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A period of time of which particular events or stages of development are typical. E.g. the Clinton era, the post-war era. (Era, época)

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Era

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To collect in or form into a mass, or to make something do this. (Acumularse)

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Bank

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Either of the two points at the most northern and most southern ends of the Earth, around which the Earth turns. (Polo)

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Pole

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  • A simple, quickly-made drawing that does not have many details. (Boceto, croquis) - A short written or spoken story that does not have many details. (Borrador, esquema)
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Sketch

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(Expression) To be able to understand a clock.

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Tell the time

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If your watch or clock is _, it shows a time that is later than the correct rime. (Adelantado)

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Fast

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(Idiom) To make a difficult situation even worse for someone. (Hurgar en la herida)

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Rub salt in/into the wound

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A legth of hair or other material that is divided into three parts that are then crossed over each other in a special pattern. (Trenza)

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Plait

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The work of a dentist. (Odontología)

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Dentistry

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To form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have. (Deducir, insinuar, inferior)

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Infer

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Giving all your attention to something. (Ensimismado, absorto)

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Engrossed

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A pile or mass of earth, clouds,etc. (Montículo, agrupación)

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Bank

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Before a particular time or event. (Antes de)

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Prior to something

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To exist or continue for a particular length of time. (Abarcar)

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Span

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In the past.

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Formerly

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(an example of) Uncontrolled and excited behaviour or emotion that is sometimes violent. (Frenesí, histeria)

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Frenzy

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To join three or more pieces of hair or string-like material by putting them over each other in a special pattern. (Trenzar)

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Plait

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(Idiom) (Especially of a place) very clean and tidy.

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Spick and span

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To have existed or happened before another thing. (Antedatar, precede, ser anterior a)

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Predate

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A _ of something, such as blood or human organs for medical use, is a place that stores these things for a later use. (Banco)

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Bank

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A row of similar things, especially machines or parts of machines. (Hilera)

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Bank

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(Phrasal verb) (UK informal) If two people _, they work or live together in a satisfactory way. (Llevarse bien con, ser tal para cual)

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Rub along

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(Expression) (Formal) The particular problem that makes a situation difficult or impossible. (El problema)

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The rub

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(Cronológico)

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Chronological

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(Phrasal verb) To remove something, especially a pencil mark by rubbing it. (Borrar)

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UK: Rub out US: Erase

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(Puntual)

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Punctual

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A particular period of time. E.g. the Victorian age, the modern age, the nuclear age. (Era, época)

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Age

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To introduce something in stages over a particular period of time. (Introducir paulatinamente)

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Phase

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  • To keep your money in a particular bank, or to put money into a bank. (Tener una cuenta con, ingresar, depositar) - (Informal) To win or earn a particular amount of money.
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Bank

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(Phrasal verb) To murder someone.

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Rub out

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(Consecutivo)

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Consecutive

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To be one of the first people to do something. (Ser pionero)

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Pioneer

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In a bridge _ a river, it goes from one side to the other. (Cruzar, extenderse sobre)

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Span

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(Formal) Existing of happening before something else, or before a particular time. (Anterior, previo)

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Prior

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The act or rubbing something. (Frote)

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Rub

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To make a sketch of something. (Esbozar)

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Sketch

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A person who is one of the first people to do something. (Pionero)

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Pioneer

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A period of 1000 years, or the time when a period of 1000 years ends. (Milenio, fin de milenio)

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Millennium Plural: Millennia / Millenniums

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(Idiom) To annoy someone without intending to. (Irritar, fastidiar)

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UK: rub somebody up the wrong way US: rub somebody the wrong way

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(Phrasal verb) If a quality or characteristic that someone has _, other people begin to have it because they have been with the person and learned it from them. (Contagiarse)

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Rub off

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To press or be pressed against something with a circular or up-and-down repeated movement. (Frotar, restregar)

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Rub

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To slowly reduce or destroy something. (Mermar, deteriorarse, desgastar)

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Erode

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(Expression) Happening or done at the particular moment that it was expected to happen or be done.

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(Bang / Dead/ Right) On time

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To look at something or someone for a long time, especially in surprise or admiration, or because you are thinking about something else. (Mirar fijamente)

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Gaze

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(Excavación)

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Excavation

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(Inminente)

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Imminent

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(Idiom) To meet and spend time with someone. (Codearse)

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UK: rub shoulders with US: rub elbows with

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A long look, usually of a particular kind. (Mirada)

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Gaze

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Slopping raised land, especially along the sides of a river. (Orilla)

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Bank

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(Formal) More important

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Prior

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To rub or be rubbed away gradually. (Erosionar(se))

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Erode

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A person who goes to an area and builds a house, begins a farm, etc. (Colonizador)

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Pioneer

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  • The length of something from one end the other. (Palmo, envergadura) - The area of a bridge, etc. between two supports. (Arcada)
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Span

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(Idiom) To say or do things that make someone remember that they failed or got something wrong. (Restregar algo por las narices)

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Rub somebody’s nose in it

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  • A length of time. (Periodo, tiempo) - In school, a division of time in the day when a subject is taught. (Clase) - A fixed time during the life of a person or in history. (Etapa, periodo)
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Period

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The period of time that something exists or happens. (Lapso, espacio de tiempo)

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Span

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(Arqueólogo)

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Archeologist

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A short humorous part of a longer show on stage, television or radio. (Sketch)

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Sketch

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(Que require mucho tiempo)

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Time-consuming

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Either of two completely opposite or different opinions, positions, or qualities. (Polo)

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Pole

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If something _ you, it is so interesting that you give it all attention. (Absorber, cautivar)

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Engross

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(of an aircraft) To fly with one wing higher than the other when turning. (Ladear)

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Bank

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A raised area of earth made, especially in the past, for defence against enemy attack. (Excavación, movimientos de tierra, terraplén)

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Earthwork

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A long, thin stick of wood or metal, often used standing straight up in the ground to support things. (Poste, asta, palo)

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Pole

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(Expression) Early enough

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In time

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  • Connected with studying or representing things from the past. - Used to describe prices, values, etc, in the past.
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Historical

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  • Any stage in a series of events or in a process of development. (Fase, etapa) - A period of time of strange or difficult behaviour, especially that a young child or person goes through, that will stop after a while. - The _ of the moon are the regular changes in its shape as it appears to us on Earth. (Fases de la luna)
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Phase

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