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121 entumecedor
adj.numbing.* * *= numbing.Ex. The cardiologist suspected that the neuropathy might be affecting the nerve endings around his heart, that its numbing sensation might be blocking his pain.* * *= numbing.Ex: The cardiologist suspected that the neuropathy might be affecting the nerve endings around his heart, that its numbing sensation might be blocking his pain.
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122 estar saliendo con alguien
(n.) = be in a dating relationshipEx. Meeting someone for the first time can be nerve-wracking, but so can trying to balance your eagerness with your need to play it cool when you' re in a dating relationship.* * *(n.) = be in a dating relationshipEx: Meeting someone for the first time can be nerve-wracking, but so can trying to balance your eagerness with your need to play it cool when you' re in a dating relationship.
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123 estudiante de primer año
(n.) = freshman [freshmen, -pl.], first-year studentEx. This study yielded mixed results but has proven valuable in reshaping the freshman bibliographic instruction programme.Ex. One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.* * *(n.) = freshman [freshmen, -pl.], first-year studentEx: This study yielded mixed results but has proven valuable in reshaping the freshman bibliographic instruction programme.
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124 funículo
m.1 funicle, any of several body structure resembling a cord, funniculus, funiculus.2 funniculus, section of the antenna between the basal segments and the club., Flagellum, part of the antenna of an insect beyond the second segment or pedicel.3 funniculus, funiculus, slender cordlike strand or band and especially a bundle of nerve fibers in a nerve trunk.* * *= funiculus.Ex. The ovule is attached to the placental wall of the ovary through a structure known as the funiculus, the plant equivalent of an umbilical cord.* * *= funiculus.Ex: The ovule is attached to the placental wall of the ovary through a structure known as the funiculus, the plant equivalent of an umbilical cord.
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125 gallina
adj.chicken-hearted.f.1 hen.cría gallinas he keeps chickens (gallinas, pollos y gallos)matar la gallina de los huevos de oro (informal figurative) to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs2 coward, wimp, quitter, yellow-belly.f. & m.chicken, coward (informal) (person).* * *1 hen1 familiar chicken, coward\acostarse con las gallinas to go to bed very earlycomo gallina en corral ajeno familiar like a fish out of waterjugar a la gallina ciega to play blind man's buffmatar la gallina de los huevos de oro familiar to kill the goose that lays the golden eggsgallina clueca broody hengallina de agua cootgallina de Guinea guinea fowlgallina de mar stargazerpiel de gallina gooseflesh, goose pimples plural* * *noun f.* * *1. SF1) (=ave) hengallina ciega — CAm, Caribe (=gusano) white worm
gallina clueca — broody o (EEUU) brooding hen
2) (Culin) chickengallina en pepitoria — chicken in a sauce made with wine, bread, egg, almonds and pine nuts
2.SMF * (=cobarde) chicken *, coward* * *Iadjetivo (fam) chicken (colloq)II1) (Zool) hen; (Coc) chickenacostarse/levantarse con las gallinas — (fam) to go to bed early/to get up at the crack of dawn
estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno — (fam) to be/feel like a fish out of water
matar la gallina de los huevos de oro — to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
* * *= hen, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex. He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.Ex. Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.Ex. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.----* dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina = chicken and egg situation.* gallina de campo = free-range hen.* gallina de corral = free-range hen.* gallina de granja = free-range hen.* gallina ponedora = egg-laying hen.* * *Iadjetivo (fam) chicken (colloq)II1) (Zool) hen; (Coc) chickenacostarse/levantarse con las gallinas — (fam) to go to bed early/to get up at the crack of dawn
estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno — (fam) to be/feel like a fish out of water
matar la gallina de los huevos de oro — to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
* * *= hen, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
Ex: He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.Ex: Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.Ex: And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.* dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina = chicken and egg situation.* gallina de campo = free-range hen.* gallina de corral = free-range hen.* gallina de granja = free-range hen.* gallina ponedora = egg-laying hen.* * *¡qué gallina eres! chicken! o don't be so chicken!caldo de gallina chicken brothacostarse con or (Bol, RPl) como las gallinas to go to bed earlyestar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno ( fam); to be/feel like a fish out of waterla gallina de los huevos de oro the goose that lays/laid the golden eggslevantarse con or (Bol, RPl) como las gallinas ( fam); to get up at the crack of dawn, be up with the larkCompuestos:(empollando) broody hen; (cuidando la pollada) mother henme tocó sentarme al lado de un grupo de gallinas cluecas ( fam); I had to sit next to a group of squawking women ( colloq)estar como or parecer una gallina clueca ( fam); to be like a mother henguinea fowl● gallina or gallinita ciegablind man's bufflaying henB* * *
gallina sustantivo femenino
1 (Zool) hen;
(Coc) chicken;
( cuidando la pollada) mother hen;
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gallina
I sustantivo femenino
1 Zool hen
2 (juego) la gallina/gallinita ciega, blind man's buff
II mf fam coward, chicken
III adjetivo coward: no seas tan gallina y pídeselo de una vez, stop being such a chicken - just go ahead and ask him
♦ Locuciones: familiar ¡cuando las gallinas meen!, and pigs might fly!
estar como gallina en corral ajeno, to feel like a fish out of water
la gallina de los huevos de oro, the goose that lays the golden eggs;
' gallina' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cacarear
- cacareo
- carne
- carné
- empollar
- piel
- aletear
English:
chicken
- egg
- goosebumps
- gooseflesh
- goosepimples
- hen
- goose
- speckle
* * *♦ adjFam [persona] chicken, wimp;es muy gallina he's such a chicken o wimp♦ nfhen;cría gallinas [gallinas, pollos y gallos] he keeps chickens;Famacostarse con las gallinas to go to bed early;Famlevantarse con las gallinas to get up at cock-crow, to be up with the lark;Famcomo gallina en corral ajeno like a fish out of watergallina de agua coot; Fam la gallina ciega blind man's buff;gallina clueca broody hen;gallina de Guinea guinea fowl;la gallina de los huevos de oro the golden goose, the goose that lays the golden eggs;Fammatar la gallina de los huevos de oro to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs;gallina pintada guinea fowl♦ nmfFam [persona] chicken, coward* * *I f hen;matar la gallina de los huevos de oro kill the goose that lays the golden eggsII m/f famchicken* * *gallina nf1) : hen2)gallina de Guinea : guinea fowl* * *gallina n1. (ave) hen2. (cobarde) chicken / coward -
126 gas mostaza
m.mustard gas, yperite, nitrogen mustard.* * *mustard gas* * *(n.) = mustard gasEx. The survivors described the public decapitation of women 'accused of loose morality,' and the use of mustard gas and nerve agents against opponents of the regime.* * *(n.) = mustard gasEx: The survivors described the public decapitation of women 'accused of loose morality,' and the use of mustard gas and nerve agents against opponents of the regime.
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127 hacer como si nada
(v.) = play it + coolEx. Meeting someone for the first time can be nerve-wracking, but so can trying to balance your eagerness with your need to play it cool when you're in a dating relationship.* * *(v.) = play it + coolEx: Meeting someone for the first time can be nerve-wracking, but so can trying to balance your eagerness with your need to play it cool when you're in a dating relationship.
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128 hacerse el duro
(v.) = play it + cool, play + hard to getEx. Meeting someone for the first time can be nerve-wracking, but so can trying to balance your eagerness with your need to play it cool when you're in a dating relationship.Ex. Playing hard to get is definitely one of the games of love.* * *(v.) = play it + cool, play + hard to getEx: Meeting someone for the first time can be nerve-wracking, but so can trying to balance your eagerness with your need to play it cool when you're in a dating relationship.
Ex: Playing hard to get is definitely one of the games of love.
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