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a can of whoop ass
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an occasion when someone is hit, punished, or defeated
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a case in point
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buen ejemplo, caso en cuestión
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A Nard Dog
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Así se le dice a un bernardo
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a rought patch
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o experience a lot of problems in a period of your life: Andy's going through a rough patch at the moment - his wife wants a divorce.
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above and beyond
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far beyond what is required by (something, such as a duty)
He went above and beyond the call of duty. |
Accountability
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responsabilidad
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acquaintanceship
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a relationship between two people who have met but do not know each other well: Ours was a strictly professional acquaintanceship. He proposed to his wife after only three days of acquaintanceship.
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afterwards
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at a later or succeeding time : SUBSEQUENTLY, THEREAFTER
found out about it long afterward |
airtight
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hermético
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alike
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parecido
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all along
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todo el tiempo
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allegiance
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lealtad
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amognst
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Among and amongst definition
Both words are prepositions that mean “into, surrounded by; in the midst of, so as to influence; with a share for each of; in the number, class, or group of; mutually; or by all or with the whole of.” |
apiarist
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apicultor
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asset
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activo
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auction
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subasta
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awkward
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incómodo
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bargain
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la ganga
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barge
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to hurry somewhere or through a place in a rude and forceful way:
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bear
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soportar, bear interest: crecer en términos de rendimiento-
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behalf
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en nombre de
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being in the spotlight
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estar en el centro de atención
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bested
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superado
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bickering
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disputa
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binder
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la carpeta
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Black Belt
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el cinturón *****
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bloaded
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Obscenely wealthy and obnoxious in showing it. A hybrid of the words "bloated" and "loaded". Someone who overtly peels through several hundred-dollar bills when paying a modest check or who shows off by tipping the valet $20. Someone with sunglasses, watch, handbag, luggage all clearly branded with top of the line designers or who casually drops lines like "so I was driving my Lamborghini in Beverly Hills the other day."
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blossom
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florecer
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bludgeoned
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aporreado
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boner
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metedura de pata
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bounce off
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rebotar
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bound
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obligado
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Bound books
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libro encuadernado
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Boundaries
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límites
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brag
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presumir
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break away
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soltarse
(1: to detach oneself especially from a group : get away 2: to depart from former or accustomed ways 3: to pull away with a burst of speed |
Bring it in (informal)
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to make money: Their chain of restaurants brings in millions of dollars a year.
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bummer/is a bummer
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que lastima/una lastima
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bumpin
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Description of a party/club/event that was hype, dope, phat or sick. Also can describe a bass line or actions to it.
1. "Yo that party was bumpin'" |
bunt
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in the game of baseball, to deliberately hit the ball so that it only goes a short distance
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busted
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arrestado
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calves
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pantorrillas
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catch up
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ponerse al día
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catch up with
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ponerse al día
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chalk up
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-to achieve something, such as a victory, or to score points in a game: : ATTAIN, ACHIEVE
-Credit: to accept failure and learn from a particular experience: "So your new job didn't work out very well?" "No, it didn't, but never mind - chalk it up to experience." |
Checks
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Notes
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cherish
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apreciar, valorar, estimar
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chessy
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cursi
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chewed up
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masticado
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chocolate shavings
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Chocolate que se produce al rayar, como virutas de chocolate
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chump
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tonto
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chunks
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trozos
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clam up
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cerrar el pico
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coddle
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1.consentir: to treat with extreme or excessive care or kindness : PAMPERaccused the court of coddling criminalscolleges that coddle their athletes
2. to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling pointcoddled the eggs for the Caesar salad |
come along
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acompañar
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come around
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volver en sí
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come up
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: to come near : make an approachcame up and introduced himself
2.: to rise in rank or statusan officer who came up from the ranks 3: a: to come to attention or consideration: the question never came up b: to occur in the course of time. any problem that may come up coin came up tails |
come up with
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proponer
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commited
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comprometido
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companionship
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la compañía, the enjoyment of spending time with other people: I lived on my own for a while but I missed the companionship of others.
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concierge
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el conserje
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coop up
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enjaular, encerrar
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court
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cancha
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crank some tunes
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Poniendo algunas canciones
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crowning
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aparición de la cabeza fetal.
A crowning event or achievement is the best or most important one: "the crowning achievement of her long career" |
cuckolded
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cornudo/cachoneado
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darn
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Caray
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deathless
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inmortal
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Delusions
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ilusiones falsas
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desecrate
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profanar
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despise
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despreciar
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despite, in spite of
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a pesar de
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detour
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desvío
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dibs/dibs on something
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a right to have or get something from someone, or to use something: deuda
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digger
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excavadora
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distress
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angustia
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do-si-do
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a square-dance figure: a: a figure in which the dancers pass each other right shoulder to right shoulder and circle each other back to back
b: a figure in which the woman moves in a figure circling first her partner and then the man on her right |
dorky
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tonto
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douche
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Duchas, lavados vaginales
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down the line
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En todo momento/ If you say that something happens all down the line, or right down the line, you mean that it happens in every case.
Excellent acting all down the line captures the sound and feeling of that semi-feudal age. Democrats and Republicans differed right down the line on what the proper responses were. |
drop out
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abandonar
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duck
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to move your head or the top part of your body quickly down, especially to avoid being hit
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Due Process
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debido proceso
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dug
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cavar
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dull
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soso
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dumpster diving
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the activity of searching through dumpsters or other large containers holding waste, in order to find food that can still be eaten or objects that can still be used:
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dusky
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1: somewhat dark in color
specifically : having dark skin 2: marked by slight or deficient light : SHADOWY |
eager
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ansioso
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eager
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ansioso
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eager
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entusiasta
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Enabler
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facilitador
someone who allows or makes it possible for another person to behave in a way that damages that person: |
enforce
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hacer cumplir a law, a command, one's own will
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entice
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persuadir
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fabric
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tela
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farfetched
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inverosímil
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fart
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echar pedos
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fattening
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engordante
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fax over
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enviar por fax
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features
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características
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fill in for sb
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sustituir a alguien
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fill someone in
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If you fill someone in, you give them more details about something that you know about.
I didn't give Reid all the details yet-I'll fill him in. He filled her in on Wilbur Kantor's visit. |
fizzle
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intransitive verb
1 : FIZZ 2 : to fail or end feebly especially after a promising start —often used with out |
flare up
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rebrote
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flattery
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halago
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flee market
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el mercado de pulgas
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flounder
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luchar para mantenerse a flote
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fluke
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golpe de suerte
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flunk out
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reprobar
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fluster
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poner nervioso
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follow through
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Acabar lo que se empieza
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foreman
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: a first or chief person: such as
a : a member of a jury who acts as chairman and spokesman b (1) : a chief and often specially trained worker who works with and usually leads a gang or crew (2) : a person in charge of a group of workers, a particular operation, or a section of a plant |
Foremen
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capataces
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Forfeiture
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Decomiso, pérdida, incautación
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framed
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incriminado
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Funk
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miedo
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furnace
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el horno
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gavel
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mazo
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get back together
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reconciliarse/recomponer
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give it up for somebody
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INFORMAL•US applaud a performer or entertainer.
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gnaw
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roer, carcomer
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Go down-the-line
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To move from person to person or thing to thing, which are arranged in a line.
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goatee
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barba de chivo
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Goosebumps
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piel de gallina/escalofrios
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grape
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la uva
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grope
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manosear
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gross
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asqueroso
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gruesome
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horripilante
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grumpy
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gruñón
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half-heartedly (adv.)
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a medias
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hang-gliding
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volar con ala delta
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hardly
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apenas
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heck
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Caray
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hell of an/a
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extremely, or extremely big: It's a/one hell of a big decision to take.
The house was in a/one hell of a mess. |
hick
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pueblerino
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hindsight
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comprensión retrospectiva
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holier-than-thou
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expresión para decir que alguien se cree muy santo
Más santo que tú |
hook up
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Conectar, engancharse
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hooked up with
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to meet or begin to work with another person or other people:
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household
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Hogar
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How dare you!
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¡Cómo te atreves!
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hustled
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timo
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hypercritical
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hipercrítico
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I am thrilled
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Estoy encantada
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I just winged it.
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To have no skill or natural ability in the task you are fixing to do but having the ability to make everyone around you think that you do also when giving speeches that you just made up
I had no idea what I wrote last night but I got an A. I must've winged it.Forgot about that assignment. Oh well, I'll just wing it. |
I was way out of line
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Estaba fuera de lugar
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I'll cut right to the chase.
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Iré directo al grano.
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I'm headed
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Me dirijo (de ir a un lugar)
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if you catch/get my drift
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used to say that you have left out information or your opinion from what you have just said, but that you expect the person listening still to understand it:
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inane
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vano, inútil
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inner
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interno
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intend
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intentar
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intended
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planeado, previsto
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intercourse
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coito, relaciones sexuales
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intercourse
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coito, relaciones sexuales
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it comes to
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se trata de
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jackpot
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premio gordo
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jelly
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jalea
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jerk
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imbécil
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jerky
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quick and sudden:
The disease causes sudden jerky movements of the hands and legs. |
jot down
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apuntar/anotar un mensaje
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kind of
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Más o emnos, algo así
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Knocked up
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to cause to stop sleeping
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Knots
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nudos
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Koinophilia
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Koinophilia is an evolutionary hypothesis proposing that during sexual selection, animals preferentially seek mates with a minimum of unusual or mutant features, including functionality, appearance and behavior.
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laud
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elogiar
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layoffs
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despidos
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leap
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saltar
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lease
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contrato de arrendamiento
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lecture
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conferencia
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Letter of Intent
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la carta de motivación
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Loading Dock
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A loading dock or loading bay is an area of a building where goods vehicles are loaded and unloaded.
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loafer
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mocasín
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lobster
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la langosta
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lodge
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alojar
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look even the tiniest bit
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parecerse en lo más mínimo
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looms
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telares/ v. Cernir
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made up
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inventar
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maid
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criada
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make up one's mind
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to make a decision about something : to decide
I can't make up my mind where to take my vacation. |
making out
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besandose
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manure
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el abono
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mean
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to have a particular result: "the end justifies the means"
significar, dar lugar a: Lower costs mean lower prices.[ + that ] Advances in electronics mean that the technology is already available. |
mean it
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ir en serio
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mentally check out
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desconectado mentalmente
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mistress
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amante
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mortar
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mortero
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muddy
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1. covered or filled with mud
2. not clear or bright muddy colours 3. cloudy a muddy liquid 4. (esp of thoughts) confused or vague VERB Word forms: -dies, -dying or -died 5. to become or cause to become muddy |
nailed
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To do something perfectly or with great skill and accuracy: This is the meaning used in the phrase "I thought we nailed the whole transfer thing earlier." In this context, "nailed" means that the speaker believed the transfer was completed with great success and efficiency.
To fix or secure something in place: For example, "He nailed the board to the wall." In this context, "nailed" means to physically attach or fasten something using nails. To catch or capture someone or something: For example, "The police nailed the thief." In this context, "nailed" means to apprehend or take into custody. |
nightlight
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Luz de noche
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no hard feelings
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sin resentimientos
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obnoxious
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odioso
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made out of
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MADE FROM/he dress was made out of velvet.,
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out of bounds
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fuera de límites
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outmeal
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avena
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outrun
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to move faster or further than someone or something:
The men easily outran the police officer who was chasing them. to develop faster or further than something: In the future, demand for tungsten will outrun supply. |
overlook
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pasar por alto, ignorar
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padding
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relleno, acolchado
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pallet
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la paleta
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pestering
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molestando
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pestle
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mano de mortero
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plastered
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enyesado, borracho
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play along
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seguir la corriente, seguir el juego
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pleased
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Encantado
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plowing
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arado
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poised
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preparado
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pour out
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derramar
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preemptively
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said or done before someone else has a chance to act or attack so that their plans or actions are prevented from happening
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preemptive
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preventivo
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promptly
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rápidamente
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psyched
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entusiasmado
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pull over
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orillar
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Pump It Up
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Put more energy into what you're doing! Be more enthusiastic! Get excited!
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Pun
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juego de palabras
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pushy
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molesto, agresivo, insistente
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put up with
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soportar, aguantar, tolerar
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put your foot down
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to use your authority to stop something happening:
When she started borrowing my clothes without asking, I had to put my foot down. |
queasy
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Mareado, intranquilo
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rat out
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delatar
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rebound relationship
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is a reactionary relationship that is inspired by the unhealed wounds of a previous one.
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relies on
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se basa en
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repartee
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réplicas agudas
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rest assured
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to be certain that something will happen:
You can rest assured that you're going to get a good deal. Note: Used to make someone feel safe or less worried about something. |
restrain
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to control the actions or behaviour of someone by force, especially in order to stop them from doing something, or to limit the growth or force of something:
When he started fighting, it took four police officers to restrain him. She was so angry that she could hardly restrain herself. You should try to restrain your ambitions and be more realistic. Growth in car ownership could be restrained by increasing taxes. |
Ribs
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las costillas
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riddle
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acertijo
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roaring
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rugiendo
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robe
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bata
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roped off
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acordonado
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rundown
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resumen
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Sasquatch
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El sasquatch
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scam
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estafa
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scoop
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a tool with a deep bowl-shaped end that is used to dig out and move a soft substance or powder:
a measuring scoop an ice-cream scoop |
scuba
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bucear
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Scuttlebutt
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news or information that may or may not be true:
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seeping
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filtrando
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seldom
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RARE, INFREQUENT
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set somebody up
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to establish someone or yourself in a business or position:
After he left college, his father set him up in the family business. She set herself up as an interior designer. |
setback
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contratiempo
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setup
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an action that deceives someone in order to profit or get an advantage:
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sewn
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cosido
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shake someone down
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to get money from someone by using threats or tricks
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shake-up, shake sth up
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If an unpleasant experience shakes someone up, it makes them feel shocked and upset:
I think she was pretty shaken up by the accident. |
sharpen
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afilar
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sheet cake
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Un pastel de hoja o pastel de losa es un pastel horneado en un molde para pastel grande, plano y rectangular.
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shirtless
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sin camisa
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shortchanged
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to give someone back less money than they are owed when the person is buying something from you:
I think I was shortchanged in the café, because I've only got £5 in my purse when I should have £10. to treat someone unfairly, by giving them less than they deserve: Children who leave school unable to read and write are being tragically shortchanged. |
shove something down someone’s throat
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to force someone to accept something unpleasant:
I’m tired of Dave shoving his opinions down our throats. |
shrill
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chillón
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shrine
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santuario
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shutting down
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apagar, cerrar
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sight-seeing
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ver las atracciones.
devoted to or used for seeing sights the activity of visiting the famous or interesting places of an area : the act or pastime of seeing sights |
single-handedly (adv)
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without any help from anyone else:
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slammed
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golpeado
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sleep around
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Acostarse con cualquiera
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slighty
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ligeramente
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sly
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astuto
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smooth
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having or showing very polished and worldly manners
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Smudge
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1. To make dirty, especially in one small area: My shirt was smudged with soot.
2. To smear or blur (something): smudged grease on my pants; smudged her makeup. 3. To fill (an orchard or an inhabited area) with dense smoke from a smudge pot in order to prevent damage from frost or to repel insects. |
snap decision
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decisión rápida
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so as to
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para que, de manera que
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so long
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Hasta luego
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so that, in order that
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para que
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soar
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elevarse
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soared
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se elevó, se disparó
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something from scratch
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Algo desde cero
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something is up
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used for saying that something is wrong or something bad is happening
It's not like Sara to be so rude. Something must be up. |
speak out of turn
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to say something that you should not have said:
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specifics
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detalles
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squirming
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Retorciéndose
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stall
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puesto
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start over
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empezar de nuevo
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step in
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intervenir, tomar cartas en el asunto
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stomp
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pisar fuerte
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Storks
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cigüeñas
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straightjacket
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camisa de fuerza
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stroll
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pasear
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Strike up
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to start to play or sing something:
When the applause had died down, a band struck up the national anthem. to start a relationship or conversation with someone: She struck up a relationship with an artist soon after she arrived in Paris. |
swap
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intercambiar
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take a dump
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cagar
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take on
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hacerse cargo de,to accept a particular job or responsibility: to employ someone:,to fight or compete against someone or something:
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take the fall for
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to accept the blame for something another person did:
I wasn't going to take the fall for him |
taking a dump
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cagar
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tasteful
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de buen gusto
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tee bal game
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Tee-ball es un deporte de equipo basado en una forma simplificada de béisbol o softbol. Está pensado como una introducción para que los niños de 4 a 6 años desarrollen habilidades en el juego de pelota y se diviertan.
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tentist
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a tentist is a person who puts up and installs tents
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thriftiness
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the quality of being careful with money or resources, especially by avoiding waste: Ahorro
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thrive
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prosperar, crecer mucho, desarrollarse
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to reherse
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ensayar
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to sweep
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barrer
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top-of-the-line
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DE CALIDAD SUPERIOR
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treadmill
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la cinta caminadora
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trim
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un recorte
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trout
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trucha
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truce
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tregua
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turmoil
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confusión
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turn around
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darse vuelta
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turntable
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el tocadiscos
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tweed
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tejido
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unknowable
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desconocido
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vast
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amplio
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vested interest
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interés personal
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warehouse
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almacén, bodega, depósito
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warrant
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Orden:The police have a warrant for his arrest.
justificación: to justify. A slight cold does not warrant your staying off work. |
well-off
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adinerado
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What are you up to?
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¿qué andas haciendo?
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What's your deal?
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Typically, if an offense is given, the response is what is your deal?; aka what is wrong with you! you are offensive.
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when push comes to shove
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a la hora de la verdad
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whence
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de donde, por lo cual, por consiguiente.
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whip up
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batir
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whodunit
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película policíaca
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whorish
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sexually promiscuous or provocative.
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wingman
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compinche
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womanizer
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mujeriego
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worship
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adorar
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write up
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amonestar
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writhing
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Retorciéndose
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Fizz
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1: to make a hissing or sputtering sound : EFFERVESCE
2: to show excitement or exhilaration fizz : a hissing sound b : SPIRIT, LIVELINESS 2 : an effervescent beverage fizzy ˈfi-zē adjective |
As if / as though
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Como si
It looks as if they’ve had a shock. It looks as though you’ve not met before. |
Falstaffian
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jovial, plump, and dissolute
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wheel barrow
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la carretilla
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juggle
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hacer malabares
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winch
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manivela
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hoist
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v. izar, Levantar raise (something) by means of ropes and pulleys.
high overhead great cranes hoisted girders s. montacargas |
gooey
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1. sticky, soft, and often sweet
2. oversweet and sentimental |
entourage
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séquito, comitiva
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squirt
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chorro
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escort out
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escoltar
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dissolute
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Someone who is dissolute does not care at all about morals and lives in a way that is considered to be wicked and immoral.
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