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Border
Franjas
Overweight
Sobrepeso
Sharp
Afilado
Owl
Búho
Bald
Calvo
Accessible
Accesible
Asequible (approachable)
Disorder
Trastorno
Skier
Esquiador/a
Cliff
Steep
Acantilado
Amazing
Alucinante
Spinal cord
Médula espinal
To vent
Desahogar
Copy and paste
Cortar y pegar
Draft
Borrador
Recruit
Reclutar
Fall by her own weight
Caer por su propio peso
I’m overwhelmed with work
Estoy desbordada de trabajo
Estoy hasta arriba de trabajo
Strengths and weaknesses
Fuertes y debilidades
Roof
Tejado
Deluge
Diluvio
The top right-hand side/part
En la parte superior derecha
At the bottom;
At the end
En el fondo;
Al fondo
Thoroughly;
Step on it (max speed)
A fondo;
Pisa a fondo
To suggest going
Decir de ir
Proponer/sugerir ir
To deny;
To refuse
Negar;
Negarse a + infinitive
What day is it? It’s Friday. (Only days)
It’s January.
A que día estamos?
Estamos a viernes.
Estamos en enero.
I was sick the next day
Al día siguiente estuve enferma.
We’ll meet at about 1 o’clock
Nos veremos sobre la una.
At dawn; sunrise; sunset
Al alba; amanecer; anochecer
At night
De noche
Por la noche
Breach, opening
Brecha
Complaint
Reclamo
To suffer from, endure
Padecer
To raise (the prices of); to commend (the work)
Encarecer (los precios/la labor)
Exchange gap
Brecha cambiaría
Cutbacks, reduction (finance)
Recorte
Overcome, unblock, overcome (situation)
Destrabar
I went to the top of
Fuiste hasta lo alto de/la parte superior de
Of course
Desde luego
Again, return
De vuelta
To exchange, trade
Canjear
It’s done neatly
Se haga de modo prolijo
To discard
Descartar (se)
Bring closer together, herald;
To approach
Avecinar
Avecinarse
Bring closer together, herald;
To approach
Avecinar
Avecinarse
To bet
Apostar
To burst
Reventar
To sweep to victory; triumph
To raze
Arrasar
(En las elecciones)
To take off (economy); unstick
Despegar
Sumido en una crisis
Plunged/sunk in a crisid
To repeal, abolish, revoke
Derogar
Officials; civil servants
Funcionario
Narrow;
Tight (fitting)
Estrecha
To go through
Traspasar
To write, draw up
Redactar
The law covers
La ley Abarca
Behind/backward
Rezagado
As a whole/overall
En su conjunto
Passed, overtaken
Rebasada
Succinctly
Escueto/a
carries out
llevar a cabo
opinion
dictamen
high ranking
alto rango
protection, refuge
amparo
to scare, instill fear
amedrentar a alguien o con un perro
Expansion
Ampliación
To seize
Apoderarse de
(Fear gripped me;
Seized property)
Disrupt, ruin
Desbaratar
To weigh the options
Sopesar las opciones
Efficient, effective
Eficaz
To discover, find
Hallar
To access, agree
Acceder
Procedure
Tramite
Regulatory burden
Carga regulatoria
Requirement
Requisito
Record
Expediente, archivo
Audit
AuditorIa
