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Reluctantly

A

A regañadientes

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Stingy

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Cutre
Tacaño/rácano
Mezquino (not generous)

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Terrifying

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Aterrador

Aterrorizar a

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Squeeze squeeze in

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Apretujarse

Apretar

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Skid

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Derrapar

Patinar un vehículo

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Escape confinement

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Fugarse de un encierro

El chapo se fugó 2 veces

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Steep

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La casa estaba en la punta de una colina empinada

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Pending
Pending matter
Pending debt
Have a score to settle

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Asignatura pendiente
Deuda pendiente
Tener una cuenta pendiente

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Get the desire

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Me entró el gusanillo

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Foggy memory

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Algo borroso en la memoria

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It’s gonna go well!

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Que te va a ir bien!

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Painkiller

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Analgésico

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You need to stay relaxed (medical advice)

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Hay que mantener reposo!

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It speaks for itself

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Un gesto que habla por sí mismo

Algo elocuente

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It coincides with the opinion of the masses

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Condesciende con la opinión de las masas

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Something is calling me

Wanna do it

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Tengo la corazonada

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Pod (plant or swindler)

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Vaina

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Swindler

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Vaina
Canalla
Malvado

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Measure up to

A

Toser a

Nadie le tose a Italia en el mundo de la alta costura

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Bully

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Toser

Chulear a

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A bully and

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Un bravucón

Una bravucona

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Tedious/tiresome

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Fastidioso

Fastidio: aburrimiento o enfado

Madrugar es un fastidio

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Bully into/intimidate into

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Amenazar a

Intimidar a

Amenazar a alguien para que haga algo

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Quench thirst/satisfy (food or appetite)

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Saciar
Sació su sed bebiendo cerveza

Se sació comiéndose toda la tarta

El libro sació su ansia de saber

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Bombard/overwhelm (figurative)

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Apabullar

El policía apabulló al sospechoso con preguntas.

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Overlook something

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Pasar por alto (not notice)

(Not realize inportance) subestimar/no dar importancia

(Choose to ignore) ignorar/mirar para otro lado/ hacer la vista gorda

An overlook: un mirador

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Fill/stuff

Get enough/do something as much as you want

Get tired of

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Hartó a sus invitados de comida

No se hartó de bailar en toda la noche

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Totalmente abierto

Open wide enough (abrir por completo)

A

De par en par
Dejaste la ventana de par en par y me dio mucho frío

Abrieron las puertas de par en par para que cupiera el carruaje

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Drag
Sweep along
Tow

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Arrastrar

Arrastra el costal hasta la cochera porque está demasiado pesado para cargarlo

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Graze/rub/scrape against/skim

Chafe (skin)

A

Los zapatos le rozaban el talón

Rozar

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Await

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Aguardar

Se levanta ajeno por completo a la muerte que le aguarda

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Succinct

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Escueto

Poco adornado

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32
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Masterful

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Magistral

Hecho con maestría

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Myth
Mythological
Mythology

A

Mito
Mitológico
Mitología

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34
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Splash

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Salpicar

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A drizzle

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Llovizna

Lloviznar

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36
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Fatefully tragic ill fated

Bad omen

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Aciago/presagio
Presagiar:foretell
Cuando murió Romeo fue un día aciago para Verona

Un augurio aciago

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Brief fleeting

Shooting star

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Fugaz
Fugazmente
Estella fugaz

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38
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Fortune teller

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Una pitonisa

Vidente

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39
Q

Show off

A

Jactarse
Presumir
Vanagloriarse
Alardear

Alardea de sus amigos a la menor oportunidad

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40
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Fill with blood/bloat

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Encharcarse

Las mujeres embarazadas suelen encharcarse

41
Q

Go down on a man

A

Conseguiste que la rubia de anoche se bajara al pilón?

42
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Make a decision to do something

A

Proponerse
Determinarse

Juan se ha propuesto adelgazar

43
Q

Burn/sting

A

Arder

Me arden los ojos de mirar tanto rato la pantalla del ordenador

44
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Famine

A

Hambruna

45
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Pillage

A

Saquear

El saqueo

46
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Death (alt)

A

Defunción

47
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Resources

A

Los Recursos

48
Q

Annihilate

A

Aniquilar

Aniquilación

49
Q

Girl who talks a lot

A

Una lorita

50
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Womanizer

A

Mujeriego

51
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Escalate a situation even further

A

Echar leña al fuego

52
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Animar/lift up/praise

A

Aupar

53
Q

I have a feeling that …..

A

Tengo un pálpito voy a salir mal en este examen

54
Q

Black market smugglers merchants in vene

A

Bachaqueros

55
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Absense

For the absence of

A

Ausencia

Por ausencia

56
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Conceited

A

Fatuo

Presuntuoso

57
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Untie

A

Desatar

58
Q

Ravages

A

Estragos

Ex: los estragos de los cuchillos fueron apenas un porcupine de la autopsia

59
Q

Flower pot

A

Maceta

60
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Cooking pot

A

Cacerola

Una olla

61
Q

Poner en su sitio

A

Colocar

El Niño colocó los juguetes en los estantes

62
Q

Air/water tight

A

Estanco

Su coartada es estanca

63
Q

Pond

A

Un estanque

64
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Dam

A

Represar

Una Presa

65
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Sacred

A

Sagrado

66
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Catheter

A

Una sonda

67
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Bladder

A

La vejiga

68
Q

Channel/direct flow

A

Encauzar

69
Q

Crowd

A

La muchedumbre

La muchedumbre se dispersó en cuanto apareció el oficial

70
Q

Stack/pile up

A

Amontonar

Apilar

71
Q

A pile

A

Una pila

Un montón

72
Q

Soaked

Get soaked

A

Empapado
Calado

Empaparse

73
Q

Collect

Raise money

A

Recolectar

74
Q

Rot

Go bad

A

Pudrir

75
Q

Stop raining

Clear up

A

Escampar

76
Q

Comb

A

Un peine

Peinar

77
Q

Tooth brush

A

Un cepillo de dientes

78
Q

Floss

A

Hilo dental

79
Q

Chip off

Peel off

A

Desconchar

Una pared desconchada

80
Q

To have a screw loose

A

Tener una tuerca floja

81
Q

Screw

A

Tornillo

Atornillar

82
Q

Nail biting

A

Para comerse la unas

83
Q

Coffin cercueil

A

Un ataúd

84
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Eternuer

A

Estornudar

85
Q

Shiver

A

Tiritar
Escalofríos
Un estremecimiento

86
Q

Give condolences

A

Darle a alguien el pésame

87
Q

A howl

A

Un Aullido

Aullar

88
Q

Shriek

A

Alarido

89
Q

Clear your throat

A

Carraspear

Aclararse la garganta

90
Q

Nest

A

Anidar

91
Q

Trunk of a car

A

El maletero

La cajuela (mx)

92
Q

Moth

Butterfly

A

Una polilla

Una mariposa

93
Q

Lack of pleasantness

A

Falto de amenidad

94
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Dentures

A

Dentadura postiza

95
Q

Skin someone

A

Arrancar la piel

Despellejar

96
Q

Turn something over

A

Voltear
Ex: volteó el libro para ver la contratapa
Volteó la cabeza

97
Q

Change sides

A

Voltearse

Antes era conservador pero se volteó a ser liberal

98
Q

She stood there absorbed in her reflection

A

Nuria queda absorta ante su propio reflejo

99
Q

Crowd together

A

Apelotonarse