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Beckon

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To signal summon or direct by a gesture of the head or hand

To lure to entice

Llamar atraer hacer señas

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Glade

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An open space in a forest

Claro del bosque

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Gore

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To pierce as if with a horn or a tusk

Encornar, cornear

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Blest

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Bendito santo

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Dregs

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Heces

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Congenial

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Suited or adapted in spirit feeling temper etc (compatible)

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Snatch

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Arrebatar

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Dart

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To move swiftly

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Hearse

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Vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial

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Turf

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Césped

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Hallow

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Santificar

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Dirge

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Lament for the dead

Canto Funebre

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Avail

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Aprovechar

Valer

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Incantation

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Conjuro

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humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.
overly submissive or compliant; spiritless; tame.
Obsolete.gentle; kind.

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Meek

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amiably gentle or temperate in feeling or behavior toward others.
characterized by or showing such gentleness, as manners or speech:
a mild voice.
not cold, severe, or extreme, as air or weather:
mild breezes.
not sharp, pungent, or strong:
a mild flavor.
not acute or serious, as disease:
a mild case of flu.
gentle or moderate in force or effect:
mild penalties.
soft; pleasant:
mild sunshine.
moderate in intensity, degree, or character:
mild regret.
British Dialect.comparatively soft and easily worked, as soil, wood, or stone.
Obsolete.kind or gracious.

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Mild

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to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of):
Illness bereaved them of their mother.
to deprive ruthlessly or by force (usually followed by of):
The war bereaved them of their home.
Obsolete.to take away by violence.

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Bereaved

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a small wood or forested area, usually with no undergrowth:
a grove of pines.
a small orchard or stand of fruit-bearing trees, especially citrus trees:

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Groves

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Gorrión

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Sparrow

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Rápido

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Swift

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Estrecho

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Narrow

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Petirrojo

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Robin

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Hollín

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Soot

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24
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Saltar not jump

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Leap

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a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.

ground of this kind, as wet, slimy soil of some depth or deep mud.

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Mire

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Pantano

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Fen

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a valley, especially a broad valley.

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Dale

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a small, natural hollow area or crease, permanent or transient, in some soft part of the human body, especially one formed in the cheek in smiling.
any similar slight depression.

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Dimple.

Dimpling= to make dimples in a surface

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29
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Engañar

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Beguile

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30
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a period of sleep, especially light sleep.

a state of inactivity, quiescence, etc.

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Slumber

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an individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is neither a Jew, Christian, nor Muslim; a pagan.
Informal.an irreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized person.

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Heathen or pagan

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a parish officer having various subordinate duties, as keeping order during services, waiting on the rector, etc.
sexton(def 2).

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Beadle

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33
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a leafy shelter or recess; arbor.

a rustic dwelling; cottage.

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Bower

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to bite off small bits.
to eat or chew in small bites:
Give him a graham cracker to nibble on.
to bite, eat, or chew gently and in small amounts (usually followed by at):
She was so upset she could only nibble at her food.

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Nibble

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35
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Brote

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Bud

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36
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Aware of and attentive to

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Heedful

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37
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A long, loud doleful cry uttered by a wolf or dog

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Howl

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38
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Make a characteristic wavering cry (sheep, goat or calf)

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Bleating

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39
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Alondra

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Lark

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40
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Rocío

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Dew

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41
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Something happens to someone (usually something bad line a curse)

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Befall

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42
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Ant (synonim)

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Emmet

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43
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Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely

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Forlorn

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44
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Cause to lose ones way, lead or drive astray.

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Wilder

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45
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Overtaken by darkness

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Benight

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46
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Gemido

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Groan

47
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Small short winged songbird prominently from the new world

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Wren

48
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Forsooth

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Indeed(often used ironically as if to express indignation or surprise).

49
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An unmarried woman, usually a woman aged pat the normal time of marriage

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Spinster

50
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Foolish or inconsequential talk

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Prattle

51
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Dismiss someone form the military forces for some dismeanor or grave offence

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Cashiered

52
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Bribón bellaco

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Knave

53
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Prosperar

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Thrive

54
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Grajilla

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Daws

55
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Showing or suffering a lack of confidence nervousness or fear

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Timorous

56
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A country house with farm buildings attached

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Grange

57
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Make someone feel annoyed

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Gall

58
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To understand (a difficult problem or enigmatic person)

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Fathom

59
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Create or bring about through deliberate use of skill and artifice,

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Contrive

60
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Immoral or grossly unfair behaviour

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Iniquity (iniquidad)

61
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Talk foolishly or tediously about something

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Prate

62
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Worthless or contemptible (vil)

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Scurvy

63
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Politely or patiently restrain an impulse to do something. (Abstenerse contenerse)

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Forbear

64
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Sin ataduras

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Unbonneted

65
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Pack carefully or neatly in a particular place.Estibar

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Stow

66
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Absurdamente

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Preposterously

67
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A quarrel or a commotion

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Broil

68
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Cunning (Astucia)

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Having or showing skill in achieving ones ends by deceit or evasion

69
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Apocryphal

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Of a story or statement of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true

70
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Ostracism

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Exclusion from a society or a group

71
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Loyal reliable and hardworking

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Stalwart

72
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Birch

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Abedul

73
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Hedgerow

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A row of bushes or trees forming a hedge

Setos

74
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Gait

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A manner of walking stepping or running

El andar de alguien

75
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Steep

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Having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs etc.

Empinado escarpado abrupto

76
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Lofty

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Extending high in the air, of imposing height, towering

Excelso elevado sublime alto

77
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Sycamore

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Sicomoro

78
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Tufts

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A bunch or cluster of small, usually soft and flexible parts, as feathers or hairs, attached or fixed closely together st the base and loose at the upper ends

Mata, penacho, cresta

79
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Cluster

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Number of things of the same kind

A group of things or persons close together

Racimo grupo cúmulo

80
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Hue

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A gradation or variety of a color

Color, tono, tonalidad , matiz , coloración

81
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Grove

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A small wood or forested area, usually with no undergrowth

A small orchard or stand of fruit-bearing trees, especially citrus trees.

Arboleda, huerto, bosquecilli

82
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Copse

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A thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood

Bosquecillo

83
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Wreath

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A circular band of flowers foliage or any ornamental work, for adorning the head or for any decorative purpose

Any ringlike, curving, or curling mass or formation.

84
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Vagrant

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A person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment.

Vagabundo, errante

85
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Din

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A loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound.

Estrépito, barullo, bullicio, fragor , alboroto , jaleo , algarabía

86
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Slight

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Small in amount, degree etc

If little importance, influence, trivial

Leve ligero pequeño escaso

87
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Of, relating to or innhaviti g the woods

Consisting of or abounding in woods or trees

Made of trees, branches, boughs

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Sylvan

Silvestre

88
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woody plant smaller than a tree, usually having multiple permanent stems branching from or near the ground.

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Shrub arbusto mata

89
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to express disapproval of; scold; reproach:

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Chiding reprendiendo

90
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animated or vivacious; lively.

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Sprightly animado enérgico vivo

91
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heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.

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Moreen

92
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coverings, hangings, clothing, etc., of fabric, especially as arranged in loose, graceful folds.
Often draperies.long curtains, usually of heavy fabric and often designed to open and close across a window.

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Drapery pañería colgadura

93
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coverings, hangings, clothing, etc., of fabric, especially as arranged in loose, graceful folds.
Often draperies.long curtains, usually of heavy fabric and often designed to open and close across a window.

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Pane , panel, vidrio ventana

94
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causing sadness or gloom.
dull; boring.
sorrowful; sad.

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Dreary lúgubre sombrío desangelado lóbrego

95
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bare, desolate, and often windswept:
a bleak plain.
cold and piercing; raw:
a bleak wind.
without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary:
a bleak future.
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Bleak Inhóspito Yerma triste

96
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Glaze

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Acristalado vidriado

97
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great wave or surge of the sea.

any surging mass:

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Billow , oleada

98
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inactive or sluggish.
slow; dull; apathetic; lethargic.
dormant, as a hibernating or estivating animal.

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Torpid , tórpido

99
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at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart:

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Aloof distante al margen ajeno esquivo lejano

100
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a wooden frame, consisting of a crossbeam on two uprights, on which condemned persons are executed by hanging.

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Gallows horca patíbulo

101
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a trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle.
something resembling such a trimming, as the fringe of hair on the chest of some dogs.

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Frill volante adorno cinta floritur

102
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To crimp

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Rizar ondular

103
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lacking confidence in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
restrained or reserved in manner, conduct, etc.

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Diffidence timidez retraimiento

104
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of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness.
shabby; dismal.

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dingy Lúgubre cochambroso mugroso deslucido sórdido

105
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Often lineaments.a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour:

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Lineaments lineamientos

106
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to stuff with food (usually used reflexively or passively): to swallow, especially greedily.
to choke up (usually used passively).

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Gorge atiborrarse atracarse

107
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B peevish; irritable; cranky.

extremely unpleasant or distastefu

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Bilious atrabilioso bilioso

108
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Sallow

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Cetrino pálido

109
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to yearn deeply; suffer with longing; long painfully (often followed by for):
to pine for one’s home and family.
to fail gradually in health or vitality from grief, regret, or longing (often followed by away):

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Pining languidecer consumirse

110
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the quality or state of being impudent; effrontery; insolence.
impudent conduct or language.
Obsolete.lack of modesty; shamelessness.

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Impudence insolencia descaro impudencia desfachatez

111
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with the head foremost; headfirst:
to plunge headlong into the water.
without delay; hastily:
to plunge headlong into work.
without deliberation; rashly:
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Headlong

112
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to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream:
Tears trickled down her cheeks.
to come, go, or pass bit by bit, slowly, or irregularly:

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Trickle gotear hilito

113
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sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.
acutely distressing to the feelings or mind; poignant.
caustic, biting, or sharply expressive:

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Pungent punzante incisivo mordaz

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