ultra 1.23.14 a Flashcards

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to dilate, expande, protract, delay

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dilatar

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to take a long time to do sth

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dilatarse en hacer algo

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to delay, hold up 2

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demorar, atrasar

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resignation

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demisión

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drainage

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el drenaje

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to daub, smear with

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embadurnar de

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stuffed, crammed

sausage

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embutido

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to stuff, pact tight (with, into)

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embutir (de, en)

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to get stubborn, to persist in

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emperrarse (en algo)

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to convene, summon

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emplazar

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importance, wingspand

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la envergadura

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an operation of some magnitude

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una operación de cierta envergadura

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an epic (2)

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un épico, una epopeya

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to slip away, slip off 2

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escabullirse (de)

escurrirse

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to be scarce

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escasear

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slim, poor, limited

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escaso

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the recital was poorly attended

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el recital tuvo escaso público

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there are barely two tons

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ha dos toneladas escasas

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it lasted barely an hour

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duró una hora escasa

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20
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a pimple, zit

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una espinilla

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the shin

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una espinilla

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a spur

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una espuela

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the difficulty lies in the text

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la dificultad estriba en el texto

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a façade

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la fachada

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to look like
tener facha de
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foreign, outsider
foráneo
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to forgive
perdonar
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a friar, monk
un fraile
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to frown at | to frown
mirar con el ceño fruncido | fruncir el ceño
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fruitful, productive
fructifero
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unimportante
de poco fuste
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nasal, twangy (voice)
(voz) gangosa
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a stallion
un garañón
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a seagull
una gaviota
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enjoyment
el goce
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He had the pool for his own enjoyment
Tenía la piscina para su propio goce
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greedy (for)
codicioso (de)
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to flatter
halagar
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flattery
el halago
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to harass
acosar
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to have one's fill, eat until one is full
comer hasta el hartazgo
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to stink (of)
heder (a) hiedo, hiedes, hiede, hedemos, hieden hedí...hedía etc. hieda...
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to kneel
hincarse
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unhurt, unharmed 2
ileso, indemne
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he escaped unharmed 2
salió ileso, indemne
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to influence, affect
incidir en
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to investigate
indagar
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filthy, dirty
inmundo
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He was living in a filthy cave
Vivía en una cueva inmunda.
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to have a grudge against sb
tener inquina a algn
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all alone
íngrimo y solo
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pack of hounds
una jauría
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a hump
una joroba
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a humpback
un jorobado
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(to make) a play, a move
(hacer) una jugada
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a lovely move
una bonita jugada
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to play a dirty trick on
hacer/gaster una mala jugada a algn
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a canvass
un lienzo
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praiseworthy, laudable
loable
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The work that your are doing for the poor in your neighborhood is very laudable
El esfuerzo que estás haciendo por los pobres de tu barrio es muy loable.
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dismal, sombre, mournful
lúgubre
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There was a sombre atmosphere in the house after the death of the fathe
Había un ambiente lúgubre en la casa después de la muerte del padre.
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solid, solidly made
macizo
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cajoling, wheedling
marrullero
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morning (adj)
matutino
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The news came in the morning paper
La noticia venía en el periódico matutino
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to prosper, get on
medrar
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My father prospered in life thanks to his intelligence and being a hard worker
Mi padre medró en la vida gracias a su inteligencia y a ser un trabajador incansable.
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to beg
mendigar
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a begger
un mendigo
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breadcrumbs 2
migas, migajas
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it cost a fortune
costó una millonada
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to hide, conceal (from)
ocultar (a, de)
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to hide behind something
ocultarse tras algo
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to dare
osar
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Don't dare to contradict him
No oses contradecirle.
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to graze 2
pacer, pastar
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a member of a gang
un pandillero
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a lightning rod
un pararrayos
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a parakeet
un perico