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el pronóstico
el pronóstico
prognosis
el/la ceramista
el/la ceramista
ceramist
a la deriva
a la deriva
adrift
la medialuna
la medialuna
croissant
la aproximación
la aproximación
approach
agobiar
agobiar
to overwhelm
la quilla
la quilla
breastbone
carecer
carecer
to lack
beneficiarse
beneficiarse
to benefit from
fiscalizar
fiscalizar
to control
paulatinamente
paulatinamente
little by little
paulatinamente
paulatinamente
gradually
el contratiempo
el contratiempo
setback
contrarrestar
contrarrestar
to counteract
el antepasado
el antepasado
ancestor
la carencia
la carencia
scarcity
abstenerse
abstenerse
to abstain
abstenerse
abstenerse
to refrain
la andanza
la andanza
luck
la privación
deprivation
regir
to rule
regir
to govern
la ceja
eyebrow
la pestaña
eyelash
el bol
bowl
el tazón
bowl
el frutero
fruit bowl
inmolarse
to sacrifice oneself
escocer
to sting
el borde
edge
sugerente
suggestive
escueto
concise
al grano
to the point
el despistado
scatterbrain
acribillar
to riddle
zurrar
to wallop
delatar
to inform on
el francotirador
sniper
es preciso
it's essential
es preciso
it's necessary
la patrulla
patrol
desmoronarse
to crumble
desmoronarse
to go to pieces
el tiroteo
shootout
ovni
UFO
el jugo de carne
gravy
el moje
gravy
plantearse
to consider
contundente
blunt
contundente
forceful
los añicos
pieces
destrozar
to smash
destrozar
to destroy
hacer añicos
to shatter
reventar
to shatter
reventar
to burst
hostiar
to bash
disimular
to cover up
disimular
to hide
pretender
to intend
pretender
to claim
la rotura
break
el vientre
belly
el tornillo
screw
el párrafo
paragraph
el Medio Oriente
Middle East
cavar
to dig
posibilitar
to make possible
reclamar
to claim
reclamar
to demand
la brecha
breach
la brecha
gash
diluir
to dilute
el goce
enjoyment
el goce
pleasure
la racionalidad
rationality
retomar
to resume
consolidar
to consolidate
tambalearse
to stagger
el desfase
gap
plantear
to bring up
plantear
to suggest
el referente
reference
referente
concerning
enfrentarse
to face
repensar
to rethink
Al mal tiempo, buena cara.
You have to look on the bright side.
de tal palo, tal astilla
like father, like son
empezar la casa por el tejado
to put the cart before the horse
tirar la casa por la ventana
to spare no expense
no tener pelos en la lengua
to not mince words
estar como una cabra
to be nuts
amonestar
to reprimand
obstaculizar
to hinder
la cuerda
rope
el taladro
drill
apechugar
to face up to
el gaje
hazard
alinearse
to fall in
alinear
to line up
a poco
really
güero
fair-haired
fangoso
muddy
rezongar
to grumble
presagiar
to foretell
la subasta
auction
dulces sueños
sweet dreams
el gorjeo
chirping
el trébol de cuatro hojas
four-leaf clover
el polluelo
chick
el frescor
coolness
el aderezo
dressing
renovable
renewable
clavar
to drive
clavar
to hammer
el desaforado
crazy person
desaforado
wild
desvanecer
to fade
desteñirse
to fade
el fundido
fade
el encadenado
fade
encadenado
linked
a propósito
by the way
por cierto
by the way
de que trata
what it is about
de que se trata
being addressed
encajar
to add up
el prado
meadow
tierno
tender
el/la canadiense
Canadian
estadounidense
American
europeo
European
desplegar
to deploy
desplegar
to unfold
fletar
to charter
la víspera
day before
la víspera
eve
precisar
to specify
la cabecera
headboard
el médico de cabecera
GP
el cirujano
surgeon
varar
to beach
varar
to run aground
el/la canciller
chancellor
privar
to deprive of
el indulto
pardon
abordar
to board
abordar
to tackle
rifarse
to fight over
la metáfora
metaphor
echarse un clavado
to dive
zambullirse
to dive
acatar
to comply with
como tú digas
whatever you say
lo que tú digas
whatever you say
el síntoma
symptom
el monopatín
skateboard
equiparar
to put on the same level
el cilantro
coriander
la albahaca
basil
el azafrán
saffron
de barro
clay
la cazuela
casserole dish
poner en remojo
to soak
el lacón
shoulder of ham
la morcilla
blood sausage
apartar
to set aside
el abono
fertilizer
el semillero
hotbed
el semillero
seedbed
sembrar
to plant
sembrar
to sow
el tiesto
flowerpot
el drenaje
drainage
el sustrato
substratum
la costilla
rib
el calabacín
courgette
el puerro
leek
la maceta
flowerpot
idóneo
suitable
candente
red-hot
prender
to turn on
prender
to light
toparse
to bump into
naco
tacky
el empeño
determination
la celda
cell
inactivo
dormant
la lavandina
bleach
la cañería
pipe
el grueso
thickness
grueso
thick
indispensable
indispensable
vividor
opportunistic
el vividor
scrounger
el alcantarillado
sewer system
el resumen
summary
el hacinamiento
overcrowding
el mandil
apron
rapar
to shave
la patada
kick
la leucemia
leukemia
el menso
fool
menso
stupid
regatear
to bargain
regatear
to haggle
yo que tú
if I were you
radicar
to be situated
radicar
to lie in
terciarse
to arise
terciarse
to present itself
naufragar
to be shipwrecked
de la noche a la mañana
overnight
reñir
to tell off
la barbaridad
atrocity
la barbaridad
something stupid
andarse por las ramas
to beat around the bush
es pan comido
it's a piece of cake
dar en el clavo
to hit the nail on the head
cuesta un ojo de la cara
it costs an arm and a leg
el accidente automovilístico
car crash
deslizarse
to slide
la viga
beam
el tobogán
slide
la niñera
nanny
el comisario
curator
el primogénito
firstborn
el puño
fist
el noviazgo
engagement
diurno
daytime
titilar
to twinkle
anhelar
to long for
anhelar
to long
Plutón
Pluto
englobar
to encompass
englobar
to include
la riqueza
wealth
el guiño
wink
encapuchado
hooded
el caldo
soup
el caldo
broth
interminable
endless
provenir
to stem from
acoger
to receive
el manicomio
asylum
enloquecer
to drive crazy
ocasionar
to cause
la añoranza
yearning
sobrecogedor
shocking
piel de gallina
goose pimples
el agujerito
little hole
calcar
to trace
hediondo
foul-smelling
hediondo
stinking
en cualquier caso
in any case
en todo caso
in any case
de todos modos
anyway
ligar
to tie
ligar
to tie up
a fin de que
in order to
a fin de que
so that
de manera que
so
de manera que
so that
siempre que
whenever
que yo sepa
to my knowledge
que yo sepa
as far as I know
por más que
however
por más que
much as
por más que
no matter how
pese a
despite
pese a
in spite of
como si
as if
como si
as though
salvo que
unless
a menos que
unless
excepto que
except that
quienquiera que
whoever
dondequiera que
wherever
siempre y cuando
as long as
siempre y cuando
provided that
a no ser que
unless
quienquiera
whoever
la fecha de entrega
deadline
la fecha límite
deadline
opinar
to believe
opinar
to give one's opinion
el fracaso
disaster
el fracaso
failure
sitiado
besieged
el adepto
follower
el/la parce
dude
de una
definitely
de una
for sure
el sacerdote
priest
reclutar
to recruit
reclutar
to conscript
reclutar
to take on
proveer
to supply
proveer
to provide
cursar
to study
cursar
to take
el acontecimiento
event
apestoso
stinking
en cuanto a
as for
en cuanto a
with regard to
comprobar
to check
comprobar
to prove
arraigar
to establish
arraigar
to take root
impulsar
to drive
impulsar
to propel
el ámbito
circle
el ámbito
field
ante
compared to
al lado de
compared to
roer
to nibble at
roer
to gnaw on
trazar
to trace
trazar
to draw
empírico
empirical
el empírico
empiricist
arrugar
to crease
arrugar
to wrinkle
crédulo
gullible
arañar
to scratch
rascar
to scratch
estropear
to damage
estropear
to ruin
destapar
to open
destapar
to take the lid off
recalcar
to emphasize
recalcar
to stress
el anfitrión
host
la anfitriona
hostess
la sede
host
la sede
headquarters
propiciar
to create a favorable atmosphere for
proporcionar
to supply
proporcionar
to provide
el acercamiento
approach
el acercamiento
introduction
a la fecha
to date
a la fecha
to the date
el emprendimiento
entrepreneurship
el emprendimiento
undertaking
el simposio
symposium
fomentar
to encourage
fomentar
to promote
becar
to award a scholarship to
becar
to give a scholarship to
trazado
designed
el trazado
drawing
el abismo
abyss
el abismo
chasm
el empoderamiento
empowerment
revalorizar
to increase the value of
revalorizar
to revalue
supervisar
to supervise
denominar
to call
denominar
to designate
denominar
to refer to
más allá
beyond
más allá
further
atenerse
to follow
atenerse
to abide by
matricularse
to enroll
matricularse
to enrol
matricularse
to register
superar
to go beyond
superar
to overcome
angosto
narrow
estrecho
narrow
amplio
wide
ancho
wide
tupido
thick
el anochecer
dusk
el anochecer
nightfall
anochecer
to get dark
pardo
dull
pardo
brownish-grey
pardo
brownish-gray
el calambre
cramp
oscurecer
to darken
asestar
to deal
asestar
to fire
antojarse
to feel like
antojarse
to have a craving for
antojarse
to seem
el séquito
entourage
el séquito
retinue
agachar
to bend
agachar
to lower
travieso
naughty
posarse
to perch
posarse
to land
rapaz
of prey
rapaz
predatory
el búho
owl
adiestrar
to train
la almohada
pillow
el ganado
livestock
domar
to tame
arrear
to spur on
arrear
to urge on
el cuerno
antler
el cuerno
horn
terco
stubborn
el estanque
pond
el estanque
tank
aullar
to howl
aullar
to howl
chillar
to screech
chillar
to scream
indignado
indignant
la colina
hill
la frazada
blanket
la manta
blanket
el carámbano
icicle
a gusto
willingly
a gusto
comfortable
estornudar
to sneeze
el pastor
shepherd
regocijarse
to rejoice
friolento
sensitive to the cold
la caridad
charity
el turrón
nougat
el turrón
turron
el aguinaldo
Christmas bonus
el reno
reindeer
la nevasca
snowstorm
palear
to paddle
palear
to shovel
tiritar
to shiver
el copo
snowflake
el copo
flake
el copo de nieve
snowflake
la escarcha
frost
el reloj de arena
hourglass
el narval
narwhal
abrigarse
to wrap up
abrigarse
to wrap up warm
bajo cero
below zero
resbalarse
to slip
el piolet
ice axe
el iglú
igloo
la calefacción
heating
el estofado
hotpot
el estofado
stew
el oso polar
polar bear
la pantufla
slipper
tejer
to crochet
tejer
to knit
la temporada
time
la temporada
season
caldear
to heat
caldear
to heat up
el frailecillo
puffin
el cobijo
refuge
el cobijo
shelter
el invernadero
greenhouse
el/la ajedrecista
chess player
la madriguera
burrow
la madriguera
warren
la madriguera
den
yermo
barren
yermo
uninhabited
el yermo
wasteland
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