiomatic Expressions and Unique Vocab for Examen 2
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
10/05/2010
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el Camino de Santiago
 Definition
Milky Way
Term
la Edad de Piedra
 Definition
Stone Age
Term
el tren de mercancías
 Definition
freight train
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La sangre no tiene precio.
 Definition
Blood has no price.
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Virtudes y defectos van unidos.
 Definition
Virtues and defects go together.
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estar a punto de entrar
 Definition
on the verge of entering
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a lo lejos
 Definition
in the distance
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por lo general
 Definition
in general
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por lo visto
 Definition

apparently

(as can be seen)
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a lo mejor
 Definition
probably
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por lo tanto

 

por eso

 Definition
therefore
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lo de siempre
 Definition
as always
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lo peor
 Definition
the worst thing
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lo inteligente
 Definition
the smart thing
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lo expresado
 Definition
what was expressed
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lo bueno
 Definition
the good thing
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lo mejor
 Definition
the best thing
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lo escrito
 Definition
what was written
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Cuando llegue, llegó.
 Definition
He'll be here when he's here.
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en aquel momento
 Definition
just then
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por un instante
 Definition
for a moment
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una vez
 Definition
as soon as
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Ya le decía yo cuatro verdades.
 Definition
I wouldn't mind giving him a piece of my mind.
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Mañana ya llegó el día.
 Definition
Tomorrow's the day.
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ama de casa
 Definition
housekeeper
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entrar de puntillas
 Definition
tip toe in
Term
entrar corriendo
 Definition
to run in
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quizás
 Definition
perhaps
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al tiro
 Definition
quick as a wink
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darse cuenta [de]
 Definition
to realize
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No dije tal cosa.
 Definition
I didn't say such a thing.
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No puedo creer lo tarde que es.
 Definition
I can't believe how late it is.
Term
lloviznar
 Definition
to drizzle
Term
diluviar
 Definition
to pour raining
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escampar
 Definition
to stop raining
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granizar
 Definition
to hail
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relampaguear
 Definition
for lightning to strike
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tronar
 Definition
to thunder
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almanecer
 Definition
to dawn
Term
anochecer
 Definition

for night to fall

 

to grow dark (at nightfall)
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lo que + subjunctive
 Definition
whatever ____
Term
por si acaso
 Definition
just in case
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bastar
 Definition
to be enough
Term
precisar
 Definition
to be necessary
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convenir
 Definition
to be advisable
Term
dominar
 Definition
to master
Term
chapurrear
 Definition
to speak badly
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destrozar
 Definition

to murder/destroy

 

(a thing, not a person)
Term
unas cuantas
 Definition
a number of
Term
poco
 Definition
not very
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un poco
 Definition
a little
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reñir
 Definition
to tell off
Term
sonar poco natural
 Definition
to sound unnatural
Term
teñir
 Definition
to dye
Term
de repente
 Definition
suddenly
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