"Low-carbon fertiliser firm needs green hydrogen as feedstock"
feedstock: materia prima
moot, to moot
advancing technology will make the point moot before too many more taxpayer money is spent.
Beyond blocking potential troop deployments to Ukraine – mooted by Starmer as a way to boost military instructors’ efficiency
moot: (adj) irrelevante, que ya ha sido resuelto o no necesita ser resuelto | discutible
moot: (nombre) supuesto, caso hipotético, caso de laboratorio
to moot: debatir, discutir, proponer algo para su discusión. If a plan, idea, or subject is mooted, es sugerido o presentado para su discusión.
to withhold
Trump may withhold aid to Ukraine
He has withheld sanctions to Russia.
to withhold: retener, no dar, ocultar (información), negar (consentimiento), aplazar (decisión)
allure, to allure
Metals offer the allure of longer life
the allure of paying off a mortgage early is hard to resist.
the allure of gold attracted many to the west
sexual allure
the allure of working in Hollywood
allure: atractivo, encanto, atracción, fascinación, tentación, aliciente
To allure: atraer, cautivar, seducir, tentar, fascinar
dizzy, dizzying, to dizzy
India´s GDP has grown by a dizzying 10% a year, on average
it made him nauseous and dizzy
a world dizzy with screens
The last decade has seen a dizzying increase in cyberattacks
AI has propelled Nvidia valuation to dizzying heights
dizzying: vertiginoso, mareante
dizzy: mareado. La sensanción de que todo da vueltas y parece que te vas a caer. || (coloquial) atontado. || confuso y muy rápido. vertiginoso.
counterfeit, to counterfeit, counterfeiter
they aggressively pursues counterfeiters in the United States
counterfeit: falsificación
to counterfeit: falsificar
counterfeiter : falsificador
shuttle, to shuttle
Reagan says it has plans to shuttle released prisoners away from Alcatraz
shuttle: lanzadera | tren, avión, autobús que cubre una ruta regularmente
to shuttle: ir y venir | transportar, trasladar
to soak, to soak up
Soak up the sun, endlessly
the regime has armed, trained and funded terrorist militias that have soaked the earth with blood and guts. (Donald Trump)
to soak up: absorber | empapar
to soak: To soak es un verbo en inglés que generalmente se traduce como remojar o empapar. Dependiendo del contexto, puede tener matices ligeramente distintos:
1. Definición Principal: Remojar
Se refiere a dejar algo dentro de un líquido (generalmente agua) durante un tiempo, ya sea para limpiarlo, ablandarlo o para que absorba el líquido.
Ejemplo: Soak the beans overnight before cooking them. (Remoja los frijoles toda la noche antes de cocinarlos).
Contexto personal: I love to soak in the bathtub after a long day. (Me encanta sumergirme/quedarme en remojo en la bañera después de un largo día).
2. Estar empapado (Soaked)
Cuando algo ha absorbido tanta agua que está completamente mojado. A menudo se usa con la preposición "through".
Ejemplo: I got caught in the rain and my clothes are soaked. (Me pilló la lluvia y mi ropa está empapada).
3. Uso Figurado: Absorber
Se utiliza para describir el acto de asimilar información, sentimientos o el entorno.
Ejemplo: She went to the museum to soak up the culture. (Ella fue al museo para absorber/empaparse de la cultura).
dashed hopes, to dash
After years of dashed hopes he died
generations of “peak oil” predictions have been dashed by new extraction methods
If an event or person dashes someone's hopes or expectations
i have been optimistic in the past, only to have my hopes dashed by one side or the other.
to dash: frustrar.
dashed hopes: esperanzas frustradas
mainstay
olive oil is the mainstay of the mediterranean diet
Lithium-ion is still the mainstay of the battery industry
mainstay: pilar, base, elemento principal, pilar basico. La parte más importante de algo, que da soporte a todo lo demás
judgement
"Judgement of the Court (Third Chamber)"
"Sentencia del Tribunal de Justicia (Sala Tercera)"
judgement: sentencia
to clump up
"Why does the deodorant clump up under your arm"
to clump up: aglomerarse, formarse grumos, aglutinarse
to prime
"You need to apply an undercoat to prime the surface"
to prime: preparar algo o a alguien, poner algo a punto, to prepare, to make ready
to overstate
Let´s not overstate the threat of nuclear war
It’s hard to overstate how much Americans despise price spikes
all of those promises have turned out to be overstated or simply wrong.
to overstate: exagerar, sobrestimar.
twofold, threefold, fivefold
"India´s EV market grows threefold in 2023"
The problem is twofold: moral and economic
The concerns are twofold
twofold: de dos partes, que tiene dos partes || multiplicado por dos. Dos veces mas grande o mayor
threefold: triple || tres veces mas || que tiene tres partes
fivefold: quíntuple || cinco veces mas || que tiene cinco partes
threeefold increase: aumento triple
threefold approach: enfoque triple
paramount
In the aviation industry safety is paramount
that question is of paramount importance
Paramount leader Xi unleashed market reforms
paramount: primordial, crucial, clave, principal, de vital importancia, vital, importantísimo, lo más importante, esencial, fundamental || mas alto, supremo, superior
hazardous, hazard
Smoking is hazardous to your health
Miners work in hazardous conditions
There were a number of hazards that we had to work around
hazardous: peligroso || nocivo, tóxico, dañino
hazard: peligro, riesgo
scrap, to scrap, scrappy
Spain considers scrapping ´tax breaks´ for married couples
The regulator scrapped the proposed regulation
after he abruptly scrapped a content partnership between them
a scrappy online bookstore.
he could order that deal be scrapped
some have scrapped plans to enter the market.
The scrappy and broadly rural culture of Facebook in Russia
January 1 marks 10 years since France scrapped its notorious policy,
to scrap: desechar, descartar, abandonar. Deshacerse de algo, cancelar algo.
scrap: (nombre) pequeña porción de algo || restos, sobras
scrappy: Desordenado / incompleto/deshilvanado. Se usa para describir algo mal hecho, poco atractivo o sin estructura clara. || Luchador / combativo/ peleador / aguerrido. Describe a una persona con carácter fuerte, que pelea por lo que quiere, aunque no tenga muchos recursos. Se refiere a una persona con espíritu de lucha). || Tenaz y resiliente. En contextos positivos, se refiere a alguien que no se rinde fácilmente, que es persistente y creativo para superar obstáculos.
manure / to manure
manure : estiercol- dung/faeces used to for fertilizing
to manure: estercolar. utilizar heces animales que como fertilizante animal
lot
"He had to sleep in a parking lot"
lot: solar, parcela
lot: a small area of land that belongs to someone, a portion of land
to chip, chipped, to chip away at
a chipped vertebrae
You can achieve it by chipping away at groups of voters which didn´t like you.
they want to chip away at her authority.
China is chipping away at USA´S longstanding lead.
to chip away at: reducir gradualmente, debilitar gradualmente, socavar, hacer mella, ir reduciendo, mermar.
to chip: astillar. Dañarse algo por habérsele partido un cachito
chipped: astillado. Dañado por haberse partido un pequeño trozo
to churn out
"Harvard churns out the graduates that will lead this country in the future"
by the end of this year, aims to churn out 10 megawatts’ worth of cells annually.
a parasitic content farm that's churning out plagiarized news
to churn out: producir algo rápidamente y en grandes cantidades.
furnace
a home explosion likely caused by boiler or furnace"
we use natural gas to power the furnaces that burn the bodies.
furnace: horno, caldera
lavish, lavished, to lavish
as King Felipe crowned in lavish ceremony"
He has done a lavished praise onto the technology.
lavish: fastuoso, suntuoso, lujoso. If you describe something as lavish, quieres decir que es muy elaborado e impresionante y que se ha gastado mucho dinero en ello. Muy eleborado, que impresiona y que es costoso || generoso, copioso. If you say that spending, praise, or the use of something is lavish, quieres decir se ha gastado mucho, o que eso ha sido elogiado o usado mucho.
lavish: very elaborated, impressive and costly
to lavish: prodigar. If you lavish money, affection, or praise on someone or something, gastas un monton de dinero en ellos o les das mucho afecto o les haces muchos elogios
to nudge, nudge
El Niño will nudge some areas of past 1.5 °C of warming
we have to nudge them to guzzle more water
"figures may stir anxieties that central bankers haven't moved fast enough to cut rates, nudging the jobs market into a downward spiral." (Richard Flynn)
to nudge: empujar levemente/suavemente a algo o a alguien. Empujar a alguien, especialmente con el hombro, para llamar su atención o indicarle algo. || persuadir a alguien suavemente || recordarle educadamente a alguien algo
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