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45 Cards in this Set
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prizefighter
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boxejador professional
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loin
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llom
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to gird up one's loins
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preparar-se per al combat
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loins
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entranyes, budells
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mare ['meä]
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euga
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to do for a living
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dedicar-se
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abasement
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humiliació
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slanted
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sesgat, esbiaixat
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respite ['respit]
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descans, respir, alleujament
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from without
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des de fora, de de l'exterior
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overt [ow'vë:t]
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sworn, avowed ;
declarat, manifest, patent |
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round about
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aproximadament, pels volts de
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barren
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estèril, infecund
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to pay lip service to
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dir algo de boqueta ; dir algo que tothom sap que no farà
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to assail [ä'seil]
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assetjar, atacar
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guilt ridden
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turmentat per la culpa
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fear ridden
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turmentat per la por
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sheaf
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feix, garba, manyoc
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to prop up
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sostenir, suportar, donar suport
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tenet
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principi [moral, filosòfic]
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in so far as
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in as much as
en la mesura que |
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upheaval
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trastorn, agitació, trasbals
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all the more
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still more, even more
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underffot
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sota els peus, sota
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to harangue [hä'rang]
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arengar
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to straggle
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(1) créixer desordenadament, to sprawl
(2) quedar-se endarrerit |
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lank
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laci [cabell]
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lurid [lu:räd]
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(1) morbós, escabrós
(2) cridaner [color] |
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to come to a grinding point [ai]
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(1) parar-se amb un xerric
(2) arribar a un punt mort |
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grinding [ai]
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que xerrica, que xirria
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fretted
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preocupat
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outlook
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(1) perspectiva, pronòstic
(2) punt de vista |
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te debauch
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corrompre, pervertir
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still less
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encara menys
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unflinchingly
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impàvidament, sense ni immutar-se
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without flinch
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sense immutar-se
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to flich
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estremir-se * reaccionar amb por
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persiflage
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brometa, broma suau
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banter
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broma
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pantry
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despensa
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hoarding
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tanca publicitària
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valet ['valät ; 'valei]
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ajuda de cambra
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without demur [di'mër]
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sense objeccions, sense problemes
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to demur sth [di'mër]
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posar objeccions a
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intimidating
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intimidador
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