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77 Cards in this Set
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limpiar de ceniza la solapa
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to brush the ashes from the lapel
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las monedas de diez
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ten-piece coins
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de solos, trompas y coros
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about solos, horns, and choruses
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las palabras apagadas
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inaudible words
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mis comedias
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the act I put on for him
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la cabezada
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rapid nod
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la tecla grave
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low key
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la bravata
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bravado
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pordiosera
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begging
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la mueca
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grimace
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por un viejo pasado de limpieza que la adorada necesidad de casarme con Inés extraía de abajo de años y sucesos
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a clean something in my past that the deeply felt need to marry Inez had cleared from under the years and experiences
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no agrega ni saca
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does not affect things one way or the other
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enderezó
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he straightened up
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englobar
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to engulf; to include
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amoldarse
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to adapt themselves to
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marchito
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dull
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machacante
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insistent; monotonous
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desenvuelto
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easy
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escarbar en
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to dig into
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hediondo
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foul-smelling
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miseñora
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mi señora, spelled here as it is pronounced, equivalent to "the missus"
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la ruindad
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nastiness
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se arrobó de amor como yo lo hago
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was enraptured as I am
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emporcado
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stained, dirtied
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conformarlo
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(to) console him
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muequear
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to make faces
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lustroso
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shiny, glossy; healthy-looking
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abstraído
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absorbed, engrossed; absentminded
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soñoliento
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drowsy, sleepy
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dichoso
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happy
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rabioso
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furious
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sin pestañear
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without batting an eyelid
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el impermeable
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raincoat
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flojo
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loose, slack; lazy, idle
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recostar
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to lean, rest
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vergonzante
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bashful, shamefaced
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repentinamente
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suddenly
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la pereza
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laziness, idleness
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el ímpetu
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violence; energy
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deshacer
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to undo
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retirar
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to remove, move away
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de paso
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by the way, incidentally
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el desdén
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disdain
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la atadura
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hindrance
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burlón
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mocking
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el mozo
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bellhop
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la seña
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sign
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las cejas
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eyebrows
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apretado
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tight
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de antemano
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beforehand, in advance
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arrastrar
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to pull (along), drag (along)
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asombroso
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amazing, astonishing
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prescindir
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to do without; to dispense with; to disregard
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la descomposición
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decomposition, rotting
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las facciones
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features
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la trampa
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trap
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el follaje
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foliage
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apacible
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mild, calm
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el candor
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candor
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apático
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apathetic
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el regazo
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lap
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endurecido
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hardened
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el sobresalto / sobresaltar
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start / to startle
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inconfundible
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unmistakable, obvious
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mañosamente
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skillfully
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propiciar
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to favor
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gozoso
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joyful, happy
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enfurecido
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enraged, infuriated
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ennoblecer
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to ennoble
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enceguecedor
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blinding, brilliant
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fugaz
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fleeting, brief
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tenebroso
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dark, gloomy; sinister
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maloliente
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foul-smelling; stinking
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pavoroso
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fearsome, terrible
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lloroso
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tearful
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desbordar
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to overflow
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el tropiezo
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trip; hindrance; mistake, blunder
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