vocabulario libro Dostoyevsky Flashcards
prevenir/ to stop something bad from happening, or to keep an unwanted situation or person away, usually temporarily:
stave off
We were hoping to stave off these difficult decisions until September.
something or someone that causes great suffering or a lot of trouble:
azote/flagelo
scourge / n figurative (cause of widespread suffering) azote
flagelo
That new software’s the scourge of the office.
Ese nuevo software es el nuevo azote de la oficina.
scourge n historical (whip) latigazo nm
The prisoner was punished with the scourge.
El prisionero fue castigado a latigazos.
scourge [sb]⇒ vtr historical (punish by whipping) azotar a vtr + prep
fustigar a vtr + prep
Though they scourged her many times, she did not confess to the charges.
Aunque ellos la azotaron muchas veces, ella no confesó las acusaciones.
in this way / with this result
asi / por consiguiente
thus
They planned to reduce staff and thus to cut costs.
thus adv (therefore)
así adv
por consiguiente loc adv
Thus, everyone decided to move on.
Así, todos decidieron continuar.
Por consiguiente, todos decidieron continuar.
thus adv (in this way, manner) de este modo adv
Complete the task thus. Completa la tarea de este modo.
nurture
criar/ alimentar/ promover / nutrir
to take care of, feed, and protect someone or something, especially young children or plants, and help him, her, or it to develop:
She wants to stay at home and nurture her children.
a carefully nurtured garden
to help a plan or a person to develop and be successful:
As a record company executive, his job is to nurture young talent.
to have a particular emotion, plan, or idea for a long time:
Winifred nurtured ambitions for her daughter to be a surgeon.
without taking any notice of or being influenced by; not prevented by:
despite, preposition
a pesar de
the things that can be seen behind the main things or people in a picture:
the conditions that existed before a particular event happened, and that help to explain why it happened:
information about something that helps people understand it:
background
fondo / antecedente / contexto
in the background The little figure that you can just see in the background of the photograph is me.
These decisions have had to be made against a background of high unemployment.
background on Can you give me some background on the situation?
The official website has a wealth of background on the history of the tournament.
crianza / educacion
the way a child is raised
upbringing
- Her upbringing made her very suspicious of strangers.
- Su crianza la hizo muy desconfiada de los extraños.
facilidad / (v) to make or become less severe, difficult, unpleasant, painful, etc.:
ease
ease a problem
To ease the problem of overcrowding, new prisons will be built.
ease pain
These pills should ease the pain.
After the arrival of the United Nations soldiers, tension in the area began to ease.
horroroso
hellish
a hellish experience
Dealing with a stubborn boss is hellish.
Lidiar con un jefe terco es horroroso.
to experience difficulty and make a very great effort in order to do something:
struggle
[ + to infinitive ] The dog had been struggling to get free of the wire noose.
I’ve been struggling to understand this article all afternoon.
Fish struggle for survival when the water level drops in the lake.
a person who has no place in their society or in a particular group, because the society or group refuses to accept them:
outcast
She has spent her life trying to help the homeless and other social outcasts.
She was a political outcast after the Party expelled her in 1982.
not far away:
nearby
adverb, adjective
If there’s a café nearby, we could stop for a snack.
I noticed a policeman standing nearby.
We stopped at some nearby shops to buy some food.
