- Punish/penalize → Castigar
- Exonerate → Exonerar
- Contract a disease → Contraer una enfermedad
- Unheard of → Inaudito
- In hindsight, however → En retrospectiva, sin embargo
- Being in turmoil → Sumido en la confusión
- Rally behind → Apoyar
- Needlessly → Innecesario
- Tallow → Sebo (animal)
- Butler → Mayordomo
- Housekeeper → Ama de casa
- Posh home → Casa elegante
- Cottage → Casa rural
- Rush light → Vela de junco
- Pinched → Pellizcado
- Nip → Pinza
- Pliers → Alicates
- Tongs → Tenazas
- "Chips from woods" → Virutas de madera
- Rag → Trapo
- Dripping → Gotear
- Scorched → Chamuscado
- Snuff → Apoyar (llamas)
- Tar sands → Deposito de alquitrán
- Financial profit → Beneficios financieros
- Tap into → Tocar
- Dwindling → Menguar
- Shallow → Poco profundo
- Brackish → Salubre (agua)
- Thrive → Prosperar
- To dwell → Morar
- Stout → ??
- To rivet → ??
- Roughly → Aproximadamente
- Lunge off → Arremeter
- Well → Pozo
- To recap → Recuperar (dinero)
- To recuperate → Recuperar (salud)
- To recover → Recuperar (objeto perdido)
- Landfills → Vertederos
- Byproduct → Subproducto
- Decay → Desintegrar
- Rail against → Luchar en contra
- Hearing → Audiencia
- Brink → Borde
- Creeping → Progresivo
- MP (Member of Parliament) → Diputado
- Littering → ??
- Sewage → Aguas residuales
- Smog → Niebla tóxica
- "Apportionment of the budget would be better expended on..."
- “the third rail of American politics” makes a reference to the electrified third rail of a train track that would kill you if you touched it
- Logging → Alojamiento
- Grazing → Pastoreo
- A pun → Juego de palabras
- Elbow → codo
- Assuage → Calmar emociones negativas
- Thigh → Muslo
- Creek → Arroyo
- Piety → Piedad
- Stinginess → Tacañería
- Brethren → Hermanos de religión
- Thence → "De ese lugar a"
- "I went first to Paris thence to Rome"
- Lest → A pesar que
- Spittoon → Escupidero
- Unsullied → Impecable
- Slap → Barro
- Saggy → Poco firme
- Hitch → Mover
- Dove → Paloma
- Doves are beautiful white birds that magicians often use.
- Crows &rarr Cuervos
- Crows are very intelligent birds and can be taught to pick up trash.
- Slug &rarr Babosa
- A snail is just a slug with a shell.
- Vindicate → Exculpar
- "hospital staff were vindicated by the inquest verdict"
- Rat (someone) out → Delatar (a alguien)
- "he ratted out a pair of colleagues, so he could stay out of jail"
- Jarring → ??
- Edgewise → ??
- To glare → Mirar de manera furiosa, enfadada
- He glared at us like a wolf whose first and foremost desire was to tear us limb from limb
- A stroll → Un paseo
- I stepped off the car for a stroll, a young infantryman walked up to me and shook hands.
- Stark → Severo
- This was my introduction to the stark realism that characterized the Marine Corps I later came to know.
- Distraught → Muy preocupado
- Father was mildly distraught at the thought of me in the Marines as an enlisted man.
- To bolster → Apoyar
- Saggy → Hundirse
- Weary → Agotado
- He has bolstered my sagging morale when I've become weary with what is not a happy subject.
- Rejoice → To feel or show great happiness about something
- You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied me
- Forebodings → A feeling that something very bad is going to happen soon
- The enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings
- Undertaking → Commitment
- I have confidence in the success of my undertaking.
- A foretaste → Something that gives you an idea of what something else is like by allowing you to experience a small example of it before it happens
- This breeze gives me a foretaste of those icy climes.
- To waft → To move gently through the air
- We may be wafted to a land full of wonders.
- Hitherto → Until now
- The land will surpass in wonders and in beauty every region hitherto discovered on Earth.
- To satiate → To completely satisfy yourself.
- I shall statiate my ardent curiosity
- Enticement → The act of persuading someone to do something by offering them something pleasant
- These are my enticements, and they are sufficient to conquer all fear of danger or death.
- To ascertain → To discover
- I will be ascertaining the secret of magnet.
- To dispel → To remove fears, doubts, and false ideas
- These reflections have dispelled the agitation with which I began my letter.
- An injunction → An official order given by a law court, usually to stop someone from doing something.
- The regret which I had felt, as a child, on learning that my father's dying injunction had forbidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a seafaring life.
- Acquainted [adj] → Knowing or being familiar.
- You are well acquainted with my failure.
- Bore [v] → ??
- You are well acquainted with my failure, and how heavily I bore the disappointment
- Earnest → Serious and determined.
- The captain intreated me to remain with the greatest earnestness so valuable did he consider my services.
- Enticement → The act of persuading someone to do something -I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path.
- Fortnight → A period of two weeks.
- I shall depart in a fortnight.
- There is no shortage of opinion on – The idea according to which – No one can deny that – Many people wonder – There is a great debate on – Many people have different opinions/beliefs/feelings about – Societies around the world have various ideas about - Recently, there has been a ton of debate as to...
- In my opinion – I do believe that – I absolutely think that – it is certainly clear to see why I feel that - If I were asked, I would say that – I strongly believe that – personally – honestly
- Convenient modern life of today – contemporary lifestyle – present actions of everyday citizens – modern society
- Negatively impact – cause more distress – future repercussions – will have to pay for
- Future generations – individuals in the future – future repercussions
- To start – right off the bat – from the beginning – immediately – from the get-go – for starters – first of all – firstly – in the first place
- agree – support – back – be in support of – be in agreement with – see eye to eye with
- disagree - casts doubt on – not agree with – oppose – contest
- idea – notion – theory – hypothesis – argument - point
- opinion – stance – belief – thought
- argue – claim – posit – insist - contend - focus on