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VOCABULARY

Endanger – arriesgar, exponer, poner en peligro, estar en vías de extinción.

Slum – tugurio, marginal.

Astray – extraviado, por mal camino

Amid – en medio de, entre

Indulge – complacer, satisfacer, consentir (She just wants your attention. Don't indulge her). Permitirse a
uno mismo (Karen didn't usually buy new things for herself, but since it was her birthday she decided to
indulge).

Indulge – drink alcohol. Beber, tomar. The doctor had told Harry to stop drinking, but he indulged
regularly anyway.

Indulge in – treat yourself to. Darse el gusto. I usually indulge in a nice glass of wine with my dinner.
Mary indulged in a massage before her big presentation.

Indulge in – allow yourseft to do. Dejarse enredar. If you indulge in illegal activities, you should not be
surprised if you end up in trouble with the police.

Commonwealth – estado libre asociado, territorio autónomo.

Strive – exert oneself. Esforzarse, tratar de. Strive for (luchar por). Strive to do (make great effort to)

Exert – ejercer (poder, fuerza ..) Exert oneself: esforzarse.

Mistress – amante, querida.

Allegedly – presuntamente.

Swell – hincharse.

Attorney – abogado.

Whining – crying, complaining.

Footage - metraje, imagen.

Shoddy – de mala calidad, chapucero, de pacotilla (trabajo).

Acquire – adquirir, comprar.

Scapegoat – cabeza de turco, chivo expiatorio.

Pin on – acusar, echar la culpa. Blame

Grief – pena, dolor (sorrow). Problema, inconveniente (trouble).

Sordid – sórdido

Gunner - A person who is competitive,overly-ambitious and substantially exceeds minimum


requirements. A gunner will compromise his/her peer relationships and/or reputation among peers in
order to obtain recognition and praise from his/her superiors.
Stench – hedor, pestilencia.

Belligerent – agresivo

Arwy – torcido, mal

Amiss – malo, equivocado, incorrecto. De forma inapropiada.

Velify – denigrar

Grandstand – tribuna. Fanfarronar.

Adjourn – aplazar, posponer.

Evicted (evict) – desalojado.

Grievance – queja (complain).

Affidavits – declaración jurada.

Swamp – pantano, ciénaga.

Jaw – mandíbula

Loaf /loaves – barra de pan

Herald – proclamar. Mensajero.

Swallow up – envolver por completo. The jungle vines completely swallowed up the temple ruins.

Rap out – espetar.

Torn out – rasgado.

Tear out – arrancar.

Fathom – entender, comprender.

Inquiry (US) / Enquiry (UK) – investigación, pregunta, consulta.

Draw near – acercarse.

Weary – cansado, agotado.

Hum – tararear, canturrear, resonar.

Rouse – wake up.

Rouse somobody to sth – incitar a alguien a

Bear – soportar (endure).

Ridge – cresta (montaña).

Gulf – abismo, brecha, golfo.

Darted out – lanzarse.


Shrill – estridente, agudo.

Whim – capricho.

Upfront – por adelantado. Abierto, honesto.

Dwell – obcecarse.

Robbernecker – mirón, mirona.

Conscientious – meticuloso, escrupuloso, conciencudo. Meticulous, scrupulous.

Make up one’s mind – make a decision.

Outgoing – extrovertido. Extroverted.

Knowledgeable – culto, estar muy informado.

Bustling – atestado.

Get away – escapada.

Insight – percepción, entendimiento.

Deprecating – de desprecio, despreciativo.

Brag – presumir. Show off.

Mosque – mezquita.

Alleyway – callejón.

Shriek – chillido, aullido.

Shed – cobertizo, caseta.

Picth – tono. Campo. Lanzar.

Huddle – apiñarse, juntarse.

Stale – duro, rancio, correoso.

Rotten – podrido.

Sour – ácido.

Rancid – rancio.

Skim – rozar, sobrevolar, echar un vistazo, leer por encima, echar una ojeada.

Skimmed – desnatada.

Graze – raspar, rasguñar. Pastar en animales.

Rub – frotar, restregar.

Scrub – fregar, restregar.


Solely – solamente.

Merely – simplemente.

Barely – apenas.

Uniquely – excepcionalmente.

Consistent with – coherente con.

Bound by – obligado por (legalmente)

Bound to – obligado a

Bound for – con destino a

Bind – encuadernar, atar a, amarrar, vendar. Tie.

Bind – obligar a

Bind – lío, embrollo, apuro.

Bind – unirse, combinarse. In this recipe, the eggs bind to the flour.

Wrap – vendar. Strap up.

Bound – atado, encuadernado.

Bound – salto, brinco. Leap.

Bound – límite.

Bound to do – de seguro, seguramente. You left your wallet on the table: someone was bound to steal it.

Asylum – asilo, psiquiatrico, manicomio, refugio. Psychiatric institution.

Befall – suceder, ocurrir.

Struck out – tachado.

Shore – costa, orilla.

Thoroughtly – cuidadosamente, minusionamente, completamente, plenamente, absolutamente.


Exhaustively.

Henceforth – a partir de ahora. Henceforward.

Pliable – plegable, flexible.

Guffaw – carcajada. Reirse a carcajadas.

Garments- vestido, prenda, ropa, traje.

Bosom – pecho, senos.

Scanty – escaso, exiguo, insuficiente. Meagre. Corto, extrecho, pequeño.

Missdeed – fechoría.
Demeanor – comportamiento. Behaviour. Apariencia, semblante. Appearence.

Dull – aburrido, soso. Apagado, opaco, sin brillo, mate. Sordo. (Tiempo) gris, nublado, encapotado.
(Cuchilla) desafilado, romo.

Hail – granizo, granizar.

Ramble – pasear, vagar, errar, deambular. Irse por las ramas. Divagar.

Thoroughfare – carretera, autopista.

Gaiety – alegría, regocijo.

Abreast - uno al lado del otro, junto a.

Abreast of – al corriente de.

Loathing (take a) – odio, absersión, asco.

Forgery – falsificación.

Relish – salsa de pepinillos.

Relish (sth) – gusto, deleite, placer. Disfrutar, deletiarse.

Relish for – entusiasmo, emoción

With relish – con placer. Helen was starving after her long hike and ate with relish.

Geezer – viejo, abuelo, veterano. Tipo, tío, fulano.

Old geezer – viejo cascarrabias.

Knead – amasar.

Soar – elevarse, dispararse, subir como la espuma.

Pond – estanque.

Peddle – vender. Traficar.

Fir – abeto.

Wreak havoc – sembrar el caos.

Wreak sth on sb/sth – causar, inflingir.

Reek – apestar, atufar, heder. Heador, tufo, pestilencia.

Reek of - oler a, apestar a.

Taut – tenso, tirante. Firme, en forma. Conciso, preciso. Disciplinado.

Carat – quilate.

Entail – conlleva, implica.

Answearble – responsable ante, que responde por.


Draw on – utilizar, usar, servirse de.

Draw on – put on. Ponerse ropa.

Draw a gun on – apuntar con un arma a

Draw heavily on – apoyarse fuertemente en

Quick on the draw – rápido de reflejos

Opt to do – elegir hacer algo

Opt for – optar por

Opt in – decidir tomar parte en, apuntarse en.

Opt out – optar por no hacer algo, no participar. I had thought about swimming, but the water looked
freezing so I opted out.

Allow for – permitir.

Gun for – tenerla con alguien. My new manager has been gunning for me since I had that last period of
absence. informal

Gun for – estar buscando, tener algo entre ceja y ceja. She stays late every day because she's gunning
for a raise. informal

Plump for – elegir. informal

Reckon – think, believe. I reckon you must be the new sheriff. It's lunchtime, so Glenn will be in the pub, I
reckon. informal.

Reckon – estimar, calcular. Linda reckoned the stranger's age to be about fifty.

Reckon on – contar con.

Reckon with – hacerse cargo de, lidiar. Emily was surprised how many small difficulties she had to reckon
with as a new mother.

Reckon without – no contar con.

Put sb down – hablar mal de alguien.

Disparage – hablar mal de alguien. Speak ill of.

Stick up fpr sb - defender.

Vouch for – responder por, poner las manos en el fuego por, dar fe de.

Bang for your buck – sacar provecho al dinero.

Butt in – entrometerse

Bash in – tirar abajo, reventar. Break by hitting

Trade in – dar algo como pago, comerciar con.


Campaign for – hacer campaña de, defender.

Shield from – proteger, escudar.

Comply with – obedecer, acatar, cumplir.

Chip in – interrumpir, hacer un fondo común.

Bone up on – ponerse al dia en, revisar, repasar.

Catch on – captar, comprender, agarrar.

Drag on – no terminar nunca, hacerse eterno. The three-hour movie dragged on and on.

Look down on – mirar por encima del hombro.

Take on – hacerse cargo de, competir con alguien, enfrentarse a, contratar.

Make of – interpretar, pensar.

Talk sb out of sth – dissuade.

Talk out of both sides of one's mouth – say contradictory things.

Talk out of both sides of your mouth – contradict yourself, be dishonest.

For good – para siempre

On hold – en espera, suspendido.

By and large – en líneas generales.

By and by – en un rato, luego, tarde o temprano.

In turn – a su vez.

Look further ahead/forward –

Perilous – peligroso, arriesgado.

Undertake – emprender, comenzar.

Scarce – escaso.

Prone to – propenso a

Homely – sencillo, familiar, casero.

Publie

Beehive – colmena, panal. Cardado.

Artisans – artesanos

Out of fondness – por cariño.

Fond – cariñoso, afectuoso.


Fond of – tenerle cariño a, tener afecto por.

Fond of doing – disfrutar.

Grow fond of – coger cariño

Encircle – surround. Circundar, rodear, cercar.

Atop – encima de

Endeavour – esfuerzo, empeño.

Utmost – máximo esfuerzo.

Conversely – en cambio, a la inversa.

Adversely – negativamente.

Inherent – inherente, intrínseco.

Expound – exponer, explicar.

Musing – contemplación, reflexión.

Skulk – merodear

Seasick – mareado

Seasickness – mareo.

Conjoin – unir.

Amuse – entretener, divertir.

Tender – tierno, blando, delicado, sensible.

Irrespective – independientemente de.

Irresponsive – que no responde, que no reacciona.

Creditable – respetable, viable economicamente, honorable

Utmost/ Uttermost - máximo esfuerzo

Numeracy – aritmética

Prop – atrezo.

Livelihood - sustento

Restless – inquieto, preocupado

Aftermath – consecuencia, resulado, repercusión. Para incontables. Our office is dealing with the
aftermath of our general manager's arrest.

A great deal of – a lot. He spent a great deal of money on the car

Subject to – sometido a, propenso a, susceptible a


Ultimately – básicamente, finalmente, por último.

Wear your heart on your sleeve – to show your true feelings openly.

Hail from – de from, come from.

Withstand – resist. Aguantar

Stiffer – rígido, tieso. Severo. Dolorido, duro. Firme. Difícil.

Brittle – frágil, quebradizo.

Badger – tejón. Fastidiar, molestar.

Badger sbd into doing sth – insistir a alguien para que haga algo.

Badger to do sth – molestar a alguien para que haga algo.

Bulky – voluminoso

Cumbersome – voluminoso, incómodo. Rachel dragged the cumbersome suitcase across the room.

Cumbersome – engorroso, complicado, difícil. Getting a building permit is sometimes a cumbersome


process.

Assiduity – diligencia

Burrow – madriguera, cavar, excavar, hurgar, rebuscar.

Burrower – animal excavador.

Claw – garra, zarpa, pinza (animal).

Winding – serpenteante, sinuoso.

Conjure up – evocar.

Ubiquitous - widespread

Put forward – proponer

Sturdy – robusto, fuerte.

Tile – azulejo, baldosa.

Forged – falso, falsificado. Counterfeit

Comprise – constar de.

Emdebbed – incrustado, inserado. Inset, set inside.

Altogether – overall, in all, completely, in total.

Readily – easily. Inmediatamente.

Endowed – financiado por una donación

Spate – avalancha
Brooding – pensativo. Threatening. Inquietante

Further afield – más lejos

Parched – árido.

Astounding – asombroso

Grapevines – vides

Drench – empapar

As yet – todavía.

Drought – sequía.

Hunted to extinction –

Vines – enredaderas

Orchids – orquídeas

Features – características

Relish – saborear

Relish the prospect – disfrutar de la posibilidad

Ploy – táctica

Waft – flotar. Soplo

Entice – atraer, tentar.

Whiff – olorcillo

Gimmick – truco.

Weasel – comadreja

Give rise – dar lugar.

Den – guarida.

Ancestry – ascendencia, linaje.

Deterrent – disuasorio.

Stumble – tropezón, traspié. Tropezarse.

Cradle – cuna. Mecer, sostener contra el pecho. Cradle of civilization.

Crib - cuna

Cot - catre

Scout - explorador
Scourge – azote, flagelo, latigazo

Hamper – cesto, cesto de la ropa sucia.

Hamper – obstaculizar, obstruir.

Do up – redecorar, remodelar

Amid – entre

Swarn – multitud

Clattering – ruidoso, estrepitoso

Clatter – ruido

Forecourt – terraza, entrada

Shurg – encogerse de hombros

Tilt – to lean

Nail – clavo

Battered – maltratado

Batter – maltratar, golpear

Batter – masa (cocina).

Stubble – barba de varios dias

Berth – embarcadero, amarrar

Apalled – en shock

Appall – horrorizar

Pursed lips – labios fruncidos

Intermingled – entremezclado

Gingerly – cautelosamente

Grin – mueca, sonrisa

Nonchalant – despreocupado

Fiddle – violín

Fiddle – fuchicar

Dull - aburrido

Bumbling – inepto, torpe

Bestow – otorgar, conceder


Grasp – agarrar, sujetar

Outlook – perspectiva

Merely – simplemente

Barely – apenas

Slightly – algo

Overlook – pasar por alto

Outlook – perspectiva

Lookup – busqueda

Lookover – vistazo

Holp-up – atraco, atasco

Brew-up – te

Pick-up – camioneta

Pullbacks – retiradas

Drawback – desventajas

All too often – con frecuencia

An awful lot to do and precious time to do it

To be second to none – ser inigualable

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