a place where shares in companies are bought and sold, or the organization of people whose job is to do this buying or selling<br /> Bolsa de valores	Stock exchange
A country in development	Third-World Country
a right to sell a company's products in a particular area using the company's name:	Franchise
a small, coloured, often round piece ofplastic, wood, glass, etc. with a holethrough it. It is usually put on a stringwith a lot of others to make jewellery:	Beads
a brown or black insect that makes short, loud noises by rubbingits wings together	Cricket
Testigos de Jehová	Jehová's witness
Choque cultural	A clash of cultures
a person with no home, job, or money who travels around and asks for money from other people	A tramp
Evitar a alguien	To give a wide berth to someone
Los ricos y los pobres	The haves and the have nots
the situation in which large numbers of educated and very skilled people leave their own country to live awork in another one where pay and conditions are better	Brain drain
<br /> a small factory where workers are paid very little and work many hours in very bad conditions	Sweatshop
Acciones y bonos ( del gobierno )	shares and bonds
someone who plays football,especially as a job	Footballer
an occasion when a group of peoplego on the internet at the same time to study and discuss something	webinar
saying what you think without trying to be polite or considering other people's feelings:	Blunt
to become or make something typical of the US or US culture:	Americanize
the countries of Africa, South America, and Asia that have less developed industries:	Third-world country
a country with little industrial and economic activity and where people generally have low incomes:	Developing country
What is the most important for me is.. (Phrasal Verb)	What stands out for me is...
willingness to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them:	Tolerance
a rude or offensive word:	Swearword
One thing that make me angry or anxious or stressed out Phrasal Verb	One thing that gets on my nerves
a street where the most important shops and businesses in a town are:	The High Streets
someone who is given or sold a franchise	Franchisee
There's no oportunity for... (Phrasal Verb)	There's no room for (individuality)
To lose an opportunity (Phrasal Verb)	To miss out on something
To rise, to grow, to develop, to expand That civilisation flourishes on the banks of the Nile river 4.000 years ago	To flourish
Without character	Bland
Al lado de (Establecimiento)	The cafe ( next door)
extremely intelligent or skilled:	Brilliant
a person who regularly goes to watch films at the cinema	Cinemagoer
approximately:	Roughly
to expect or think that something will happen:<br /> to be, appear, take part or to be included	to figure
Rise or core up to the surface <br /> come to the people's attention become apparent.	Surface
An advantage	The plus
a large permanent area for public entertainment, with entertaining activities and big machines to ride on or play games on, restaurants, etc., sometimes all connected with a single subject	A theme park
one of the equal parts that the ownership of a company is divided into and that can be bought by members of the public	Shares
An official paper given by government or a company to show that you have lent them money that they will pay back to you at a particular interest rate	Bond
to attack a place with continuous shooting or bombs:	to Bombard
<br /> <br /> a continuous attack on a place withguns or bombs	Bombardment
a person who has come to a different country in order to live there permanently	Immigrate<br /> immigrant
to leave a country permanently and go to live in another one	Emigrate
consisting of, or relating to various different races	Multi-ethnic
involving several different countries, or (of a business) producing and selling goods in several different countries: Company which has many franchises throughout the world	Multinational
Many people of different cultures live together	Cultural Diversity
a particular company that buys and sells goods and services	A business
a large company or group of companies that is controlled together as a single organization:	A corporation
the amount of money and comfort people have in a particular society Relating with all the physic things you have	Standard of living
the manner in which a person lives: How you live your life	Way of life
the length of time for which a person, animal, or thing exists Life expectancy but in humans	Lifespan
a large building that is divided into apartments	Blocks of flats
a long, high bridge, usually held up by many arches, that carries a railway or a road over a valley:	Viaduct
land that was under the sea or was in a very poor condition, but has been improved so that it can be used for farming or building on: Piece of land next to the river or the sea that is abandoned and someone comes and takes iit	Reclaimed land
Land with many trees	Green-belt land
containing too many people or things: Many people living in a small place	Overcrowding
an area in or on the edge of a city, in which poor people live in small, very cheaply built houses Cambuche	Shanty town
Sky-high prices or charges are very hig Very expenses prices in houses	Sky-high property prices
the spread of a city into the area surrounding it, often without planning: Negative connotation (When the city is expanding and becomes very chaotic)	Urban sprawl
the condition of being extremely dirty and unpleasant, often because of lack of money	Squalor<br /> squalid
availability of buildings for people to live in:	Availability of housing
the basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to work effectively: Electricity network sewage system	infrastructure
Knock down old buildings	Demolition of old builings
Edificio de gran altura	High-rise buildings
an area, especially in a town, where it is very dangerous to go, usually because a group of people who have weapons prevent the police, army, and other people from entering Parts of the city that are very dangerous	No-go areas
a very poor and crowded area, especially of a city Poor neighborhood	Slums
To have something inside ( contain) for example a car	To house
To increase at the same speed and by the same amount as something else<br /> have the same level<br /> pay attention to..	Keep up with something (Phrasal)
District of Columbia	D.C
The maximum of something	Of up to (Phrasal Verb)
Leading to	Drive
(of plans or people) not practical or silly: Not sofisticated A ridiculous idea	Hare brained
Demolishion synonim of pull down	Knock down
to suggest or think of an idea or plan:	Coming up with
Logic Best Option having an understanding of a situation:	Sensible
sedes de una corporación	Branches
too blocked or crowded and causing difficulties	Congestion
Not afraid of taking risks. Certain to Create controversy	Bold
Completely new, not yet used	Brand new
The size, level or amount of something	Scale (of change)
An unexpected or unplanned result of a situation or event	Side effect
To start something without using anything that existed or was prepared before	To build something from scratch
To prepare a written document such as a list or contract	To draw up
To force prices to go to extremely high levels	To drive prices sky-high Driven the price sky-high
To increase to a higher level	To head upwards
To produce in large numbers using machinery, so that each object is the same and can be sold cheaply.	To mass-produce
To use something as a model in order to build something similar	To use something as a template
is a rapid transit railway with the tracks above street level on a viaduct or other elevated structure (usually constructed of steel, concrete, or brick)	Elevated train
below the surface of the earth; below ground:	Underground
a building with a roof and sides made of glass, used for growing plants that need warmth and protection: (Tunja casas de plastico)	Green-houses
a gas that causes the greenhouse effect, especially carbon dioxide	Green-house gas
a gas with no smell or colour, often used as a fuel:	Methane
any of several simple gaseous compounds that contain carbon, chlorine, fluorine, and sometimes hydrogen, that are used as refrigerants, cleaning solvents, and aerosol propellants and in the manufacture of plastic foams, and that are believed to be a major cause of stratospheric ozone depletion —abbreviation CFC	chlorofluorocarbon
London's underground train system:<br /> Anothey way of say television<br /> tubos que succionan en la ciudad coreano	Tube
a railway system in which electric trains travel through tunnels below ground:	Subway US<br /> Underground UK
to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe:	alleviate
Cambiar algo por algo mejor<br /> yo give one characteristic to something	Render
extremely brave and showing no fear of dangerous situations:	Intrepid
¿something that is used as a pattern for producing other similar things:	Template
a result that your plans or actions are intended to achieve: Final result you want to get	Aim
able to be bought or rented by people who do not earn a lot of money:	Affordable
a place, especially including buildings, where a particular activity happens:	Facility
to deal successfully with a difficult situation:	To cope with To tackle
used to show that you think a word that is used to describe someone or something is not suitable or not correct:<br /> used to introduce a new word or phrase that is not yet known by many people:<br /> a name that is not correct but people use every day	So-called
having an effect that is opposite to the one intended or wanted:	Counterproductive
to attack a person in a public place and steal their money: A person who attack people in public places in order to steal	Mugger To Mug
special words and phrases that are used by particular groups of people, especially in their work..	jargon
Language that you learn after other language	Subsequent language
(of speech and writing) clear enough to be understood:	Intelligible Intelligibility
When you lose something	Missed out
No tiene mucho sentido que....... ing No parece tener mucho sentido que...... ing	There isn't much point in_________ ing There doesn't seem to be much point in ______ ing
to obey a rule or reach the necessary stated standard, or to do things in a traditional way:	To conform to
I rarely go to the cinema ( The idiom is)	I go to the cinema once in a blue moon
I have been working very hard (The idiom is)	I have been working like a dog
Where is Jane? She is on the bathroom (The idiom is)	Where is Jane? She went to see a man about a dog
Let's cooperate with our money to buy something ( the idiom is)	Let's club together
I don't want to be embarrased in front of many people (The idiom is)	I don't want to make a fool of myself
to speak to or behave towards someone as if they are stupid or not important:	Patronise (UK) Patronize (US)
interested in	be into
is a difficult business environment to succeed in since potential consumers tend to reduce their purchases of goods and services until the economic situation improves.	A global financial crisis
the name of a product or service that is known and sold in all parts of the world by a particular company:	A global brand
to finally be in a particular place or situation:	end up (phrasal verb)
generally	on the whole
never having happened or existed in the past:	unprecedented
an organized plan for doing something, especially something dishonest or illegal that will bring a good result for you:	scheme
to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your intelligence or imagination:	devise
a vehicle that hangs from and is moved by a cable and transports people up steep slopes	a cable car
a new growth of activity or interest in something, especially art, literature, or music:	renaissance
to become better:	Look up
to be very tall in comparison with someone or something else:	tower above/over somebody or someone (phrasal verb)
If a better situation or an opportunity appens or becomes available unexpectedly or in a way that was not planned:	To turn up (Phrasal Verb)
the power to make your own decisions	volition
a person who is in charge of a sports game and who makes certain that the rules are followed	referee
a period of 1,000 years, or the time when a period of 1,000 years ends:	millennium (Singular) Millennia (plural)
to be much taller than the people or things around you.	Tower intransitive (phrasal verb )
To make the arrangements that are necessary for something to happen	Set up / set something up (phrasal verb)
If it is successful or has good result it's a.	Pay off (phrasal verb)
to put your name on a list for something because you want to take part in it.	To Sign up ( Phrasal Verb )
to arrive at a place, especially in a way that is unexpected.	Turn up (Phrasal Verb )
a mental disorder that makes people unable to communicate properly, or to form relationships	Autism (uncountable)
To start doing something or making plans to do something in order to achieve a particular result Make plans to do something on purpose, not by accident	Set out to do something deriberately set out to
To be very like to do or feel a particular thing.	to Be bound to Phrasal Verb
a piece of clothing that you wear in the upper part of your body	Top
ill, especially for a short time.	Unwell
a situation in which everything is happening in a confused way and nothing is organised or arranged in order.	Chaos
to give light to a place or to shine light on something.	Light up (phrasal verb)
to express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by other people:	convey
When you go out from a place that has air conditioning to the outside and it's hot you feel:	A wall of heat
going to happen soon: Something waiting for you	in store
extremely and uncomfortably hot:	Sweltering
a continuous pain that is unpleasant but not very strong:	ache
to try very hard to do something, especially for someone else:	To go out of the way to do something
Tu put a happy face	To put on a happy face
to understand, esp. something difficult:	Grasp
Poner algo por encima de otra cosa	to put above
to complain, especially about something that does not seem important:	whinge Whinging
not complicated, or not showing a good understanding of culture and fashion<br /> ordinary and no modern	unsophisticated
an argument in which both people use angry uncontrolled language and insult each other	Slanging match
Cerrar la puerta bruscamente	Slam the door
to do something good for someone you have upset, in order to become friends with them again:	To make (it or something) up to somebody
to suddenly become very angry	To lose your cool loosing your cool
fine or delicate in meaning or intent; difficult to perceive or understand sinonimo de ironico	subtly
a very large number of something:	Myriad
Appreciation, kidness	Genuine warmth
Vivid descriptions, memories, etc. produce very clear, powerful, and detailed images in the mind:	Vividly
something that makes you feel nervous and worried:	strain
Put your feet in the table	I rested my feet on a chair
the bottom part of the foot that touches the ground when you stand or walk, or the bottom part of a shoe that touches the ground, usually not including the heel:	Sole
to be silent and refuse to smile or be pleasant to people because you are angry about something that they have done:	Sulk
To dissimulate	To tone down
a person or situation that can suddenly become angry or violent.	Volatile
worried or nervous and not able to relax:	Uptight
having no problems or not being worried about anything:	Carefree
anyone from a limited set:	whichever
a synonym of too, very:	overly
A donde fueres haz lo que vieres (forma de decirlo en ingles)	When in Rome do as the Romans do
to become a member of a family, religion, social group etc by becoming the husband or wife of someone who already belongs to it	To marry into (Phrasal verb)
Much more into expresing	<br /> Be+into+ing
making you think a lot about a subject:	thought-provoking
not tending to get anxious about behavior or things that need to be done: Relax	Laid-back
to accept something with great interest or enthusiasm: understand a culture	Embrace
to disapprove of something:	frown on/upon (something)
No permitir que nadie te vea	Don't be fooled
to refuse to talk about something that angers or worries you: You don't show emotions	to bottle up something
To annoy or frustrate one to the point of exasperation.	to drive someone nuts
to tell someone about your problems and secrets:	To open your heart to someone else
slightly drunk	Tipsy
to manage to stop yourself from smiling or laughing:	To keep a straight face
to make an unpleasant feeling, such as pain or worry, less strong: happy that something unpleasant has not happened or has ended:	To relieve relieved
someone who is willing to listen to your problems and give you sympathy, emotional support, and encouragement:	to give someone a shoulder to cry on
to cry a lot:	Crying your eyes out He or she was in floods of tears
If you speak like that you speak without trying to be polite or considering other people's feelings:	To speak bluntly
to finally get an advantage from an argument or disagreement, when it seemed that you would not	To have the last laugh
pensar que eres menos que alguien	look down on someone
to think that you are better or more important than someone else, or to think that something is not good enough for you	look down on someone
Lot of knowledge in ( something)	Insider Industry insider sport insider advertising insider
to tell someone about some information, often because you believe they do not know it or have forgotten it:	point something out
To indicate, to show	Point out
Is defined as the most advantageous combination of cost, quality and sustainability to meet customer requirements	Better value for money
to cover someone with a piece of material in order to protect them:	To wrap
easy to understand or simple: Something clear to the point	straightforward
the distance that a vehicle has traveled: is also the distance a vehicle can travel using a particular amount of fuel the advantage that you can get from a situation:	Mileage
the amount of fuel a vehicle uses to travel a particular distance at a particular speed.	fuel consumption
not clear, bright, or shiny: Boring	Dull
hood the metal cover over the part of a car where the engine is:	Bonnet
an unusual, exciting, and possibly dangerous activity, such as a trip or experience, or the excitement produced by such an activity:	Adventures
to admire and respect someone:	Look up to someone (Phrasal Verb)
the public admiration that a person receives as a result of a particular achievement or position in society:	Kudos prestige
To be accepted by the other people in a group	To fit in
A group of people who are the same age, social class,etc as yourself People who are within the same age, range age, social class etc	peer group
(the members of) a particular organization:	Brotherhood
To not be included in something	To be left out
To give yourself the things that you want and make yourself feel warm and comfortable To give yourself something that you want and that makes you feel happy and special	To pamper yourself To Treat yourself
Con los pies arriba	with his/her feet up
Te mereces lo mejor	You are worth the best
the best people in a group or the best type of a particular thing:	the crème de la crème
the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society:	Elite
To have the opposite effect to the one intended	To backfire
Irse a toda prisa	rush off
a group of people who have been brought together to discuss a particular subject in order to solve a problem or suggest ideas	Focus group
To make the arrangements that are necessary for something to happen	To set something up
a person's ability to perceive humour or appreciate a joke.	Sense of humour
To praise somebody in order to please them or get something from them, even though you do not mean it	To flatter
to have no more time to do or complete something	Tu run out of time
You describe something as par excellence when it is the best example of its type:	par excellence
the act of cleaning floors and other surfaces with a vacuum cleaner (= machine that cleans by sucking up dust and dirt):	hoovering
a place where young children are cared for during the day while their parents do something else, especially work, study, or shop:	crèche
to cover a door or window with wooden boards:	board something up board up
to separate or divide, or cause something to separate or divide, often violently:	Cleav/ Cleft
an instantenous photograph	Snapshots
a single piece of glass in the window of a building	windowpane
a round handle that you turn to open a door	Doorknob
Subir y bajar los hombros en señal de desinteres	To struggle shoulders
a main road that goes around the edge of a town, allowing traffic to avoid the town centre:	Ring road
a foreign person, usually a young woman, who lives with a family in order to learn their language and who takes care of the children or cleans the house in return for meals, a room, and a small payment	Au-pair
making someone feel less confident and slightly frightened:	unnerving
a quality in something that makes people feel happy and positive about their lives, a product, the economy, etc.:	feelgood factor
one of the long, straight pieces of wood used to make a floor	Floorboards
an act of opposition, sometimes using violence, by many people in one area of a country against those who are in power:	Uprising
a priest of high rank who is in charge of the priests of lower rank in a particular area:	Bishop
a feeling of being worried about something: you cannot relax	Unease
not hurt or damaged:	Unharmed
an increase in the amount of something over a period of time: Acumulate	To build up
Clavar y martillar algo	Nail something (back) down
unable to hear, either completely or partly:	Deaf
extremely loud:	Deafening
to tell a secret or show your feelings unintentionally: to supply something at no charge:	Give something away
strong feelings of fear or worry:	The heebie-jeebies
a part of the story of a book or play that develops separately from the main story	subplot
Pagar en prision carcel To expend in prision	To service
Una barra de pan	A loaf of bread
Hacerle la vida imposible a alguien	To make life impossible for someone
to take care of someone and provide a place in your home for them:	To take somebody in
a woman who has lost her good reputation by having sex with someone before she is married	A fallen woman
to make the situation even more unpleasant or difficult:	To make matters worse idiom
the fact of someone or something not succeeding:	failure
someone who causes a person or an animal great mental suffering and unhappiness, or great physical pain: A person who makes your life a hell	Tormentor
To be kid	To have a heart of goat
the bed that someone dies in or is dying in:	Deathbed
causing extreme sadness:	Heartbreaking
making someone feel better:	Uplifting
A strong desire to have or achieve something	Aspiration
To have strict rules controlling an activity or process	To be heavily regulated
Informal: to make something or somebody unattractive to people	To turn people off
Extremely offended, ashamed or embarrassed	Mortified
Angry or annoyed to annoy someone by not doing or saying what they want:	Cross
Wanting something that someone else has wishing you had what another person has:	envious
Not feeling confident about yourself or your situation in life To have little confidence and are uncertain about their own abilities or if other people really like them:	Insecure
In a very bad situation almost without hope	Desperate
Unhappy because you have lost your belief in something disappointed and unhappy because of discovering the truth about something or someone that you liked or respected:	Disillusioned
Worried or nervous about something that is going to happen feeling worried about something that you are going to do or that is going to happen:	Apprehensive
Unable to look after yourself or unable to control your situation unable to do anything to help yourself or anyone else:	Helpless
Very tired or deeply upset<br /> broken into very small pieces	Shattered
Extremely shocked and sad completely destroyed	Devastated
Very annoyed or upset by something that is not acceptable feeling that you have no hope and are ready to do anything to change the bad situation you are in:	Desperate
Extremely happy about something extremely happy:	Overjoyed
not at all interested in someone or something	Indifferent
a helpful or good effect, or something intended to help: Synonym of advantages	Benefits
Strictly controlled	Heavily regulated
To watch carefully how people react to something	To monitor people's responses
Things which make something not the same as something else	Differentiating factors
Gently praise	Subtly flatter
something that you hope to achieve:	Aspirations
to laugh at someone or say unkind things about them, either because you are joking or because you want to upset that person:	tease
something serious that should not be joked about.	No laughing matter
someone who is willing to listen to your problems and give you sympathy, emotional support, and encouragement:	A shoulder to cry on
to suddenly start laughing	Burst out laughing
To be crying often or excessively.	In flood of tears
the satisfaction of ultimate triumph or success especially after being scorned or regarded as a failure	The last laugh
to suddenly start crying:	Burst into tears
Extremely bored to the point of distraction, frustration, or irritation.	Bored to tears
going to cry soon	Close to tears
to cry very hard	cry ( her his) eyes out.
To stop or eliminate something. To kill oneself, someone, or something.	do away with (someone, something, or oneself)
to join together temporarily with another person in order to do something:	To pair up with (Phrasal Verbs)
to never think about something because you believe it will always be available or stay exactly the same:	take something for granted
If a person's arms are ..., they are bent at the elbows (= the middle part of the arms where they bend) with the hands on the hips:	Akimbo
Synonym of until now	So far
stiff (informal) = extremely scared.	Scared stiff (Example: I was scared stiff of going down those cellar steps.)
the person with the most authority in a large company CEO	CEO = Chief Executive Officer
the amount of money that a company gets from sales during a particular period:	Turnover
excellent The best of the best	top-notch (fashion designer)
cheap quality or in bad style:	tacky
limited to only one person or group of people:	Exclusive
a fact that everyone knows:	Common
intended for people who want very good quality products and who do not mind how much they cost:	High-end
A product that is designed and is intended to be bought by as many people as possible, not just by people with a lot of money or a special interest:	mass-market
Another way of say pounds	Quid
something that is used to attract customers' attention, and encourage them to buy a product or service:	Hook
a product, business, or idea that makes a lot of money:	High-value money spinners Money circulating in big numbers
llaveros	keychains
to always want to own the same expensive objects and do the same things as your friends or neighbours, because you are worried about seeming less important socially than they are	To keep up with the Joneses
Another way of say: apart from that	But other than that
to give a price, especially one that will be charged for doing a piece of work:	Quote
Another way of say: The classic	The good old
sometimes, but not regularly:	From time to time Often times
unwilling to spend money; small in amount:	Stingy penny pinching Tight fisted
a situation in which a company tries to advertise its products in connection with a big public event, without paying any money, although they are not the official sponsor:	Ambush marketing
advertising a product in such a way that people are not aware that you are trying to persuade them to buy it:	Stealth marketing
A form of brand or advertising campaign that involves a well-known person using their fame to help promote a product or service	Celebrity endorsement
feeling guilty or embarrassed about something you have done or about a quality in your character:	Ashamed
very worried, nervous, or angry:	wound-up
feeling extreme dislike or disapproval of something:	Disgusted
in a state of stress or anxiety because of having too much to do	Under a lot of pressure
to feel sympathy for someone because they are in a difficult or unpleasant situation	Sorry for himself/herself
earlier (than a particular time):	Beforehand
When you cannot get into your house because the door is locked and you do not have your keys.	To lock yourself out
to take care of someone or something and make certain that they have everything they need	To look after someone
to happen in a particular way or to have a particular result, especially an unexpected one:	To turn out to be
with flying colors If you do something such as pass an exam with flying colours, you do it very successfully.	With Flying colours
To blush	To keep going red
o laugh at someone or something in a silly and often unkind way without hiding any of your thoughts or feelings:	Sniggering openly
to say officially that something cannot be accepted because it has not been done in the correct way:	To disallow
If something happens out of the blue, it is completely unexpected:	Out of the blue
a remark that expresses approval, admiration, or respect:	Compliment
to be right for a particular person, situation, or occasion:	To suit

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