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Points Date Pair Term / Answer given Level Status Gloss
- Feb 28 '14 esl>eng que por no tener "with no trace of" pro closed no
- Jun 6 '11 esl>eng extraterritorialidad "expanding" /"projecting" pro closed ok
4 Jun 5 '11 esl>eng una joya "a marvel"" pro closed ok
- Jun 5 '11 esl>eng un encanto "a darling" pro closed ok
- Jun 5 '11 esl>eng a coro "in unison" pro closed ok
- Jun 5 '11 esl>eng aseguraban "insisted on that [...]" pro closed ok
- May 29 '11 esl>eng daban flores, pero llegaba la primavera y los hierbajos daban flores "[...] but in springtime the weeds flourished and [...]" pro closed ok
4 May 29 '11 esl>eng revoloteaban, las abejas y los moscones revoloteaban sobre los escombros "[...] bees and bluebottles were fluttering over the rubble [...]" pro closed ok
4 May 29 '11 esl>eng un solar, frente al balcón se veía un solar "In front of the balcony there was a piece of land" pro closed ok
4 May 29 '11 esl>eng se veía, Frente al balcón se veía un solar, y hacia la derecha de éste una plaza "In front of the balcony there was a site and, on the right side of the latter, the typical square" easy closed ok
- May 29 '11 esl>eng inteligencia sólida, Era un hombre de inteligencia sólida "He was a man of great intelligence" pro closed ok
- May 29 '11 esl>eng bermejo, sus cabellos eran de un tono bermejo "her hair was blonde with red tones" pro closed ok
4 May 29 '11 esl>eng trascendiera a, a decir que no a todo lo que trascendiera a diversión "to say no to anything meaning fun/enjoyment/amusement" pro closed ok
- May 29 '11 esl>eng ponía; la muchacha ponía todo su alma cuando le escuchaba "the girl was thrilling when listening to him" pro closed ok
4 May 29 '11 esl>eng un entretenimiento, para él era un entretenimiento hablar con ella "For him, talking with her was (just) a pastime" pro closed ok
- May 29 '11 esl>eng le llamaba a gritos, por más que el corazón de Águeda le llamaba a gritos "[...] although Águeda’s heart was longing for him [...]" pro closed ok
- May 29 '11 esl>eng envilecidos, unas hombres que salían del almacén o del escritorio envilecidos "some men, apparently debased, when leaving the warehouse or the office (where they work/ed)" pro closed ok
- May 25 '11 esl>eng que la turbaban, elogios para ella que la turbaban "[...] such praise, on the part of her family, embarrassed her" pro closed ok
4 May 25 '11 esl>eng se turbó; Águeda al oírlo, se turbó "When Águeda heard that, she got embarrassed" pro closed ok
- May 25 '11 esl>eng luces, se dividió en mil y mil luces "[...] was splitting into an infinite number of beams" pro closed ok
- May 25 '11 esl>eng las pinturas, las pinturas de las puertas y el balcón "[…], the plaster from the doors and the balcony […]" easy closed ok
4 May 25 '11 esl>eng casa solariega, una antigua casa solariega "[...] an ancestral home / an old manor house" pro closed ok
- May 25 '11 esl>eng confianza, cuando le daban confianza "[...] who, when feeling at ease in somebody’s company, acted as she really was: naïve and graceful" pro closed ok
- May 25 '11 esl>eng la pesadumbre, seres cansados por la pesadumbre de la vida "[…] looking tired of life hardship(s), [...]" pro closed ok
4 May 25 '11 esl>eng los moscones, las abejas y los moscones revoloteaban sobre los escombros "[…] bees and bluebottles were fluttering over the rubble" pro closed ok
- May 25 '11 esl>eng cabizbajos, algunos hombres cabizbajos que salían del almacén o del escritorio ""[…] some men with their heads bowed and looking pale when leaving the warehouse or the office" pro closed ok
4 May 23 '11 esl>eng vetustez, un aire de vetustez "decadent" /"an unbreathable decadent atmosphere" easy closed ok
- May 23 '11 esl>eng construidos, a los pocos meses de construidos "built" / "[...] a few months after having been built" easy closed ok
4 May 23 '11 esl>eng su dominio, con ella compartía su dominio Luisa "command" / "Águeda’s mother had total command over the house, together with Luisa [...]" pro closed ok
- May 23 '11 esl>eng dominados, los tres dominados de la familia "dominated" / "The three members of the family under the domination of [...] pro closed ok
4 May 23 '11 esl>eng las combinaciones, las combinaciones de sus dos hermanas mayores "plans" / "She was never in her elder sisters' plans" pro closed ok
- May 23 '11 esl>eng era un dolor, cada pensamiento suyo era un dolor "was a pain" /"every single thought of hers was painful/ a pain" easy closed ok
4 May 23 '11 esl>eng tapia, una tapia de un convento con su iglesia "A wall"/ "A wall of a convent and its church" pro closed ok
- May 23 '11 esl>eng plaza, una plaza de un barrio, la plaza era grande e irregular "The square" / "A neighbourhood square" " The square was big and irregular in form" pro closed ok
- May 23 '11 esl>eng la empalizada, la empalizada del solar "The enclosure" / "The enclosure around the piece of land" pro closed ok
- May 23 '11 esl>eng sacudiéndole el cuerpo echado de bruces "[...] and again the laughter shaking her body falling flat on the floor" pro closed no
- May 23 '11 esl>eng Como ayer contigo fui, hoy contigo también voy; "As yesterday with you I went, today too with you I go" pro closed ok
- May 23 '11 esl>eng Representan como nadie el ansia viva de una España mejor "They symbolize, as anyone would do, the eagerness for a better life/Spain" pro closed ok
4 May 16 '11 esl>eng sus amores; cómo habían ocultado sus amores, sus primeros y últimos amores "how Águeda and her fiancé had kept her romance in secret"/ "their first and last romance" pro closed ok
4 May 17 '11 esl>eng los tesoros de ternura que guardaba en su alma "[...] the immense tenderness of her soul" pro closed ok
4 May 17 '11 esl>eng de algún talento "[...] a young and talented lawyer" pro closed ok
4 May 17 '11 esl>eng se mostraba tal como era, llena de ingenuidad "[...] would express herself as she was: naïve and graceful" pro closed ok
- May 4 '11 esl>eng Del susto que me llevé como ella no se murió "I was in such a state of fright that I wonder how she was able to survive" easy closed no
- Apr 6 '11 esl>eng Y fui a dar con una marciana "And I run into a Martian, an old lady who was buttering herself/talking about her great intell." pro closed ok
- Apr 4 '11 esl>eng Pero a veces hay dos verdades juntas, incluso relacionadas. “But sometimes there are two versions of the same truth and they are even interrelated” pro closed no
- Mar 18 '11 esl>eng Una hora es un mundo "One hour is much more than an hour" pro closed ok
- Mar 16 '11 esl>eng engaño hacia “Juan thinks/ knows that María is lying to him” / Juan thinks that María could be lying to him” pro closed no
- Mar 14 '11 esl>eng Ayer estuve vagando casi todo el día, medio feliz. "Yesterday I was roaming around nearly the whole day, feeling quite happy" pro closed ok
- Mar 14 '11 esl>eng dejando de "because I had to" pro closed no
- Dec 2 '05 esl>eng El desenganche sentimental es muy duro. "...the emotional dependence is much harder to overcome" pro closed no
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