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47 Cards in this Set
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to outweigh
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1. pesar més
2. ser de major pes, avantatjar |
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to forearm
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avançar-se, prevenir-se ("de antemano")
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to purvey [pö:'vei]
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subministrar, oferir
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to grapple
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lluitar, combatre
[with a problem ; with one's conscience] |
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to grapple with one's conscience
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tenir remordiments
"lluitar contra la pròpia consciència" |
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to crop up
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sorgir
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dirtbag
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púrria, basura, cabró
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to work sb over
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apallissar algú [slang]
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flak
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1. foc antieri
2. crítiques, retrets [to get some ~ ; to take a lot of ~] |
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to asses [ä'ses]
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avaluar, valorar, taxar
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to shunt
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1. canviar de via
2. fer canviar de costat ; desviar 3. empènyer a un costat. |
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manifold [adj]
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divers, variat, múltiple
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to home in [on sth]
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ressaltar, recalcar una cosa
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bearer
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portador
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grubby
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1. brut, fastigós
2. [figurative] miserable, sòrdid |
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PhD
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doctorat
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allure
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atracció, fascinació, encant
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maelstrom ['meilsträm]
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voràgine, huracà, confusió
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to churn sth out
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produir com a xurros
[to churn = remoure, agitar] |
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daredevil
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atrevit, temerari
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power-loom
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telar mecànic
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to hammer home
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recalcar, matxacar, rematxar
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to be hot at sth
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1. ser un entès en algo.
2. estar al tanto d'algo 3. donar-li molta importància a algo. |
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shantytown
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barri de txaboles
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to redeem
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1. redimir
2. compensar [un error] 3. rescatar [good name] 4. amortitzar [un deute] |
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they have no redeeming features
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no tenen cap punt a favor
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ageo-old
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molt antic, secular
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conversely
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a la inversa, contràriament
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to leverage ['leväritx]
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fer palanca
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rationale [,rashä'nal]
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fonament, base lògica
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to deviate ['di:vieit]
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desviar, portar cap a
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smatterings
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nocions, coneixements rudimentaris
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swindle
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estafa, timo
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to deluge
[de'lju¨tx] |
inundar (real i metafòric)
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strife
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lluita, conflicte (social, laboral)
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hawker
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venedor ambulant
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petty
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petit, insignificant, menor
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mealy-mouthed
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embarbussat, que no xerra bé
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don't be so mealy-mouthed!
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1. parla clar!
2. no te'n vagis per les branques |
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peevish
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desagradable, malhumorat
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to talk large
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parlar de manera pretenciosa
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to avow
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reconèixer, confessar
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upstart
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arribista
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I think I'll give swimming a give this afternoon
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Crec que aquesta tarda no aniré a nedar
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to give sth a miss
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no fer una cosa
deixar estar una cosa |
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to spill the beans
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descobrir la trampa
["vessar les mongetes"] |
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leek
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porro (vegetal)
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