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 Run out of time: to have no time left

Eg: I have run our of time before my father left without me.

 Run out of something: to use it all up (to consume or use all of something)
Eg: Yesterday we ran out of sugar, so I had to go to the supermarket to buy it.

 Use someone up: to use all the effort or talent a person has.
Eg: I hate when people want to use me up thinking that I am not going to know.

 Use something up: to consume or use all of something.


Eg.: When we buy Nutella, my family always use it up quickly.

 Dial: is the round part of a clock. But more generally, it refers to a round
instrument that shows you the amount of something, for example, heat,
pressure or speed.
Eg:The dial is important to measure anything.
Phones used to have dials that you turned to make a phone call. Here's the verb: 'I
dialled his number but he didn't answer.'

 Straitjacket: limiting what somebody can do in a way that is damaging / a


jacket with long arms that are tied behind a person to stop them from behaving
violently.
Eg.: When someone restrict me to laugh and be happy is a straitjacket.
In the past, doctors in psychotic hospitals used to oblifgate their crazy patients to use
straitjackets.

 Yawn: is that typical reaction of someone who is bored. It's when you open your
mouth wide and take some air in and slowly out.
Eg.: I yawn when I feel tired.

 Indeed: actually, in fact.


Eg.: Indeed, she is a strong woman.
My mom is, indeed, the best in the world.
He is a rude boy, indeed.

 Restless: unwilling or unable to stay still (something is not moving) or to be


quiet and calm, because you are worried or bored.
Eg.: She spent a restless night (she did not sleep well)
I felt restless today because I was borried about the passing of time.

 To cope with: to deal with


Eg.: I am always coping with my family problems.
 Stuck in a rut: too fixed in one particular type of job, activity, method, etc., and
needing to change.
Eg.: My mom is working in schools for a long time but she doesn’t like to teach children
soo she always feels she is stuck in a rut.
RUT: RUTINA

 To stave off: to stop or to keep an unpleasant feeling away.


Eg.: When I am sad I listen to music to stave off that mood.

 Boredom: the state of feeling bored.


Eg.: All the teenagers should learn another language when they are bored, so that they
can stave off boredom.

 Spur on: to stimulate or to encourage someone to do something.


Eg.: I think boredom is a very useful emotion. It's an emotion which spurs people on to
change something about their environment.
- In my opinion, all feminist woman should spur woman on to fight for their rights.
 Dusk: OSCURIDAD
 Vow: PROMESA
 Vogue: MODA
 Sin: PECADO
 Hang: Colgar
 Broadcast:
 Stubborn:
 Willing:
 Bound:
 Lame: DEFECTUOSO
 Chief: JEFE
 Morbid:
 Pursue: PERSEGUIR
 Boundless: SIN LIMITE
 Assumption: SUPOSICION
 Hereby: POR LA PRESENTE, POR ESTE MEDIO
 Succeed: HEREDAR, TENER ÉXITO
 Shiver: TEMBLAR
 Prosecutor: FISCAL
 Will: DESEO
 Malice: MALICIA
 Thrills: EMOCIONES
 Ride drop up and chase thrills: Drop top is a car with a roof that can be
removed (also called a convertible). Chase thrills means to find exciting things
to do.

So the whole phrase means to ride in a car with the roof down while looking for
fun and exciting things to do.
 Dawn: AMANECER
 Breed: RAZA
 Wage gap: BRECHA SALARIAL
 Wage: SALARIO
 Gap: BRECHA, DIFERENCIA, HUECO
 Thrive: PROSPERAR
 Starve: MORIR DE HAMBRE
 Regard: CONSIDERAR
 Regarding: RESPECTO A
 Women´s lib: WOMEN´S LIBERATION
 Blossom out: ABRIRSE
 Flashed junk mind: MENTE CHISPEANTE
 Shambles: RUINAS
 Grim: SEVERO
 Cracking: AGRIETAMEINTO
 Hustle: AJETREO, BULLICIO
 Bustle: BULLICIO, MOVIMIENTO
 Secret hunch: PRESENTIMIENTO SECRETO
 Guest: INVITADO
 Accomplishment: LOGRO

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