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31 Cards in this Set
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off-putting `['of]
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desagradable, molest
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whimsy
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banal, poc seriós
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in the aegis of
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sota els auspicis de
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blinker [subst]
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intermitents del cotxe
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blinkered [adj]
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estret de mires, tancat
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bygone ['baigòn]
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[subst] = fets passats ; antigues ofenses
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let bygone be bygone
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"lo pasado pasado está"
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the holiday was a complete farce from beginning to end
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les vacances van ser una broma de mal gust des del començament
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blinkered
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estret de mires ; tancat
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blinker
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intermitent [cotxe]
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to purport [pä'pò:t]
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fer veure * pretendre * aparentar
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to mar
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espatllar
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inkling
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indici, noció ; presentiment
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to have an inkling that
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tenir la sospita que * tenir idea de que
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mouthpiece
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boqueta [musical] ; auricular [telefon] ;
portaveu |
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go-between
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intermediari ; missatger
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uncouth [ön'ku:th]
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groller, inculte, ordinari
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interloper
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intrús
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to interlope
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traficar sense llicència ; entrometre's
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murky
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fosc, brut [aigua]
obscur, tenebrós |
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to begrudge
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envejar
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adroitly
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hàbilment, àgilment
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to despoil
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saquejar
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belated
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tardà
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to vie with sb for sth
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rivalitzar [amb algú] [per alguna cosa]
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to vie
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rivalitzar
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to blunder
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(1) caminar ensopegant [p.ex. borratxo]
(2) ficar la pota, cometre un error |
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bereaved
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desconsolat, afligit ; de dol
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chaste [txeist]
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cast, púdic
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to grope
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(1) buscar a cegues, anar provant.
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gropingly
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blindly
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