English Flashcards
(113 cards)
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Beckon
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To signal summon or direct by a gesture of the head or hand
To lure to entice
Llamar atraer hacer señas
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Glade
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An open space in a forest
Claro del bosque
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Gore
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To pierce as if with a horn or a tusk
Encornar, cornear
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Blest
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Bendito santo
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Dregs
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Heces
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Congenial
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Suited or adapted in spirit feeling temper etc (compatible)
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Snatch
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Arrebatar
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Dart
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To move swiftly
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Hearse
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Vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial
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Turf
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Césped
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Hallow
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Santificar
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Dirge
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Lament for the dead
Canto Funebre
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Avail
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Aprovechar
Valer
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Incantation
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Conjuro
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humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.
overly submissive or compliant; spiritless; tame.
Obsolete.gentle; kind.
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Meek
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amiably gentle or temperate in feeling or behavior toward others.
characterized by or showing such gentleness, as manners or speech:
a mild voice.
not cold, severe, or extreme, as air or weather:
mild breezes.
not sharp, pungent, or strong:
a mild flavor.
not acute or serious, as disease:
a mild case of flu.
gentle or moderate in force or effect:
mild penalties.
soft; pleasant:
mild sunshine.
moderate in intensity, degree, or character:
mild regret.
British Dialect.comparatively soft and easily worked, as soil, wood, or stone.
Obsolete.kind or gracious.
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Mild
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to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of):
Illness bereaved them of their mother.
to deprive ruthlessly or by force (usually followed by of):
The war bereaved them of their home.
Obsolete.to take away by violence.
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Bereaved
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a small wood or forested area, usually with no undergrowth:
a grove of pines.
a small orchard or stand of fruit-bearing trees, especially citrus trees:
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Groves
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Gorrión
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Sparrow
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Rápido
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Swift
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Estrecho
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Narrow
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Petirrojo
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Robin
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Hollín
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Soot
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Saltar not jump
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Leap
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a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
| ground of this kind, as wet, slimy soil of some depth or deep mud.
Mire
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Pantano
Fen
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a valley, especially a broad valley.
Dale
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a small, natural hollow area or crease, permanent or transient, in some soft part of the human body, especially one formed in the cheek in smiling.
any similar slight depression.
Dimple.
Dimpling= to make dimples in a surface
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Engañar
Beguile
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a period of sleep, especially light sleep.
| a state of inactivity, quiescence, etc.
Slumber
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an individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is neither a Jew, Christian, nor Muslim; a pagan.
Informal.an irreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized person.
Heathen or pagan
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a parish officer having various subordinate duties, as keeping order during services, waiting on the rector, etc.
sexton(def 2).
Beadle
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a leafy shelter or recess; arbor.
| a rustic dwelling; cottage.
Bower
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to bite off small bits.
to eat or chew in small bites:
Give him a graham cracker to nibble on.
to bite, eat, or chew gently and in small amounts (usually followed by at):
She was so upset she could only nibble at her food.
Nibble
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Brote
Bud
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Aware of and attentive to
Heedful
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A long, loud doleful cry uttered by a wolf or dog
Howl
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Make a characteristic wavering cry (sheep, goat or calf)
Bleating
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Alondra
Lark
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Rocío
Dew
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Something happens to someone (usually something bad line a curse)
Befall
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Ant (synonim)
Emmet
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Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely
Forlorn
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Cause to lose ones way, lead or drive astray.
Wilder
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Overtaken by darkness
Benight
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Gemido
Groan
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Small short winged songbird prominently from the new world
Wren
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Forsooth
Indeed(often used ironically as if to express indignation or surprise).
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An unmarried woman, usually a woman aged pat the normal time of marriage
Spinster
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Foolish or inconsequential talk
Prattle
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Dismiss someone form the military forces for some dismeanor or grave offence
Cashiered
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Bribón bellaco
Knave
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Prosperar
Thrive
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Grajilla
Daws
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Showing or suffering a lack of confidence nervousness or fear
Timorous
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A country house with farm buildings attached
Grange
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Make someone feel annoyed
Gall
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To understand (a difficult problem or enigmatic person)
Fathom
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Create or bring about through deliberate use of skill and artifice,
Contrive
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Immoral or grossly unfair behaviour
Iniquity (iniquidad)
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Talk foolishly or tediously about something
Prate
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Worthless or contemptible (vil)
Scurvy
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Politely or patiently restrain an impulse to do something. (Abstenerse contenerse)
Forbear
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Sin ataduras
Unbonneted
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Pack carefully or neatly in a particular place.Estibar
Stow
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Absurdamente
Preposterously
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A quarrel or a commotion
Broil
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Cunning (Astucia)
Having or showing skill in achieving ones ends by deceit or evasion
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Apocryphal
Of a story or statement of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true
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Ostracism
Exclusion from a society or a group
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Loyal reliable and hardworking
Stalwart
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Birch
Abedul
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Hedgerow
A row of bushes or trees forming a hedge
Setos
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Gait
A manner of walking stepping or running
El andar de alguien
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Steep
Having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs etc.
Empinado escarpado abrupto
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Lofty
Extending high in the air, of imposing height, towering
Excelso elevado sublime alto
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Sycamore
Sicomoro
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Tufts
A bunch or cluster of small, usually soft and flexible parts, as feathers or hairs, attached or fixed closely together st the base and loose at the upper ends
Mata, penacho, cresta
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Cluster
Number of things of the same kind
A group of things or persons close together
Racimo grupo cúmulo
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Hue
A gradation or variety of a color
Color, tono, tonalidad , matiz , coloración
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Grove
A small wood or forested area, usually with no undergrowth
A small orchard or stand of fruit-bearing trees, especially citrus trees.
Arboleda, huerto, bosquecilli
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Copse
A thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood
Bosquecillo
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Wreath
A circular band of flowers foliage or any ornamental work, for adorning the head or for any decorative purpose
Any ringlike, curving, or curling mass or formation.
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Vagrant
A person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment.
Vagabundo, errante
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Din
A loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound.
Estrépito, barullo, bullicio, fragor , alboroto , jaleo , algarabía
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Slight
Small in amount, degree etc
If little importance, influence, trivial
Leve ligero pequeño escaso
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Of, relating to or innhaviti g the woods
Consisting of or abounding in woods or trees
Made of trees, branches, boughs
Sylvan
Silvestre
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woody plant smaller than a tree, usually having multiple permanent stems branching from or near the ground.
Shrub arbusto mata
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to express disapproval of; scold; reproach:
Chiding reprendiendo
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animated or vivacious; lively.
Sprightly animado enérgico vivo
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heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
Moreen
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coverings, hangings, clothing, etc., of fabric, especially as arranged in loose, graceful folds.
Often draperies.long curtains, usually of heavy fabric and often designed to open and close across a window.
Drapery pañería colgadura
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coverings, hangings, clothing, etc., of fabric, especially as arranged in loose, graceful folds.
Often draperies.long curtains, usually of heavy fabric and often designed to open and close across a window.
Pane , panel, vidrio ventana
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causing sadness or gloom.
dull; boring.
sorrowful; sad.
Dreary lúgubre sombrío desangelado lóbrego
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bare, desolate, and often windswept:
a bleak plain.
cold and piercing; raw:
a bleak wind.
without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary:
a bleak future.
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Bleak Inhóspito Yerma triste
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Glaze
Acristalado vidriado
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great wave or surge of the sea.
| any surging mass:
Billow , oleada
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inactive or sluggish.
slow; dull; apathetic; lethargic.
dormant, as a hibernating or estivating animal.
Torpid , tórpido
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at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart:
Aloof distante al margen ajeno esquivo lejano
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a wooden frame, consisting of a crossbeam on two uprights, on which condemned persons are executed by hanging.
Gallows horca patíbulo
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a trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle.
something resembling such a trimming, as the fringe of hair on the chest of some dogs.
Frill volante adorno cinta floritur
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To crimp
Rizar ondular
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lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
restrained or reserved in manner, conduct, etc.
Diffidence timidez retraimiento
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of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness.
shabby; dismal.
dingy Lúgubre cochambroso mugroso deslucido sórdido
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Often lineaments.a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour:
Lineaments lineamientos
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to stuff with food (usually used reflexively or passively): to swallow, especially greedily.
to choke up (usually used passively).
Gorge atiborrarse atracarse
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B peevish; irritable; cranky.
| extremely unpleasant or distastefu
Bilious atrabilioso bilioso
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Sallow
Cetrino pálido
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to yearn deeply; suffer with longing; long painfully (often followed by for):
to pine for one's home and family.
to fail gradually in health or vitality from grief, regret, or longing (often followed by away):
Pining languidecer consumirse
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the quality or state of being impudent; effrontery; insolence.
impudent conduct or language.
Obsolete.lack of modesty; shamelessness.
Impudence insolencia descaro impudencia desfachatez
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with the head foremost; headfirst:
to plunge headlong into the water.
without delay; hastily:
to plunge headlong into work.
without deliberation; rashly:
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Headlong
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to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream:
Tears trickled down her cheeks.
to come, go, or pass bit by bit, slowly, or irregularly:
Trickle gotear hilito
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sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.
acutely distressing to the feelings or mind; poignant.
caustic, biting, or sharply expressive:
Pungent punzante incisivo mordaz
