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59 Cards in this Set
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mantener
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to maintain
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mejorar
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to improve
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el cruce
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crossroads
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el desempleo
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unemployment
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el/la gitano/a
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gypsy
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la identidad
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identity
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la patria
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homeland
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analfabeto/a
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illiterate
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despreciado/a
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scorned
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marginado/a
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shut out, pushed aside, marginalized
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nómada
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nomadic
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a través de
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across, throughout
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aprovecharse (de)
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to take advantage (of)
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desarrollar
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to develop
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encerrar
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to enclose, confine
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luchar por
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to fight for
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perder
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to lose
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rescatar
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to salvage, to rescue
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someter
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to subject, to conquer, subdue
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superar
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to overcome
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tipificar
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to characterize, typify
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el aporte
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contribution
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el/la colono/a
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colonist
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los derechos (humanos)
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(human) rights
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el encierro
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confinement
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la esclavitud
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slavery
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el/la esclavo/a
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slave
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la llegada
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arrival
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el lugar
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place
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el manejo
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handling, management
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el recurso
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resource
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el reto
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challange
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la riqueza
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richness
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actual
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current, present
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autóctono/a
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native, indigenous
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sometido/a
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subjected, conquered, subdued
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amenazar
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to threaten
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dar(le) lástima (a alguien)
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to pity (someone)
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dormitar
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to doze, snooze
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estar harto/a (de)
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to be fed up (with)
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hacer algo gordo
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to do something drastic
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pasar hambre
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to go hungry
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sentir piedad
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to feel compassion, pity
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subir mercancías
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to pick up merchandise
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temblar
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to tremble, shake
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tener fama (de)
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to be known (for, as)
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vigilar
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to watch, keep a look out
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la aldea
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village
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el aparcero
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sharecropper
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el comercio
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business
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la empalizada
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fence
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la holganza
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leisurely stay
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la niebla
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fog, haze
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el pordiosero
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begger
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decidido/a
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resolute, determined
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desesperado/a
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desperate
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hosco/a
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sullen, gloomy
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temido/a
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fearsome
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ni siquiera
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not even
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