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42 Cards in this Set
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boundary
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frontera
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to sprawl
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(1) espaterrar-se, tombar-se
(2) créixer descontroladament [ciutat] |
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principled
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amb principis
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turmoil
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confusió, agitació
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power-mad
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assedegat de poder
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well-read
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culte, que ha llegit molt
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whetstone
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pedra d'agilar
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bitter
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amargat, ressentit
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cue
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entrada, peu [anotació teatral]
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right on cue
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en el moment apropiat ["just a l'entrada teatral"]
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overlay
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revestiment, capa
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to rove
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recórrer, vagar
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to pass sentence
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dictar sentència, fallar
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to be dead set
[on sth / on doing sth] |
estar encaparrat [en]
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sleek
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elegant, pulcre
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mink
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visó
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lecher
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lasciu
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to crave
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ansiar, desitjar
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bride-to-be
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futura esposa ; promesa
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fabric
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(1) tela, teixit
(2) estructura (social) |
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slouch
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amb les esquenes caigudes
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lush
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(1) exuberant, sumptuós
(2) alcohòlic |
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to scoff
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(1) riure's de, burlar-se [.. at]
(2) endrapar |
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hazard ['hazärd]
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risk, danger
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in the nick of time
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just in time
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an iceberg of the size expected
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un iceberg de la mida esperada
[why not "expected size"???] |
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a place close to where I fall
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un lloc prop d'on vaig caure
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over the moon
on cloud nine |
very happy or excited
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to be pie in the sky
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ser una promesa impossible
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to be under a cloud
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to have an unfavourable opinion
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every cloud has a silver lining
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sempre hi ha esperança
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gaffe [gaf]
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patinada, ficada de pota
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to overhear
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escoltar de casualitat
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unsound
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poc sòlid
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unsound of mind
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pertorbat mental
("poc sòlid de ment") |
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the final nail in the coffin
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l'últim mal pas cap a la seva perdició
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to be sick of sb
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estar fart d'algú
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graft
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(1) esqueix
(2) corrupció, xanxullo |
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on the surface
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a simple vista, superficialment
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sporting venue
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recinte esportiu
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grand
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magnífic, esplèndid
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bribe
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soborn
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