Interchange book 1 unit 2 Language Summary – Flashcards
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What someone does to make money. These terms include all professions and trades.
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Jobs/Professions (Empleo / Profesiones)
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someone who keeps or examines the records of money received, paid, and owed by a company or person.
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accountant (contador)
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someone who takes care of a person who is young, old, or sick.
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caregiver (cuidador)
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a person whose job is making and repairing wooden objects and structures.
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carpenter (carpintero)
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a person whose job is to receive and pay out money in a shop, bank, restaurant, etc.
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cashier (cajero)
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a skilled and trained cook who works in a hotel or restaurant, especially the most important cook.
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chef (cocinero)
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someone who dances either as a job or for pleasure.
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dancer (bailarín)
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a manager of an organization, company, college, etc.
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director (director)
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a person who washes dishes.
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dishwasher (Lavavajillas)
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someone whose job is to help other people improve fitness.
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fitness instructor (instructor de fitness)
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someone who serves passengers on an aircraft.
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flight attendant (auxiliar de vuelo)
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someone whose job is repairing the engines of vehicles and other machines.
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mechanic (mecánico)
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omeone who is skilled in playing music, usually as a job.
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musician (músico)
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a person whose job is to care for people who are ill or injured, especially in a hospital.
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nurse (enfermera)
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a person who flies an aircraft.
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pilot (piloto)
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a person who works in a place such as a hotel, office, or hospital, who welcomes and helps visitors and answers the phone.
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receptionist (recepcionista)
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a person whose job is to discover information about news events and describe them for a newspaper or magazine or for radio or television.
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reporter (reportero)
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a person whose job is selling things in a shop or directly to customers.
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salesperson (vendedor)
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a central computer from which other computers get information:
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server (servidor)
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a person who sings.
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singer (cantante)
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a person employed to show tourists around places of interest.
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tour guide (Guía turística)
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a teacher who teaches a child outside of school, especially in order to give the child extra help with a subject they find difficult.
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tutor (tutor)
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to show someone where they should go, or to make someone go where you want them to go.
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usher (ujier)
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person who prepares content for the Web.
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website designer (diseñador web)
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shows, films, television, or other performances or activities that entertain people, or a performance of this type.
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entertainment business (negocio del entretenimiento)
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the business of preparing food for schools, hospitals, companies, etc. and serving it to people there.
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food service (servicio de comida)
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normally carried out in an office, for example clerical or administrative work for an organization.
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office work (trabajo de oficina)
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an agency that arranges and negotiates flights, holidays, etc., for travellers.
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travel industry (Industria de viajes)
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a building or room where people perform their jobs, or these places generally.
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Workplaces (Lugares De Trabajo)
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a business that operates regular services for carrying passengers and/or goods by aircraft.
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airline (linea aerea)
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an organization that sells goods or services in order to make money.
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company (empresa)
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a building where a car is kept, built next to or as part of a house.
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garage (garaje)
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a place where people who are ill or injured are treated and taken care of by doctors and nurses.
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hospital (hospital)
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a regularly printed document consisting of large sheets of paper that are folded together, or a website, containing news reports, articles, photographs, and advertisements.
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newspaper (papel periodico)
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a room or part of a building in which people work, especially sitting at tables with computers, phones, etc., usually as a part of a business or other organization.
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office (oficina)
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a place where meals are prepared and served to customers.
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restaurant (restaurante)
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a place where children go to be educated.
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school (escuela)
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a store having separate sections for a wide variety of goods.
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(department/clothing) store (Departamento / ropa)tienda)
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an educational institution designed for instruction, examination, or both, of students in many branches of advanced learning, conferring degrees in various faculties.
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university (universidad)
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money that you are given regularly, especially to pay for a particular thing.
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allowance (pensión)
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a meal eaten in the morning as the first meal of the day.
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breakfast (desayuno)
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things such as dresses and trousers that you wear to cover, protect, or decorate your body.
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clothes (ropa)
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the land and scenery of a rural area.
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country (el campo)
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the main taken either around midday or in the evening.
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dinner (cena)
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liquid that is taken into the body through the mouth.
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drink (bebida)
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knowledge or skill from doing, seeing, or feeling things.
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experience (experiencia)
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an establishment engaged in couture and the proprietor of or designer for such an establishment.
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fashion design (diseño de moda)
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any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink, or that plants absorb, in order to maintain life and growth.
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food (comida)
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is a vault in which the sun, moon, stars, and planets are situated.
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heaven (cielo)
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a building that people, usually one family, live in.
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house (casa)
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the regular work that a person does to earn money.
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job (trabajo)
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a pattern of sounds that is made by playing instruments or singing, or a recording of this
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music (música)
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someone who is travelling in a car, plane, etc., but not controlling it.
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passenger (pasajero)
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able to stay calm and not get upset, especially when something takes a long time.
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patient (paciente)
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a piece of equipment that is used to talk to someone who is in another place.
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phone (teléfono)
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a list of the times and days of classes at a school, college, university, etc.
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schedule (horario)
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a small amount of food.
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snack (bocadillo)
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used to mean an object without saying its name.
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thing (cosa)
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a period of minutes, hours, years, etc.
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time (tiempo)
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to do a job that you get money for trabajar.
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work (trabajo)
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of low quality and not acceptable.
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bad (malo)
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of a higher quality or more enjoyable than someone or something else.
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better (mejor)
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working hard, or giving your attention to a particular activity.
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busy (ocupado)
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not the same as someone or something else. .
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different (diferente)
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not easy to do or understand.
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difficult (difícil)
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costing a lot of money.
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expensive (caro)
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extraordinarily good or attractive.
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fantastic (fantástico)
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moving or capable of moving at high speed.
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fast (rápido)
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a person or thing that is especially popular or particularly well liked by someone.
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favorite (favorito)
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happening or working for the whole of the working week and not only part of it.
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full-time (tiempo completo)
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Apocope of great used in front of masculine and feminine names in singular.
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great (gran)
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working or studying only for part of the day or the week.
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part-time (tiempo parcial)
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Something that has things similar to others, although not exactly the same.
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similar (similar)
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more unpleasant, difficult, etc.
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worse (peor)
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worst
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to speak or write back to someone who has asked you a question.
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answer (respuesta)
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to make something by putting materials and parts together.
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build (construir)
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to feel interested in something or worried about it.
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care for (cuidar a)
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to make food ready to eat.
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cook (cocinar)
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used with another verb to form questions and negative phrases.
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do (hacer)
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to get money for doing work.
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earn (ganar)
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to repair something.
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fix (arreglar)
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(get casa)
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get home
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Perform a trade in any company or workplace. meal eaten in the middle of the day, typically one that is lighter or less formal than an evening meal.
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have a job/lunch (tener trabajo / almorzar)
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o have information about something in your mind.
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know (saber)
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to have your home somewhere.
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live (vivir)
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belonging to a particular person.
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own (propio)
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to keep something to use in the future.
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save (guardar)
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to give something to someone who gives you money for it.
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sell (vender)
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the state you are in when you are sleeping, or a period of time when you are sleeping.
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sleep (sueño)
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the beginning of something.
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Start (comienzo)
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to continue to be in a particular state.
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stay up (Permanecer de pié)
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to learn about a subject, usually at school or university.
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study (estudio)
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keep (someone or something) safe and provided for.
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take care of (cuidar de)
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to give classes in a particular subject at a school, university, etc.
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teach (enseñar)
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to stop sleeping or to make someone else stop sleeping.
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wake up (despertarse)
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to look at something for a period of time.
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watch (ver)
