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58 Cards in this Set
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Great grandmother
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bisabuelo
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descendant
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el/la descendiente
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emigrant
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el/la emigrante
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slave
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el/la esclavo/a
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foreigner
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el/la extranjero/a
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immigrant
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el/la inmigrante
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mestizo (indiginous and European)
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mestizo/a
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mulatto
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el/la mulato/a
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distant relative
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pariente lejano/a
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political refugee
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refugiado/a político/a
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resident
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el/la residente
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great, great grandmother/father
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el/la tatarabuelo/a
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ancestry
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la ascendencia
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to look for new horizons
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buscar nuevos horizontes
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discrimination
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discriminación
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emigration
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la emigración
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You liked/disliked him/her, right?
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Te cayó bien/mal, eh?
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to be bilingual/trilingual/ a polyglot
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ser bilingüe/trilingüe/políglota
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to have an education/a degree
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tener título
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to discriminate against someone
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discriminar a alguien
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to emigrate
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emigrar
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abraod
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el extranjero
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to do something against your will
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hacer algo contra su voluntad
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to become a citizen
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hacerse ciudadano/a
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to seek success in America
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hacerse la América
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to immigrate
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inmigar
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immigration
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inmigración
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freedom
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la libertad
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pride
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el orgullo
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to recieve someone with open arms
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recibir a alguien con los brazos abiertos
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to be homesick, to feel nostalgic (about)
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sentir nostalgia
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to feel rejected
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sentirese rechazado/a
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to be cheap/free labor
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ser mano de obra barata/gratis
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to be originally from (+ city of country)
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ser oriundo/a de
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to be a low-income person
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ser una persona de pocos recursos
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to have an education
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ser una persona preparada
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to have incentives
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tener incentivos
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to have initiative, drice
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tener iniciativa
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to be predjudiced against someone
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tener prejuicios contra alguien
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to have an uncertain future
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tener un futuro incierto
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to run out (of)
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acabar/terminar
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to fall
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caer
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to break down
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descomponer
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to forget
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olvidar
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to lose
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perder
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to leave behind
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quedar
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to burn
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quemar
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when the time comes to + infinitive
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a la hora de +infinitive
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even though
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a pesar de que
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Geeze!
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Caray!
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You went from bad to worse
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fuiste de guatemala a guatepeor.
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You had a good/bad time, right?
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Lo pasaste bien/mal, eh?
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That can't be true
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no puede ser
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I don't believe you
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no te creo.
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on my father's/mother's side
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por parte de mi padre/madre
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how tacky!
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Qué cursi!
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How great!
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Qué genial!
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How terrible/horrible
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Qué horror!
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