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Ibring up

the points to be discussed can be

brought under two headings, los puntos

a discutir pueden se catalogados en

dos grupos.

• bring up subir; hacer subir (persona);

sacar a colacion (tema); educar, criar

(persona); arrojar, vomitar; llevar a

juicio.

he was brought up by the nuns, le

educaron las monjas.

they brought us up to respect

authority, nos educaron en el respeto a

la autoridad.

/ was brought up on westerns, creci

viendo pelfculas de vaqueros.

your maths needs to be brought up to

the standard of the others, tus

matematicas tienen que subir al nivel

de las de los demas.

can you bring her up to the required

standard?, puedes conseguir que

alcance el nivel necesario?

he never brings up the subject of his

family, nunca saca el tema de su familia.

why did you have to bring that up?,

¿por que tuviste que sacar ese tema?

/ intend to bring this up with the

management, pienso plantear esto ante

la direccion.

/ gave her some milk but she brought

it up, le di un poco de leche pero la

devolvio.

she was brought up before the judge,

se la hizo comparecer ante el juez.

we need to bring up more tanks,

necesitamos traer mas tanques.

• bristle with estar repleto de.

the hotel was bristling with security

guards, el hotel estaba lleno de

guardas de seguridad.

she was bristling with indignation,

estaba indignadfsima.

• brood over rumiar.

he brooded over their argument for days,

estuvo dandole vueltas a la discusion que

habfan tenido durante dias.

she sat brooding on the unfairness of

life, rumiaba lo injusta que era la vida.

stop brooding over her, deja de

amargarte pensando en ella.

• brush cepillar, barrer; limpiar (zapatos);

rozar; frotar, restregar; cardar (lana).

• brush aside hacer a un lado; rechazar,

no dar importancia.

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he brushed her aside, la hizo a un lado.

they brushed all my objections aside,

hicieron caso omiso de todas mis

objeciones.

« brush away quitar el polvo.

she brushed the fly away, alejo la

mosca con un gesto.

he brushed her hand away, le aparto la

mano.

• brush off quitar con un cepillo o la

mano; no hacer caso de.

he brushed the mud off his trousers, se

cepillo el barro de los pantalones.

I tried to be friendly but they brushed

me off, quise ser amable con ellos pero

no me hicieron ni caso.

» brush down cepillar; almohazar (caballo).

he brushed the horse down, almohazo

al caballo.

« brush up acicalar; refrescar, poner al dia.

/'// have to brush up my French, tend re

que poner al dia mi frances.

• buck oponerse, veneer, desbaratar;

desarzonar (jinete).

• buck up animarse, cobrar animos;

corvetear (caballo); dar sacudidas

(maquina).

he needs something to buck him up a

bit, necesita algo que le de un poco de

animo.

the good news bucked us all up, las

buenas noticias nos animaron a todos.

• buckle abrochar (habilla, zapatos);

torcer, combar, encorvar; doblar

(rodillas).

« buckle down to dedicarse con empeno a.

he buckled down to his studies, se

dedico por entero a sus estudios.

they buckled down to their task, se

metieron de lleno en la tarea.

• buckle in/into asegurarse con

cinturon.

the parachutist was buckled into his

harness, el paracaidista estaba sujeto

con sus arreos.

• buckle on cenirse (espada, armadura).

he buckled on his sword, se cino la

espada.

• buckle to empezar a trabajar; hacer un

esfuerzo en dificultades.

the children had to buckle to while

their mother was in hospital, los nifios

tuvieron que arreglarselas mientras su

madre estuvo en el hospital.

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