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61 agitarse en el viento
(v.) = rustleEx. Many music theorists claim that passages in music refer to objects, such as babbling brooks, chirping birds, rustling leaves, and chugging trains, by imitating them.* * *(v.) = rustleEx: Many music theorists claim that passages in music refer to objects, such as babbling brooks, chirping birds, rustling leaves, and chugging trains, by imitating them.
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62 alarmista
adj.alarmist.f. & m.alarmist.* * *1 alarmist* * *1.ADJ alarmist2.SMF alarmist* * *adjetivo/masculino y femenino alarmist* * *Nota: Adjetivo.Ex. The antiabortion movement's scaremongering claim that having an abortion substantially raises a woman's risk of breast cancer is hugely deceptive and erroneous = La declaración alarmista del movimiento antiabortista de que el aborto aumenta sustancialmente el riesgo de que la mujer contraiga cáncer de mama es muy engañosa y errónea.* * *adjetivo/masculino y femenino alarmist* * *Nota: Adjetivo.Ex: The antiabortion movement's scaremongering claim that having an abortion substantially raises a woman's risk of breast cancer is hugely deceptive and erroneous = La declaración alarmista del movimiento antiabortista de que el aborto aumenta sustancialmente el riesgo de que la mujer contraiga cáncer de mama es muy engañosa y errónea.
* * *adj/mfalarmist* * *
alarmista adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino alarmist
' alarmista' also found in these entries:
English:
scaremonger
* * *♦ adjalarmist♦ nmfalarmist* * *m/f alarmist -
63 alcohol
m.1 alcohol.alcohol desinfectante surgical spiritalcohol de quemar methylated spirits2 rubbing alcohol.* * *1 (sustancia) alcohol\alcohol desnaturalizado/metílico/de quemar methylated spirits, methylated spirit* * *noun m.* * *SM alcoholalcohol absoluto — absolute alcohol, pure alcohol
alcohol de quemar, alcohol desnaturalizado, alcohol metílico — methylated spirit
* * *1) (Quím) alcohol; (Farm) tbalcohol de 90 (grados) — rubbing alcohol (AmE), surgical spirit (BrE)
2) ( bebida) alcohol, drink* * *= alcohol, spirit, booze, liquor, alchy [alchie].Ex. Although users are better informed than non-users, they are fairly alike in their attitudes toward such issues as capital punishment and the effect of alcohol on driving.Ex. A common defence of drivers against disqualification from driving for having a high blood alcohol level is to claim that they had unwittingly consumed a drink laced with added spirits.Ex. I have to hand it to you, maybe you've got some booze in you or maybe you just like to hang loose, but you put on quite a show.Ex. During the 14th century distilled liquors were commonly used as remedies for the Black Death.Ex. Then I followed these two jokers to a liquor store where they got them some alchy.----* abuso del alcohol = alcohol abuse.* alcohol de madera = wood alcohol.* alcohol metílico = wood alcohol, methyl alcohol.* alcohol polivinílico = polyvinyl alcohol.* bebida baja en alcohol = low-alcohol drink.* campaña contra la conducción bajo la influencia del alcohol = drink-drive campaign, anti-drink-drive campaign.* conducción bajo la influencia del alcohol = drink driving, drunk driving.* conducir bajo la influencia del alcohol = drive while under + the influence of alcohol.* consumo de alcohol = alcohol consumption.* de alcohol = spirit-based.* hábito de consumo de alcohol = drinking practice, drinking habit.* índice de alcohol en sangre = blood alcohol level.* industria del alcohol, la = alcohol industry, the.* problema con el alcohol = drinking problem.* problemas con el alcohol = problem drinking.* relacionado con el alcohol = alcohol-related.* sin alcohol = alcoholfree.* tasa de alcohol en sangre = blood alcohol level.* * *1) (Quím) alcohol; (Farm) tbalcohol de 90 (grados) — rubbing alcohol (AmE), surgical spirit (BrE)
2) ( bebida) alcohol, drink* * *= alcohol, spirit, booze, liquor, alchy [alchie].Ex: Although users are better informed than non-users, they are fairly alike in their attitudes toward such issues as capital punishment and the effect of alcohol on driving.
Ex: A common defence of drivers against disqualification from driving for having a high blood alcohol level is to claim that they had unwittingly consumed a drink laced with added spirits.Ex: I have to hand it to you, maybe you've got some booze in you or maybe you just like to hang loose, but you put on quite a show.Ex: During the 14th century distilled liquors were commonly used as remedies for the Black Death.Ex: Then I followed these two jokers to a liquor store where they got them some alchy.* abuso del alcohol = alcohol abuse.* alcohol de madera = wood alcohol.* alcohol metílico = wood alcohol, methyl alcohol.* alcohol polivinílico = polyvinyl alcohol.* bebida baja en alcohol = low-alcohol drink.* campaña contra la conducción bajo la influencia del alcohol = drink-drive campaign, anti-drink-drive campaign.* conducción bajo la influencia del alcohol = drink driving, drunk driving.* conducir bajo la influencia del alcohol = drive while under + the influence of alcohol.* consumo de alcohol = alcohol consumption.* de alcohol = spirit-based.* hábito de consumo de alcohol = drinking practice, drinking habit.* índice de alcohol en sangre = blood alcohol level.* industria del alcohol, la = alcohol industry, the.* problema con el alcohol = drinking problem.* problemas con el alcohol = problem drinking.* relacionado con el alcohol = alcohol-related.* sin alcohol = alcoholfree.* tasa de alcohol en sangre = blood alcohol level.* * *A1 ( Quím) alcohol2 ( Farm) tbCompuestos:absolute alcoholmethanol, methyl alcohol, methylated spirits ( BrE)ethyl alcoholmethyl alcoholpure alcoholvinic alcoholB (bebida) alcohol, drinkintenté dejar el alcohol I tried to give up drinking o alcohol o drinkahogar las penas en alcohol to drown one's sorrows in drink* * *
alcohol sustantivo masculino
1 (Quím) alcohol;
(Farm) tb
2 ( bebida) alcohol, drink
alcohol sustantivo masculino alcohol
' alcohol' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abotargada
- abotargado
- abusar
- alcoholemia
- cerveza
- ciega
- ciego
- desintoxicarse
- desnaturalizada
- desnaturalizado
- domar
- etílica
- etílico
- fricción
- inflar
- ingerir
- metílica
- metílico
- perjudicar
- petaca
- probar
- prohibir
- resaca
- seca
- seco
- sin
- sobria
- sobrio
- soplar
- tener
- abstenerse
- alegrar
- alegre
- chicha
- destilar
- efecto
- embriagarse
- entonado
- graduación
- influencia
- intoxicación
- licor
- mamar
- marear
- suprimir
- tomar
English:
alcohol
- bring out
- clampdown
- downfall
- drink
- drown
- drunk driving
- DUI
- limit
- liquor
- low-alcohol
- neat
- non-alcoholic
- proof
- slug
- sorrow
- spirit
- stoned
- strength
- surgical spirit
- tot
- touch
- vice
- Breathalyzer
- drinking
- give
- low
- methylated spirit(s)
- mixer
- sobriety
- surgical
- temperance
* * *alcohol nm1. Quím alcoholalcohol de 96° surgical spirit;alcohol etílico ethanol, ethyl alcohol;alcohol de grano grain alcohol;alcohol metílico methanol;alcohol de quemar methylated spirits, meths2. [bebida] alcohol, drink;tiene problemas con el alcohol he has a drink problem;si bebes alcohol, no conduzcas if you drink alcohol o have something to drink, don't drive* * *m1 alcohol;prueba/test de alcohol breath test;la policía le sometió a la prueba de alcohol the police breathalyzed him;los efectos del alcohol under the influence of alcohol2 MED rubbing alcohol, Brsurgical spirit* * *alcohol nm: alcohol* * *alcohol n alcohol -
64 bebida alcohólica
f.alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, hard drink, liquor.* * *alcoholic drink* * *(n.) = alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, spirit, liquor, alchy [alchie]Ex. The library holds 4,500 volumes on various types of alcoholic drinks.Ex. North Americans spend more on chewing gum, tobacco, and alcoholic beverages each year than the entire annual budgets of many poor countries.Ex. A common defence of drivers against disqualification from driving for having a high blood alcohol level is to claim that they had unwittingly consumed a drink laced with added spirits.Ex. During the 14th century distilled liquors were commonly used as remedies for the Black Death.Ex. Then I followed these two jokers to a liquor store where they got them some alchy.* * *(n.) = alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, spirit, liquor, alchy [alchie]Ex: The library holds 4,500 volumes on various types of alcoholic drinks.
Ex: North Americans spend more on chewing gum, tobacco, and alcoholic beverages each year than the entire annual budgets of many poor countries.Ex: A common defence of drivers against disqualification from driving for having a high blood alcohol level is to claim that they had unwittingly consumed a drink laced with added spirits.Ex: During the 14th century distilled liquors were commonly used as remedies for the Black Death.Ex: Then I followed these two jokers to a liquor store where they got them some alchy. -
65 carne picada
f.hamburger, minced meat, hamburger meat, mince.* * *mince, mincemeat, US ground meat, loose meat* * *(n.) = ground meat, minced meatEx. Meatloaf is a meat dish consisting of seasoned ground meat (usually ground beef or a combination of ground beef with veal, lamb or pork), which is formed into loaf shape and baked.Ex. Shoppers are often being misled by minced meat labels which claim that the product contains less fat than it actually does.* * *(n.) = ground meat, minced meatEx: Meatloaf is a meat dish consisting of seasoned ground meat (usually ground beef or a combination of ground beef with veal, lamb or pork), which is formed into loaf shape and baked.
Ex: Shoppers are often being misled by minced meat labels which claim that the product contains less fat than it actually does.* * *ground meat, Brmince -
66 cieno
m.mud, sludge.* * *1 mud, mire* * *SM1) (=lodo) mud2) (=depósito fluvial) silt* * *masculino silt, mud* * *= slime, silt, sediment.Ex. One cannot infer from the sexist analogies of slime and holes the claim that woman occupies an inferior ontological status.Ex. But the fertility of the muck and silt topsoil soon made it a profitable farming community.Ex. Finally, the upkeep of these bridges was a massive task requiring the constant removal of sediment from river beds, piers and abutments.* * *masculino silt, mud* * *= slime, silt, sediment.Ex: One cannot infer from the sexist analogies of slime and holes the claim that woman occupies an inferior ontological status.
Ex: But the fertility of the muck and silt topsoil soon made it a profitable farming community.Ex: Finally, the upkeep of these bridges was a massive task requiring the constant removal of sediment from river beds, piers and abutments.* * *silt, mud* * *
cieno sustantivo masculino
silt, mud
' cieno' also found in these entries:
English:
slime
- silt
* * *cieno nmmud, sludge* * *m silt* * *cieno nm: mire, mud, silt -
67 dar resoplidos
v.to puff, to make short puffing sounds, to chuff.* * *(v.) = chugEx. Many music theorists claim that passages in music refer to objects, such as babbling brooks, chirping birds, rustling leaves, and chugging trains, by imitating them.* * *(v.) = chugEx: Many music theorists claim that passages in music refer to objects, such as babbling brooks, chirping birds, rustling leaves, and chugging trains, by imitating them.
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68 depravación
f.depravation, debauchery, vice, degeneration.* * *1 depravity, depravation* * *SF1) (=cualidad) depravity2) (=acto) depraved act* * *a) ( acto) act of depravity, depraved actb) ( cualidad) depravity* * *= depravity, abjection, depravation.Ex. Booth conducted his surveys to study 'the numerical relation which poverty, misery, and depravity bear to the regular earnings and comparative comfort and to describe the general conditions under which each class lives'.Ex. Her notion of ' abjection' illuminates Arendt's claim that understanding the superfluousness of the modern human being is inseparable from grasping the emergence of radical evil.Ex. Poverty and depravation impacts on those directly affected and also influences the well being of the whole macro structure of the nation.----* depravación moral = moral depravity.* * *a) ( acto) act of depravity, depraved actb) ( cualidad) depravity* * *= depravity, abjection, depravation.Ex: Booth conducted his surveys to study 'the numerical relation which poverty, misery, and depravity bear to the regular earnings and comparative comfort and to describe the general conditions under which each class lives'.
Ex: Her notion of ' abjection' illuminates Arendt's claim that understanding the superfluousness of the modern human being is inseparable from grasping the emergence of radical evil.Ex: Poverty and depravation impacts on those directly affected and also influences the well being of the whole macro structure of the nation.* depravación moral = moral depravity.* * *1 (acto) act of depravity, depraved act2 (cualidad) depravity* * *
depravación sustantivo femenino depravity
' depravación' also found in these entries:
English:
depravation
- depravity
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69 elecciones generales
f.pl.general election.* * *general election sing* * *(n.) = general electionEx. But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.* * *(n.) = general electionEx: But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.
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70 emplazamiento
m.1 location.2 summons (law).3 casemate, post for gun.* * *1 DERECHO summons————————1 (localización) location, site2 MILITAR positioning* * *SM1) (Jur) summons; (=llamamiento) summoning2) (=sitio) location; (Mil) emplacement, gun emplacement3) (Com) [de producto] product placement* * *masculino (frml)1) ( acción)a) (de edificio, monumento) sitingb) (Mil) ( de batería) positioning; ( de misiles) siting2) ( sitio)a) (de edificio, circo) location, siteb) (Mil) ( de batería) emplacement, position; ( de misiles) site3) (Der) ( citación) summons, subpoena* * *= locus [loci, -pl.], site, siting, emplacement.Ex. The locus of government policy making has been shifted to the Ministry of Research and Technology.Ex. Here, families from many different communities were up-rooted and resettled on greenfield sites, many miles away from relatives and friends.Ex. Therefore careful siting is an important factor when considering the way the service will be used.Ex. However, circumstantial evidence gives weight to the claim that these features should be linked to the emplacement of the stone in its present location.----* emplazamiento judicial = subpoena, summons, judicial summons.* * *masculino (frml)1) ( acción)a) (de edificio, monumento) sitingb) (Mil) ( de batería) positioning; ( de misiles) siting2) ( sitio)a) (de edificio, circo) location, siteb) (Mil) ( de batería) emplacement, position; ( de misiles) site3) (Der) ( citación) summons, subpoena* * *= locus [loci, -pl.], site, siting, emplacement.Ex: The locus of government policy making has been shifted to the Ministry of Research and Technology.
Ex: Here, families from many different communities were up-rooted and resettled on greenfield sites, many miles away from relatives and friends.Ex: Therefore careful siting is an important factor when considering the way the service will be used.Ex: However, circumstantial evidence gives weight to the claim that these features should be linked to the emplacement of the stone in its present location.* emplazamiento judicial = subpoena, summons, judicial summons.* * *( frml)A (acción)1 (de un edificio, monumento) sitingB (sitio)1 (de un edificio, circo) location, siteCompuesto:archaeological siteC (citación) summons, subpoena* * *
emplazamiento m (ubicación) place, location: ya han decidido el emplazamiento de la estatua, they've already decided where they are going to place the statue
' emplazamiento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
localización
- situación
- fortín
English:
disadvantage
- location
- site
* * *1. [ubicación] locationemplazamiento arqueológico archaeological site* * *m1 site, location2 JUR subpoena, summons sg* * *1) : location, site2) citación: summons, subpoena* * *emplazamiento n site -
71 fango
m.mud.* * *1 (barro) mud, mire2 figurado degradation* * *SM (=lodo) mud, mire; (fig) mire, dirt* * *masculino mud* * *= slime, sludge, muck, mire.Ex. One cannot infer from the sexist analogies of slime and holes the claim that woman occupies an inferior ontological status.Ex. This is a project to incinerate an estimated 700, 000 tonnes of toxic sludge created as a byproduct of a century of steelmaking.Ex. However, those who have tasted the succulent meat of this type of clam are more than willing to dig up to their armpits in the intertidal muck to capture such delicious quarry.Ex. This international network of specialists promote, encourage and co-ordinate the conservation of mires and related ecosystems.----* revolcarse en el fango = wallow in + the mire.* * *masculino mud* * *= slime, sludge, muck, mire.Ex: One cannot infer from the sexist analogies of slime and holes the claim that woman occupies an inferior ontological status.
Ex: This is a project to incinerate an estimated 700, 000 tonnes of toxic sludge created as a byproduct of a century of steelmaking.Ex: However, those who have tasted the succulent meat of this type of clam are more than willing to dig up to their armpits in the intertidal muck to capture such delicious quarry.Ex: This international network of specialists promote, encourage and co-ordinate the conservation of mires and related ecosystems.* revolcarse en el fango = wallow in + the mire.* * *1 (barro) mud2(abyección, oprobio): su nombre quedó cubierto de fango his name was dragged through the mud, his name was mud ( colloq)hundidos en el fango deshonroso de su pasado sunk deep in the shameful mire of their past ( liter)* * *
fango sustantivo masculino
mud
fango sustantivo masculino (barro, lodo) mud
' fango' also found in these entries:
English:
mud
- sludge
* * *fango nm1. [barro] mud2. [deshonra]el escándalo cubrió de fango al presidente the scandal sullied the president's reputation* * *m tb figmud;aplicación de fango MED mud wrap;arrastrar por el fango fig drag through the mud;cubrir de fango fig cast slurs on, attack;su nombre quedó cubierto de fango his name was mud fam* * *fango nmlodo: mud, mire* * *fango n mud -
72 interpretación errónea
f.misinterpretation, misconception.* * *(n.) = misinterpretation, misrepresentationEx. In this case all the works of a given author will be assembled on the shelf under his/her name as well, so it is not really in conflict and I think there is a misinterpretation.Ex. But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.* * *(n.) = misinterpretation, misrepresentationEx: In this case all the works of a given author will be assembled on the shelf under his/her name as well, so it is not really in conflict and I think there is a misinterpretation.
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73 lapidación
f.lapidation, stoning.* * *1 lapidation, stoning* * *= lapidation, stoning to death.Ex. They claim that public punishments such as lapidations and cutting the hands of thieves are very effective to prevent crimes.Ex. Stoning to death is a cruel insane Islamic punishment given to people who are married but still voluntarily have sex outside marriage.* * *= lapidation, stoning to death.Ex: They claim that public punishments such as lapidations and cutting the hands of thieves are very effective to prevent crimes.
Ex: Stoning to death is a cruel insane Islamic punishment given to people who are married but still voluntarily have sex outside marriage.* * *stoning (to death), lapidation ( liter)* * *lapidación nfstoning* * *f stoning -
74 más concretamente
Ex. But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.* * *Ex: But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.
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75 piar
v.to cheep, to tweet.* * *1 to chirp, tweet* * *VI1) [ave] to cheep2) * (=hablar) to talk, chatter3) * (=quejarse) to whine, grouse *piarlas — * to be forever whining o grousing *
4) * (=soplar) to spill the beans *¡no la píes! — don't let on! *
* * *verbo intransitivo to chirp, tweet* * *= chirp, twitter.Ex. Many music theorists claim that passages in music refer to objects, such as babbling brooks, chirping birds, rustling leaves, and chugging trains, by imitating them.Ex. We passed by a cherry tree already in full blossom, though it was only March, and noticed the sound of skylarks twittering above our heads.* * *verbo intransitivo to chirp, tweet* * *= chirp, twitter.Ex: Many music theorists claim that passages in music refer to objects, such as babbling brooks, chirping birds, rustling leaves, and chugging trains, by imitating them.
Ex: We passed by a cherry tree already in full blossom, though it was only March, and noticed the sound of skylarks twittering above our heads.* * *vito chirp, tweet* * *
piar ( conjugate piar) verbo intransitivo
to chirp, tweet
piar vi (pájaro) to chirp, cheep, tweet
' piar' also found in these entries:
English:
cheep
- chirp
- tweet
* * *piar vito cheep, to tweet* * *v/i tweet, chirrup* * *piar {85} vi: to chirp, to cheep, to tweet* * *piar vb to chirp -
76 representación errónea
(n.) = misrepresentationEx. But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.* * *(n.) = misrepresentationEx: But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.
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77 resoplar
v.1 to pant.2 to puff, to puff out, to blow, to snort.3 to puff at.Me resopla el caballo The horse puffs at me.* * *1 to breathe heavily2 (de cansancio) to puff and pant* * *VI1) [con ira] to snort2) [por cansancio] to puff* * ** * *= blow forth + breath, puff, chug, blow, pant, gasp.Ex. Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.Ex. He designed everything for dramatic effect, and even in his last days when he puffed audibly his breathing still supported his voice and gave it energy = Lo hacia todo dándole un efecto dramático e incluso en sus últimos días cuando respiraba resoplando de forma audible su respiración no afectaba a su manera de hablar y además le daba energía.Ex. Many music theorists claim that passages in music refer to objects, such as babbling brooks, chirping birds, rustling leaves, and chugging trains, by imitating them.Ex. Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.Ex. Cats do not have sweat glands the way humans do, so panting is the way cats cool their bodies down, much like dogs.Ex. But then his breathing changes to what I can only describe as gasping or heaving.* * ** * *= blow forth + breath, puff, chug, blow, pant, gasp.Ex: Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.
Ex: He designed everything for dramatic effect, and even in his last days when he puffed audibly his breathing still supported his voice and gave it energy = Lo hacia todo dándole un efecto dramático e incluso en sus últimos días cuando respiraba resoplando de forma audible su respiración no afectaba a su manera de hablar y además le daba energía.Ex: Many music theorists claim that passages in music refer to objects, such as babbling brooks, chirping birds, rustling leaves, and chugging trains, by imitating them.Ex: Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.Ex: Cats do not have sweat glands the way humans do, so panting is the way cats cool their bodies down, much like dogs.Ex: But then his breathing changes to what I can only describe as gasping or heaving.* * *resoplar [A1 ]vi1 (por cansancio) to puff2 (por enfado) to snort* * *
resoplar ( conjugate resoplar) verbo intransitivo ( por cansancio) to puff;
( por enfado) to snort
resoplar verbo intransitivo
1 (por cansancio) to puff, gasp
2 (por disgusto) to snort
' resoplar' also found in these entries:
English:
puff
- snort
- splutter
* * *resoplar vi[de cansancio] to pant; [de enfado] to snort* * *v/i snort* * *resoplar vi1) : to puff, to pant2) : to snort -
78 tan fácil como coser y cantar
Ex. Advocates of the dictionary catalogue claim that it is as simple as ABC and certainly there is no preliminary psychological barrier against its use.* * *Ex: Advocates of the dictionary catalogue claim that it is as simple as ABC and certainly there is no preliminary psychological barrier against its use.
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79 tasa de alcohol en sangre
(n.) = blood alcohol levelEx. A common defence of drivers against disqualification from driving for having a high blood alcohol level is to claim that they had unwittingly consumed a drink laced with added spirits.* * *(n.) = blood alcohol levelEx: A common defence of drivers against disqualification from driving for having a high blood alcohol level is to claim that they had unwittingly consumed a drink laced with added spirits.
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80 tasa de alcoholemia
(n.) = blood alcohol levelEx. A common defence of drivers against disqualification from driving for having a high blood alcohol level is to claim that they had unwittingly consumed a drink laced with added spirits.* * *(n.) = blood alcohol levelEx: A common defence of drivers against disqualification from driving for having a high blood alcohol level is to claim that they had unwittingly consumed a drink laced with added spirits.
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