bush
 noun
 matogueira
EN The dampness arose out of the Gulf and was deposited on bushes and cacti and on little trees in salty drops.
GL Unha néboa húmida ía subindo do Golfo e pousándose na matogueira, nos cactos e nas pequenas árbores en pingas salgadas.
 Fonte: PER (549)
arbusto
EN Then he flung himself down under a bush and waited for a moment till his breathing steadied.
GL Logo, agochouse no medio dun arbusto e agardou un chisco ata que a respiración se normalizou.
Fonte: SEN (6020)
maleza
EN Here and there among the bushes were small inclosures containing graves, sometimes no more than one.
GL Aquí e alá había entre a maleza pequenos recintos que contiñan tumbas, ás veces non máis de unha.
Fonte: HAL (198)
mato
EN Looking back presently, I could see, through the crowded stems, that from my heap of sticks the blaze had spread to some bushes adjacent, and a curved line of fire was creeping up the grass of the hill.
GL Ó mirar atrás podía ver, a través da multitude de ramas, que dende a morea de paos se espallara o lume ata uns matos veciños, e que unha liña curva de lapas estaba a subir pola herba, outeiro arriba.
Fonte: TEM (1557)
selva
EN And yet at the end of your latest novel the dictator is forced to hold elections, but "if people refuse to vote for him, the animals will come out of the bush, get hold of ballot papers and elect him with a landslide majority".
GL Sen embargo, ó final da súa última obra, o dictador vese obrigado a convocar eleccións, pero "se os homes se negan a votar por el, os animais sairán da selva, collerán os sufraxios e plebiscitarano".
Fonte: C11 (1338)
sabana
EN Two and a half hour's drive through Australia's dense bush north of Sydney, coloured lights pulse on the crest of a hill as the low rumble of bass creeps across the immense forest.
GL Ó meterse dúas horas e media en automóbil pola densa sabana australiana vense luces de cores escintilando no cume dun outeiro mentres o estrondo grave dos baixos invade a inmensidade do bosque.
Fonte: C15 (645)
..... to beat about the bush
andar con medias palabras
EN But it seems to me that a lot of time is wasted by not speaking the truth --by beating about the bush instead of coming straight out with things.
GL Pero dáme a impresión de que se perde moito tempo por non dici-la verdade, por darlle voltas ás cousas e andar con medias palabras no canto de ir ó conto.
Fonte: ASA (4360)
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