- Shelf - Shell - Shelfish

- estante - caparazon o cáscara - mariscos

- Uncertain - Uncertainty / Uncertainties - Uncertainly

- Incierto - incertidumbre / incertidumbres - inciertamente

- certain - certainly - certainty / certitude

- cierto - ciertamente - certeza

- Compelling - Compellingly - Compelling reason

- Convincente / irresistible - Convincentemente - razón de peso

Vocabulary Flashcards by Mercedes Villalobos

Northern

Septentrional / Del norte

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Southern

Meridional / Del sur

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Southward

- Southwardly

Hacia el sur

- Al sur

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Along - Toward

- Along with

A lo largo - Hacia

- Junto a

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Continental shelf

Placa continental

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Shelf
Shell
Shelfish

estante
caparazon o cáscara
mariscos

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Southwestern

Suroeste

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Southeastern

Sureste

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To cope

Hacer frente

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Paucity

Escasez

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Uncertain
Uncertainty / Uncertainties
Uncertainly

Incierto
incertidumbre / incertidumbres
inciertamente

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certain
certainly
certainty / certitude

cierto
ciertamente
certeza

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To compel

Obligar

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Compelled

Obligado

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Compelling
Compellingly
Compelling reason

Convincente / irresistible
Convincentemente
razón de peso

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1) To blaze

2) Blaze

1) arder, quemar, flamear

2) resplandor, fuego, fogata, llamarada

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Drenching rains

Lluvias torrenciales

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Blazing sunshine

Sol abrasador

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Harsh

Duro

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Barren

Árido, estéril

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random.

- at random / randomly

aleatorio

- al azar

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Across

A través

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Flank

Flanco, lado

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Grasses

Pastos

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Stalks

Tallos

Forbidding

Amenazante, severo, formidable

Bowels of the earth

Entrañas de la tierra

Toehold

Punto de apoyo

Ferns

Helechos

Mosses

Musgos

Crevices

Grietas

Take hold

Afianzarse, arraigar, tomar, apoderarse

Sead-bearing plants

Plantas con semillas

Gossamer

Telaraña

Milkweed

Algodoncillo (planta)

Dormant

Latente, inactivo

Buoyant seed

Semilla flotante | Ej. El coco

To drift

Ir a la deriva / flotar

By means of

Por medio de

- Shrubs / bushes | - Shrubland

- Arbustos | - Matorral

Knack

Habilidad/don/destreza

Disbelief

Incredulidad

-To out do (present)/outdid(past)/outdone(p.p.)

Superar

Landscape

Paisaje

Landscaping

Paisajismo

To landscape

Ajardinar/diseño de jardines

1) Foreground | 2) Background

1) Primer plano/frente | 2) Fondo

Slope

Pendiente

Clay

Arcilla

Silt

Limo

Siltation/silting

Sedimentación

Limestone

Caliza

Permafrost

Permafrost (Capa del suelopermanentemente congelada en lasregiones polares.)

1) Runoff | 2) to run-off

1) escurrimiento | 2) escapar, huir, salir corriendo

Snowdrift

Montón de nieve/Ventisquero (zona de la montaña donde se encuentran grandes acumulaciones de nieve)

Loop

Lazo, circuito, bucle

Shrubland

Matorral

Environment

Medio ambiente

1) Environmental | 2) Environmentally

1) Ambiental | 2) Ambientalmente

Grassland, prairie

Pastizales, prado

Tallgrass

Cesped alto

Shift

Cambio / turno

Thrive

Prosperar, florecer

Recall

Recordar Pero en el siguiente contexto significa reclamado, retirado (pedido de vuelta): The book has been recalled

1) Barren | 2) Barrenland

1) Estéril | 2) Tierra estéril

Basin

Cuenca

Buttes [biuts] / Hill

Colinas

Shallow

1) Poco profundo, llano | 2) (En personas) Superficial

Pan

En geología: capa o lago seco

Hollow

Hueco

Ridge

Cresta

Grooves

Surcos, ranura

Die out

Extinguirse, desaparecer

Burrow

Madriguera

1) Utter | 2) Utterly

1) Expresar, pronunciar | 2) absolutamente. Ex. He looked utterly ridiculous.

1) Scavenger | 2) Scavenger hunt

1) Carroñero | 2) Búsqueda del tesoro

Long-lasting

Duradero

1) Within wich 2) in which 3) of which

1) Dentro del cual 2) en el cual 3) de los cuales

Utilitarian

Utilitario

Burial

Funerario

Trade

Comercial

Collectors'

De coleccionistas

Earthenware

De barro, de loza

Stoneware

De gres (arcilla), arenisca

White-wares

Vajilla Blanca, loza blanca

Vessels

1) barco o embarcaciones | 2) recipiente, vasija

Wares

1) cerámica, vajilla | 2) mercancía

- Glazed | - glazed surfaces

- Vidrioso, vidriado | - superficies acristaladas

-Lead Lead-glazed

Plomo Vidriado de plomo

Outline

Esquema / Contorno

Motifs

Motivos

Wares

1) Cerámica / Vajilla | 2) Mercancía

Ore

Mineral

Vessel

1) Embarcación | 2) Vasija / recipiente

Spout

Boquilla, pico

Pots

1) Ollas, cacerolas | 2) Bote, tarro

Crane

1) Grúa | 2) Grulla

Wedded bliss | Ex. They stood for wedded bliss

Felicidad conyugal | Ej. Ellos representaron la felicidad conyugal

Fish leaping from waves

Pez saltando de las olas

Secular/ | Aged-old

Secular: propio del ámbito no religioso/ | Anciano

Accord/ | To accord

Acuerdo/ | Acordar, conceder, atorgar

Timescales

Plazos, escalas de tiempo