Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| of miles | kilométrico, kilométrica | ||||||
| worth billions | de miles de millones | ||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| mile [METR.] | la milla | ||||||
| mile [METR.] | milla terrestre inglesa | ||||||
| chiliad rare | el mil | ||||||
| billion [abbr.: bn] - thousand million | mil millones pl. | ||||||
| quadrillion (Amer.) | mil billones pl. | ||||||
| yonks [coll.] (Brit.) | mil años [fig.] [coll.] | ||||||
| donkey's years | mil años [fig.] - mucho tiempo | ||||||
| grand - thousand dollars [coll.] [FINAN.] | mil dólares | ||||||
| grand - thousand pounds [coll.] [FINAN.] | mil libras | ||||||
| seersucker [TEXTIL.] | mil rayas - tejido | ||||||
| milliard (Brit.) obsolete | mil millones pl. | ||||||
| sea mile [NAUT.] | milla marina | ||||||
| air mile - nautical mile [NAUT.] | milla marina | ||||||
| nautical mile - 6080 ft. [NAUT.] | milla marina | ||||||
| pandemonium | barullo de mil diablos [coll.] | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| He was fined because he was driving at 93 miles an hour. | Le multaron porque conducía a 149 kilómetros por hora. | ||||||
| The smoke from the fire could be seen from miles away. | El humo del fuego se podía ver desde millas de distancia. | ||||||
| We spent ten grand refurnishing our flat. | Gastamos diez mil libras reamueblando nuestro piso. | ||||||
| Off the top of my head, I think there were about a thousand people there. | Así, de cabeza, serían unas mil personas las que había allí. | ||||||
| Second hand cars are quite cheap, you can get this one for only four grand. | Los coches de segunda mano son bastante baratos, puedes comprar este por solo cuatro mil dólares. | ||||||
| This is a big company, we have about one thousand people working here. | Esta es una empresa grande, trabajamos aquí unas mil personas. | ||||||
| There were a thousand people at the concert. | Había mil personas en el concierto. | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| A miss is as good as a mile. | De casi no se muere nadie. | ||||||
| A miss is as good as a mile. | Rozar el palo no es gol. | ||||||
| to see sth. a mile away also [fig.] | ver algo a una legua or [fig.] | ||||||
| to go like peaches and cream | ir a las mil maravillas | ||||||
| once in a blue moon | una vez cada mil años [coll.] | ||||||
| once in a lifetime | una vez cada mil años [coll.] | ||||||
| to stand head and shoulders above the rest | darle mil vueltas a alguien [fig.] | ||||||
| to stand head and shoulders above so. | darle mil vueltas a alguien [fig.] | ||||||
| to notice sth. a mile away [fig.] | notar algo a leguas [fig.] | ||||||
| to go the extra mile [fig.] | esforzarse un poco más | ||||||
| to go the extra mile [fig.] | hacer un esfuerzo adicional | ||||||
| to go the extra mile [fig.] | hacer un esfuerzo más allá de lo normal | ||||||
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