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MOTOR: Nombre**
 * ENGINE: Noun

[|**wordreference.com**]

//Motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work// Sentence:**My car has a more powerful engine**

[|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**] A machine that uses the energy from liquid fuel or steam to produce movement} Sentence:** My car's been having engine trouble recently.

FRAMEWORK:Noun Armazón : Nombre**

[|**wordreference.com**] the underlying structure; "restoring the framework of the bombed building"; "it is part of the fabric of society"

Sentence:**They put about 2 billon of these proteins on a piece of glass, making the proteins stick by embedding them in a special framework that looks and acts like a cell membrane**

[|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**] A system of rules, ideas or beliefs that is used to plan or decide something Sentence:**A legal framework for resolving disputes **



RECOLECTAR: Nombre**
 * HARVEST: Noun

[|**wordreference**] The season for gathering crops Sentence**: It won't be long now till harvest **

[|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**] T he time of year when crops are cut and collected from the fields, or the activity of cutting and collecting them, or the crops which are cut and collected Sentence: ** We had a good harvest this year **



AGUJERO: Nombre**
 * HOLES: Noun

[|**wordreference**] A depression hollowed out of solid matter Sentence: ** My jumper's got a hole in it **

[|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**]

- An empty space in an object, usually with an opening to the object's surface, or an opening which goes completely through an object Sentence: ** We dug a hole and planted the tree **



PLANCHA: Nombre**
 * IRON: Noun

[|**wordreference.com**] home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth Sentence:**A travel iron **

[|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**] A device for making clothes flat and smooth, especially after they have been washed, which has a handle and a flat base and is usually electrically heated Sentence: **A steam iron ** ATASCO: Nombre**
 * JAM: Noun

[|**wordreference.com**] informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" Sentence: **J am sandwiches ** [|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**] A sweet soft food made by cooking fruit with sugar to preserve it. It is eaten on bread or cakes Sentence:**I jam my foot**



NUDO: Nombre**
 * KNOT: Noun

[|**wordreference.com**] A sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere Sentence: ** Alice's hair is always full of knots and tangles **

[|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**]

T o form a tight, hard, rounded mass Sentence: ** His muscles knotted with the strain. **



TAPA: Nombre**
 * LID: Noun

[|**wordreference.com**] Headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim //Sentence:// ** Can you get the lid off this jar **

[|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**] A cover on a container, which can be lifted up or removed Sentence: **Put a lid on the saucepan.**



LABERINTO: Nombre**
 * MAZE: Noun

[|**wordreference**] complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost Sentence: **The old part of the town was a maze of narrow passages**.

[|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**] A complicated set of rules, ideas or subjects which you find difficult to deal with or understand Sentence:** It's almost impossible to get through the maze of bureaucracy. **



ESPEJO: Nombre**
 * MIRROR: Noun

[|wordreference.com]

Polished surface that forms images by reflecting light Sentence: **She was looking at her reflection in the mirror**.

[|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**] A piece of glass with a shiny metallic back which reflects light, producing an image of whatever is in front of it Sentence: **T he bathroom mirror **



INVESTIGADORES: Nombres**
 * RESEARCHES: Noun

[|**wordfreferences**] Systematic investigation to establish facts Sentence: **Discovered by researchers at the criminal**

[|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**] A detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new) information or reach a (new) understanding Sentence: A research student/assistant/laboratory



**ROOT: Noun RAÍZ: Nombre**

[|**wordreference.com**] The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support Sentence: ** What is/lies at the root of the problem is their lack of interest **

[|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**] T he part of a plant which grows down into the earth to obtain water and food and which holds the plant firm in the ground Sentence: **The high crime rate has its roots in unemployment and poverty**



SEMILLA: Nombre**
 * SEED:Noun

[|**wordreference.com**] A mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa Sentence:** The chemical will stop all seeds from sprouting **

[|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**] A small round or oval object produced by a plant and from which, when it is planted, a new plant can grow Sentence**:** **The farmers grow these crops for seed**



PIEL: Nombre**
 * SKIN: Noun

[|**wordreference.com**] Body covering of a living animal Sentence: **S kin cancer **

[|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**] T he natural outer layer which covers a person, animal, fruit, etc Sentence: ** Babies have soft skins **



DORMIR: Nombre**
 * SLEEP: Noun

[|**wordreference.com**] //A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"

Sentence:// **I have already too late to go to sleep**

[|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**]

The resting state in which the body is not active and the mind is unconscious

Sentence : **I must get some sleep - I'm exhausted**.



RESORTE: Nombre**
 * SPRING: Noun

[|**wordreference.com**] A metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed; Sentence: ** The children have jumped on the couch so much that they've ruined the springs. **

[|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**] S omething's ability to return to its usual shape after it has been pressed Sentence: **Over the years the mattress has lost its spring.**



GUSANO: Nombre**
 * WORM: Noun

[|**wordreference.com**]

Any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae. Sentence: ** The kiwi eats worms, other invertebrates, and berries. **

[|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**] T he young of particular types of insect Sentence//:// ** It's distressing enough to find a worm in your apple but finding half of one is worse **



ARMAS: Nombre**
 * WEAPON: Noun

[|**wordreference.com**] Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon Sentence: ** The youths were dragged from their car and searched for weapons **

[|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**]
 * A** ny object used in fighting or war, such as a gun, bomb, sword, etc



Sentence: A lethal weapon

CERA: Nombre**
 * WAX: Noun

[|**wordreference.com**] Any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water Sentence: **She watched the wax as it dripped down the side of the candle.**

[|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**] A solid fatty substance that softens and melts when warm Sentence: **Look how the floor, it was thanks to the wax



WRIST: Noun MUÑECA (MANO): Nombre**

[|**wordreference.com**] A joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones Sentence: ** I sprained my wrist playing squash **

[|**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary**] Sentence: **I broke my wrist playing yesterday afternoon
 * T** he part of the body between the hand and the arm

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