meticuloso, esmerado, painstaking

concienzudo
It took a painstaking effort to add all the tiny details to the
painting.
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emparejar versus perjudicar pair versus impair

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desmayarse pass out, faint; lose consciousness for a short time, black
out
I just keeled over and nearly passed out!
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altivo, condescendiente, patronizing, condescending
desdeoso, paternalista
Her condescending attitude to customers cost her her job.
A patronizing attitude.
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amortizar pay off / paid / paid

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echar un vistazo; mirar a peek

hurtadillas
He opened the door slightly and peeked out
Cover your eyes and dont peek.
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echar un vistazo; mirar a peek: tentative / cautious / sneaky peek
hurtadillas

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espiar, echar una ojeada en peep
secreto
She peeped through the window.
He peeped at the answers at the back of the book.
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espiar, echar una ojeada peep
to look quickly and in secret
He peeped at the answers at the back of the book.
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 fondo de pensiones pension fund

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perenne perennial
Perennial flowers often aren't as showy as annual ones.
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peligro peril
You are in great peril
The explorers knew they would face many perils.
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fenmeno phenomenon (PL: phenomenons, phenomena)

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acosar pick on somebody
Please don't pick on me because I'm small!
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cabezota pig-headed

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cumbre, cima pinnacle
It was a dangerous pinnacle to climb.
He has reached the pinnacle of his career.
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molinillo pinwheel, windmill
Blow the pinwheel and watch it spin.
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meollo pith
the pith of the argument.
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conciso, breve pithy
a pithy remark
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verosmil, creble versus plausible versus implausible
inverosmil
Their explanation of the phenomenon simply isn't plausible
The whole plot of the film is ridiculously implausible.
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 se juega de forma segura play it safe
everyone plays it safe
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placer pleasure

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arrancar pluck
She plucked a grey/gray hair from her head
He plucked at my sleeve.
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rollizo, regordete plump

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escalfar poach something

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caza furtiva poaching
Elephant poaching is a serious problem on the reserve.
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conmovedor, emotivo poignant, moving, touching, emotional, sad
The photograph awakens poignant memories of happier
days.
It is especially poignant that he died on the day before the
wedding.
The film's poignant ending had us all in tears.
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politizacin politicisation or policization

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absurdo, grotesco, preposterous
caricaturesco, ridculo
a preposterous idea
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tomar la decisin de hacer algo prompt somebody to do something
What prompted you to say that?
I don't know what prompted him to leave.
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 causar o motivar a alguien a prompted somebody to do something
hacer algo
I don't know what prompted Fred to make so extraordinary
a decision.
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panorama, perspectiva (de prospect
futuro)
He didnt like the prospect of going abroad
a job with good prospects.
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proporcionar una mejor provide insight into something
comprensin de algo
A teacher can provide insight into an specific field.
A tour guide can provide insight into the anciente ruins.
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belicoso, guerrero pugnacious
I found him pugnacious and arrogant.
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hacer un esfuerzo por algo, push for something
demandar algo repetidamente
Local residents are pushing for the road to be made safer.
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avasallador, prepotente, pushy
agresivo

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comunicar put across something, convey something
Hes very good at putting his ideas across.
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apostar dinero put money on something

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desalentar put off
This bad experience did not put Anthony off in the least.
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 levantar, colgar, aumentar, put something up
defenderse
Theyre putting up some new houses.
He put the poster up.
Theyre putting up the fees again.
Hes putting up a brave fight.
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empujar, incitar put up to
Who put you up to writing that letter?
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