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alcanzar in English:

1. attain attain


to attain high school diploma
attain goals
More women are attaining positions of power.
The young athlete attained exceptional physical fitness.
achieve, reach, attain, accomplish, gain, acquire
Everyone strives for efficiency but few seem to attain it.
There is no dream of man which atomic power does not promise a chance to attain.
That aim is impossible to attain.
He has a will to attain knowledge and wanted to go to school.
He was too simple to wonder when he had attained humility.
He has attained the ​highest ​grade in his ​music ​exams.
Mrs. Southcott had recently attained her five-and-twentieth blessed birthday, of whom a prophetic private in the Life Guards had heralded the sublime appearance by announcing that arrangements were made for the swallowing up of London and Westminster.
If she wanted a better job, Alison knew she would have to attain some additional skills.
Very few people attain this position before the age of 40.
They attained their goal mainly through hard work and determination.

English word "alcanzar"(attain) occurs in sets:

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2. reach reach


I can't reach it.
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach out for the ballot.
At this rate, even independent film will never reach a true understanding of romance and relationships, so to hell with the movies, let's have dinner.
Today, through radio and television, mass advertising can reach millions of people at a time with its messages.
To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it— but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
I have an itch right in the middle of my back and I can't reach it. Arrgghh!
They have affiliates in many countries and are trying to expand their reach. These are not opinions to be debated; these are facts to be dealt with.
The departmental heads, lost in petty argument, could not reach a cohesive decision.
There is no act which Christianity forbids, that the law will not reach: if it were otherwise, Christianity would not be, as it has always been held to be, part of the law of England.
If every user added twenty a day to Tatoeba, it might be possible to reach one million sentences by Christmas.
What Alice, waiting for a reply, was faced with was a sudden howl. It was a resounding noise, sharp as to burst her ear drums, loud as to reach unto the heavens.
Skirts this year reach a few centimeters above the knees.
After John became manager, he told me he would never have expected to reach such a high position.
A math teacher says, "With a calculator, the child can reach the right answer, but have no idea at all how he got there."
From the corridor, you can reach the living room, the kitchen, and the toilet, or you can take the stairs upstairs, where the bedrooms and the bathroom are.

English word "alcanzar"(reach) occurs in sets:

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3. catchup



English word "alcanzar"(catchup) occurs in sets:

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4. reach out


Could you reach out to press this button, please.
please reach out to me if you have something interesting

English word "alcanzar"(reach out) occurs in sets:

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