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Chopsticks |
Palillos chinos |
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Vineyard /vinyard/ |
Viñedo |
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Local custom |
Costumbre local |
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Let me give credit where credit is due |
Dar reconocimiento a quien lo merece |
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Neither do I I don't either |
Yo tampoco |
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Sneak peek |
Un adelanto de algo, un vistazo, preview |
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Deaf |
Sordo |
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Wardrobe |
Guardarropa, armario, ropero, |
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Crawl |
Gatear arrastrarse |
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Wig |
Peluca |
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Related to... |
Relacionarse con... Estar emparentado con... |
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Withstand |
Resistir, soportar I can't believe he was able to withstand such abasement. |
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To be up to |
Tener ganas. I'm not up to visiting your mother. Planear algo, tramar You are up to something Depender de alguien It's up to me Preposición hasta Is up to 31st of December |
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Gist |
El punto de, la esencia The gist of his argument is that full employment is impossible. |
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ruthless |
Despiadado, implacable The dictator is ruthless and will kill anyone who challenges his authority |
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I reckon |
I think, I believe, I would say, I'd say, To me, I feel that |
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Whereas |
Mientras que... Both of my parents went to college, whereas I only finished high school. Whereas I am a vegetarian, my whole family eats meat. |
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Stake Wager Bet |
Apuesta, apostar it was risky to stake his reputation on one big success I'll wager she makes that trip to Virginia |
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Starve to death starvation |
Morir de hambre inanición |
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Drew from |
basarse en... Darwin drew from the ideas of... |
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To posit |
postular Darwin posited that... |
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Outpace |
Superar, dejar atrás salsa sales now outpace those for ketchup |
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Unchecked |
No controlado unchecked population growth |
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Unrest |
Inestabilidad Political unrest: inestabilidad política |
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on the brink of |
Al borde de...
Humanity was on the brink of such a crisis, |
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to diminish diminishing |
disminuir a tax whose purpose is to diminish spending decrecientes diminishing resources |
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Overly |
demasiado she was a jealous and overly possessive woman |
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preposterous |
absurdo Ehrlich and other experts found Simon’s claims preposterous. |
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to Claim |
Afirmar Ehrlich and other experts found Simon’s claims preposterous. Petición the court had denied their claims to asylum |
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scathing |
Mordaz, crítico, malintencionado Simon wrote a scathing article for Science Magazine that incited a heated debate |
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feud |
enemistad Their feud also touched on the debate about whether to prioritize environmental protections or economic growth, |
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to hold steady |
mantenerse estable
If the price of the metal decreased or held steady over the next decade... |
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Scarcity / Shortage |
escasez
Scarcity of water would drive the prices up. There is never shortage for work.
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proxy |
sustituto ...making Simon the clear winner of a bet that may not have been a great proxy for the question they were debating, anyway. |
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Rather (2 meanings) |
1) Más bien Rather, experts largely agree that our focus should be on... 2) Bastante She's been behaving rather strangely |
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to be at odds |
estar en desacuerdo economic growth and environmental protections don’t have to be at odds. |
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Fill the gaps |
Llena los huecos |
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Suitable |
Apropiado, adecuado Fill the gaps with suitable words |
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Although |
Aunque, a pesar de Although the sun was shining it wasn't that warm |
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Ample |
Amplio, suficiente An ample supply of consumer goods |
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stunning |
impresionante She looked stunning |
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arch |
arco A triumphal arch |
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buttes |
colina In this picture you see the buttes and clouds and cliffs. |
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even |
incluso, aún, hasta 1) they wore fur hats, even in summer. 2) They even invited some clowns to perform at the party! Ni siquiera He didn’t even have enough money to buy some fresh fruit. Igualar/Nivelar/emparejar/parejo 1) We spent ages trying to lay the tiles so the floor would be perfectly even. 2) At half time the scores were even. |
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even numbers odd numbers |
even numbers números pares odd numbers números impares |
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landmark |
An object or feature of a landscape or town that is easily seen and recognized from a distance, especially one that enables someone to establish their location. |
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snap a photo |
Tomar una foto |
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trailhead |
El inicio del sendero We camped amid the pines at the trailhead. |
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amid |
en medio de surrounded by We camped amid the pines at the trailhead. |
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go on and on |
seguir y seguir I could go on and on here musing about the intricacies of this planet |
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musing |
reflexionando I could go on and on here musing about the intricacies of this planet |
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intricacies |
Complejidades I could go on and on here musing about the intricacies of this planet |
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droplets |
pequeñas gotas |
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cubs |
cachorros |
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Acquaintance |
Conocido |
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Passer-by |
Transeúnte |
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We can count on one another. |
Podemos contar uno con el otro. |
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To be discharged |
Ser dado de alta. When can I be discharged? |
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Let alone + verb or sustantivo |
... Y mucho menos...
We hadn't a dime, let alone a dollar
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The least |
El menor I would plan for the least number. Lo menos It's the least I can do |
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A picture paints a thousand words |
Una imagen vale más que mil palabras |
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devise |
Idear I spent a week or so meticulously devising a very detailed training plan. |
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lead / led / led |
dirigir, llevar, guiar |
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muster |
reunir He replied with as much dignity as he could muster |
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half-assed |
"a medias" a half-assed attempt to rectify the problem |
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leafy greens |
verduras de hoja verde Or eat more leafy greens... |
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therefore |
por lo tanto he was injured and therefore unable to play |
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whatsoever (...at all) |
...alguna I have no doubt whatsoever |
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reliant |
confiado The company is heavily reliant on the baby market |
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Tidy up |
Ordenar I can tidy up my room |
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As per |
de acuerdo con/según... 1) If you are using an ear cleaner, fill the canal as per the cleaner's instructions. 2) Ensure that the light capacity of the lamp is as per intended usage. |
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The day after tomorrow |
pasado mañana |
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the day before yesterday |
antier |
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Small talk |
Plática rompehielos Conversation about unimportant topics. |
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Home town |
La ciudad donde nací |
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Bowel |
Intestino |
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Bowel movement |
Defecación |
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overall |
1) en general Overall, the project was successful 2) en total Overall, 10,000 jobs will go |
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phony |
falso even though it's a phony metric. |
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moisten |
humedecer your food mixes with saliva, which moistens the food, |
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starches |
almidones |
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gallbladder |
vesícula biliar |
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bladder |
vejiga |
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liver |
hígado |
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kidneys |
riñones |
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1) small intestine 2) large intestine |
1) intestino delgado 2) intestino grueso |
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towards |
hacia |
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Mosey along |
Irse, pasearse fiber passes by sort of moseying along |
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pace /peis/ |
Ritmo/paso/marcar el ritmo walking at a comfortably fast pace so they help us pace our meals. |
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draw |
traer, arrastrar a cart drawn by two horses |
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mild |
1) Leve, ligero he kept his voice mildly curious 2) suave in a mild manner, |
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raspberries |
frambuesas |
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blackberry |
Zarzamora |
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blue berry |
Arándano azul |
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Cranberry |
Arándano rojo |
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lentils |
lentejas |
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kidney beans |
frijoles |
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chickpeas |
garbanzos |
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sunflower seeds |
semillas de girasol |
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pistachios |
pistaches |
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Dairy |
Lácteos |
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However |
sin embargo However, I don't think finding these solutions means an end to all our troubles He didn't want to go to school today, however he had a very important exam |
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prone (2 meanings) |
1) propenso You're not as prone to fall for hype or pseudoscience. 2) boca abajo I was lying prone on a foam mattress |
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hype |
1) exageración she relied on hype and headlines to stoke up interest in her music 2) publicitar exageradamente An industry quick to hype its products |
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ingrained |
arraigado his deeply ingrained Catholic convictions |
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ribs |
costillas |
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along with |
junto con your kidneys, along with your nervous system... |
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gauges /gay-yes/ |
medidores, indicadores a fuel gauge |
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conveyor belt |
cinta transportadora |
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head (verbo) |
dirigir, ir, encabezar head towards the town center until the road takes a sharp right |
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towards |
hacia |
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dropping |
disminuyendo, cayendo The kidneys know your blood volume is dropping ever so slightly and that your blood is getting ever so slightly saltier. |
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ever so slightly |
muy ligeramente The kidneys know your blood volume is dropping ever so slightly and that your blood is getting ever so slightly saltier. |
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sense (verb) |
detectar If the kidneys sense enough fluid can't be reabsorbed from the urine, you're signaled to drink, meaning you get thirsty. |
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readily |
facilmente, rápidamente Illegal fireworks are readily available |
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worn |
desgastado his face looked worn and old |
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otherwise |
1) de otra manera if it were otherwise, we would be unable to acquire knowledge 2) de lo contrario, por otra parte I missed the bus. Otherwise, I would have been here earlier |
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when it comes to |
cuando se trata de The kidneys do a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to this balance. |
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Compelling |
Convincente |
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The late |
el difunto |
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gather |
1) reunir we have gathered the information 2) deducir, entender her clients were, I gathered, a prosperous group |
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is referred to as... |
Es conocido como Rabbi David Wolpe, who I gather is referred to as America's rabbi, |
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remarks |
comentarios remarks of this sort on the negative and the positive side are very old |
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By the agency |
Por la acción, o efecto de canals carved by the agency of running water (canales tallados por la agencia de agua corriente) |
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counterintuitive |
contradictorio |
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To purport |
pretender and if something new comes along that purports to be a religion |
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purported |
supuesto the purported marriage was void |
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... or so |
más o menos And for the last decade or so |
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is akin to |
es similar Believing in God is akin to believing in fairies. |
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fairies |
hadas |
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a constituency |
un grupo de gente a constituency of racing fans |
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To get caught red-handed |
Con las manos en la masa |
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It was done yesterday itself |
Se hizo ayer mismo |
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On February 21st. In February. |
On February 21st.In February |
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100 % Always 90% Usually 80% Normally/Generally 70% Often/Frequently 50% Sometimes 30% Occasionally 10% Seldom 5% Hardly ever/Rarely 0% Never |
I always study after class I usually walk to work I normally get good marks I often read in bed at night I sometimes sing in the shower I occasionally go to bed late I seldom put salt on my food I hardly ever get angry Vegetarians never eat meat |
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To cast she cast down her eyes |
Emitir, lanzar, echar, arrojar, tirar ella bajó los ojos |
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To entitle entitlement |
dar derecho, autorizar, el derecho, la autorización |
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standpoint |
punto de vista |
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scoff scoffed |
burla burlado |
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this very year |
Este mismo año |
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false dawn |
engañoso, incorrecto, erróneo, incorrecto |
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turns out The job offer turned out to be a scam. |
resulta |
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hit a ceiling My game had hit a ceiling. |
estancarse, algo que ya no se puede superar, alcanzar su máximo |
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get/have a handle on We don't really have a handle on how you make this adjustment. He wants to get a handle on the situation |
entender, ser capaz de lidiar con algo |
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To plot To plot the progress |
trazar |
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tail off Our productivity tailed off last year. She started to ask a question and then her voice tailed off. |
Disminuir, reducirse to become smaller or quieter in a gradual way |
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lane lines |
líneas de carril (piscina, carretera) |
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is worth Is worth trying A future that's worth getting excited about. |
Vale la pena |
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quirky It's often quirky and occasionally controversial. |
peculiar |
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mow the lawn |
Cortar el césped |
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butler |
mayordomo |
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Tightly coupled |
Estrechamente acoplado |
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along the way... Identity is something you construct along the way. |
en el camino.... |
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eerie |
misterioso, espeluznante, |
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sticking out of your head |
saliendo de... |
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gruesome |
horrible, espantoso |
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in the prime of life |
en la flor de la vida |
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keep abreast |
mantenerse al tanto |
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Darle una oportunidad |
Give it a go (I will do it and we’ll see how it goes( Give it a try ( you’re not sure if you’ll succeed) |
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Hasta aquí todo bien |
So far so good |
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Me dio escalofríos |
That's just given me goosebumps |
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Hablando de eso... |
Speaking of which... |
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Cómo era ella? |
What was she like? |
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Along the way |
En el camino |
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