Full speach steave Jobs Vocab 5.

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Put someone up for adoption.
My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption... Put someone up for adoption.
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Poner a alguien en adopción, es decir, entregar legalmente a un niño para que otra familia lo críe.
After struggling to raise the child alone, she decided to put him up for adoption... Put someone up for adoption. The baby was put up for adoption shortly after birth... put up for adoption...... Put someone up for adoption.

to relent. to relent...
After hours of begging, her father finally relented and let her go to the party. The rain didn't relent all night.
He refused to relent, even when everyone asked him to reconsider.
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Ceder, acceder, relentiar, parar, disminuir, aflojar, ablandarse, mostrar compasión, o dar el brazo a torcer, relentiar.
Truth be told.
Truth be told, I didn’t really enjoy the movie. Truth be told, I was a little nervous before the interview. Truth be told, I’ve never been good at cooking.

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A decir verdad. Trutbitold.
it is life's change agent.
I used to fear death, but now I see it differently. It’s not just the end—it’s life’s change agent, making way for what’s next... it is life's change agent.
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Es el agente de cambio de la vida. its laif chench eillent.
Death may seem like an end, but in truth, it is life’s change agent. It clears space for renewal and growth... Time is often described as a healer, but change is what truly shapes us—and death, though feared, is life’s ultimate change agent.
Unwed. Unwed.
She gave birth while still unwed... The organization offers housing for unwed mothers... unwed.
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no casado. no casada. onued.
When something had run its course.
The disease was not treated, but it eventually ran its course and disappeared. Their friendship had run its course, and they drifted apart.
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Cuando halgo habia corrido su curso, cuando había llegado a su fin de forma natural.
After years of trying to fix things, they both accepted that the relationship had run its course.
to drop in.
(ej. drop in for a visit), to visit a place or person briefly and without a formal appointment.
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Caer sin avisar, dropein, aparecer sin avisar pasar a visitar, llegar sin avisar, aparecer de repente, caer de visita (más informal).
Slate. slate. (small chalkboard).
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Pizarra para escribir, Pizarrón negro usado para escribir con tiza, un esleiter.
Drop-in (noun).
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oyente. un dropein, a alguien que asiste o participa sin estar formalmente inscrito.
She stumble into a great job opportunity...... Stumble into something.
I stumbled into it by following my curiosity and intuition, and it turned out to be priceless later on... She stumbled into a great opportunity.
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Entrar, tropesar, estamboliar intu por casualidad o involucrarse en algo por accidente o sin planearlo, generalmente con suerte o por curiosidad. to become involved in something by chance, without planning it.

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