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101 bronceado de espray
(n.) = spray tanEx. Instead of risking skin cancer by tanning in the sun or at a solarium you can now choose to buy spray tans.* * *(n.) = spray tanEx: Instead of risking skin cancer by tanning in the sun or at a solarium you can now choose to buy spray tans.
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102 broncear
v.1 to tan.Las chicas broncearon sus cuerpos The girls tanned=bronzed their bodies.2 to coat with bronze.El joyero broncea los anillos The jeweller coats the rings with bronze.* * *1 (metal) to bronze2 (persona) to tan, suntan1 to tan, get a tan■ me bronceo fácilmente I tan very quickly, I soon tan* * *1. VT1) [+ piel] to tan, bronze2) (Téc) to bronze2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) piel to tan2) <estatua/metal> to bronze2.broncearse v pron to get a tan o a suntan* * *= tan.Ex. Instead of risking skin cancer by tanning in the sun or at a solarium you can now choose to buy spray tans.----* broncearse = tan.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) piel to tan2) <estatua/metal> to bronze2.broncearse v pron to get a tan o a suntan* * *= tan.Ex: Instead of risking skin cancer by tanning in the sun or at a solarium you can now choose to buy spray tans.
* broncearse = tan.* * *broncear [A1 ]vtA «sol/cosmético» to tanB ‹estatua/metal› to bronzeto get a tan o a suntanpara broncearse el rostro to tan one's face* * *
broncear ( conjugate broncear) verbo transitivo [ piel] to tan
broncearse verbo pronominal
to get a tan o a suntan
' broncear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tostar
- quemar
English:
brown
- tan
* * *♦ vt1. [piel] to tan2. [cubrir de bronce] to bronze* * * -
103 broncearse
1 to tan, get a tan■ me bronceo fácilmente I tan very quickly, I soon tan* * *verb* * *VPR to get a tan, get a suntan* * *(v.) = tanEx. Instead of risking skin cancer by tanning in the sun or at a solarium you can now choose to buy spray tans.* * *(v.) = tanEx: Instead of risking skin cancer by tanning in the sun or at a solarium you can now choose to buy spray tans.
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broncearse verbo reflexivo to get a tan o suntan
' broncearse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
broncear
- quemar
- tostar
English:
tan
- brown
- sun
* * *vprto get a tan* * *v/r get a tan* * *broncearse vr: to get a suntan -
104 buscavidas
m.&f. s&pl.1 go-getter (ambicioso).2 nosy person (meddler).3 busybody, Nosey Parker.* * *1 go-getter2 (chismoso) snooper, busybody* * *SMF INV1) (=persona ambiciosa) go-getter2) (=fisgón) snooper, nosey-parker ** * *masculino y femenino (pl buscavidas) (CS) go-getter (colloq)* * *= go-getter.Ex. He is a go-getter -- instead of bowing under any problem, he would go all out to find a solution.* * *masculino y femenino (pl buscavidas) (CS) go-getter (colloq)* * *= go-getter.Ex: He is a go-getter -- instead of bowing under any problem, he would go all out to find a solution.
* * *go-getter ( colloq)* * *
buscavidas m,f inv fam go-getter
* * *buscavidas nmf invFam1. [desenvuelto] go-getter2. [entrometido] nosy person, Br nosy parker* * *buscavidas nmf & pl1) : busybody2) : go- getter -
105 bálsamo labial
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106 búsqueda de secuencias de caracteres
= string search, string searchingEx. For example, to pursue our simple example above, if Greenhouses is not a term in our controlled language, then we might search under Glasshouses instead and then perform a string search on the term 'Greenhouses' to discover whether this term appeared in the text of any of the documents retrieved by the original search.Ex. Often, controlled index terms are used in identifying a relatively large set of potentially relevant references, and then string searching (or natural language searching) will be used to identify specific documents from within that set.* * *= string search, string searchingEx: For example, to pursue our simple example above, if Greenhouses is not a term in our controlled language, then we might search under Glasshouses instead and then perform a string search on the term 'Greenhouses' to discover whether this term appeared in the text of any of the documents retrieved by the original search.
Ex: Often, controlled index terms are used in identifying a relatively large set of potentially relevant references, and then string searching (or natural language searching) will be used to identify specific documents from within that set.Spanish-English dictionary > búsqueda de secuencias de caracteres
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107 calmante
adj.1 sedative, soothing.2 tranquilizing, balmy, calmative, sedative.m.1 sedative, painkiller.2 tranquilizer, sedative, knockout drops, anti-nuisance pill.* * *► adjetivo1 soothing, sedative, tranquillizing (US tranquilizing)1 sedative, tranquillizer (US tranquilizer)* * *1.ADJ soothing, sedative2.SM sedative, tranquillizer* * ** * *= pain reliever, lulling, painkiller, analgesic, tranquilliser [tranquilizer, -USA], pain medication.Ex. The author discusses 2 applications of this new method concerning reference data for 10 brands of pain relievers.Ex. However, instead of being lulling and reassuring, this music induces a sense of unease and desolation.Ex. Aspirin and painkiller drugs cause widespread stomach ulcers.Ex. Many narcotic analgesics are illegal to use without a doctor's prescription.Ex. Although tranquilizers may help you to feel calm and help you to sleep during a crisis, they should only be taken for a short time.Ex. Most studies have found a sharp drop in endorphin levels with use of epidural or opioid pain medication.* * ** * *= pain reliever, lulling, painkiller, analgesic, tranquilliser [tranquilizer, -USA], pain medication.Ex: The author discusses 2 applications of this new method concerning reference data for 10 brands of pain relievers.
Ex: However, instead of being lulling and reassuring, this music induces a sense of unease and desolation.Ex: Aspirin and painkiller drugs cause widespread stomach ulcers.Ex: Many narcotic analgesics are illegal to use without a doctor's prescription.Ex: Although tranquilizers may help you to feel calm and help you to sleep during a crisis, they should only be taken for a short time.Ex: Most studies have found a sharp drop in endorphin levels with use of epidural or opioid pain medication.* * *(para dolores) painkiller; (para los nervios) tranquilizer* * *
calmante sustantivo masculino ( para dolores) painkiller;
( para los nervios) tranquilizer
calmante
I sustantivo masculino painkiller
II adjetivo soothing
' calmante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
efecto
English:
painkiller
- soothing
* * *♦ adjsedative, soothing♦ nmsedative, painkiller* * *I adj soothingII m MED sedative* * *calmante adj: calming, soothingcalmante nm: tranquilizer, sedative* * *calmante n (para el dolor) painkiller -
108 campo afín
(n.) = twin fieldEx. Instead, the author has attempted to present a readable account of some of the key practices in the twin fields of abstracting and indexing.* * *(n.) = twin fieldEx: Instead, the author has attempted to present a readable account of some of the key practices in the twin fields of abstracting and indexing.
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109 camuflar Algo
(v.) = wrap + Nombre + up inEx. Librarians must resist the temptation to wrap themselves up in the esoteric jargon of professionalism and must instead present themselves in a useful light.* * *(v.) = wrap + Nombre + up inEx: Librarians must resist the temptation to wrap themselves up in the esoteric jargon of professionalism and must instead present themselves in a useful light.
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110 canal vía satélite
(n.) = satellite channelEx. Indeed, the demand for wide-band satellite channels is so great that, from 1984, satellites will be placed at 2-degree intervals of the equatorial orbit, instead of the previously used 4-degree separation.* * *(n.) = satellite channelEx: Indeed, the demand for wide-band satellite channels is so great that, from 1984, satellites will be placed at 2-degree intervals of the equatorial orbit, instead of the previously used 4-degree separation.
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111 cargar el mochuelo
(v.) = pass + the bucketEx. With ownership also comes responsibility -- when you find bugs, you fix them, instead of passing the bucket to someone else.* * *(v.) = pass + the bucketEx: With ownership also comes responsibility -- when you find bugs, you fix them, instead of passing the bucket to someone else.
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112 cargar el muerto
(v.) = pass + the bucketEx. With ownership also comes responsibility -- when you find bugs, you fix them, instead of passing the bucket to someone else.* * *(v.) = pass + the bucketEx: With ownership also comes responsibility -- when you find bugs, you fix them, instead of passing the bucket to someone else.
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113 castigar
v.1 to punish (imponer castigo a).castigaron a los niños sin cena they punished the children by sending them to bed without dinnerlo castigaron con la pena capital he was given the death penaltyElsa castiga a los chicos Elsa punishes the kids.Dios castiga la maldad God punishes evil.2 to penalize (sport).3 to damage.una zona castigada por las inundaciones a region severely hit by the floods4 to seduce.5 to ravage.6 to recur to punishment.* * *1 (aplicar una pena) to punish2 (dañar) to damage, ruin3 (una cabalgadura) to ride hard* * *verb* * *VT1) [por delito, falta]a) [+ delincuente, pecador, culpable] to punish ( por for)[+ niño] [gen] to punish; [sin salir] to ground, keep ines un delito que puede ser castigado con 15 años de prisión — it is a crime punishable by 15 years' imprisonment
la profesora me dejó castigado al terminar las clases — the teacher kept me in o made me stay behind after school
castigar la carne — (Rel) to mortify the flesh
b) (Dep) to penalize ( por for)c) (Com, Pol) to punish2) (=perjudicar) [guerra, crisis] to afflict, affect; [calor] to beat down on; [frío] to bite into3) [físicamente] (=maltratar) to damage, harmcastigamos a nuestro cuerpo con los excesos en la bebida — we harm our bodies with excessive drinking
castigar el hígado — iró to damage one's liver
4) [+ caballo] to ride hard5) (=corregir) [+ estilo] to refine; [+ texto] to correct, revise6) (=enamorar) to seduce7) (Com) [+ gastos] to reduce* * *verbo transitivo1)a) < criminal> to punishb) < niño> ( a quedarse en el colegio) to keep... in detention; ( a quedarse en casa) to keep... in as a punishment, to ground (esp AmE colloq)se quedó castigado por contestarle al profesor — he was kept in detention for answering the teacher back
mi padre me ha castigado — my father's keeping me in, my father's grounded me
2) crisis/enfermedad to affect* * *= punish, slap, victimise [victimize, -USA], put + Nombre + on the rack, discipline, chastise, smite.Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado smote, participio smitten. Usado comúnmente con un sentido religioso o bíblico.Ex. They admitted that they did not evaluate their technicians and aides, and confirmed that increases were automatic and the same 'across-the-board'; superior performance was not rewarded, nor inferior performance punished.Ex. I wonder if she did quit if she could slap us with a lawsuit.Ex. In the name of collegiality, students are victimized, considerable intellectual resources are being squandered, and the general public is deliberately misled.Ex. The article ' Putting publishers on the rack' discusses the implications for publishers of supermarkets' greater interest in books.Ex. It draws from the cases some practical pointers for librariansin hiring, firing, and disciplining employees = Deduce de los casos algunos consejos prácticos para los bibliotecarios de cómo contratar, despedir y sancionar a los empleados.Ex. The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.Ex. Instead, this may come off as a sort of mixed signal considering that God has chosen to smite California right after a proposition was passed banning same sex marriage.----* castigar con la prisión = punish with + prison.* castigar con todo el peso de la ley = punish + to the full extent of the law.* castigar duramente = smite.* castigar severamente = blast.* * *verbo transitivo1)a) < criminal> to punishb) < niño> ( a quedarse en el colegio) to keep... in detention; ( a quedarse en casa) to keep... in as a punishment, to ground (esp AmE colloq)se quedó castigado por contestarle al profesor — he was kept in detention for answering the teacher back
mi padre me ha castigado — my father's keeping me in, my father's grounded me
2) crisis/enfermedad to affect* * *= punish, slap, victimise [victimize, -USA], put + Nombre + on the rack, discipline, chastise, smite.Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado smote, participio smitten. Usado comúnmente con un sentido religioso o bíblico.Ex: They admitted that they did not evaluate their technicians and aides, and confirmed that increases were automatic and the same 'across-the-board'; superior performance was not rewarded, nor inferior performance punished.
Ex: I wonder if she did quit if she could slap us with a lawsuit.Ex: In the name of collegiality, students are victimized, considerable intellectual resources are being squandered, and the general public is deliberately misled.Ex: The article ' Putting publishers on the rack' discusses the implications for publishers of supermarkets' greater interest in books.Ex: It draws from the cases some practical pointers for librariansin hiring, firing, and disciplining employees = Deduce de los casos algunos consejos prácticos para los bibliotecarios de cómo contratar, despedir y sancionar a los empleados.Ex: The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.Ex: Instead, this may come off as a sort of mixed signal considering that God has chosen to smite California right after a proposition was passed banning same sex marriage.* castigar con la prisión = punish with + prison.* castigar con todo el peso de la ley = punish + to the full extent of the law.* castigar duramente = smite.* castigar severamente = blast.* * *castigar [A3 ]vtA1 ‹criminal› to punishserán castigados de acuerdo a la ley they will be punished according to the lawfueron castigados con la pena máxima they received the maximum sentencecrímenes que son castigados con la pena de muerte crimes punishable by death2 ‹niño›lo castigaron sin postre as a punishment he was made to go without dessert o they wouldn't let him have any dessertme castigaron a aprendérmelo de memoria as a punishment I was made to learn it off by heart o they made me learn it off by heartse quedó castigado por contestarle al profesor he was kept in detention for answering the teacher backmi padre me ha castigado por llegar tarde my father's keeping me in o my father's grounded me for being lateB1«crisis/enfermedad»: castigó duramente su ya débil organismo it severely affected her already weakened bodyla zona más castigada por la sequía the area hardest hit o worst affected by the drought2 ‹caballo› to ride … hard3 ‹toro› to inflict a great deal of punishment on4 ‹motor/frenos› to work … hard* * *
castigar ( conjugate castigar) verbo transitivo
( a quedarse en casa) to keep … in as a punishment, to ground (esp AmE colloq);
castigar verbo transitivo
1 to punish
2 (hacer sufrir, hacer padecer) to harm, ruin
3 Jur Dep to penalize
' castigar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enterarse
- sancionar
English:
book
- cane
- deal with
- penalize
- punish
- chastise
* * *♦ vt1. [imponer castigo a] to punish;castigaron a los niños sin cena they punished the children by sending them to bed without dinner;lo castigaron con la pena capital he was given the death penalty;los castigaron a copiar la lección diez veces they had to write out the lesson ten times as a punishment2. Dep to penalize;el árbitro castigó la acción con penalti the referee awarded a penalty for the foul3. [dañar] [piel, salud] to damage;[sujeto: sol, viento, epidemia] to devastate;una zona castigada por las inundaciones a region severely hit by the floods;las nuevas medidas castigan a los pequeños inversores the new measures are prejudicial to small investors4. [enamorar] to seduce5. [caballo] [con espuelas] to spur;[con látigo] to whip6. Taurom to wound♦ See also the pronominal verb castigarse* * *v/t punish* * *castigar {52} vt: to punish* * *castigar vb to punish -
114 castigar duramente
(v.) = smiteEx. Instead, this may come off as a sort of mixed signal considering that God has chosen to smite California right after a proposition was passed banning same sex marriage.* * *(v.) = smiteEx: Instead, this may come off as a sort of mixed signal considering that God has chosen to smite California right after a proposition was passed banning same sex marriage.
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115 censurar
v.1 to censor.El gobierno censuró la información The government censored the information2 to criticize severely, to censure.El público censuró la película The public censured the film.La editorial censuró la novela The publisher bowdlerized the novel.* * *1 to censor2 (criticar) to censure, criticize* * *verb1) to censor2) censure, criticize* * *VT1) (Pol) to censor2) [+ obra, película] to censor3) (=criticar) to censure frm, criticize* * *verbo transitivoa) ( reprobar) to censure (frml), to condemnb) <libro/película> to censor, <escena/párrafo> to cut* * *= censor, decry, denounce, rebuke, deprecate, castigate, chide, sanitise [sanitize, -USA], censure, indict, bleep, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, redact, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.Ex. The LC cataloging made no mention of the fact that this book had been severely censored.Ex. Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.Ex. Some of the rules were imposed on Panizzi by the Trustees of the British Museum, and Panizzi could only join his critics in denouncing those rules, such as the rules for entry of anonymous publications.Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.Ex. In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.Ex. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.Ex. Attempts to sanitize the web will be as futile as any attempt to sanitize the private speech of all citizens.Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.Ex. Another problem with the statistical analysis used to indict this and similar schools was the sample.Ex. But they bleep the second syllable, not the first, so that instead of [bleep]hole, you get ass[bleep] time after time.Ex. The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.Ex. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.Ex. The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.Ex. The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.Ex. Identifying information has been redacted to the extent necessary to protect the personal privacy of individuals discussed in the letter.Ex. The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.Ex. What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.----* censurar material = challenge + materials.* * *verbo transitivoa) ( reprobar) to censure (frml), to condemnb) <libro/película> to censor, <escena/párrafo> to cut* * *= censor, decry, denounce, rebuke, deprecate, castigate, chide, sanitise [sanitize, -USA], censure, indict, bleep, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, redact, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.Ex: The LC cataloging made no mention of the fact that this book had been severely censored.
Ex: Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.Ex: Some of the rules were imposed on Panizzi by the Trustees of the British Museum, and Panizzi could only join his critics in denouncing those rules, such as the rules for entry of anonymous publications.Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.Ex: In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.Ex: Attempts to sanitize the web will be as futile as any attempt to sanitize the private speech of all citizens.Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.Ex: Another problem with the statistical analysis used to indict this and similar schools was the sample.Ex: But they bleep the second syllable, not the first, so that instead of [bleep]hole, you get ass[bleep] time after time.Ex: The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.Ex: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.Ex: The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.Ex: The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.Ex: Identifying information has been redacted to the extent necessary to protect the personal privacy of individuals discussed in the letter
.Ex: The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.Ex: What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.* censurar material = challenge + materials.* * *censurar [A1 ]vt1 (reprobar) to censure ( frml), to condemn, criticize2 (examinar) ‹libro/película/cartas› to censor3 (suprimir) ‹escena/párrafo› to cut, censor* * *
censurar ( conjugate censurar) verbo transitivo
censurar verbo transitivo
1 (libro, película) to censor: algunas escenas de la obra fueron censuradas, some scenes from the play werer cut
2 (criticar, reprobar) to censure, criticize: censuramos su modo de tratar a los alumnos, we disapprove of the way he treats his students
' censurar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cortar
- condenar
- criticar
English:
black out
- bowdlerize
- censor
- censure
- reprove
* * *censurar vt1. [prohibir] to censor;censuraron dos escenas de la película two scenes in the movie were censored2. [reprobar] to criticize severely, to censure;siempre censura mi comportamiento she always criticizes my behaviour* * *v/t1 censor2 tratamiento condemn* * *censurar vt1) : to censor2) : to censure, to criticize -
116 centro de estudios
* * *(n.) = study centreEx. Nowadays on college campuses libraries are study centers: students who could study solo at home or elsewhere, instead meet one another to study together 'at the library' -- often just using their classnotes, in fact, and not library resources.* * ** * *(n.) = study centreEx: Nowadays on college campuses libraries are study centers: students who could study solo at home or elsewhere, instead meet one another to study together 'at the library' -- often just using their classnotes, in fact, and not library resources.
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117 cerilla
f.match. (peninsular Spanish)* * *1 (fósforo) match2 (de los oídos) earwax* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=fósforo) match2) (Anat) earwax3) (Rel) wax taper* * *1) (esp Esp) ( fósforo) match2) ( de los oídos) wax* * *= matchstick, match.Ex. Nietzsche is shown as a degenerative matchstick instead of the explosive powder keg he fancied himself to be.Ex. Early matches were made with sulfur.----* caja de cerillas = matchbox.* * *1) (esp Esp) ( fósforo) match2) ( de los oídos) wax* * *= matchstick, match.Ex: Nietzsche is shown as a degenerative matchstick instead of the explosive powder keg he fancied himself to be.
Ex: Early matches were made with sulfur.* caja de cerillas = matchbox.* * *B (de los oídos) wax* * *
cerilla sustantivo femenino
1 (esp Esp) ( fósforo) match
2 ( de los oídos) wax
cerilla sustantivo masculino match
' cerilla' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
encender
- fósforo
- prender
- apagar
English:
match
- strike
* * *cerilla nf2. [cerumen] earwax* * *f match* * *cerilla nf1) : match2) : earwax* * * -
118 cerrar un trato
to close a deal* * *(v.) = close + dealEx. Electronic signatures allow our sales reps to close deals in minutes instead of days.* * *(v.) = close + dealEx: Electronic signatures allow our sales reps to close deals in minutes instead of days.
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119 chapa de acero
(n.) = steel sheetEx. The whole record on the card may be made by magnetic dots on a steel sheet if desired, instead of dots to be observed optically.* * *(n.) = steel sheetEx: The whole record on the card may be made by magnetic dots on a steel sheet if desired, instead of dots to be observed optically.
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120 chuleta de cerdo
pork chop* * *(n.) = chop, pork chopEx. Professional cleavers used for carcass and sectional cutting also work for chops and chickens.Ex. This is basically the same way I cook pork chops, except that I use curry instead of paprika, and the pork chops take a lot longer.* * *(n.) = chop, pork chopEx: Professional cleavers used for carcass and sectional cutting also work for chops and chickens.
Ex: This is basically the same way I cook pork chops, except that I use curry instead of paprika, and the pork chops take a lot longer.
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