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calumniado
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atribuir a alguien falsamente y con malicia, palabras, actos, o intenciones deshonrosos
to slander, calumniate |
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mercader
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persona que trata y comercia con generos vendibles
merchant |
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masoneria
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sociedad secreta extendida por diversos paises
freemasonry |
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lisamente
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llanamente
smoothly, evenly, plainly, in plain language, |
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diestramente
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habilmente, astutamente
skillfully, dextorously, shrewdly, cunningly |
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suministrar
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proveer a alguien de algo que necesita
furnish, supply |
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macula
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mancha
stain |
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mendaz
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mentiroso
liar |
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artificioso
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disimulado, cauteloso
hecho con abilidad y artificio skillful, ingenius, cunning |
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nimiedad
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pequenez, insignificancia, prolijidad
triviality, ; fussyness; smallmindedness, in great detail |
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carcomer
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consumir poco a poco
eat away |
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socavar
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ir debilitando algo o alguien, escavar y dejar sin apoyo
undermine |
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engullir
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tragar la comida atropelladamente y sin masticarla
to gobble up, wolf down |
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derribar
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demoler (una construccion), tirar al suelo algo o alguin
to shoot (a plain),to knock down, to pull down, to bring down a government |
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resbaladizo
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1 (deslizante) slippery: una superficie resbaladiza, a slippery surface
2 (peliagudo, comprometido) difficult, delicate |
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satiro
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1 satyr, lampoon
2 hombre lujurioso |
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lujurioso
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lustful
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retaguardia
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in the rear
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a las orillas de
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on the banks of
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al margen
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in the margin
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abaceria, abacero
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grocery store, grocer
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abacorar
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to harass, to plague, bother
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abajadero
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incline, slope
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abajeno
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lowlander, coastal dweller
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abajero
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lower, under
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abajino
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northern, Northerner
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abalanzar
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to weigh, to balance
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impeler
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to impel
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abaldonar
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to degrade, debase, to affront (insultar)
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abalear, abaleo
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to shoot, fire at; a shooting
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execute
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fusilar
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It's worthless
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no vale un abalorio
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abalumbar, amontanar
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to pile up, to stack up
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abanarse
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to give oneself airs, show off
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abanderada
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representative
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abanderar
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to register
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abandonismo
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defeatism
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abarajar
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to counter (a blow), parry
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parry (english)
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n. counter barpunch,
v. hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep |
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esquivar
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to dodge, to avoid
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abarcar
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to include, embrace, to contain, to comprise, to undertake, take on, to monopolize
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auto embrague, abarque, embragar/desembragar
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embragar, desembragar
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dar un apreton
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to clutch, to squeeze
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arrollar, abarquillar/se
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to curl up, roll up
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abarrajado
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dissolute, free-living (libertino);
peleonero; quarrelsome, argumentative |
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abarraganarse
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to live together out of wedlock
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abarrajar/se
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1 to run away, to flee
2 to fall flat on one's face; to become corrupt or perverted, to prostitute o.s. |
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abarrajo
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fall, stumble
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abarracadero
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tight spot, jam
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abarrancar/se
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1 to make cracks in, open up fissures in
2 to fall into a ditch/pit etc |
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fisura
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fissure; long narrow opening
crack cleft |
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abarrotar
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to bar; to fasten with bars
overstock;overfill, over crowd |
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abarrote
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groceries
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ferreteria
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hardware store
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abastar
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to supply
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abastardar
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to debase, to degrade, to degenerate
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abastecedor
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supplier, purveyor
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abasteceder
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to supply, to provide
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abastecimiento
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supplying, provisioning, catering
ex el abastecimiento de agua |
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abasto n.
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supply. dar abasto a- to supply
dar abasto a un pedido- to fill an order |
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abatanado
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skilled, skillful
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abatanar
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to beat
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abatanado, abatatarse
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1shy, coy
2 (apenarse) to be shy, bashful |
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abatible
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foldable (chair, table)
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abatido
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depressed, dejected, downcast
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abatimiento, abatir
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to demolition, knocking down, (avion) to shoot down, flag
depression, dejection. contemptible character, despicable character |
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abatirse sobre
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swoop, to drop fall, to pounce on
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arrinconar
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to put on the spot
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abdicacion
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abdication; stepping down
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abdicar de algo
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to renounce; to relinquish
ex abdicar la corona |
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rapto/r
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abduction/abductor
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silbar
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1 (una canción, una melodía) to whistle
2 (en señal de rechazo) to whistle at, catcall |
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cuchichear
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to whisper
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zumbar
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to buzz, to drone
fam. to trash |
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farfullar
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to mumble,
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hablar entre dientes
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to mumble
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mascullar
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to mumble
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abejonear
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to whisper
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sussurar
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whisper, decir en voz bajo
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retorcer
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to twist (arm, rope) , to wring out, to twist words around
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serpentear
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vi (una carretera, un río) to wind, meander, zig zag
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abejucarse
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to twist up, climb (planta)
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abellacado
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villainous
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abellacar
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to lower, degrade
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aberracion
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aberration
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retraso mental
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mental retardation
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aberrante
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crazy, ridiculous
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aberrar
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to be mistaken, err
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aberrear
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to anger, to annoy, to irritate
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abetunado
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dark skinned
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pullir: abetunar
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to polish, clean
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abigarrado
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multi-colored
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cresta
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ridge
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crujir
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rustling paper, to crunch, creak, to grind teeth
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abismal
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abysmal
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abjuracion
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retraction
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abjurar
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forswear
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destetar
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to wean
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ablandar
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tenderize
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abnegacion
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self-denial, abnegation, unselfishness
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ablucion
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ablution; the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
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ablusado
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loose (garment)
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taladro
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drill (herramienta)
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esbozo. bosquejo (hacer un bosquejo de)
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sketch
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abocetar
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to sketch
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abofado, abofarse
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swollen, stuff
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abofetear
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to slap, hit in the face
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abogaderas
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false arguments
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abolir
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to abolish, cancel, annul revoke
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abolsado
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full of pockets, baggy
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abolladura/ abollar/ abollarse
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1 bump, dent, bruise
2to dent, to raise a bump on, to bruise, to emboss 3 to get dented to get bruised |
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bombacho
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baggy
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ensordecer
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to deafen
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moho
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mold
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abonado
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reliable, trustworthy.
season ticket holder, subscriber |
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abonanzar
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to grow calmer, become settled
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abonar o responder por alguien
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to vouch for
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abono
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payment, installment, down payment, deposit, pagar por o en abonos.
fertilizer subscription to a magazine |
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abordable
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approachable, manageable, accesible
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abonare (pagare)
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iou, promissory note
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abonero
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street vendor, door to door salesman
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abordaje
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boarding, collision (naut.)
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abordar
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to board
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aborregarse
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to follow slavishly, to tag along, to be or get silly
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abortista ilegal
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backstreet abortionist
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aborto espontaneo, natural
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miscarriage
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abotagamiento, hinchazon, tumefaccion (med)
abotagarse |
1 swelling
2 to swell up |
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aboyar
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to float
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bozal (le pusieron un bozal a su perro)
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2 hocico
3 amordazar (a un critico) muzzle? |
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amordazar (slienciar, coaccionar)
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to gag, to silence,
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escoriacion
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abrasion
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rango de edad
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age bracket
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abrazadera
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bracket
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abreviadamente (sucintamente)
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succinctly, briefly
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abrigadero de ladrones
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den of thieves
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abrigador/a
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person who covers up or another
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abrigo
al abrigo de |
1 help, protection, support
2 sheltered from (escapar al abrigo de la noche) |
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estar hecho un abril
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to look handsome
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grapadora
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stapeler
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abrogacion
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abrogation, repeal
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abrogar
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to abrogate, to repeal
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espina
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thorn
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abroquelarse
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to shield o.s., to defend o.s.
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abrumador
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exhausting, crushing, burdensome, tiresome, overwhelming
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aplastante
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overwhelming (victory)
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insoportable
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overwhelming (pain)
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deseo irresistible, irreprimible
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overwhelming (desire, urge)
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terreno abrupto
pendiente abrupto |
1 rough terrain, rugged
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abrutado, (embrutecer)
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brutalized
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absceso
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abscess
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absolucion
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absolution, acquittal, pardon
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absoluta (declaracion)
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dogmatic statement, authoritative assertion
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absolutorio (fallo)
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verdict of aquittal, not guilty verdict
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accessoria
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annex; outbuilding
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accidentado
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1 uneven surface
2 eventful (un viaje a.) 3 hilly (terreno) 4 rough, rugged 5.agitated, upset (mentalmente) 6 injured person |
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jorobado
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hunchback
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buena accion
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good deed
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Dia de accion de gracias
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Thanksgiving
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accionar
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to wave one's hands about, to gesticulate
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accionista
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shareholder
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emboscada, acechadera
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ambush
ex. tenderle una embosacada, los colonos se sorpriendieron ante la emboscada de los indios, |
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acechador
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spy, watcher, observer
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acechar
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to stalk
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orden de restrinccion, prohibicion
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restraining order
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cebo
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bait
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soborno (aceitada, mordida)
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bribe
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acelerado
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nervous, jumpy, impatient
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acendrado
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pure, unblemished.
ex de acendrado caracter |
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plantear
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una pregunta, ask a question
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acendrar
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to purify
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modalidades
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category, modality
ex modalidad de pago |
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desempenar
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carry out a function
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inquisitoria
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investigation
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rejilla de bicicletas
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bike rack
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tijeras corta-pernos
alicate de cortar metal |
bolt cutters
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cabesilla
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ring leader
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alicates/tenazas
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pliers/
needle nose pliers |
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acentuar
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to accent; to stress
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cuneta
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gutter
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edil
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town counselour, city supervisor
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acerbamente
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harshly, scathingly
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protesta
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affirmation
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afirmar
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state, declare
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radio difusoras
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radio station
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profugo de la justicia/fugitivo
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fugitive of the law
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transcender, transcendio
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to bring up, surface
it surfaced |
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protestar
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affirm
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sentencia
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verdict
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soborno del jurado
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jury fixing
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insaculacion
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impanaling
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presidente del jurado
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foreman
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sorteo del jurado
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jury seleccion
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gran jurado, jurado indagatorio,
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grand jury
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jurado pesquisidor
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coroner's jury
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balas trasadoras
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tracer bullets
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trayectoria
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trajectory
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conviccion firme
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abiding conviction
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admonestar
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admonish
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conminar
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to warn, threaten
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padrones
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list of registered voters
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partidario
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proponent
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afisinado
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fan
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estipular
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ponerse de acuerdo, convenir
agree, stipulate |
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consignar
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bind over, record
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reserva secreta
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secret cache
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enpastar, embarar
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smeer
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a la sazon
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around
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acervo
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heap, pile
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acetico
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acetic
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acezar, jadear, resollar
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puff, pant
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aciago
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ill-omened, fateful
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aguja
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needle
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acidia
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indolence, apathy, sloth
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sentarse encuclillas, agacharse, acocharse
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squat, crouch
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dar un codazo
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to elbow
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acodarse en
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to lean on
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capa
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layer
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estar hasta el cogote/coronilla
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to be at your wits end
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acogotar
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kill (with a blow on the neck)
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cogote
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neck
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acojinar
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to cushion
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embestir contra
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to charge at
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acomodadizo
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accommodating, obliging; acquiescent, pliable, easy going
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acomodado
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suitable, well to-do, wealthy
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acomodador
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usher
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ujier
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usher in a court room
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aconchado
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sponge, mooch, scrounger
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poner a salvo
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bring to safety
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aconsonatar
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to rhyme
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retroalimentacion
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feedback
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acosar
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to pursue relentlessly, to hound, harass
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acoso sexual
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sexual harassment
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sabatoge
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sabotaje
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acuchillar
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to cut, to slash, hack, to stab
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rechinar (hacer)
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grind (teeth)
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dedo pulgar, dedo gordo
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big toe
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medios de comunication (massivos)
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media/ mass media
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corresponsal/enviado
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correspondent
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celda
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prison cell
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solicitar
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make a request
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denunciar
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to report
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padecido de
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suffered from
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agente de inversiones
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investment broker
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corredor de seguros
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insurance broker
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blandir (un arma)
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to brandish or to wield a gun
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maton, bruto
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thug, bully
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turbarse
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to be embarrassed, to disturb, to be altered
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yeso
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cast
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poner en duda
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to cast doubt
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relato fiel
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accurate account
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pergamino
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parchment
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macizo
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1, solid, compact full
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fofo/a
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spongy, soft (blando, de poca consistencia)
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surtir
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1 proveer, abastecer, proveer
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actual
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present
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engreido
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conceited
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valia
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worth
valor calidadde una persona que vale |
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previsible
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predictable
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acontecimiento
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event, occasion
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elogiar
elogiadas |
to praise
praise |
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apoyar
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to lean on
to support |
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bed (of grass, roses etc)
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lecho (de hierba)
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bisagras
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hinges (of a door)
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atache/carpeta/ maletin/ portafolio
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briefcase
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reloj de pulsera
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wrist watch
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esquivar
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to avoid, to dodge
ex (esquivo mi mirada, esquivo el choque con un volantazo) |
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solera
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vintage
ex. un vina de solera |
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oda
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ode
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actuar
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perform (a duty, a show)
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establecer un paralelo
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draw a prarallel
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atraer (una multitud)
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draw (a crowd)
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sacar una pistola
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draw a gun on
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echarse para atras
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draw back
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demacrado
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emaciated
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verdugo
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hangman
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lazo
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noose
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manifestante
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protestor
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remontarse a
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hark back (to a time period)
plain gaining altitude |
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roble
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oak tree
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reunion politica (mitin)
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rally
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apuro/ aprieto
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predicament
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hasta siempre
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so long!
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me temo que si
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I'm afraid so
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en la medida en que
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in so far as
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a las claras (en pocas palabras)
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in so many words
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asercion infundada/ sin fundamento
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say-so
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mientras que
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so long as
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ahi tienes
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so there!
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dado eso
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that being so
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delito consumado
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a crime that is commited, carried out
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tentativa
tentativa de robo |
an attempt
attempted robbery |
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armed roberry
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robo a mano armada
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asi como
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as well as
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decenas
ex murieron decenas de personas |
scores of people died
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rehen
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a prisoner
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tomar parido, manifestarse a favor o en contra de algo
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to take a stand
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igualdad
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equality
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de por si
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in and of themselves
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disparidad
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disparity
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impulsar, impeler, motivar
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to galvanize
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gentio, multitud, tropel de personas
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throng, mob, multitude, crowd
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citacion para comparecer
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summons to appear
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abarcar/incluir
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to cover, to take on, to monopoloze
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resonar
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resonates
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redes de computadora
redes informaticas |
computer networking
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estar a la cabeza, ir adelante
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to lead
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palacio de justicia
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courthouse
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despacho
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office, study
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boicot/boicotear
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boycott
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punto central
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focal point
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asalto
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attack
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hacer acto de presencia
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to make an appearance
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acto de inauguracion
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opening ceremony
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vinieron en el acto
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they came immediately
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en acto de servicio (mil)
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he died (in action)
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la vista buena, approbacion, sello
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seal of approval
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ecuanime
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impartial, even tempered, calm, unbiased
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embotellamiento
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traffic jam
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hacerce de la vista gorda
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to look the other way, turn a blind eye
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atascar/ meter a la fuerza
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jam in
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patio
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yard
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pacifico (manifestaciones)
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peaceful
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presidente del consejo de administracion
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chairman of the board
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presidente del comite
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chairman of the committe
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hospedar, alojar
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to house
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fijar una fecha
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set a date
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en la vispera de
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on the eve of
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agresor
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attacker
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tendencias (pol)
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political sympathy
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supervisando/ siguiendo
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monitoring
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somatico
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physical, somatic
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partidiario
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supporter
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de manera abrumadora
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overwhelmingly
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(manifestar su) indignacion
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outrage
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outraged
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enfurecerse
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flagrante (descriminacion)
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flagrant, blatant
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ira, enojo
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wrath, rage, anger
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congregaron ante
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gathered before, converged
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animated conversation
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platica viva
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manejar mal un assunto
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mismanage, mishandle
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trudge (up a hill)
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caminar con dificultad
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linchamiento
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a lynching
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cuento chino
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a tall story
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story
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(ninos) cuento
relato |
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it's always the same old story
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se repite la historia
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capture/take prisoner
to captivate |
cautivar
facinar |
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frolic
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retozar
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caveat (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing; "a caveat filed against the probate of a will")
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advertencia
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staggering
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asombroso
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