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Parrack
Vocabulary Chapter 1
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
02/02/2006

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(1) la oficina
Definition
office; clerical or business activities are conducted by several persons
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(1) el despacho
Definition
office, study; private office of a single person (home or away)
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(1) la dirreción
Definition
office; administratie office of an institution or organization with a director
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(1) el bufete
Definition
(law) office; always a lawyer's office (larger legal firms may also have "oficinas" for secretaries)
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(1)la redacción
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newspaper office
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(1) el consultorio
Definition
(medical) office; place where several doctors work
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(1)la consulta
Definition
(doctor's) office; physician's private office
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(1)la clínica dental
Definition
dental office
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(2) volver a +infinitve
Definition
to do something again; preferred to "otra vez" and "de nuevo+infinitive"
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(2) volver
Definition
to return, go (come) back; Spain
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(2) regresar
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to return, go (come) back; Spanish America
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(2) devolver
Definition
to return (something), give back, to throw up; return to its owner or rightful place (synonym: vomitar)
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(3) cerrar
Definition
to close, shut, to lock; ("con llave" may be added for emphasis)
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(3) el cierre
Definition
closing, shutting; (physical)
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(3) abertura
Definition
opening, aperture; physical opening or hole
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(3) clausurar
Definition
to close, adjourn; figurative or ceremonial sense
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(3) la clausura
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closing, adjournment; cermonial
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(3) la apertura
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opening, musical overture; figurative or ceremonial sense
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(4) acabar de + infinitive
Definition
to finish doing (something), to have (had) just done something;
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(4) terminar de + infinitive
Definition
to finish doing something
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(5) la sala
Definition
living room, parlor;
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(5) el cuarto
Definition
room; personal or private context
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(5) el aula
Definition
classroom, lecture room
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(5) la habitación
Definition
room; hotel or room of house for more private use as opposed to general use
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(5) el salón
Definition
living room, large room, hall
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(6) angosto
Definition
narrow; Spanish America
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(6) estrecho
Definition
narrow; Spain
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(7) el hule
Definition
rubber, oilcloth; glassy, rubberized, or waterproof fabric
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(7) la goma
Definition
rubber, rubber band; softer, more flexible, (synonym: tira elástica)
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(7) el caucho
Definition
rubber; harder forms
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(8) de palo
Definition
wooden
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(8) la madera
Definition
wood
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(8) el palo
Definition
pole, stick, a blow with a stick
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(8) la leña
Definition
(fire)wood
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(9) asesinar
Definition
to murder, assassinate, to kill; with malice or intent
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(9) rematar
Definition
to finish off; conclude or finish killing a seriously injured person or animal
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(9) eliminar
Definition
to wipe out, bump off; (colloquial)
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(9) ejecutar
Definition
to execute; capital punishment
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(10) la cuadra
Definition
block (Sp. Am.), stable (Sp.); city block (Sp. Am.), horse stable (as opposed to other animals, Sp.)
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(10) el establo
Definition
stable; all animals
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(10) la manzana
Definition
block (Sp.), apple; city block (Sp. & some Sp. Am.)
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(10) el bloque
Definition
block; block of houses, large piece of wood, marble, or stone
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(11) el ropero
Definition
closet; clothes closet/room (Sp. Am.)
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(11) la alacena
Definition
cupboard, closet, locker; food, cooking utensils
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(11) el armario
Definition
closet; in any context
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(11) el guardarropa
Definition
checkroom, cloakroom, clothes closet; public
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(12) agarrar
Definition
to take (Sp. Am.), to grasp (Sp.); as with claws (garras), in Spanish America, a replacement for "coger", common word in Spain
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(12) tomar
Definition
to take; (synonyms: coger, agarrar)
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(12) coger
Definition
to take; taboo in Spanish America
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(13) amanecer
Definition
to dawn (p12)
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(13) anochecer
Definition
to grow dark (p12)
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(13) atardecer
Definition
to draw towards evening, to happen late in the afternnoon (p12)
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(14) ordinario
Definition
ordinary, common; plain, common, unexceptional or coarse, vulgar (negative context with people)
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(14) común
Definition
common; used for people to avoid confusion
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(14) corriente
Definition
common; used for people to avoid confusion
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(15) colgar
Definition
to hang (colloquial: to flunk or fail someone); most common
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(15) ahorcar
Definition
to hang; hang by the neck in order to execute or kill someone
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(15) tender
Definition
to hang; spread or stretch something out as in to hang clothes to dry
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(15) pender
Definition
to hang; when something is suspended or hangs freely from a higher position
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