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1
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-Resmas por caja.

A

-Reams per carton.

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-Una voltereta

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-A flip.

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-El quiere estar contigo.

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-He wants to jump your bones.

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El cometa Halley

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Halley’s comet

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Ellos habrían tenido que comprometerse en el grueso en el peso y en el precio.

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They would have had to compromise on thickness and weight and price,”

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Le dieron a su carro por detrás

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He got rear-ended

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Tachar nombres de una lista

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To cross names off a list.

To cancel by marking a cross on or drawing a line through.

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Encubrir algo (por ejemplo vicios o crímenes.)
El rehuzó encubrir el escándalo.
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He refused to whitewash the scandal.

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8
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El que mucho abarca poco aprieta

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Don’t bite off more than you can chew?

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9
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Estos son problemas duros. Y la

sugerencia de que debemos taparlos es equivocada

A

These are tough issues and the

suggestion we can gloss over them is wrong.

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Una compañía que apenas comienza.

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A fledgling company

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Un pájaro al que apenas le están naciendo las plumas.

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Fledgling : A young bird just fledged

A young bird that has just become able to fly.

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El problema de contaminación es apabullante

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the problem of contamination is rampant

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Las enfermedades transmitidas por el agua no tienen freno

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Waterborne diseases are galore

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Aquacure no está dejando al azar ningún detalle para manufacturar, comercializar y distribuir los filtros.

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Aquacure is leaving no stone unturned to manufacture, market and distribute the filters .

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Siempre le está poniendo la canal a sus amigos.

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He’s always mooching off his friends.

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Ella ha estado canaleando dinero de todo el mundo que ella conoce.

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She’s been mooching money off everyone she knows.

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Alguien rayó el carro con una llave

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Someone scraped the car with a key.

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Me raspé la rodilla cuando me caí

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I scraped my knee when I fell.

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Una cantidad de papel que equivale a 480, 500 o 516 hojas de papel.

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: an amount of paper that equals 480, 500, or 516 sheets

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Un debate que se recordará como un punto crucial en la campaña.

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A debate that will go down as a turning point in the campaign.

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Un sofa que también hace las veces de cama.

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A couch that also goes for a bed.

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La locura general que estaba ocurriendo en esos días.

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The general craziness that was going down in those days.

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23
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Te puedo robar un cigarillo?

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Bum a cigarette?

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24
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Estaba determinadp a no dejar que la oposicion tomara el control

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: mastery, advantage, control <was></was>

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Un grupo de dos personas o cosas que trabajan juntas o están asociadas entre ellas.

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In tandem: a group of two people or things that work together or are associated with each other

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25
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Todavía estamos esperando a ver si estos resultados aguantan en Los seres humanos

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We’re still waiting to see if these results hold up in humans,

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26
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La parte de una cerradura que se dispara o se retrae con la llave.

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The part of a lock that is shot or withdrawn by the key

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Tornillo: Una vara de metal para unir objetos, que usualmente tiene una cabeza en un extremo y un Hilo de tornillo en el otro y es asegurado por una tuerca.

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4 : a metal rod or pin for fastening objects together that usually has a head at one end and a screw thread at the other and is secured by a nut.

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27
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El pasó por la prueba de la critica

y la censura.

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He ran the gauntlet of criticism and censure

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28
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-El hilo de metal en relieve de un tornillo

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: the raised line that winds around a screw

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30
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Mostrando zapatos nuevos,

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Sporting news shoes

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Ellos so capaces de medírsele a un Rottweiler si los mira bizco.

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they will take on a Rottweiler if it looks cross-eyed at them.

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Millones de nosotros mantenemos la esperanza de que la ciencia…

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Millions of us hold out hope that science …

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Los jugos, que se pusieron en voga a principios de los 90 , usualmente se refiere a usar extractores mucho más poderosos que la licuadora normal.

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Juicing, which came into vogue in the early 1990s, usually refers to using extractors far more powerful than the blender…

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Alcahueta

Chilo.

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Pimp
Procurer
He had carved out a career as a procurer of high-priced call girls for wealthy, powerful men

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36
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El abuelo les alcahueteaba todo.

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Their granddad lets them get away with all kinds of things.

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Ella nos alcahueteaba cuando salíamos a pasear juntos.

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She covered for us when we went for walks together.

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Alrededor de 85 % de infecciones bacteriales del oído desaparecen por sí solas.

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About 85 percent of bacterial ear infections clear up on their own

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39
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Centro delantero

Volante

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Center forward

Wind forward

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Subsecuente: que sucede o viene después de algo más.

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Súbsequent: happening or coming after something else.

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40
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El médico se lo achacó a una infeccion

Viral que debió habérsele pegado.

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The doctor in the ER chalked it up to a viral infection that she must have picked up,

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41
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El pitó

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He blew the whistle

42
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Una mujer bonita pero estûpida.

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Bimbo.

43
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Innovador.

A

Ínnovative

44
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Tuvo que agarrar el toro por los cachos.

A

he had to take the bull by the horns.

45
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En años recientes, la limpieza del Colón se ha puesto de nuevo en voga.

A

In recent years, colon cleansing has come back into vogue

47
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Si piensas que perder peso es suficiente para prevenir la diabetes 2, no te entusiasmes mucho.

A

If you think losing weight is enough to prevent Type 2 diabetes, don’t get your hopes up.

48
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Se dice que puede parar una enfermedad que se avecina en seco.

A

It is said to stop an impending illness in its tracks.

49
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Quizás el mayor obstáculo para adoptar la energía de fusión es que las finanzas no han cuadrado.

A

Perhaps the biggest roadblock to adopting fusion energy is that the economics haven’t penciled out.

50
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La compañía planea continuar desarrollando y aumentando el tamaño de sus prototipos.

A

The company plans to continue developing and scaling up its prototypes.

51
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Aparentemente habíamos tocado un punto álgido.

A

we had apparently hit a nerve

52
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De las aguas mansas líbrame Señor.

A

Still waters run deep.

53
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Apuesto a que a las compañías farmacéuticas no les gustará que esto se riegue.

A

Bet the drug companies won’t like this one getting around.

54
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Desguesadero

A

Chop shop.

55
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Cuando te sacan la sangre…

A

When you get your blood drawn..

55
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Nuevo y diferente modo de lo que se ha conocido antes.

A

Nóvel:

New and different
From what has been known before.

56
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Tú sabes donde ella tiene la cabeza por estos días.

A

You know where

her head Is at these days.

57
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Lo maltraste un poquito. (Lo golpeaste)

A

You roughed him up a little.

58
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Exceso

A

Excess (é)

59
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A fin de hacerlos crecer mas grande y más rápidamente de lo normal

A

In order to make them grow larger and more quickly than usual.

60
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Photosynthesis (sín)

A

Fotosíntesis

61
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Uno no puede evitar encogerse cada vez que ella urga

A

You can’t help but flinch every time she pokes.

62
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Alguien me está molestando.

A

Somebody is messing with me

62
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En qué ciudades Europeas estarías más a gusto?

A

WHAT EUROPEAN CITIES WOULD YOU BE MOST AT HOME IN?

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Al aproximarse a todas las cosas de la vida para encontrar la fuerza y el beneficio, uno puede siempre salir triunfante.

A

by approaching all things in life so as to find the strength and benefit, one can always come out on top.

65
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Glúteos.

A

Glutes

66
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Pelar un cable

A

Strip a wire

67
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Tener conflicto.
Conflicto
Combatir.
Combate.

A

Conflíct.
Cónflict.
Combát
Cómbat

67
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Sí mides

A

If you’re five foot five, your prospects of becoming even an NBA bench warmer are slim-to-none.

68
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Avestruz

A

Ostrich

Oyster

68
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Uno siente que no se ha quedadc ninguna piedra sin remover

A

It feels like no stone has been left unturned.

69
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Tesla está construe do una fábrica gigante en Nevada qué principiará a sacar baterías a la Lata en el 2017

A

Tesla is building a giant factory in Nevada that will begin churning out batteries in 2017,

70
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Así qué Musk necesita principiar a reclutar clientes en este momento.

A

so Musk needs to begin drumming up customers now.

70
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Estaré allá tan pronto me pueda volar

A

I’ll be there as soon as I can break away.

71
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Por si acaso se enciende y agota la batería

A

just in case it gets turned on and runs the battery down.

72
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Están vomitando lenguaje de mercadeo y hablando mal de Los competitores?

A

Are they regurgitating marketing-speak and bad-mouthing competitors?

72
Q

Niños montando en los caballitos

A

Children riding a merry-go-round .(carousel)

73
Q

No habría estado en Boston si no hubiera habido un asunto crítico y urgente.

A

I wouldn’t have been in Houston if there hadn’t been an urgent and critical matter.

73
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Averigua cuándo un niño puede deslizarse en un deslizadero de plástico.

A

Find out when your child can go down a small plastic slide…

74
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Algunos alegan que el zapper sòlo ayuda al comienzo de un resfrío

A

Some claim that the zapper only helps at the outset of a cold,

75
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La gentle debería tomar responsabilidad por sus propios planes de salud y hacer balance de Los resultados ellos mismos .

A

People should take responsibility for their own health plans and assess results for themselves.

76
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Es maravilloso que goces de salud hoy. Eso te da una ventaja.

A

It’s wonderful that you enjoy good health today. That gives you a head start.

77
Q

Contraloría General de la Nación.

A

General Accounting office

78
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-Un momento. En qué estoy invirtiendo mi dinero?

A

-Wait a minute, what am I investing my money in?

79
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El es idéntico al senador

A

<he’s a dead ringer for the senator

80
Q

Impacto

Impactar

A

Ímpact

Impáct

81
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Y no preocuparse de que le den la comida con cuchara.

A

And not worry about ending up being spoon fed

82
Q

Vayamos al grano en cuanto a lo que ha sido mejorado, si?

A

let’s get into the nitty gritty on what’s been improved, shall we?

83
Q

Un diseño y una pantalla estilizados.

A

A dapper design and display

87
Q

Aún ahora me emociono.

A

Even now I get choked up.

88
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Pero hay un rayito de luz: la mayoría de los hombres diagnosticados con cáncer no mueren de la enfermedad.

A

But there is a silver lining: Most men diagnosed with prostate cancer do not die from the disease.

88
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Me estoy yendo por la tangente.

A

I’m getting too far off track here

89
Q

Yo personalmente no dudaría en recomendarlo a un miembro de la familia o a un amigo diagnosticado de cáncer.

A

I would personally not hesitate to recommend him to a family member or a friend diagnosed with cancer.

89
Q

Así qué, a menos que seas un ratón moldeado genéticamente con tendencia a tener cáncer del intestino no recomendaríamos engullir pildoras de resveratrol.

A

So unless you’re a genetically engineered bowel cancer-prone mouse, we wouldn’t recommend popping resveratrol pills.

90
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El equipo está jugando bien y su moral es elevada

A

The team is playing well and their morále is high.

92
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El se había levantado con una gripa en pleno auge.

A

He had just woken with a cold full on.

94
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Varios testigos claves se Han retractado de sus affirmations

A

Several key witnesses have retracted their statements

95
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Un canalete para sacar savia de un árbol.

A

Spile: A spout inserted in a tree to draw off sap .

95
Q

En muchas bodas el novio usual mento lanza

la liga de la novia a los solteros

A

In many weddings the groom usually throws the bride’s garter at the single men.

96
Q

Sus propiedades antiespasmódicas y antiinflamatorias lo hacen el remedio natural para aquellas mujeres qué se doblan de dolor con los calambres todos los Meses.

A

Its anti-spasmodic and anti-inflammatory properties make it the go-to natural remedy for women who double over in pain with cramps each month.

97
Q

Indeciso

A

Indecisive

98
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Son capaces de ahogar el abastecimiento de sangre de un tumor, reduciendo su crecimiento.

A

they are able to choke off a tumor’s blood supply, stunting its growth.

98
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Son capaces de ahogar el abastecimiento de sangre de un tumor, reduciendo su crecimiento.

A

they are able to choke off a tumor’s blood supply, stunting its growth.

98
Q

Esta vez le subiste en calidad a la presentación.

A

You stepped it up this time.

100
Q

Este ingrediente suplementario parece ser rey para mi.

A

this 1-ingredient supplement seems to be king for me.

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