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Unit 9. The Natural World Flashcards

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  • A piece of curved or bent metal that can be pressed into a smaller space but then turns into its usual shape. (Muelle) - Something’s ability to return to its usual shape after it has been pressed. (Elasticidad)
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Spring

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  • (Specialized) To melt fat in order to make it purer. (Derretir) - To prepare or treat the bodies of dead animals in order to take out the fat and other substances that can be used in other products.
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Render

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A hard, white, grey layer of material that forms on the inside of pipes or containers that heat water. (Capa costra)

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Scale / Limescale

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  • To touch something with a paw. (Dar zarpazos) - (Informal) To feel or touch someone roughly with the hands, especially in an unpleasant sexual way. (Sobar, manosear)
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Paw

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  • To dig a hole in the ground, especially to live in. (Cavar, excavar) - To move yourself into a position where you can feel warm, comfortable or safe. (Meterse) -To search for something, as if by digging. (Hurgar)
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Burrow

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(Extinción)

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Extinction

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  • A short, stiff hair, usually one of many. (Pelo, pelo de barba) - The _ of a brush are the stiff hairs or pieces of plastic that are connected to it. (Cerda)
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Bristle

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(Extingido)

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Extinct

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A strong wish, especially one that is difficult or impossible to control. (Deseo, ansia)

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Urge

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  • A small, usually black or brown creature with a long, soft body and no arms or legs, like a snail but with no shell. (Babosa) - (US informal) A slow-moving, lazy person.
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Slug

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To send someone, especially soldiers, to live in a place.

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Quarter

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  • Any of the long sharp pointed hairs on the body of a porcupine. (Púa) - A pen made from a bird’s feather, used in the past.
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Quill

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Any of the various small mammals with large, sharp front teeth, such as mice and rats. (Roedor)

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Rodent

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To go from place to place searching, especially for food. (Buscar comida)

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Forage

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A hole in the ground dug by an animal such as a rabbit, especially to live in. (Madriguera)

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Burrow

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An area of a town where a particular group of people live or work or where a particular activity happens. (Distrito, barrio)

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Quarter

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(of a liquid) With small white bubbles on the surface. (Espumoso)

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Frothy

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  • One of the sharp curved nails at the end of each of the toes of some animals and birds. (Garra, zarpa) - One of the two pointed parts, used for holding things, at the end of the legs of some insects and sea creatures. (Pinza)
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Claw

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(Fetal)

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Foetal / Fetal

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A slight injury or an unpleasant noise produced by rubbing against a surface. (Rasguño)

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Scrape

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  • The thick main stem of a tree, from which its breaches grow. (Tronco) - The main part of a person’s body, not including tha head, legs, or arms. (Tronco)
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Trunk

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Dried grass or plant stems used by animals as a bed. (Lecho, cama de paja)

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Litter

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(Formal) A guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have. (Deducción, conclusion)

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Inference

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The hard, pointed part of a bird’s mouth. (Pico)

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Beak

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To use claws to tear something or someone. (Desgarrar)

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Claw

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Food grown fro horse and farm animals. (Forraje)

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Forage

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  • To not continue with a system or plan. (Desechar, descartar) - To get rid of something that is no longer useful or wanted, often using its parts in new ways. (Tirar, convertir en chatarra)
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Scrap

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A place where water naturally flows out from the ground. (Manantial)

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Spring

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(Formal) To give something such a service, a personal opinion or expression, or a performance of a song or poem, etc. to people. (Dar, prestar)

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Render

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To suddenly realize something. (Darse cuenta)

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Twig

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(Erradicar)

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Eradicate

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To (cause to) rub against a surface so that slight damage or an unpleasant noise is produced. (Rozar, arañar, chirriar)

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Scrape

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Buildings for people to live in. (Vivienda, alojamiento)

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Housing

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(Desastroso)

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Disastrous

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A device on a vehicle that is used to make a loud noise as a warning or signal to other people. (Claxon, bocina)

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Horn

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(Hibernar)

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Hibernate

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To fight a war or organise a series of activities in order to achieve something. (Llevar a cabo, hacer la Guerra)

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Wage

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To grow roots. (Arraigar, echar raíces)

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Root

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A piece of men’s clothing that covers the hips and bottom and the top part of the legs and is worn when swimming.

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Trunks / Swimming trunks

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(Literary) The fact of being kind towards or forgiving a person that you have defeated, especially by allowing them to live. (Clemencia)

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Quarter

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Carrying or holding a lot of something. (Cargado, repleto)

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Laden

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(Decaimiento, deterioro, declive)

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Decline

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(of hair) To stand up. (Erizarse)

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Bristle

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One of the many very small, flat pieces that cover the skin of fish, snakes, etc. (Escama)

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Scale

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(Desatre)

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Disaster

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  • (Informal) To hit someone hard with the fist. - (US) to hit a baseball hard
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Slug

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A large plant with a rounded shape formed from many small branched growing either directly from the ground or from a hard stem grown in gardens. (Arbusto)

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Shrub

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One or more people who provide help, information, or a particular reaction to something but who are not usually named.

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Quarter

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To cut something into four parts.

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Quarter

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To spread across an area or place untidily. (Ensuciar)

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Litter

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A room or house that has been provided especially for servants or soldiers and their families to live in. (Cuartel)

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Quarters

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(Expression) A dangerous or threatening place or situation.

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The lion’s den

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To react angrily. (Enfurecerse)

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Bristle

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  • (Formal) To cause someone or something to be in a particular state. (Dejar) - (Formal) To change words into a different language of form. (Traducir)
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Render

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  • An animal that hunts, kills, and eats other animals. (Depredador) - (Disapproving) Someone who follows people in order to harm them or commit a crime against them. (Atacador)
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Predator

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(Informal) An amount of drink, especially strong alcoholic drink, that you can swallow at one time. (Trago)

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Slug

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A large nose. (Napia)

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Beak

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To appear or start to exist suddenly. (Brotar)

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Spring

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The members of a person’s family who are directly related to that person and who lived a long time before him or her. (Ascendencia, linaje)

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Lineage /ˈlɪn.i.ɪdʒ/

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The hair, wool, or fur covering an animal.

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Coat

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A place where people secretly plan or take part in dishonest or illegal activities. (Antro)

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Den

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(En peligro de extinción)

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Endangered

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To succeed in getting or achieving something, but only just or with great difficulty.

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Scrape

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(Preposition) Near to.

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Off

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A substance that is put in a container to be used as a toilet by pets. (Arena higiénica)

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Litter

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(Old fashioned) A judge. (Magistrado)

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Beak

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Almost. (Practicamente)

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Virtually

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To strongly advise or try to persuade someone to do a particular thing. (Urgir, instar)

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Urge

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Covered with spines. (Espinoso)

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Spiny

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A hard, pointed, often curved part that grows from the top of the head of some animals, or the hard substance of which a horn is made. (Cuerno)

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Horn

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A piece of men´s underwear that covers the hips and bottom and the top part of the legs.

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Trunks

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To remove an unwanted covering or a top layer from something, especially using a sharp edge or something rough. (Raspar)

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Scrape

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  • The foot of an animal that has claws or nails, such as a cat, dog, or bear, (Pata, garra, zarpa) - A human hand. (Manaza)
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Paw

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The home of particular types of wild animals. (Guarida)

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Den

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A set of bars over a hole in the road that allows vehicles to cross, but not animals such as cows and sheep. (Verja para el ganado)

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Cattle grid

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A covered space at the back of a car, for storing things in. (Maletero)

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UK: boot US: trunk

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A rough structure, usually built outside from pieces of wood, cardboard, etc., in which children play. (Cuarto, refugio)

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Den

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(Specialized) To put a first layer of plaster or cement on a wall. (Enlucir)

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Render

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A place where people can watch wild animals or birds without being noticed by them. (Observatorio de animals)

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UK: hide US: blind

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The strong, thick skin of an animal, used for making leather. (Piel, pellejo)

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Hide

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To have a fight or argument. (Reñir, pelearse)

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Scrap

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A large, strong case that is used for storing clothes and personal possessions, often when travelling or going to live in a new place. (Baúl)

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Trunk

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A group of animals that are born at the same time and have the same mother. (Camada)

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Litter

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Baby hedgehod

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Hoglet

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To move quickly and suddenly towards a particular place.

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Spring

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The long, tube-shaped nose of an elephant. (Trompa)

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Trunk

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A curved metal musical instrument that is narrow at the end you blow into and much wider at the other end. (Trompa, cuerno)

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Horn

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To remove wild plants from a place where they are not wanted. (Desherbar)

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Weed

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An insect with wings that is similar to a butterfly, usually flies at night, and is attracted to light. (Mariposa nocturna)

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Moth

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(Genéticamente modificado)

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Genetically-modified

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An imaginary line drawn around the middle of the Earth on equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole. (Ecuador)

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Equator

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(Resistente)

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Resistant

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Small pieces of rubbish that have been left lying on the ground in public places. (Basura)

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Litter

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(Repercusión)

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Repercussion

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(Idiom) If something _, it causes suffering, deaths, or damage.

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Take its/a toll

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Any wild plant that grows in an unwanted place, especially in a garden or field where it prevents the cultivated plants from growing freely. (Mala hierba, maleza)

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Weed

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A type of cactus that has oval fruit that can be eaten with sharp spines on them. (Chumbera)

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Prickly pear

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To encourage someone to do or achieve something.

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Urge somebody on

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A piece of metal used instead of a coin for putting in machines.

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Slug

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To look for something by turning things over.

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Root

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(Expression) (Informal) (Disapproving) - To find a way of influencing or controlling someone. (Sorber el seso) - If a woman _ a man, she manages to start a relationship with him, often because she wants to control him or get something from him.

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Get your claws into somebody

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  • Small animals and insect that can be harmful and are difficult to control when they appear in large numbers. (Bichos, alimañas) - (Offensive) (Disapproving) People who are unpleasant and harmful to society. (Chusma)
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Vermin

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A difficult or slightly dangerous situation that you cause by your own silly behaviour. (Apuro)

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Scrape

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  • A small field where animals, especially horses, are kept. (Corral, prado) - (AUS) A field of any size that is used for farming. - (Specialized) An area surrounded by fences where horses or cars are kept and shown to the public before a race. (Parque)
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Paddock

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(Especie)

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Species (pl. Species)

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A bullet. (Bala)

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Slug

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A small brown mammal with a covering of sharp spines on its back. (Erizo)

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Hedgehog

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(UK) (Informal) (Disapproving) Someone who is thin and physically weak or who is weak in character. (Pelele)

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Weed

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To remove tartar (=hard white substance) and plaque (=soft substance in which bacteria breed) from teeth. (Quitar el sarro)

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Scale

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A small, thin branch of a tree or bush, especially one removed from a tree or bush and without any leaves. (Ramita)

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Twig

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