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writhe
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squirm - retorcerse para liberarse (writhe es de dolor tb, no confundir con wince)
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Amass
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collect, gather
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pitch into
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you pitched the city into a war
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thwart, forestall
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prevent
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sidekick
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compinche, (accomplice)
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token
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símbolo, señal
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clipping
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recorte (de diario, periódico...)
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deride
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ridiculizar
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untimely demise
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desaparición (fin) inoportuno, prematuro
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mounting
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creciente, cada vez mayor
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cunning, wily, crafty
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astuto
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trying
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complicado, dificil
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glean, deduce
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deducir
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look the part
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dar la talla
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perks
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beneficios
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unduly
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overly, excessively (duly - debidamente) (undue, injusficado, adj)
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harbour
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The criminal's accomplices agreed to harbour him until the heat died down.Harbour a secret (albergar)
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slurp (on)
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sorber
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chomp on
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chew
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outdo (sbself)
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mejorar
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grid
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red eléctrica, cuadrícula
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rampart
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wall fortification
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detached
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indiferente
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concoct
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preparar, elaborar
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akin to "i"
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similar to
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to feign "ei"
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to fake
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nip in the bud
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cortar de raiz
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arrondissement
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distrito
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abet (sth, sb)
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ser complice de, incitar
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just shy of
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slightly under
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land on your feet, hit feet
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caer de pie
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impersonate (sb)
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pass yourself off as sb - hacerse pasar por
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the world revolves around you
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girar
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knocked me on my butt literally overnight
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ride out the storm
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aguantar, resistir
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frayed
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the edge of the skirt is a bit frayed (deshilachado) // his composure was frayed (tranquilidad fue exaltada/crispada)
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unblemished / blemish
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flawless, inmaculado / defecto, error
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fairly sizable mistake
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considerable
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throttle / at full throttle
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fete / feted
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fiesta al aire libre / festejeado
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peg sb as / busybody
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etiquetar a alguien como (label sb as) / entrometido (inf) o meddler (meddle in)
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swindle / grift (out) / bilk (out)
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timo, timar
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feckless
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ineficaz, inúlti (person - iddle)
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grand, petit (petty) larceny
|
(law) hurto mayor y leve
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newfound (adj)
|
newly discovered
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to be in a predicament (tight spot)
|
difficult situation, apuro
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wit
|
humor
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dim
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tonto, tenue, atenuarse, vaga memoria
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squabble, boat, tussle
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pelea
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ward off, repel, deflect, fight off, fend off
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repeler, esquivar
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at any rate
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anyways
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it will sway them to fall in line
|
influir
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hurtle
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rush towards (humankind was hurtling towards extinction
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geld (horse) neuter (dog)
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castrate
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throb(bing) / hearthrob
|
palpitar, latir, pulsación /
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stick up for myself
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dar la cara por uno mismo, defenderse
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vaunt, laud, flatter, crow about/over
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boast, praise (alardear)
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gaunt
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demacrado
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jostle
|
push, shovel
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wait it out
|
terminar a que termine
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jive (slang)
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insincere
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butt in
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entrometerse
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next of kin
|
pariente más cercano
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a shut-in
|
pecino
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to be fresh out of
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se me acaba de terminar
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get hitched
|
casarse
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keel over
|
dar un patatus, desfallecer (swoon) //
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hog (sth)
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acaparar, ocupar // the hog (pig) gulped up anything that fell into the trough
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deadbeat
|
vago
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leech off (sb)
|
vivir de, chupar del saco
|
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stop fidgeting with your hair, it reads weak
|
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pull a muscle
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cop a plea
|
declararse culpable de una sentencia menor
|
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skew
|
sesgar
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nuts and bolts
|
tuercas y tornillos
|
|
kibble
|
alimento balanceado
|
|
busted fémur
|
reventado
|
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hit rock bottom
|
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shingle
|
shingle beach (playa piedras), gravilla, to be off work cuz of shingles (herpes zoster)
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grubby
|
sucio, mugriento
|
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cono helado
|
cone
|
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tipping point
|
crunch time, defining moment, clutch, breaking point - momento crucial, crítico
|
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linger
|
stay, not leave sth
|
|
gauche
|
cohibido (timid)
|
|
egress
|
salida (de un sitio, no siendo la puerta)
|
|
tag along
|
seguir a todas partes a alguien
|
|
gig
|
bolo de música, gancho para pescar (hook), lancha (boat)
|
|
shoal of
|
banco, multitud de (peces...)
|
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perk up
|
cheer up
|
|
break in my shoes
|
ablandar zapatos
|
|
foot the bill
|
pagar la cuenta
|
|
to be an ingrate
|
ungrateful person
|
|
nag (at) (sb) // badger (sb) / ply (sb)
|
quejarse, insistir en algo / ply es más acosar o bombardear con algo como preguntas
|
|
auction (off)
|
subasta(r)
|
|
tap into
|
ganar acceso a
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the bone poked out
|
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|
flare-up
|
brote, estallido
|
|
pamper
|
spoil (mimar)
|
|
clutter
|
desorden
|
|
slaw
|
ensalada de col
|
|
tot, tyke
|
toddler (child)
|
|
hook me up with morphine // walk on by me
|
|
|
educated guess
|
hipótesis fundamentada
|
|
wishful thinking
|
|
|
stick it up to (sb)
|
echarle la culpa a alguien
|
|
crop / buzz my hair
|
rapar
|
|
clingy
|
ajustado (ropa), dependiente o inseguro
|
|
stump
|
muñon (amputado)....
|
|
famished
|
starving
|
|
set your sights (on) (lower)...
|
|
|
ransack
|
rebuscar
|
|
down the line
|
más a delante
|
|
ballpark
|
aproximación (tb adj)
|
|
despond(ent), despair
|
desesperarse (v) unhappiness (n)
|
|
hard-up
|
desesperado por sexo
|
|
garnish
|
The court garnished Peter's wages to pay for... (rebajar sueldo)
|
|
fiend
|
demonio / fanático (inf) / fiend for (crave for)
|
|
void
|
vacío, nulo, carente de valor
|
|
fledging
|
the nestling fledge after six weeks - polluelos se empluman (producir pluma)
|
|
reap
|
reap a profit, the benefits, the rewards... - cosechar (recoger) (los frutos)
|
|
peddle
|
vender puerta a puerta - traficar - diseminar (lies...)
|
|
hasty
|
veloz
|
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suffice
|
((formal)) that will suffice for today (ser suficiente), suffice it to say
|
|
give an earful, tell sb off
|
berate, scold, rebuke - echar una bronca, regañar
|
|
scrimp / skimp (on)
|
escatimar gastos (tb stint)
|
|
smear "i"
|
mancha(r) - untar (spread) - desprestigiar (discredit, disgrace)
|
|
smudge "a"
|
mancha(r) - difuminar (blur the lines)
|
|
adamant
|
stubborn
|
|
hitch, obstacle, impediment
|
impedimento
|
|
embroider
|
bordar (sew on) - adornar (invent detail, embroidered the story -> adorn, embellish, bedeck, deck out)
|
|
shack (up)
|
chabola (slum, que es tb suburbio) // slang -> irse a convivir con pareja sexual, o juntarse (up with)
|
|
dole out
|
distribute, give out
|
|
lets get down to brass tacks
|
ir a lo esencial // tack (chincheta)
|
|
scuttlebutt
|
(US) gossip
|
|
go out on a limb
|
jugarsela
|
|
sign off on (sth)
|
(inf) authorize
|
|
to be in over sbds head
|
sobrepasado, hasta el cuello
|
|
to be in fine fettle
|
condition, state - fettle (sth) revestir revestimiento
|
|
leek
|
puerro
|
|
hassle
|
trouble, difficulty, bother
|
|
imply
|
insinuar
|
|
buff
|
abrillantar, pulir, pulido - beiche - (inf) musculoso - (inf) experto
|
|
let up (on)
|
ease off
|
|
clerk
|
dependiente, empleado, recepcionista
|
|
hit it off
|
she and I hit it off from the start -> get along (llevarse bien)
|
|
heft
|
peso, influencia - sopesar (consider, weigh) - levantar algo pesado
|
|
slick
|
well executed - resbaladizo - oily
|
|
soy
|
soja
|
|
to be left holding the bag
|
cargando el muerto, con la culpa
|
|
clerkship
|
oficinista, secretario
|
|
pilfer
|
robar en pequeñas cantidades
|
|
scuffle
|
fight, altercado
|
|
plaintiff (law)
|
demandante
|
|
barring
|
a menos que, excepto que (unless) / n exclusion
|
|
prey
|
hunt
|
|
baloney
|
(US, slang, adj) nonsense
|
|
hindsight "ai"
|
a posteriori, a toro pasado // hind leg: rear limb of an animal // hind: cierva hembra
|
|
(to be on the) high-end
|
(adj tb) gama alta
|
|
a tad
|
(inf) un poco
|
|
plop
|
(inf) dejar caer con despreocupación
|
|
yank
|
pull strongly
|
|
dont look a gift horse in the mouth
|
a caballo regalado no le mires el diente
|
|
not in the least
|
not at all
|
|
it's like
|
it is as though
|
|
reversed
|
if things were reversed
|
|
stale
|
(adj) pasado, obsoleto, estancado... (pan, relación...)
|
|
attest to (sth)
|
certify, testify
|
|
tune in to
|
to tune in to sth (a radio station...) -> sintonizar
|
|
low blow
|
golpe bajo (tb cheap shot)
|
|
scathing
|
feroz, mordaz
|
|
wail
|
lloriquear, gemir, lamentarse (whine)
|
|
cut a deck of cards and shuffled them
|
|
|
folksy
|
rústico
|
|
to cheap out (on sth)
|
ser rata (punk, wuss, bum, wimp, chicken... out)
|
|
skedaddle
|
(slang) largarse
|
|
catch up
|
ponerse al día
|
|
own up to sth
|
asumir la responsabilidad de
|
|
pry
|
nose o poke around, snoop -> curiosear
|
|
leeway
|
margen (margin), flexibilidad (tiempo), libertad para hacer algo
|
|
quirk
|
peculiarity, rareza
|
|
rattle - rattle (sb)
|
ruido - agitar a alguien - baby´s toy
|
|
out (sb) as (sth)
|
(slang) exponer, descubrir, revelar a alguien como algo
|
|
play up (sth)
|
hacer resaltar (stand out)
|
|
go all out
|
(slang) darlo todo
|
|
spurious (claim)
|
deceitful
|
|
no fuss no muss
|
|
|
confer
|
discuss, consult
|
|
unhinged
|
mentally unstable
|
|
flimsy
|
endeble
|
|
tamper with (sth) / meddle in
|
alterar, corromper (objeto, cosa) / meddle in es más para algo en la vida de alguien (interfere)
|
|
tamper-proof lock
|
cerradura segura
|
|
Stealth
|
sigilo
|
|
waiver (waive)
|
documeno de exención (prescindir)
|
|
ply (sb) with (sth)
|
inflar a alguien de alcohol
|
|
make of (sb,sth)
|
pensar sobre (a lo interpretar)
|
|
high-tail it (out, in...)
|
salir pitando
|
|
stirring
|
conmovedor
|
|
bog down
|
(inf) enredarse, empantanarse
|
|
bundle
|
(slang) millonada
|
|
throw in
|
(inf) añadir, agregar
|
|
wind up
|
enrrollar, envolver (wrap)
|
|
sharp / dull pain
|
|
|
inordinate
|
excessive
|
|
sham
|
sham procedure-treated (placebo)
|
|
feasibility
|
viabilidad
|
|
fan out
|
spread
|
|
minute
|
(adj) tiny
|
|
up and about
|
(inf) caminando de nuevo (recovered from illness)
|
|
mirage
|
espejismo
|
|
if you expect me to put out on a first date, you can think again
|
(inf) abrirse de pierna
|
|
to be put out
|
(inf) ofendido, verbo --> put out at/about
|
|
stroke of genious / luck
|
golpe de suerte
|
|
to sit weird
|
|
|
sleep straight through
|
|
|
have a it
|
(slang) intentalo
|
|
a fit of rage
|
sudden loss of temper
|
|
chivalry (ous)
|
caballerosidad
|
|
fetch (sth / sb: pick up)
|
ir a buscar (si perro, ir a coger la bola, retrieve) // she called: fetch! // fetch a good price
|
|
ceño fruncido
|
his brow is troubled
|
|
correa de perro
|
tug the leash (tirar de) let him off the leash
|
|
gourd
|
calabaza
|
|
stake out (survaillance)
|
The police staked out the suspect's house
|
|
mettle
|
coraje, temple
|
|
showdown
|
confrontation
|
|
glitch
|
mal funcionamiento, fallo
|
|
rind "ai" (peel)
|
cascara de fruta
|
|
leverage
|
gain (ventaja), have (influencia)
|
|
grit
|
arenilla, gravilla (suciedad en objetos) - have grit (determinación, agallas)
|
|
derelict
|
abandonado, en ruinas (adj) - vagabundo (n)
|
|
stalwart
|
firm, loyal (adj) - loyal supporter (n)
|
|
amenable
|
dispuesto, abierto a (adj)
|
|
stint
|
periodo de algo, trabajo... - escatimar (v) (skimp on, spare no expense)
|
|
wholesale
|
n (venta al por mayor), adj (wholesale merchant, price / buy sth wholesale), v (to wholesale sth)
|
|
rube
|
cateto (slang)
|
|
snare
|
trampa / cazar, atrapar (animal)
|
|
scrawny
|
flaco, escualido
|
|
mug shot
|
foto policial
|
|
ritzy
|
(inf) elegante
|
|
splurge
|
despilfarrar, derrochar
|
|
retract
|
we have to retract that
|
|
stout
|
fornido, corpulento (bulky) (brave) (stubborn) - pint of stout (cerveza negra en Britanico)
|
|
wean
|
destetar, dejar de amamantar
|
|
compel
|
obligar, forzar
|
|
contender / contend for
|
aspirante / luchar, competir por
|
|
growth spurt
|
Aceleración del crecimiento (la etapa)
|
|
stream
|
chorro
|
|
in stitches
|
muerto de risa (inf)
|
|
hindrance
|
obstáculo
|
|
manure
|
estiércol
|
|
to wire money
|
transferir
|
|
mingle
|
relacionarse con gente (interact)
|
|
lousy
|
terrible
|
|
cue ball
|
bola blanca (billar)
|
|
pan out
|
(inf) salir bien, dar resultado
|
|
fink
|
snitch (slang)
|
|
get (wrap) your head around
|
(inf) entender
|
|
browse
|
echar un vistazo, ojear
|
|
fleece
|
lana, esquilar lana (shearer) // (inf) desplumar dinero
|
|
tainted
|
contaminado, podrido
|
|
cleansing
|
purificador, liberador
|
|
oust (sb)
|
expulsar, desalojar, destituir
|
|
refrain (from)
|
abstenerse de, contenerse
|
|
another crack
|
(inf) attempt
|
|
scare up
|
conseguir poco a poco
|
|
estrange "ei" sb
|
separarse
|
|
punt, defer
|
delay, postpone, put off
|
|
tarp
|
lona
|
|
conk out
|
(inf) quedarse frito, petar
|
|
moot
|
irrelevante
|
|
unimpeachable
|
imposible to reproach: intachable, irreprochable
|
|
wince, flinch, recoil, cringe, draw back, cower
|
como reacción a algo: gesto o doblarse de dolor // avergonzarse // dar escalofrios por algo
|
|
poach sth/sb
|
cocer / cazar furtivamente / robar, llevarse algo o alguien - inf o figurativo
|
|
tug-of-war
|
juego de tirar de la cuerda / lucha, pelea (figurativo)
|
|
to be besotted with sth
|
locamente enamorado de algo
|
|
skulk
|
to conceal oneself; to hide as for prey or booty (recompensa, ganancia - loot)
|
|
loiter, dawdle
|
holgazanear, perder el tiempo, deambular lamentablemente (dawle es haciendo algo, loiter nada)
|
|
prowl
|
rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner
|
|
rove
|
wander (vagar)
|
|
lurk
|
remain concealed in order to ambush.
|
|
peril "perol"
|
danger (se usa igual)
|
|
snuggle
|
cuddle, get comfortable (into de sofa)
|
|
a lo ancho
|
It measures 3 meters across / wide
|
|
(be at an, hit) all-time high
|
lo máximo
|
|
hot on our tail
|
|
|
keep your eyes peeled
|
|
|
disparaging the differently abled
|
discredit / smear the reputation of
|
|
prowess
|
destreza
|
|
debase
|
degrade, humiliate
|
|
overhaul
|
renovacion
|