Spanish C2 · Day 31
Day 31: Responsabilidad diluida empresarial — Idioms and figurative expressions (part 2)
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- Grammar: Idioms and figurative expressions (part 2)
- Reading: El expediente sin dueño
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Grammar point: Idioms and figurative expressions (part 2)
At C2, figurative expressions help you distinguish between questioning where responsibility actually lies, rejecting its explanatory value, and declaring an entire framework unusable. These are different argumentative moves. Your choice of idiom should make that difference clear rather than merely make the sentence sound sophisticated.
Key vocabulary (8 of 20 words)
- la dilución de la responsabilidad – diffusion of responsibility
- el defecto de organización – fault arising from inadequate organizational arrangements
- la imputación – attribution of an action or consequence to an agent
- la omisión antijurídica – failure to act in breach of a duty
- el punto ciego estructural – structural blind spot
- la alegación exculpatoria – claim intended to disclaim responsibility
- el entramado de estímulos – interlocking system of incentives
- incumbir – to be incumbent upon; formal
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