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el revés
el revés
setback
el contratiempo
el contratiempo
setback
indebido
indebido
wrongful
indebido
indebido
improper
emprender
emprender
to undertake
insólito
insólito
unusual
paulatino
paulatino
gradual
despejado
despejado
clear
la enmienda
la enmienda
amendment
enésimo
enésimo
umpteenth
brincar
brincar
to jump
confluir
confluir
to meet
confluir
confluir
to converge
encadenar
encadenar
to link
encadenar
encadenar
to chain
el halago
el halago
compliment
amistosamente
amistosamente
amicably
la deriva
la deriva
drift
tieso
tieso
stiff
el trasfondo
undercurrent
el trasfondo
background
indignado
indignant
indigno
despicable
indigno
unworthy
cuanto más
the more
arrastrar
to drag
el regazo
lap
el sarpullido
rash
impulsivo
impulsive
la racha
streak
dar el alta a
to discharge
conforme
in accordance with
acorde
in accordance with
la soberbia
pride
asequible
affordable
minucioso
meticulous
despiadado
ruthless
desprender
to give off
desprender
to detach
no del todo
not entirely
no hace falta
there's no need
en cuanto a
with regard to
embestir
to run into
embestir
to charge
pasar por alto
to overlook
el desprecio
disdain
el desprecio
contempt
la bondad
kindness
la bondad
goodness
asestar
to deliver
asestar
to deal
a su vez
for his part
a su vez
in turn
transcurrir
to pass
transcurrir
to take place
el regocijo
rejoicing
la algarabía
rejoicing
de pasada
in passing
de pasada
passing
y eso que
even though
nada más
as soon as
de ahí que
hence
de ahí que
that's why
la ruptura
break
partir
to split
partir
to cut
agacharse
to crouch down
agachar
to lower
avalar
to guarantee
el trastorno
disruption
hacer frente a
to deal with
hacer frente a
to tackle
hacer frente a
to stand up to
hacer frente a
to confront
hacer frente a
to face up to
desmarcar
to dissociate
el nubarrón
storm cloud
el desguace
scrapping
desguazar
to break up
súbito
sudden
la malversación
embezzlement
escarpado
steep
empinado
steep
acantilado
steep
derogar
to repeal
el vuelco
upset
despilfarrador
wasteful
presumir
to boast
presumir
to show off
enroscar
to screw in
acarrear
to lead to
acarrear
to carry
arrasar
to sweep to victory
arrasar
to destroy
arrasar
to raze to the ground
la remontada
comeback
fugaz
brief
fugaz
fleeting
la audacia
audacity
imprescindible
indispensable
imprescindible
essential
ensanchar
to widen
ampliar
to broaden
estrechar
to narrow
abarcar
to cover
abordar
to board
abordar
to approach
abordar
to deal with
abordar
to tackle
a medida que
as
desvanecerse
to fade
desteñirse
to fade
desvanecer
to fade
a sabiendas
knowingly
a sabiendas
knowing full well
minuciosamente
thoroughly
indebidamente
wrongfully
indebidamente
improperly
anteponer
to put before
fomentar
to encourage
fomentar
to promote
pujante
booming
estallar
to erupt
estallar
to burst
estallar
to explode
el embate
beating
el desenfreno
debauchery
subyacente
underlying
renuente
reluctant
resarcirse
to make up for
plantear
to bring up
plantear
to suggest
reprender
to scold
recapitular
to sum up
el ensayo
trial
el ensayo
rehearsal
la carcasa
casing
la carcasa
framework
el filamento
thread
el desgarro
tear
la tubería
pipe
la matriz energética
energy mix
el embudo
funnel
tanto como
as much as
minuciosamente
meticulously
dar paso
to give way
copar
to corner
siempre que
provided that
siempre que
as long as
siempre que
whenever
remontarse a
to go back to
las inmediaciones
surrounding area
las inmediaciones
vicinity
desbordar
to overflow
el desbordamiento
outburst
el desbordamiento
overflowing
reprender
to reprimand
la camarilla
lobby
la camarilla
clique
el torbellino
whirlwind
ajeno
someone else's
ajeno
foreign
el roce
rubbing
el roce
brush
ante
in the face of
la embarcación
vessel
ampliamente
extensively
el punto de ebullición
boiling point
el fruto
result
frutar
to fruit
saldar
to settle
aseverar
to assert
irse a pique
to founder
la montura
assembly
el lomo
spine
el lomo
back
la añoranza
longing
la añoranza
nostalgia
raudo
swift
el mimo
pamper
ponerse en forma
to get fit
conformarse
to resign oneself to
conformarse
to be satisfied with
la artimaña
trick
encomendar
to entrust
la encomienda
assignment
balar
to bleat
el balido
bleating
el balido
bleat
acabar
to end
acabar
to finish
osar
to dare
el rebaño
flock
la ceja
eyebrow
fruncir
to furrow
el ajetreo
hustle and bustle
el trajín
hustle and bustle
enfurruñarse
to get angry
enfurruñarse
to sulk
la venta
inn
el revolcón
tumble
inquieto
restless
perjudicial
harmful
perjudicial
damaging
ligado
linked
ligado
bound
la represa
dam
siquiera
even
el tejido
fabric
el despojo
plundering
el despojo
loot
plantearse
to think about
plantearse
to consider
resonar
to resonate
agradable
pleasant
agradable
nice
pasar por
to go through
ingenuo
naive
el cabo suelto
loose end
disimular
to conceal
disimular
to hide
el delator
informant
delatar
to inform on
sacar de quicio
to drive mad
recurrente
recurring
errar
to miss
ensayar
to try out
ensayar
to rehearse
enseguida
straightaway
atravesar
to go through
atravesar
to cross
deslindar
to mark out
digerir
to digest
la cortedad
shortness
maniqueo
overly simplistic
maniqueo
black and white
avecinarse
to approach
la insensatez
foolishness
defenestrar
to oust
la sensatez
common sense
la sensatez
wisdom
amilanar
to intimidate
la prebenda
cushy job
la prebenda
privilege
la prebenda
perk
el repartidor
deliveryman
postergar
to neglect
el molino
mill
el molino
grinder
cosechar
to reap
cosechar
to harvest
minar
to undermine
la reivindicación
recognition
la reivindicación
demand
reivindicar
to lay claim to
reivindicar
to demand
reivindicar
to claim
la ubre
udder
aferrarse
to cling to
el zalamero
flatterer
la caterva
pack
el procurador
lawyer
rehuir
to avoid
descabezar
to leave without a leader
descabezar
to behead
envilecer
to degrade
envilecer
to debase
agravarse
to become worse
agravarse
to worsen
el malestar
malaise
el malestar
uneasiness
el malestar
discomfort
decadente
decadent
socavar
to undermine
menospreciar
to despise
menospreciar
to scorn
la verosimilitud
credibility
verosímil
probable
verosímil
plausible
el deterioro
deterioration
hondo
deep
resumir
to sum up
resumir
to summarize
intrincado
intricate
raquítico
paltry
raquítico
rickety
repentino
sudden
la serranía
mountain range
la pólvora
gunpowder
el cántico
chant
entonar
to intone
la apuesta
bet
el desalojo
eviction
el desalojo
evacuation
el/la tránsfuga
defector
ambulante
travelling
resentirse
to be weakened
instar
to urge
plasmar
to capture
plasmar
to give expression to
el lienzo
canvas
atiborrar
to cram
atiborrar
to stuff full
el barniz
veneer
el barniz
varnish
hallar
to find
la cotidianidad
routine
a prueba de
-proof
el arreglo
repair
el arreglo
agreement
el encaje
reserve
neto
net
la brecha
gap
la brecha
breach
repartir
to distribute
preciado
valued
preciado
precious
preciado
prized
el inmovilizado
fixed assets
vislumbrarse
to appear in sight
la medición
measurement
interanual
year-to-year
tropezar
to trip
el tropiezo
setback
aguardar
to wait for
en torno a
about
en torno a
around
avivar
to stoke
desatado
uncontrolled
desatado
loose
apuntar
to point out
apuntar
to aim
regentar
to run
regentar
to manage
fulgurar
to gleam
fulgurante
stunning
prolongar
to extend
prolongar
to prolong
potenciar
to strengthen
potenciar
to promote
sin ton ni son
for no reason at all
impago
unpaid
desmoronarse
to crumble
el enfoque
focus
el foco
focus
el foco
spotlight
la muestra
sample
desligado
detached
desligado
separate
desligado
loose
desligar
to untie
desligar
to undo
intestino
internal
el liderazgo
leadership
encadenado
linked
el asesor
adviser
faccioso
rebellious
despilfarrar
to waste
despilfarrar
to squander
el despilfarro
squandering
el despilfarro
waste
sumarse
to join
el aliciente
incentive
la mayoría
majority
mayoritario
majority
empuñar
to take up
empuñar
to grasp
el indicio
indication
distante
remote
alejado
remote
la aldea
small village
desquitarse
to get even
la represalia
reprisal
la decena
ten
la embestida
onslaught
el embate
pounding
instaurar
to establish
imponer
to impose
augurar
to augur
augurar
to predict
la desintegración
disintegration
acrecentar
to increase
el contingente
contingent
la milicia
militia
atenazar
to grip
la toma
take
la toma
capture
el bastión
bastion
cerner
to sift
fortalecer
to strengthen
proporcionar
to supply
proporcionar
to provide
el vaivén
ups and downs
el vaivén
swaying
desgarrar
to tear
desgarrado
torn
la franquicia
franchise
la exactitud
precision
la exactitud
accuracy
la baja
casualty
la baja
drop
inédito
unheard-of
inédito
unprecedented
inédito
unpublished
rebajar
to lower
rebajar
to reduce
el azar
fate
el azar
chance
la rodaja
slice
hacer falta
to need
hacer falta
to be necessary
ponerse al corriente
to catch up
ponerse al día
to catch up
la maldición
swear word
la maldición
curse
el partidario
supporter
la vía
route
la suma
sum
bursátil
stock market
constatar
to verify
constatar
to confirm
desesperado
desperate
la cobertura
coverage
el estancamiento
stagnation
tétrico
gloomy
formidable
formidable
formidable
fantastic
el rendimiento
output
el rendimiento
capacity
el trueque
barter
impensable
inconceivable
impensable
unthinkable
emitir
to issue
emitir
to broadcast
emitir
to emit
recurrir a
to resort to
recurrir a
to turn to
el parón
sudden stop
dilatar
to delay
dilatar
to prolong
dilatar
to expand
dilatar
to dilate
habituar
to get used
habituar
to accustom
la rebaja
reduction
el aplazamiento
deferment
el aplazamiento
postponement
el acreedor
creditor
la marca
record
equivaler
to be equivalent to
fatídico
fateful
conmocionar
to shock
conmocionar
to shake profoundly
el declive
slope
el declive
decline
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