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1 bread-and-butter letter
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3 bread-and-butter
tr['bredənbʌtəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (commonplace) rutinario,-a, corriente y moliente\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLa bread-and-butter letter carta de agradecimiento['bredǝn'bʌtǝ(r)]1.ADJ (fig) [issues, needs] básico, primario; [product] de más venta; [customer] más asiduo2.CPDbread-and-butter letter N — carta f de agradecimiento (a una señora en cuya casa el invitado ha pasado varios días)
bread-and-butter pudding N — pudín m de pan y mantequilla
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ənd, ænd1) (joining two statements, pieces of information etc: I opened the door and went inside; The hat was blue and red; a mother and child.) y2) (in addition to: 2 and 2 makes 4.) y, más3) (as a result of which: Try hard and you will succeed.) y4) (used instead of `to' with a verb: Do try and come!) yand conj y / etr[ænd, ʊnstressed ənd]1 y (before i- and hi-) e3 (expressing repetition, increase)5 (in sums) másand ['ænd] conj2) : conham and eggs: huevos con jamón3) : ago and see: ve a ver4) : detry and finish it soon: trata de terminarlo prontoconj.• e conj.• y conj.n.• lesbiana s.f.• paliativo s.m.ænd, weak form əndconjunction [The usual translation y becomes e when it precedes a word beginning with i, hi or y]1)a) yduring June and/or July — durante junio y/o julio
b)and so on, and so forth — etcétera, etcétera
2) ( in numbers)3) (showing continuation, repetition)4) (with inf)[ænd] [ˌǝnd] [ˌnd] [ˌǝn]CONJ1) y; (before i-, hi- but not hie-) eand? — ¿y?, ¿y qué más?
and how! * — ¡y (no veas) cómo!
and/or — y/o
2) + compar adj3) (in numbers)ten dollars and 50 cents — diez dólares y or con 50 centavos
4) (negative sense) ni5) (repetition, continuation)she cried and cried — no dejaba de llorar, lloraba sin parar
he talked and talked — habló sin parar or (LAm) cesar
please try and come! — ¡procura venir!
AND In order to avoid two "i" sounds coming together, and is translated by e not y before words beginning with i and hi and before the letter y used on its own:one move and you're dead! — ¡como te muevas disparo!, ¡un solo movimiento y disparo!
... Spain and Italy...... España e Italia...
... grapes and figs...... uvas e higos...
... words ending in S and Y...... palabras terminadas en S e Y... Words beginning with hie are preceded by y, since hie is not pronounced "i":
... coal and iron mines...... minas de carbón y hierro...* * *[ænd], weak form [ənd]conjunction [The usual translation y becomes e when it precedes a word beginning with i, hi or y]1)a) yduring June and/or July — durante junio y/o julio
b)and so on, and so forth — etcétera, etcétera
2) ( in numbers)3) (showing continuation, repetition)4) (with inf)
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