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40 Cards in this Set
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to be the death knell for sth
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ser la sentència de mort per a algo
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knell
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toc de difunts
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to embed
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(1) incrustar (una bala, un pensament)
(2) enterrar |
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to grovel [ò]
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postrar-se, humiliar-se, arrossegar-se
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lusty
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sa, potent, vigorós
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to shirk
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fer el vago, eludir resposabilitats
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steeple
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agulla, campanar
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to thread
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ensartar, ficar ; cargolar [a bolt into a nut]
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nut
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rosca, tuerca
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bolt
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cargol [tool]
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cumbersome
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pesat, avorrit ; un mamotreto
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rowdy [aw]
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sorollós, pendó
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at crosspurposes
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amb intencions enfrontades
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to rinse [i]
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aclarir, esbandir
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boozer
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borratxo, alcohòlic
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lest he be a spy
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no fos cas que fos un espia ; per si de cas fos un espia
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lest
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no fos cas que
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no thoroughfare
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prohibit el pas
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stiffening
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enduriment muscular
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to splay
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(1) obrir-se, espatarrar-se
(2) estirar [the fingers] |
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truism
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obvietat, perogrullada
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to bray [ei]
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(1) el so de l'ase; rebuznar
(2) cacarejar (una persona) |
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to sag
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doblegar-se, cedir, combar-se
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seamed
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cosit, unit amb una costura
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pouch [aw]
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(1) bossa petita
(2) bossa d'ulls, ulleres |
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he slums it
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viu pobrement
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slum
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(1) pocilga
(2) barri pobre |
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tenement [tènämänt]
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edifici de veins (pejoratiu)
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to rehash
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reaprofitar, fer un refregit
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clove [ow]
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(1) clau (espècia)
(2) dent ("garlic clove") |
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wispy
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(1) fi, prim [núvol, fum]
(2) menut [persona] |
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listless
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apàtic, desganat
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to pillory
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(1) posar a la picota
(2) ridiculitzar |
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petty
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petit, insignificant
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bloated
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inflat, rebotit
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scuffle
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baralla
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debauchery
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llibertinatge, vida dissoluta
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nipper
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vailet
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two days running
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dos dies seguits
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to be lost in a reverie [rèveri]
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estar absort
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