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Season 2 · Episode 21
Three Men and a Comic Book
B1LatAm dubRelaxed dialogueRelaxed: slower, easier to follow
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on Disney PlusBart, Milhouse, and Martin pool their money to buy the new first issue of Radioactive Man, but their investment and their friendship are threatened when they can't agree on who will keep it.
24 words and expressions9 free to read and keep
Keep one and it comes back tomorrow, then 3 days, then a week, until you know it.
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cómic
comic booknoun (m)Mi sobrino colecciona cómics de superhéroes desde los cinco años.My nephew has been collecting superhero comic books since he was five.radioactivo
radioactiveadjectiveLos desechos radioactivos deben almacenarse con mucho cuidado.Radioactive waste must be stored very carefully.convención
conventionnoun (f)Miles de fanáticos asistieron a la convención de ciencia ficción el fin de semana.Thousands of fans attended the science fiction convention over the weekend.disfrazado
in costume, disguisedadjective / past participleLlegó disfrazado de vampiro y nadie lo reconoció en la fiesta.He arrived in a vampire costume and nobody recognized him at the party.compartir
to shareverbEs difícil compartir algo que te costó mucho trabajo conseguir.It is hard to share something that took a lot of effort to get.mesada
allowance, pocket money given weekly or monthlynoun (f)Los niños guardan parte de su mesada para comprar lo que quieren.The kids save part of their allowance to buy what they want.partirse el lomo
to bust your back, to work extremely hardexpressioncolloquialIdiomatic expression for putting in exhausting physical or mental effort. 'Lomo' literally means back or loin. The phrase is not guessable from the literal meaning alone and would confuse a learner who reads it as a literal description.
Me partí el lomo todo el fin de semana limpiando la casa antes de que llegaran los invitados.I busted my back all weekend cleaning the house before the guests arrived.T.S.
tough luck, too bad (dismissive)expressioncolloquialAbbreviation used as a dismissive response meaning roughly 'that's your problem' or 'tough luck'. The letters stand for a crude phrase but are used in everyday colloquial speech as a blunt brush-off. A learner would not recover the meaning from the initials alone.
¿No te alcanzó el dinero para el viaje? T.S., debiste haber ahorrado antes.You didn't have enough money for the trip? Tough luck, you should have saved beforehand.aguacero
downpour, heavy rain showernoun (m)Salimos sin paraguas y nos sorprendió un aguacero terrible.We went out without an umbrella and got caught in a terrible downpour.
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