tinderbox in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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tinderbox in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for tinderbox in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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Small's familyon the surface a model of 1950's-style middle class contentment and successwas a tinderbox of closeted feelings and mental repression.
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But when dried, the peatlands are a tinderbox -- and a new study says the latter is becoming more and more common as the climate warms.
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He strikes the tinderbox and sends the dog with eyes the size of teacups to bring her to his apartment.
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Fire officials say they will take precautions to ensure the pyrotechnics do not spark another blaze in the tinderbox conditions.
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He strikes the tinderbox to light the room, and one of the dogs appears before him.
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Here we have a stadium which is sitting on a tinderbox, where 40000 odd people would be sitting.
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He threw the steel from his tinderbox over it, which tamed it.
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With the hall being mostly wooden it was just like a tinderbox, and within about half an hour to 45 minutes it was virtually gone.
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That drove home the fact that his family was living in a tinderbox.
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Tinderbox is described as a detective tool for software development.
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