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1 jettison to get rid of something that is not useful or successful

We may have to jettison some parts of the business.

2. to throw goods, equipment, or fuel from a ship or plane in order to make it lighter and less likely to sink or crash

A storm forced them to jettison most of the cargo.


2.elicit:  evocar una respueta, despertar

3.a contest, a contestant:  concurso, concursante

4. tongue-in-cheek : jocoso, ironico

5. to spark:  to trigger: activar

6. theseasoned journalist: madura, experimentada

7. obnoxious odioso

8.neither here nor there: sth does not matter bc it is not relevant

9. upholder:  defender