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pious

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devout

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in a bid to

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en un intento por

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amiable

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friendly

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treatise

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disssertation

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to scorn

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to look down on

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to laud

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to acclaim

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yeast

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levadura

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to ramp up

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intensify effort

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rotten apple

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manzana podrida

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to spur

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to stimulate

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to decline

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to decrease

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to crack down on

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tomar medidas en contra de

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prairie

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pradera

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pellet

“The pet food comes in the form of small green pellets.”

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bolita

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To lace

“Seth laced his boots and went out into the snow.”

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atarse los cordones

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kink

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1. tangle
2. problem
3. strange habit (manía)

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to veer off

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to take up a new subject

“We started discussing politics but somehow veered off onto religion again.”

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competitividad

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competitiveness

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to nail (sth) down

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1. to identify (sth) precisely: Doctors are trying to nail down the diagnosis.
2. to make (sth) definitive: We need to nail down a decision.

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to groom

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my cats spends half his time grooming (lamer)

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to shake off

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to remove (sth) by shaking: Shake the sand of your flip flops before you come in the house please.

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to thrust on

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to impose (sth) on (sb): Her parents thrusted a career in law on her since she was thirteen years old.

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to mount

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1. to increase

2. to get on a horse

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profound

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weighty

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to seek out

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to search/ hunt

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plausible /ˈplɔːzəbəl/

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belieable

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to sugarcoat (sth)

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no andarse con rodeos

“She has very strong opinions, and she doesn’t try to sugarcoat them.”

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to drive (sth) down

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to force to decrease

“Economy will drive down houses prices”

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to hobble

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to walk with a limp (cojear)

to restrict “The administration’s efforts to hobble the new law was unsuccessful.

Question 30

1. to wrangle over (sth)

2. wrangling

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1. to argue about (sth) “ The two men were wrangling over the price of the car.”
2. dispute