haul

arrastrar, tirar de

Tirar de algo pesado haciendo mucho esfuerzo.

En inglés sencillo: To pull something heavy with a lot of effort.

• They hauled the boat ashore.
• We hauled the heavy box up the stairs.
• Can you help me haul this branch out of the water?

Cómo se usa: haul someone/something + direction (They hauled the boat up onto the beach.)

Sinónimos: pull, drag, heave

Expresiones frecuentes: haul something up, haul something ashore, haul in nets, haul someone out

transportar, acarrear

Llevar mercancías pesadas de un lugar a otro, normalmente en un vehículo.

En inglés sencillo: To carry heavy goods from one place to another, usually using a vehicle.

• This truck hauls coal.
• Horses once hauled goods along this road.
• They hauled the old furniture away in a trailer.

Cómo se usa: haul something to/from somewhere (Trucks haul gravel from the quarry to the building site.)

Sinónimos: transport, carry, cart

Expresiones frecuentes: haul freight, haul logs, haul something away, haul something by truck

ir a toda velocidad, volar

Moverse o viajar a gran velocidad.

En inglés sencillo: To move or travel very fast.

• That car is really hauling.
• He hauled down the road on his bike.
• We were hauling through town when the engine failed.

Sinónimos: speed, race, zoom

Expresiones frecuentes: really haul, haul down something, haul through town

botín, captura

Cantidad de cosas capturadas, robadas, compradas o reunidas de otra forma en una sola ocasión.

En inglés sencillo: An amount of things caught, stolen, bought, or otherwise collected at one time.

• The fishermen brought home a huge haul.
• She showed us her shopping haul.
• Police recovered a haul of stolen jewellery.

Cómo se usa: a haul of something (The police found a haul of stolen watches.)

Sinónimos: catch, loot, collection

Expresiones frecuentes: shopping haul, large haul, haul of something, record haul

trayecto, recorrido

Distancia recorrida por alguien o algo, especialmente en un viaje largo o difícil.

En inglés sencillo: The distance that someone or something travels, especially when the journey is long or difficult.

• It's a long haul to the coast.
• The haul from the mine to the port is fifty miles.
• Was the drive home much of a haul?

Sinónimos: journey, trip

Expresiones frecuentes: a long haul, a short haul, quite a haul