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Bustling

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Bullicioso

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Run-Down

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1 (persona) agotado,-a
2 (casa) destartalado,-a
3 (empresa) venido,-a a menos

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Cram for

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Empollar para

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Cram in

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Hacer hueco, meter

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Shrewdly

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Astutamente, sagazmente, con perspicacia

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Pluck up (courage) to

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Armarse de valor

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Acknowledge

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Admit, Recognise, Thank, Greet, Report receipt of sthg (confirmar o dar fe)
1 reconocer: she is acknowledged as the best painter in the country, es considerada la mejor pintora del país
2 (vencimiento, argumento) admitir: she acknowledged that she was a drug addict, reconoció que era una drogadicta
3 (regalo) agradecer
4 (carta) acusar recibo de
5 saludar

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Acknowledgement

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1 reconocimiento: his statement was an acknowledgement of his guilt, su declaración era un reconocimiento de culpa
2 confesión
3 (de carta) acuse de recibo 4 acknowledgements pl, (en un libro) agradecimientos

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Put up with

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Aguantar, Soportar

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Sort out

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1 (los papeles, etc) poner en orden
2 separar [from, de]
3 (un problema) resolver, arreglar
4 fam (a una persona) arreglar

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Scowl

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scowl [skaʊl]
I nombre ceño

II verbo intransitivo fruncir el ceño
to scowl at sb, mirar a alguien con el ceño fruncido

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Ordeal

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experiencia terrible y traumática: she went through quite an ordeal last summer, el verano pasado le tocó pasar un auténtico calvario

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Tycoon

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Magnate de los negocios

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Grant

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I verbo transitivo
1 (un derecho) conceder, otorgar: the neighbours granted permission to build a fence between our properties, los vecinos dieron permiso para construir una valla que separe nuestras fincas
2 admitir: I grant that she has big ears, but…, de acuerdo, tiene las orejas grandes, pero…
3 I take it for grated that you will come, doy por sentado que vendrás

II nombre
1 Educ beca: John received a research grant, a John le dieron una beca de investigación
2 (para un proyecto) subvención

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shroud

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envolver, mortaja, sudario,

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leafy

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frondoso, arbolado

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lawn sprinkler

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aspersor

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at full blast

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a todo volumen, a tope

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blast of wind

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rafaga de viento

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blast

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I	nombre 
1   explosión 
2   onda expansiva: the blast could be felt for miles, la explosión se sintió en varias millas a la redonda 
3   (de viento) ráfaga 
4   (de bocina, trompeta) toque 
5   at full blast, a todo volumen

II verbo transitivo
1 (hacer saltar) volar: they blasted open the door, volaron la puerta
2 arremeter contra

III excl blast (it)!, ¡maldita sea!

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blast off

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despegar (spacecraft: launch)

22
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hook

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nombre 
1   gancho
     Pesca anzuelo
     Cos corchete 
2   Boxeo gancho

II verbo transitivo
1 enganchar
2 Pesca coger: he hooked a big fish, enganchó un buen ejemplar
3 Boxeo hacer un gancho a
♦ LOC: off the hook, (teléfono) descolgado
(persona) librarse de una situación incómoda: the headmaster let him off the hook, el director le perdonó

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hook sb into sth

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persuade sb to do sth

convencer a alguien de que haga algo

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hook up with sb

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enrollarse

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listless

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lethargic, apathetic,

apático, indiferente, lánguido

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hug

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embrace, abrazar
wrap tightly around, ceñirse, ajustarse
cling to. agarrarse, aferrarse

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Deal

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deal [dɪ:l]
I nombre
1 Com Pol transacción
2 acuerdo
to make a deal with sb, llegar a un acuerdo con alguien
familiar it’s a deal!, ¡trato hecho!
(condiciones) trato: they got a very bad deal, les trataron muy mal
3 Naipes reparto: whose deal is it?, ¿quién reparte/da?
it’s your deal, te toca a ti

II vtr (ps & pp dealt)
1 Naipes repartir, dar [to, a] 2 to deal sb a blow, asestarle un golpe a alguien
♦ LOC: a good deal, mucho, bastante: a good deal more expensive, bastante más caro
a good deal of rain, mucha lluvia: don’t make such a big deal of it, no hagas una montaña de un grano de arena

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Deal with

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take care of - encargarse, ocuparse

involve - tratar