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NEW GUIDE TO PHRASAL VERBS

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Iease

we won't dwell on that, no nos

detendremos en ese punto.

you shouldn't dwell too much on what

he said, no deberias pensar demasiado

en lo que dijo.

try not to dwell on the past, trata de

no pensar demasiado en el pasado.

the documentary dwells excessively on

the sordid side of her life, el

documental se detiene demasiado en

los aspectos sordidos de su vida.

E

ease aliviar, calmar; disminuir.

ease off amainar (viento); moderar

(lluvia); suavizarse, aligerarse;

aliviarse (dolor); decrecer (tension).

he eased the handbrake off, quito el

freno de mano despacio.

ease the lid off, levanta la tapa con

cuidado.

the pressure at work has eased off a

little, la presion en el trabajo ha

disminuido un poco.

the rain had eased off, habia amainado.

he'll be dead before he's forty if he

doesn't ease off, no va a llegar a los

cuarenta si no se toma las cosas con

mas calma.

ease off, Jim; he's only a youngster,

tranquilo Jim, no es mas que un chico.

ease up tratar con menos rigor; levantar

un peso con cuidado; cesar (dolor).

ease the piano up, levanta el piano con

cuidado.

you ought to ease up at your age, a tu

edad deberias tomarte las cosas con

mas calma.

if we ease up now, we'll never get back

on schedule, si bajamos el ritmo ahora,

nunca nos pondremos al dia.

eat comer.

eat away corroer; desgastar.

the rust has eaten away the iron, el

oxido ha corrofdo el hierro.

pollution has eaten away the

stonework, la contaminacion ha

corroido la piedra.

the termites gradually eat away the

inside of the tree, las termitas

carcomen poco a poco el interior del

arbol.

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inflation is eating business confidence

away, la inflacion esta minando la

confianza de los empresarios.

» eat into corroer (metal); desgastar

(superficie); mermar (reservas);

reducir (tiempo libre).

the weather has eaten into the

surface, el tiempo ha desgastado la

superficie.

we're eating into our reserves, se estan

mermando nuestras reservas.

the new norms are eating into our free

time, las nuevas normativas nos quitan

tiempo libre.

the cost of the repairs ate into their

savings, el costo de las reparaciones

les comio parte de los ahorros.

» eat out comer fuera, comer en un

restaurante.

we're eating out tonight, esta noche

comemos fuera.

• eat up acabar, comerse, tragarse.

eat it up, will you?, cometelo todo,

¿quieres?

your sports car eats up the miles, tu

deportivo se traga los kilometros.

she's eaten up with envy, la envidia la

carcome.

jealousy is eating him up, le consumen

los celos.

she was eaten up with remorse, le

remordia la conciencia.

• edit corregir, preparar la edicion de,

editar.

« edit out suprimir, eliminar.

they edited out all four-letter words,

suprimieron todas las palabrotas.

• egg on incitar.

they egged him on to drink the whole

bottle, lo incitaron a que se bebiera

toda la botella.

• eke out conseguir con mucha dificultad.

they eke out out a living from the land,

a duras penas se ganan la vida

trabajando la tierra.

• end terminar.

• end up acabar, ir a parar a.

that ball always ends up in our garden,

ese balon siempre termina en nuestro

jardin.

we ended up in Barcelona, acabamos

en Barcelona.

that boy will end up in serious trouble,

ese chico va a terminar muy mal.

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