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48 Cards in this Set
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to soak [ow]
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posar en remull
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to cavort [kä'vò:t]
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brincar, jugar [un cavall]
tontejar, lligar |
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to smolder
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brillar, regulgir, cremar
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to jibe [jaib]
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mofa, befa, burla
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to rankle
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doldre, fer mal, no poder-ho perdonar
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what still rankles with me is that
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el que no els puc perdonar és que...
el que encara em dol és que... |
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to haggle
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regatejar
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to beggar
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arruinar, empobrir
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mead [i:]
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aiguamel
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jape
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broma
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lecherous ['lètxeräs]
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lasciu, libidinós
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to fondle
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acaronar
sobar, manosejar |
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to saunter
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passejar-se tranquilament
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hireling
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assalariat, mercenari
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to molder
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descomposar-se
ensorrar-se |
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dismissive
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displicent, desdenyós
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yard
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pati, jardí
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droll [ow]
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graciós, curiós, inventiu
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to forswear
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abjurar, renegar, renunciar de
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to take leave of one's senses
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perdre el seny
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trestle
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caballet [pintura, taula]
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scone
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pastisset, bolleria
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to congeal
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quallar, coagular
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skewer
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brotxeta, pinxo, cosa ensartada
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lilt
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cadència, to, accent
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deft
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hàbil, destre
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to sear
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cremar-se, rostir-se
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to slough
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pelar-se la pell ; escamar-se
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ordeal [är'di:l]
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calvari, experiència dura
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to skirt
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vorejar, eludir
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to lope [ow]
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trotar, brincar
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to suckle
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amamantar ; donar el pit
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wet nurse
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nodridora
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to closet ['klòsit]
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tancar-se ; amagar-se en una habitació
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to smother [ò]
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asfixiar, ofegar, reprimir
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to be felled
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ser talat
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persimmon
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caqui
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unruly
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indisciplinat, difícil de controlar
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warren
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conillera, lludriguera
laberint |
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phlegm
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flema, parsimònia
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rookery
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colònia, lloc de cria [esp. de corbs]
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retinue ['rètinju]
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seguici, comitiva
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to sluice
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esbandir [< to sluice = comporta]
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sluice
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comporta, enclusa, presa
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lively
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viu, ràpid, animat
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tiresome
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pesat, cansador
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not in the least
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en absolut
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to hone
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afilar ; millorar [= improve]
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