Silas Marner 9

1. tightly curled, frizzy

1. appearance, looks (aspecto)2. plan, design (boceto, plano)3. (habilidad)tener buena/mala traza (para algo) -> to be good/no good (at something)

• 1. solemnity (seriedad, solemnidad) (de ocasión); presence (de persona)2. packaging (envase) (Mexican Spanish)
• 2. Air, semblance, look: generally in bad part. (America & Andes) (m) Appearance and aspect of a person, according to which he pleases us, or displeases, at first sight.(Acad.)

1. middle class ; bourgeoisie (history & politics)alta burguesía -> upper middle class; haute bourgeoisie (history & politics)

feminine noun1. sphere (figura)esfera celeste -> celestial sphere esfera terrestre -> (terrestrial) globe 2. face (de reloj)3. circle (círculo social)las altas esferas de la política -> high political circles

1. comparison

coughing

• 1. sanity (juicio); sense (sensatez)
• 1. Prudence, practical wisdom; judgment. (f)Hacer cordura -> To act in a prudent manner

1. slice (rodaja)2. share (parte)sacar tajada de algo -> to get something out of something 3. (informal) (borrachera)agarrarse una tajada (como un piano) -> to get plastered o legless (peninsular Spanish)

1. To maim (mutilar), to render useless an arm or hand.2. To disable a man for business.3. (Cono Sur) Mancar el tiro, to miss.verb neuter4. To fail; to blow it (fracasar). (Andes) (n)

transitive verb1. to break (aparato)2. to ruin (ropa, vista)el exceso de sol estropea la piel -> too much sun is bad for the skin 3. to ruin, to spoil (plan, cosecha)siempre tienes que estropearlo todo -> you always have to ruin everything 4. to age (envejecer)estropearse pronomial verb1. to break down (máquina)se me ha estropeado el despertador -> my alarm clock is broken se ha estropeado el día -> the day has turned out badly 2. to go off, to spoil (comida)3. (persona)se ha estropeado mucho con los años -> he hasn't aged well 4. to fall through (plan)

1. indispensable, essential

1. defaulting, failure to pay on time (commerce)2. slowness (lentitud)

• masculine or feminine noun
• 1. scoundrel, rogue

1. to dispatch (mercancía)2. to serve (en tienda) (cliente); to sell (entradas, bebidas)¿lo despachan? -> are you being served? 3. to finish off (informal) (terminar) (trabajo, discurso); to polish off (comida)4. (del trabajo)despachar a alguien (de) -> to dismiss o sack somebody (from) 5. to settle (asunto, negocio)6. to check in (facturar) (Am)intransitive verb7. to do business (sobre un asunto)8. to serve (en una tienda)despacharse pronomial verb1. (hablar francamente)despacharse con alguien -> to give somebody a piece of one's mind

1. to string (perlas)2. to gore (atravesar) (torero); to plunge, to bury (puñal)ensartó las verduras en pinchos -> he threaded the vegetables on skewers

1. Leash, lash (de perro), a cord or leather thong, by which a dog is led. (f)2. Pack-thread. (f)3. Instrument for levelling ground; a roadscraper. (f)

• 1. to facilitate, to make easy (simplificar) ; to make possible
• (posibilitar) esta máquina nos facilita mucho la tarea -> this machine makes the job a lot easier (for us)
• 2. to provide (proporcionar) nos facilitaron toda la información que necesitábamos -> they provided us with all the information we needed

1. consequence dejar secuelas a alguien -> to leave somebody suffering from the after-effects

1. neck retorcer el pescuezo a alguien (informal) -> to wring somebody's neck

1. Subterfuge, evasion, shift. (m)

1. exploit, deed

• 1. odd-job man
• 1. A porter (recadero). (m)2. A rude, coarse man (patán). (m)(Acad.) A shiftless fellow, a ne’erdo well.

1. leech (también figurative)

1. to sigh (dar suspiros)suspirar de -> to sigh with 2. (desear)suspirar por algo/por hacer algo -> to long for something/to do something

1. to support, to back (up) secundar una propuesta -> to second a proposal

• 1. dwelling
• 1. Habitation, abode, residence, mansion, lodging, home, continuance (casa). (f)La eterna morada -> the great beyondÚltima morada -> resting place

• adjective
• 1. unexpected masculine
• noun
• 2. unforeseen circumstance (hecho)salvo imprevistos -> barring accidents imprevistos -> unforeseen expenses (gastos)

1. moment (situación)la coyuntura económica -> the economic situation 2. joint (articulación)

1. to concern en lo que concierne a -> as regards por lo que a mí concierne -> as far as I'm concerned

transitive verb1. to foresee, to anticipate (anticipar)una reacción que los médicos no habían previsto -> a reaction the doctors hadn't foreseen se prevé una fuerte oposición popular a la ley -> strong popular opposition to the law is anticipated o expected 2. to plan (planear)prevén vender un millón de unidades -> they plan to sell a million units tenía previsto ir al cine esta tarde -> I was planning to go to the cinema this evening 3. to forecast, to predict (predecir) (catástrofe, acontecimiento)intransitive verb also: como era de prever -> as was to be expected