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Viper

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Vívora

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Striking

“The daughter’s similarity to her mother is striking”

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Figurative (impressive, noticeable) - notable, llamativo, sorprendente

“El parecido de la hija con su madre era notable”

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Knoll

“The students sat on the knoll outside the school for lunch every day”

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(Small hill) - loma, montículo, otero

“Todos los días, los alumnos se sentaban en la loma fuera del colegio para comer”

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Rattle

“The box rattled when Tina shook it”

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(Make rattling noise) - repiquetear

“La caja repiqueteó cuando Tina la agitó”

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Rattle

“The old car rattled along the road”

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(Move with rattling noise) - traquetear

“El viejo coche traqueteaba por la carretera”

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Rattle

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Cascabel

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Rattling

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(Percussive sound) - traqueteo, tembleteo, tamborileo

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Bribe

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Soborno / sobornar

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Bribe

“The mother used candy as a bribe to make her son do his homework”

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(Lure) - anzuelo, cebo

“La madre usó caramelos como anzuelo para que su hijo hiciese los deberes”

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Lure (sb) into (sth), into doing (sth)

“The policeman lured the criminal into a trap”

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Figurative (a person) - atraer, tentar

“El policía atrajo al criminal a la trampa”

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Borough

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Distrito, municipio

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Welsh/welch

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(Not pay a debt) - no pagar una deuda

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Disorder

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Trastorno

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Ground beef, chopped beef, ground steak

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Carne picada

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Praise

“He praised the work of the rescue team”

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Alabar

“Alabó la labor del equipo de rescate”

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Edible

“Some mushrooms are edible, others are poisonous”

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(Can be eaten) - comestible

“Algunas setas son comestibles, otras son venenosas”

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Puffin

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(Sea bird) - frailecillo

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Conceal

“Isabelle concealed her knowledge of the events”

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(Hide: knowledge) - ocultar

“Isabel ocultó lo que sabía sobre los eventos”

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Conceal (sth)

“Alice tried to conceal her emotions after being fired”

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(Hide: emotions) - disimular

“Alicia intentó to conceal her emotions after being fired”

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Outline

“Please find attach an outline of the video conference”

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(Recap) - Esquema

“Aquí tienen un esquema de la charla del conferenciante”

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Grapple

”He and his brother were grappling on the muddy ground”

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(Wrestle, fight) - luchar, pelear, forcejear

“Él y su hermano estaban luchando en el lodo”

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Grapple with (sth)

“He is still grappling with French irregular verbs”

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Figurado (struggle with sth difficult) - luchar con, tratar de resolver

“Aun está luchando con los verbos irregulares en francés”

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Persnickety

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Tiquismiquis, puntilloso

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Sling

“Anthony broke his arm and he has to wear a sling”

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(Fabric support for arm) -cabestrillo

“Anthony se rompió el brazo y tiene que llevar un cabestrillo”

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Sling

“Olivia shot stones from her sting on her vegetable patch”

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(Toy, weapon, catapult) - tirachinas, honda

“Olivia lanzaba piedras con su tirachinas en su huerto”

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Sling

“The new father carried his baby in a sling”

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(Fabric support) - canguro

“El padre primerizo llevaba a su babé en un canguro”

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Bray

“The donkey brayed loudly when he saw the farmer approaching with his straw”

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(Donkey: neigh-relinchar) - rebuznar

“El burro rebuznó cuando vi al granjero aproximándose con su paja”

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Pierce

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Clavar, atravesar

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Grip

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Agarrar, enganchar

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Tear

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Rasgar, arrancar

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Gnaw

“The dogs, satisfied with their bones, gnawed contentedly in the corner”

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Roer, masticar, morder

“Satisfechos con sus huesos, los perros fueron al rincón a roer felizmente”

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Gnaw on (sth)

“The dog gnawed on the bone”

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(Chew) - Mordisquear, roer

“El perro se puso a roer/mordisquear el hueso”

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Groom

“My dog spends half her time grooming, and the other half sleeping”

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(Animal: clean its hair) - lamerse, acicalarse

“Mi perra se pasa la mitad del tiempo lamiéndose y la otra mitad durmiento”

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Groom (sth/sb)

“While Fred groomed his beard, Jane got dressed”

Groom oneself

“My sister spends hours grooming herself before a date”

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(Person: brush hair) - arreglar, acicalar

“Mientras Fred se arreglaba la barba, Jane se vestía”

“Mi hermana se pasa horas arreglándose antes de una cita”

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Broom

“A scraggly broom grew by the front entrance to the old house”

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(Evergreen shrub) - retama, arbusto.

“Junto a la entrada principal de la vieja casa crecía una escuálida retama”

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Pouch

“The jeweler shook the diamonds out of the pouch to examine them ”

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(Small bag) - funda, cartuchera

“El joyero sacó los diamantes de la bolsa para examinarlos”

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Pouch

“The mailman has the letters in his pouch”

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(Mailbag) - morral, bolso, bolsa

“El cartero tiene las cartas en el morral”

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Swear off (sth)

“You have sworn off chocolate because some pounds have crept back on”

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Informal (renounce, give up) - dejar

“Has dejado el chocolate porque has recuperado algunos kilos”

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Dawn

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Alba, amanecer

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Dusk

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Anochecer, crepúsculo

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Mist

“Paul tried to wipe the mist from his eyes when he saw his son graduate”

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(Tears) - lágrimas

“Paul intentó secarse las lágrimas de sus ojos cuando vio a su hijo graduarse”

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Mist

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Neblina, agua nebulizada, espray, vapor….

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Stammer

“She goes to a speech therapist because she stammers”

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(Speak with a stammer=tartamudeo) - tartamudear

“Va a un terapeuta del lenguaje porque tartamudea”

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Sheath

“He slid the gleaming sword out of its sheath”

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(For sword) - funda, vaina

“Sacó la reluciente espada de su funda”

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Sift through

“I was sifting through papers when I found your letter”

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figurative (sort through: papers) - revisar, repasar concienzudamente

“Estaba revisando unos papeles cuando encontré tu carta”

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Demean

“I refuse to demean myself by apologizing to him”

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(Discredit, lower someone’s dignity) - degradar

“Me niego a rebajarme a pedirle perdón”

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To flunk

“That’s is the kind of thing that can leave you in shock when you discover you’ve flunked the test you though you aced”

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Catear

“Ese es el tipo de cosa que te deja alucinado cuando descubres que has cateado un examen que creías haber bordado”

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To go astray

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(Away from correct path: letter, person…) - extraviarse, perderse

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Patronize (sb)

“He thinks he’s much better than her; he’s always patronizing her”

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(Treat somebody condescendingly) - subestimar a

“Él se cree mucho mejor que ella; siempre la subestima/la trata con condescendencia”

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Patronize

“We’ve been patronizing this hotel for fifteen years”

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Formal (be a regular customer) - frecuentar

“Hemos frecuentado este hotel desde hace quince años”

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Cinch

“I’ve done before - it’s a cinch”
“The program was a cinch to do”

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Informal (a very easy task) - pan comido

“Ya lo he hecho antes - es pan comido”

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Seamless

”Rachel bough a pair of seamless stockings”

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(Fabric, clothing) - sin costuras

”Raquel se compró un par de medias sin costuras”

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Seamless

”Simon started the job on the day the previous post holder left, so there was a seamless handover”

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Figurative (without interruption) - continuo, sin interrupciones, constante

“Simon empezó a trabajar el mismo día que se fue su antecesor, por lo que el desarrollo de las funciones del puesto fue continuo”

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Cinch

”The sudden craze for knitting cinched the yarn factory´s success”

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Informal (guarantee: success) - Asegurar

”La repentina locura por coser aseguró el éxito de la fábrica de hilos”

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Yarn

”Marilyn got out some yarn and started to knit”

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(Thread) - hilo

”Marilyn sacó hilo y se puso a tejer”

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Yarn

”The old sailor told them a yarn about his day at sea”

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Figurative (long story) - historia, cuento

”El viejo marinero les contó una historia sobre sus días en el mar”

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Muzzle

The dod had a little bit of grey on her muzzle

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(Animal snout) - hocico

La perra tenía unas motas grises en su hocico

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Caress (sb)

Danielle caressed the child’s cheeck

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(Touch affectionately) - acariciar

Danielle acarició la mejilla del niño

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To Tinkle

The bells on the woman’s costume tinkled as she moved

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(Make jingling sound) - tintinear

Las campanas en el disfraz de la mujer tintineaban mientras se movía

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Fig

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Higo

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Affectionate

Bonnie has always been an affectionate person; she loves to hug and hold hands with people

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(Showing love) - cariñoso, afectuoso

Bonnie siempre ha sido una persona cariñosa; le encanta abrazar y darle la mano a la gente

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Sluggish

John is often sluggish in the mornings

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sb (Not energetic): perezoso, vago, indolente

Josh suele ser muy perezoso por las mañanas

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Sluggish

You could tell from her sluggish gait that she didn’t really come on the walk

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(Slow-moving): tan lento, muy lento

Por su modo de andar tan lento se podía ver que no quería ir de paseo

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Sluggish

Business has been sluggish for a few months now; we may have to think about laying off some of the staff

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Figurative (business, sales, slow): flojo, inactivo

El negocio lleva bastante flojo unos meses. Puede que tengamos que plantearnos despedir al personal

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Lout

He ended up brawling with a lout outside a curry house

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An uncouth and aggressive man - patán, rufián

Acabó peleándose con un patán fuera del restaurante oriental

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Deadbeat

A nation of deadbeats who must work harder

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(An idle, feckless, or disreputable person) - holgazán, vago

Una nación de vagos que tendrían que trabajar más

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Uncouth

Cuthbert was an uncouth young man who often used bad language

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(Coarse, rude) - tosco, basto, ordinario, grosero, burdo, zafio

Cuthbert era un hombre joven grosero que solía usar un lenguaje vulgar

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Cheapskate /ˈtʃiːpskeɪt/

Don’t be a cheapskate! These shoes may be more expensive, but they’re much better ques

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(Stingy person) - agarrado, agarrada

No seas agarrado! Estos zapatos serán más caros, pero son de mucha mejor calidad

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Feckless /ˈfɛkləs/

Our company would never hire such a feckless person as Jim

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(Idle, irresponsible) - inútil, ineficaz

Nuestra empresa nunca contrataría a alguien tan inútil como Jim

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Account for (sth)

Sophie was unable to account for the disappearance of the food

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(Give reasons for something) - justificar, explicar

Sofía no pudo justificar la desaparición de la comida

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Grooming

She pays great attention to grooming and clothes

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(Aseo, cuidado personal)

Ella se preocupa mucho por su cuidado personal y su ropa

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Shin

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Espinilla

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Rave about (sth)

The critics are raving about that new film

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(Praise enthusiastically) - alabar con entusiasmo

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Rave

The madman was raving

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(Speak wildly) - delirar, desvariar

El hombre loco estaba delirando

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Plod

We plodded back up the hill

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To walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps - caminar lentamente

Volvimos a la cima caminado lentamente

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Plod

We were plodding through a text book

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Work slowly and perseveringly at a dull task

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Quaint

What a quaint thatched cottage!

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(Old-fashioned but charming) - pintoresco, evocador

Qué cabaña de paja tan pintoresca

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Conceit

The prince is handsome, but his conceit is a turnoff

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(Arrogance) - engreimiento, arrogancia

El principe es bien parecido, pero su engreimiento/arrogancia es un desencanto

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Conceit

The conceits throughout the poem are cliche

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(Idea, concept) - concepto, idea

Los conceptos en todo el poema son clichés

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Thrust

Robert thrust the door with his shoulder and finally succeeded In getting it open

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(Push, force) - empujar (a)

Robert empujó la puerta con el hombro y finalmente logró abrirla

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Thrust (sth) on/upon (sb)

Her parents thrust a career in law on her from a young age

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Figurative (impose) - imponer algo a

Sus padres le impusieron una carrera en derecho desde que era pequeña

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Slope (vb)

The land sloped gently away from the house

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(Incline, go up or down) - subir, bajar, ascender, descender

El terreno subía levemente lejos de la casa (cambiar)

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