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el casting
audition
la cola de conejo
rabbit's foot
ensayer
to rehearse
el/la facha
fascist
tratar a (alguien)
to treat (someone)
animar
to encourage
aspirante a
aspiring to
avergonzado/a
ashamed
avergonzarse
to be ashamed
de camino a
on the way to
desilusionado/a
disappointed
el embotellamiento
traffic jam
fiarse de (alguien)
to trust (someone)
fortuito/a
fortuitous
la gorra
cap
incómodo
uncomfortable, awkward
rechazar
to reject
surgir
to arise
a por todas
knock 'em dead
Dar calbazas (a un pretendiente)
to reject (a suitor)
Decir algo de carrerilla
to reel off spoken lines
En el fondo
Deep down
Estar coladito/a por (alguien)
to have a crush on (someone)
Menudas vueltas da el destino
Funny how life goes round
Tener para rato
to be stuck
no hay quien me baje el burro
I'm hooked
No te cortes
go ahead
Así te vas soltando un poco
That way you'll loosen up
Por si no te has enterado
In case you are not aware
acostumbrarse a
to become accustomed to
aprender a
to learn to
atreverse a
to dare to
ayudar a
to help
comenzar a
to begin
decidir a
to decide to
invitar a
to invite
ir a
to go to
negarse a
to refuse to
acabar de
to have just
acordarse de
to remember
alegrarse de
to be glad
arrepentirse de
to regret
cansarse de
to get tired of
dejar de
to stop, to fail to
encargarse de
to take charge of
olvidarse de
to forget
tratar de
to try to
consistir en
to consist of
insistir en
to insist on/upon
pensar en
to think about/of
quedar en
to agree on
a
to; at
con
with
de
of; from
desde
from
durante
during
en
in; on
entre
between
hacia
toward
hasta
until
para
for; in order to
por
for
según
according to
sin
without
sobre
on, over
tras
after
no estar para bromas
to be in no mood for jokes
no ser para tanto
not to be so important
para colmo
to top it all off
para que sepas
just so you know
para siempre
forever
por casualidad
by chance/accident
por fin
finally
por lo general
in general
por lo menos
at least
por lo tanto
therefore
por lo visto
apparently
por otro lado/otra parte
on the other hand
por primera vez
for the first time
por si acaso
just in case
por supuesto
of course
alcanzar
to achieve
el alivio
relief
cimentar
to establish
la consagración
professional recognition
el desenterés
lack of interest
estrenar
to premiere
el fracaso
failure
el internado
boarding school
interpretar
to interpret (a role)
mascullar
to mumble
el rechazo
rejection
el reparto
cast
rodar
to shoot (a film)
vago/a
lazy
el estreno
premiere
el/la famoso/a
famous person
el premio
award
retoma
takes up again
asumir
to accept
degollar
to slit a throat
cazador
hunter
canas
gray hairs
despedazo en una trituradora
cut into pieces in a crusher
oscuriendo
getting dark
ristra
string
Miedo y asco en Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
calvario
torture
desquiciado
crazy
acortar
to cut short
afrontar
to face
aislado/a
isolated
caracer
to lack
desterrar
to exile
dispararse
to skyrocket
el disparate
nonsense
evitar
to avoid
impedir
to impede, hinder
llamativo
catchy, striking
la preocupación
concern, worry
el/la telespectador/a
TV viewer
las tonterías
idiocies
atrofiar
to atrophy, degrade
distraer
to distract; to entertain
el/la extremista
extremist
indefenso/a
defenseless
polémico/a
controversial
la prensa amarillista
sensationalist press
sedentario/a
sedentary
el/la teleadicto/a
couch potato
estrambótico
bizarre
mujer barbuda
bearded lady
ambulantes
traveling
antaño
in days gone by
A nadie se le ocurría
It didn't occur to anyone
darse a la maledicencia
give in to gossip
partida
game
afecto conyugal
marital affection
por culpa de
because of
entrega
surrender
misa dominical
Sunday mass
acuden
turn to
catódico
cathodic
se desjunta
separate
Conviene recordar
We must remember
armazón
shell
ritmo apasionante
enthralling pace