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world [wɜːld]
sustantivo
1. mundo (m) (the earth)
- the best/biggest in the world -> el mejor/más grande del mundo
- to go round the world -> dar la vuelta al mundo
- the world over, all over the world -> en todas partes
- the world Bank -> el Banco Mundial
- world champion -> campeón(ona) (sustantivo masculino o femenino) mundial
- the world Cup -> el Mundial (de fútbol), los Mundiales (de fútbol)
- world's fair -> exposición (f) universal (Estados Unidos)
- world map -> mapamundi (m)
- world music -> música (f) étnica
- world record -> récord (m) mundial or del mundo
- world Series -> = final a siete partidos entre los dos campeones de las ligas de béisomebodyol en Estados Unidos
- world war -> guerra (f) mundial
- world War One/Two -> la Primera/Segunda Guerra Mundial
2. mundo (m) (sphere of activity)
- the literary/business world -> el mundo literario/de los negocios
3. (society)
- a man of the world -> un hombre de mundo
- to go up in the world -> prosperar
- to come down in the world -> venir a menos
- he's got the world at his feet -> tiene el mundo a sus pies
- world view -> visión (f) del mundo
4. (for emphasis)
- that will do you the world of good -> te vendrá la mar de bien
- there's a world of difference between the two parties -> los dos partidos no tienen nada que ver (el uno con el otro)
- she thinks the world of him -> lo quiere como a nada en el mundo
- they carried on for all the world as if nothing had happened -> siguieron tranquilamente como si nada hubiera pasado
5. (idioms)
- he's not long for this world -> le queda poco, está con un pie en la tumba
- to bring a child into the world -> traer un niño al mundo
- he wants to have the best of both worlds -> él quiere tenerlo todo (y eso no es posible)
- she lives in a world of her own -> vive en su propio mundo
- it's out of this world (familiar) -> es una maravilla
- not for (anything in) the world -> ni por todo el oro del mundo
- it's a small world! -> ¡el mundo es un pañuelo!
- what is the world coming to? -> ¿adónde vamos a ir a parar?
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world [ueld]
sustantivo
1. Mundo, el conjunto de todos los cuerpos que componen el universo.
2. Mundo, el modo de vida, trato y relaciones de los hombres.
- For all the world -> exactamente, cabalmente; rectamente
3. Mundo, esfera o globo terrestre (earth).
4. Gente, gentío, muchedumbre o concurso de muchas personas, infinidad. (Metafórico)
5. Mundo; en la mística se toma por los hombres corrompidos o profanos.
- World without end -> para siempre jamás; por los siglos de los siglos
"world" in the Answers forum
| Q: | one world, one dream. |
| A: | gracias por todo. |
| Q: | World Hello Day. |
| A: | If this is like "Independence day" then it is "Día mundial del Hola" |
| Q: | Greetings to all the good people of this world |
| A: | Hola Kris! Un saludo para ti también |
| Q: | World of Warcraft |
| A: | Me! Lol! |
| Q: | this is a magic world |
| A: | try memorizing songs, seems to help me. |
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