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to take the sting out of — svelenire, rendere meno velenoso [ remark]; mitigare o attenuare l'effetto di [ action]

to take the sting out of sth fig — rendere qc meno pungente

but there was a sting in the tail fig — ma c'era una spiacevole sorpresa

to take the sting out of — svelenire, rendere meno velenoso [ remark]; mitigare o attenuare l'effetto di [ action]

to go o run to seed — ( lit) \<\<plant\>\> granar; ( deteriorate)

a seeded player — un jugador cabeza de serie, un sembrado (Méx)

poppy seeds — semillas fpl de amapola

to go or run to seed — (lit) granar, dar en grana; (fig) ir a menos

seed box N — caja f de simientes, semillero m

seed corn N — (lit) trigo m de siembra

seed drill N — sembradora f

seed merchant N — vendedor(a) m / f de semillas

seed money N — (Comm) capital m inicial

seed pearl N — aljófar m

seed pod N — vaina f

seed potato N — patata f or (LAm) papa f de siembra

seed time N — siembra f

seed tray N — = seed box

to go o run to seed — ( lit) \<\<plant\>\> granar; ( deteriorate)

a seeded player — un jugador cabeza de serie, un sembrado (Méx)

shake like a leaf — zittern wie Espenlaub

turn over a new leaf — (fig.) einen neuen Anfang machen; sich ändern; see also academic.ru/8158/book">book 1. 1)

to come into leaf — grün werden, ausschlagen (poet)

he swept the leaves into a pile — er fegte das Laub auf einen Haufen

to take a leaf out of or from sb's book — sich (dat) von jdm eine Scheibe abschneiden

it's time you turned over a new leaf, said the teacher — es wird Zeit, dass du dich änderst, sagte der Lehrer

pull the leaves out — zieh den Tisch aus!

gold/silver leaf — Blattgold/-silber nt

turn over a new leaf — (fig.) einen neuen Anfang machen; sich ändern; see also book 1. 1)

stem from something — auf etwas (Akk.) zurückzuführen sein

what does this increase in inflation stem from? — welche Ursachen hat diese Zunahme der Inflation?

stem from something — auf etwas (Akk.) zurückzuführen sein

to pull a plant up by the o its roots — arrancar* una planta de raíz

to take root — \<\<plant\>\> echar raíces, arraigar*; \<\<idea\>\> arraigarse*

to put down roots — \<\<person\>\> echar raíces, afincarse*; (before n)

root vegetable — raíz o tubérculo comestible como la zanahoria, el boniato etc

to get to the root of a problem — llegar* a la raíz de un problema; (before n)

root cause — causa f fundamental

a root and branch overhaul of the benefits system — una revisión completa or de cabo a rabo del sistema de prestaciones

to take root — [idea] arraigarse

square root — raíz f cuadrada

root beer N — (US) bebida refrescante elaborada a base de raíces

root canal treatment N — tratamiento m de endodoncia

root cause N — causa f primordial

root crops NPL — cultivos mpl de tubérculos

root ginger N — raíz f de jengibre

root vegetable N — tubérculo m comestible

root word N — (Ling) palabra f que es raíz or radical de otras

to pull a plant up by the o its roots — arrancar* una planta de raíz

to take root — \<\<plant\>\> echar raíces, arraigar*; \<\<idea\>\> arraigarse*

to put down roots — \<\<person\>\> echar raíces, afincarse*; (before n)

root vegetable — raíz o tubérculo comestible como la zanahoria, el boniato etc

to get to the root of a problem — llegar* a la raíz de un problema; (before n)

root cause — causa f fundamental

to go o run to seed — [ plant] sementire, fare seme; fig. [ person] rovinarsi; [organization, country] andare in rovina

to go o run to seed — [ plant] sementire, fare seme; fig. [ person] rovinarsi; [organization, country] andare in rovina