staid
Spanish translation: sobrio
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| 15:11 Jun 17, 2005 |
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|  Selected response from: Anabel Martínez Spain Local time: 21:37 | ||||||
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| 4 +3 | sobrio |
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| 4 | serio |
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| 4 | recatado y conservador |
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| 4 | sobriedad.... |
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| 3 | conservadores |
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serio Explanation: Oxford staid / steId / adj -er, -est serio, formal; ‹ clothes › serio, sobrio; (pej) aburrido Mike :) |
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recatado y conservador Explanation: fem. = recatada y conservadora LaRousse |
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3 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3sobrio Explanation: igual me paso, pero yo diría que el club admitía solo "la sobriedad y la erudición" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 mins (2005-06-17 15:15:34 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- staid (std) adj. 1. Characterized by sedate dignity and often a strait-laced sense of propriety; sober. See Synonyms at serious. 2. Fixed; permanent: \"There is nothing settled, nothing staid in this universe\" Virginia Woolf. |
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