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to cube

to determine the volume of

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cubicar

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butt of a rifle

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la culata

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to outline, delineate

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delinear

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huge, enormous

earsplitting

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desaforado

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His boundless longing for victory carried him to overcome adversity

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Su anhelo desaforado de triunfo lo llevó a vencer la adversidad.

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uncontrolled
untied

the uncontrolled troops sacked the city

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desatado

Las tropas desatadas saquearon la ciudad.

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to ignore, neglect, disregard

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desatender

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foolish

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desatinado

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disillusionment, disappointment

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desenanto

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brazenness, cheek

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la desfachatez

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a cheeky remark

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una desfachatez

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embezzlement

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el desfalco

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erosion, wearing away (of)

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el desgaste (de)

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Having to fake happiness that he did not feel caused him intense emotional fatigue

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El tener que fingir una alegría que no sentía le produjo un intenso desgaste emocional.

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fade, tarnish

spoil, ruin

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deslucir

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excess

a chaos, a mess

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el desmadre

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this is really getting out of hand

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esto va de desmadre total

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a despot

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un/a déspota

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to settle, resolve

to annul

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dirimir

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If the conditions change it is preferable to annul the contract of sale

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Si las condiciones cambian, es preferible dirimir el contrato de compra

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the political parties have committed to resolve their differences

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Los partidos políticos se han comprometido a dirimir sus diferencias.

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to discourage

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desanimar, desalentar

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to get/become discouraged

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desanimarse, desalentarse

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to discourage sb from going sth

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disuadir a algn de hacer algo

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to dissolve
disolver
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it dissolves in water
se disuelve en agua
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she dissolved into tears
se deshizo en lágrimas
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the film was dubbed into Spanish
la película estaba doblada al español
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a duel
un duelo
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estasy
el éxtasis
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to go into ecstasies over sth
extasiarse ante algo
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to practice a profession`
ejercer
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Juan practices medicine
Juan ejerce la medicina.
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On sunday the people will exercise their right to vote
El domingo el pueblo ejercerá su derecho a voto.
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booing
el abucheo
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the public received him with booing
El público lo recibió con un abucheo
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to boo
abuchear
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The spectators booed the referee
Los espectadores abuchearon al árbitro.
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to dread
tener pavor
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to pack tight, stuff, cram (into)
embutir (en)
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The pen is fitted into the pen-case.
El lápiz está embutido en el borrador
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You gobbled up the whole slice of cake.
Te embutiste todo el pedazo de pastel
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to stuff oneself with
embutirse de
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a transmitter
un emisor
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a spokesperson
una/ emisor/a el/la portavoz el vocero
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a radio station
una emisora
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to be sickening sweet, to be cloying
empalagar
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i find his conversation too sickeningly-sweet
su conversación me empalaga
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With all those kisses and hugs, my brother's sister makes me sick
La novia de mi hermano empalaga con tanto abrazo y beso.
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the dulce de leche is cloying
El dulce de leche empalaga
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to entail, involve
entrañar
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The office of policeman entails (or: involves) many risks.
El oficio de policía entraña muchos riesgos.
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tonight is the awards ceremony
esta noche es la entrega de premios
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he presented him with an award for bravery
le hizo entrega de la medalla al valor
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delivery
la entrega
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installment, episode
una entrega
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debris, rubble
los escombros
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to avoid, shun | to dodge, side-step
esquivar
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He managed to dodge the indiscrete questions
Pudo esquivar las preguntas indiscretas.
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The soldiers dodge the enemy bullets
Los soldados esquivaron las balas enemigas.
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closely, exactly, rigorously
estrechamente
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The couple is intimately bound by a deep love
Los novios están estrechamente unidos por un profundo amor.
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The construction of the bridge will closely follow the budget
La construcción del puente se ajustará estrechamente al presupuesto
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to adjust, come to terms with | to fit
ajustar
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the nut does not fit with the screw, they are different sizes
La tuerca no ajusta con el tornillo, son de diferente medida.
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a trust ($)
un fideicomiso
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the tax collector, exchequer
el fisco
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declare sth to the IRS
declarar algo al fisco
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nosey, a busybody
(un/a) fisgón/fisgona
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foreign, strange | a foreigner, outsider
(un/a) forastero/a
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"Are you doing anything tonight, stranger?" said the chorus girl.
¿Tienes algo que hacer esta noche, forastero? - dijo la corista.
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a strip, fringe (of land)
una franja (de tierra)
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a time zone
una franja horaria | un huso horario
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border (adj)
fronterizo
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instant, immediate, sudden | sudden and fatal
fulminante
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The band had immediate success
El grupo musical tuvo un éxito fulminante
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it tends to be rapidly fatal | the heartattack was quickly fatal, there wasn't time to take him to the hospital
suele ser fulminante | El infarto fue fulminante, no hubo tiempo de llevarlo al hospital.
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a sizzling shot (futbol etc)
un tiro fulminante
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a (meat hook)
un garfio | un gancho de colgar carne
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a grant
un otorgamiento
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a watchman 3
un guachimán un/a centinela un vigilante
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a mortgage
una hipoteca
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soot
el hollín
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a pistol holster
un funda de pistola | una pistolera
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to steal (non violent - pinch, nick, swipe)
hurtar
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They stole the change purses of seven out of the ten people traveling in the bus.
Hurtaron el monedero a siete de las diez personas que viajaban en el autobús.
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the tax system
el sistema impositivo
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starvation
inanición | desnutrición
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Prisoners in the dungeons often died of starvation
Los presos en los calabozos solían morir por inanición.
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a nuisance, pain
un incordio
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It's a pain to have to clean the windows with amonia
Es un incordio tener que lavar las ventanas con amoníaco.
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to increase
incrementar
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a sugar factory
un ingenio
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ingenuity, inventiveness
el ingenio
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His ingenuity let him distinguish himself in his work
Su ingenio le permitió distinguirse en su trabajo
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unusual, incredible, unheard of
insólito
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The earthquake was an incredible event, something never seen in the city
El terremoto fue un suceso insólito, algo nunca visto en la ciudad.
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tear gas
gas lacrimógeno
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sentimental, weepy, tear-jerking
lacrimógena/o
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canvass
la lona
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manna
la maná
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a stain, blemish
una mancilla
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unblemished, immaculate, pure
sin mancilla
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to stain, sully | tarnish, dishonor
mancillar

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