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1 dusty answer
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2 to get a dusty answer
recibir una evasiva -
3 dusty
adjective a dusty floor.) polvorientodusty adj polvoriento / cubierto de polvotr['dʌstɪ]2 (of colour) grisáceo,-a, ceniciento,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto get a dusty answer recibir una evasivaadj.• empolvado, -a adj.• lleno de polvo adj.• polvoriento, -a adj.• polvoroso, -a adj.• pulverulento, -a adj.'dʌstito get dusty — llenarse de polvo, empolvarse
['dʌstɪ]ADJ (compar dustier) (superl dustiest)1) (=covered in dust) [town, ground, track, atmosphere] polvoriento; [furniture, book, car] cubierto de polvoto get dusty — [table, book] cubrirse de polvo; [room, house] llenarse de polvo
2) (=greyish) grisáceodusty blue — azul m grisáceo
dusty pink — rosa m grisáceo, rosa m viejo
3) (Brit)*a dusty answer or reply — una respuesta evasiva
"how are you?" - "not so dusty or not too dusty, thanks" — -¿cómo estás? -no mal del todo, gracias
* * *['dʌsti]to get dusty — llenarse de polvo, empolvarse
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