List: 200 most frequent words in English
With Spanish help. Now with a list of English and Spanish sentences.
Las palabras más frecuentes en inglés con ayuda en Español.

10: Vocabulary List 10 Cloze, Vocabulary List 10 Quiz. by Maggie Twiss.

1) to enslave - to cause someone to lose their freedom or liberty and become the property of another person. (esclavizar).
2) to overthrow – to remove somebody forcibly from power; to seize power of the government. (derrocar).
3) to perish - to die or be destroyed. (perecer, fallecer)
4) to struggle – to make violent efforts in the face of difficulties or opposition. (forcejear)
5) to slay – to kill a person or an animal violently or with great bloodshed. (matar)
6) to loot - to steal money or goods during war or mass violence. (saquear)
7) to lurk - to move stealthily or in a hidden way, especially for evil purposes. (estar al acecho)
8) to withdraw – to retreat. (retirarse)
9) to weaken - to make less strong; to lessen the strength; to reduce in intensity or effectiveness. (debilitar)
10) to flee – to run away from danger, evil, etc. (huir, fugarse).

9: Vocabulary List 9 Cloze, Vocabulary List 9 Quiz. by Maggie Twiss.

1) to aid – to help. (ayudar, auxiliar)
2) to join – to become a member of an organization or a group of people. (juntar, juntarse, unirse, apuntarse)
3) to reveal – to let people know about something that was previously kept in secret, especially something embarrassing. (revelar, desvelar)
4) to volunteer - to offer to do something, especially something difficult or unpleasant. (ofrecerse como voluntario)
5) to guess – to predict or estimate something without having sufficient information, perhaps using intuition. (adivinar)
6) to free – to cause somebody or something to be free; to release or liberate. (liberar)
7) to sail - to travel in a ship or boat using sails or engine power. (navegar)
8) to restore – to return something to a previous condition or state. (restaurar)
9) to remain – to stay; to continue. (continuar)
10) to confront – to stand or meet face to face with hostile intention. (afrontar, enfrentar, hacer frente)

8: Vocabulary List 8 Cloze, Vocabulary List 8 Quiz. by Maggie Twiss.

1) to contain – to include as a part. (contener)
2) to send – to cause to be delivered to a particular destination. (enviar, mandar)
3) to capture – to take into one's possession or control by force; to catch an enemy, especially after defeating them in a war or battle. (capturar).
4) to bite – to use teeth to cut something. (morder, picadura).
5) to guide – to lead or direct somebody along a route or to a place; to control and direct the movement of something; to give advice or instructions. (guiar, dirigir, aconsejar)
6) to determine – to firmly decide. (decidir)
7) to rescue – to save someone from a dangerous or distressing situation. (rescatar)
8) to alert – to warn of a danger or problem. (alertar, avisar)
9) to distract – to prevent someone from concentrating on something; divert (attention) from something. (distraer)
10) to reappear - to become visible again. (reaparecer)

7: Vocabulary List 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d. by Paul Kelly (Clases de inglés).

121 Friends – words which are identical in English and Spanish. Many people are surprised to discover just how many words are identical in Spanish and English. We call these words "friends" because the meaning is the same in both languages.
121 Amigas – palabras que son idénticas en español y en inglés. Mucha gente se sorprende al descubrir la cantidad de palabras que son iguales en inglés y en español. Llamamos a estas palabras "amigas" porque el significado es el mismo en los dos idiomas: actor, animal, artificial, balance, base, brutal, cabaret, cafeteria, central, cereal, chalet, chocolate, circular, compatible, conclusion, conductor, confusion, considerable, criminal, crisis, cultural, debate, decision, deficit, detective, digestible, digital, dimension, director, division, eclipse, editorial, error, euro, excursion, expansion, experimental, explosion, extension, exterior, familiar, fatal, fauna, final, flexible, fundamental, funeral, fusion, gene, general, gradual, horror, hospital, idea, ideal, incurable, inevitable, inspector, instructor, instrumental, intangible, invasion, inventor, irresistible, judicial, legible, liberal, mansion, manual, medieval, mediocre, memorable, mineral, miserable, muscular, musical, natural, opinion, oriental, particular, pension, perfume, persuasion, plural, popular, presentable, principal, probable, protector, puzzle, radical, recital, region, regional, regular, religion, rifle, ritual, saliva, salmon, sensual, sentimental, separable, similar, simple, sociable, social, superficial, terrible, terror, total, triple, tutor, union, usual, variable, violin, virtual, virus, visible y vulnerable.

6: Vocabulary List 6 Cloze, Vocabulary List 6 Quiz. by Maggie Twiss.

1) to reoccupy - to take or maintain possession of land or building again; to fill up a portion of space or time again. (volver a ocupar).
2) to set out – to have as an intention or goal; to begin to do something with a definite goal. (proponerse, empezar)
3) to set loose – to release or set free, usually animals, etc. (soltar)
4) to regain – to obtain or secure something favourable again; to increase in value or quality again (recuperar, recobrar).
5) to seize – to take hold of something or somebody abruptly and eagerly; to take possession of something by force; to attack or afflict somebody physically (agarrar, apoderarse, tomar, incautar).
6) to inherit – to be given someone’s money or property after they die. (heredar)
7) to become certain – to begin to be completely convinced of something. (asegurarse, llegar estar seguro)
8) to take (something) away – to remove something from the place where it is, especially something that you don’t want or something that should not be there, to deprive somebody of something. (llevarse , quitar)
9) to accompany – to go somewhere with someone, especially to give them protection or support. (acompañar)
10) to shake off pursuit – to get rid of being followed (zafarse de un perseguidor).

5: Vocabulary List 5 Cloze, Vocabulary List 5 Quiz, by Maggie Twiss.

1) to forge – to shape (metal or metal object) by heating and hammering or with a press, to bring something into being by effort. (forjar)
2) to defeat – to win a victory over somebody or something. (derrotar, vencer)
3) to claim – to ask for something, especially money, from a government, company, etc. because you believe you have a legal right to have it. (reivindicar, reclamar)
4) to ambush – to lie in wait or to lurk in order to attack somebody from a hidden position. (tenderle una emboscada a alguien; estar en acecho)
5) to dwell – to live as a resident, reside; to live or exist in a specific condition. (vivir, habitar, morar)
6) to strangle – to choke a person or an animal to death, by compressing their throat. (estrangular, ahogar)
7) to acquire – to gain or come into possession of something, often by unspecified means; to gain something as a new characteristic or ability (adquirir).
8) to banish – to require somebody by authority to leave a place, especially a country; to exile. (desterrar).
9) to recount – to tell something in detail. (narrar, contar)
10) to remanifest - to make something evident or certain again by showing or displaying it. (volver a manifestarse or expresar)

4: Vocabulary List 4 Cloze, Vocabulary List 4 Quiz.

1) to scowl - to wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, gloomy, threatening, or angry (fruncir el ceño).
2) to repose – to rest (reposar, descanso).
3) to dash – to quickly run a short distance; to move with haste; to rush (salir corriendo, precipitarse en carrera)
4) to relish – to enjoy greatly; to take great pleasure in; to taste or eat with pleasure (hacer algo de buena gana o con apetito)
5) to spare – to give up; to part with; to do without; to make available (prescindir, hacer disponible, escatimatizar, reparar)
6) to probe – to explore; to investigate; to question (investigar, explorar).
7) to quarantine - to retain in obligatory isolation or separation, as a sanitary measure to prevent the spread of contagious disease (poner en cuarentena).
8) to mangle - to change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc. (destrozar, despedezar, aplastar).
9) to lecture – to speak about a specific subject before an audience or a class, as for the purpose of instruction (dar una conferencia o charla).
10) to feign – to give a false appearance of; to pretend (fingir).

3: Vocabulary List 3 Cloze, Vocabulary List 3 Quiz.

1) to backpack – to travel, hike or trek with a rucksack (verb and noun). (viajar con mochila).
2) to start off – to set out on a journey; to begin an activity (salir de viaje o empezar un viaje).
3) to stretch – to expand; to extend from one place to another; to extend oneself to full length (verb - extenderse) (noun – un tramo, trecho).
4) to wander – to move about without a definite destination or purpose. (deambular).
5) to traverse - to travel or pass across, over, or through  (atravesar).
6) to join – to put or bring together so as to make continuous or form a unit (unirse).
7) to reminisce – to recollect and tell of past experiences or events (rememorar, recordar).
8) to grin - to smile broadly, often baring the teeth, as in aggression, amusement, glee, embarrassment, or other strong emotion. This word can be used differently than the word “smile” because people more often smile when they aren’t aggressive or threatening, for example, unless they are insincere. (sonreir)
9) to seem to be – to appear to be true, to appear to exist (parecía estar o ser).
10) to overcome – to prevail, to surmount obstacles (superar).

2: Vocabulary List 2 Cloze, Vocabulary List 2 Quiz.

1) to splash out – to spend freely or extravagantly on things that you want, but don’t need. (gastar libremente, derrochar dinero)
2) to turn out - to end up; to result: The cake turned out beautifully. (resultó ser que ...)
3) to overpay – to pay too much (pagar demasiado)
4) to keep a low profile – to behave in a way that does not attract attention or public notice. (intentar pasar desapercibido)
5) to value - to evaluate or estimate the worth or merit of something. (valor)
6) to target - to aim at or for. (fijar como objetivo)
7) to spice up - to add something to make it more interesting. (añadir un poco de picante, estimular, condimentar).
8) to stick to - to remain firm, determined, or resolute; not to abandon (mantenerse firme y decidido, cumplir una promesa, seguir fiel a sus principios, aferrarse a sus principios)
9) to acquire – to buy; to purchase; to get (comprar, consequir, adquirir)
10) to draw the shutters on – to close down; to cause to cease operations (cerrar – “shutters” son persianas).

1: Vocabulary List 1 Cloze, Vocabulary List 1 Quiz, by Victoria Fontana.

1) to pander - to cater to the lower tastes and desires of others or exploit their weaknesses, especially in order to make money. (complacer, ceder, condescender)
2) to nitpick - to meticulously search for minor, even trivial errors in detail, and then criticize them. (sacarle faltas a todo)
3) to get/give/take a shellacking – to defeat decisively; to strike repeatedly and severely; to batter. (paliza)
4) visceral (adjective) - perceived/obtained through intuition (by illogical means from the gut) rather than from reasoning or observation. (visceral)
5) a riddle, to riddle - a question or statement requiring thought to answer or understand; a puzzle; a difficult problem. (acertijo, adivinanza)
6) to convey - to communicate or make known; impart; to pass on information. (comunicar, expresar)
7) compelling (adjective) – convincing, persuasive, arousing strong interest, having a powerful effect. (convincente, irresistible, apasionante)
8) to belittle - to represent or speak of as contemptibly small or unimportant; to disparage; to cause to make small. (menospreciar, quitar importancia a, minimizar)
9) utter (adjective) - complete; absolute; entire. (completo, total)
10) to dwell - to think moodily or anxiously about something; to fasten one's attention on something (dar vueltas a, pensar obsesivamente en).

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