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50 Cards in this Set
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a wealth of
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un fotimer de
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alder [ò:ldä]
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vern
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alderman [ò:ldämän]
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conceller
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appointee
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persona anomenada, seleccionada
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as a by-product of X
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com a conseqüència indirecta de X
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assumption
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suposició, creença
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bat squeak of protest
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una protesta patètica
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to be reputed to be X
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tenir fama de ser X
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to belie [bi'lai]
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desmentir || ocultar
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to blab
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parlotejar
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bleak
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fosc [futur]
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breach
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incompliment ; violació
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bricks-and-mortar
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tradicional, com abans
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to bring forward
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presentar, aportar
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by a bizarre twist
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per una curiosa casualitat
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chilly moment
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moment advers
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to coddle [ò]
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bullir a foc lent ; mimar
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to come along
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aparèixer
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to come through
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veure's, fer-se notar ; fer-se evident
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concurrently to
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alhora que
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craggy
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escarpat ; ondulós || experimentat
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to crumble
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desmoronar-se ; desfer-se
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to cut back
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reduir
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to drag
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arrossegar [amb el cursor]
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a driver of growth
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un propulsor del creixement
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to embrace topics
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abarcar temes
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to engange with
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tractar [lot of themes]
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even so
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encara així ; tanmateix
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expendable [iks'pèndabl]
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prescindible, descartable
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feat [i:]
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big achievement ; proesa
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to fit out
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instal·lar
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to fold [ow]
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doblegar
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for the time being
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ara com ara, de moment
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foreseeable
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previsible
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from my standpoint
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des del meu punt de vista
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to get away with
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sortir-se'n amb la seva
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to get overheated
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perdre els nervis
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to get sth done quickly
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acabar ràpidament amb algo
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to greet
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aclamar
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to get through
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arribar [mail]
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X of a sort
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una mena d'X ; si se'n pot anomenar X
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to heckle
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boicotejar, interrompre, escridassar
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hive
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rusc ; focus d'activitat
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in a suit
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amb trajo
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in comparison with
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en comparació a
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in many respects
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en molts aspectes
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in the eyes of Americans
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als ulls dels americans
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to inquire upward
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preguntar als de dalt [boss]
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it's reputed that [ri'pjutit]
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se suposa que ; es diu que
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it's the phrase I most regret having written
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és la frase que lamento més haver escrit
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