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173 Cards in this Set
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acoger
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to welcome
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acostumbrarse (a)
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to become accustomed to
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adaptarse (a)
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to adapt to
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aportar
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to bring, contribute
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asimilarse
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to become assimilated
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emigrar
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to emigrate
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establecerse
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to get settled, established
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inmigrar
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to immigrate
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la anglosajona, el anglosajón
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Anglo-Saxon
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el aporte
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contribution
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el/la canadiense
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Canadian
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el chicano, la chicana
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Chicano, Mexican-American
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la ciudadanía
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citizen
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el crisol
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melting pot
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la emigración
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emigration
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el/la emigrante
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emigrant
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el/la estadounidense
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American
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el exiliado/la exiliada
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exile
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la herencia
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heritage
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el hispano/la hispana
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Hispanic, Hispanic American
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la identidad
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identity
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la inmigración
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immigration
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el/la inmigrante
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immigrant
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el latino/la latina
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Latino, Latin American
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la mayoría
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majority
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la minoría
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minority
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el orgullo
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pride
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el refugiado/la refugiada
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refugee
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acogedor
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welcoming
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bilingüe
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bilingual
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mayoritario
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majority
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minoritario
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minority
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orgulloso
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proud
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el argentino/la argentina
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Argentine, Argentinian
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el boliviano/ la boliviana
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Bolivian
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el chileno/la chilena
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Chilean
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el colombiano/la colombiana
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Colombian
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el/la costarricense
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Costa Rican
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el cubano/la cubana
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Cuban
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el dominicano/ la dominicana
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Dominican
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el ecuatoriano/la ecuatoriana
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Ecuadoran, Ecuadorian
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el español/ la española
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Spaniard
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el guatemalteco/la guatemalteca
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Guatemalan
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el hondureño/la hondureña
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Honduran
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el mexicano/la mexicana
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Mexican
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el/la nicaragüense
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Nicaraguan
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el panameño/la panameña
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Panamanian
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el paraguayo/ la paraguaya
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Paraguayan
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el peruano/la peruana
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Peruvian
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el puertorriqueño/la puertorriqueña
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Puerto Rican
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el salvadoreño/la salvadoreña
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Salvadoran
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el uruguayo/la uruguaya
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Uruguayan
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el venezolano/la venezolana
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Venezuelan
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perder
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to miss an opportunity or deadline because of poor timing
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faltar a
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to miss a appointment or an event in the sense of not attending
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echar de menos
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to miss a person who is away or absent
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extrañar
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to miss a person who is away or absent
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ahorrar
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to save money
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salvar
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to rescue or save a person from danger
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guardar
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to save as in to keep, or set aside for the future
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llevar
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to take by transport or take someone or something to another place
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tomar
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to take something in one's hands to take a bus, to take an exam, to take a vacation
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hacer un viaje
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to take a trip
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tardar en
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amount of time something took
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aprobar (ue)
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to approve
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bajar de peso
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to lose weight
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comportarse
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to behave
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consumir drogas
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to take drugs
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desaprobar (ue)
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to disapprove
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emborracharse
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to get drunk
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fumar
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to smoke
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hacer daño
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to harm, to injure
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hacer ejercicio
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to exercise
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prohibir
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to prohibit, to forbid
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subir de peso
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to gain weight
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tomar una copa
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to have a drink
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el alcohol
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alcohol
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los alucinógenos
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hallucinogens
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el azúcar
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sugar
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la borrachera
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drunkennesss, drinking spree, binge
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el café
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coffee
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la cafeína
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caffeine
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el calmante
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sedative
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el cigarrillo
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cigarette
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la cocaína
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cocaine
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la comida basura
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junk food
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el comilón/ la comilona
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heavy eater
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el contrabando
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contraband, smuggling
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la dependencia
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dependence
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el ejercicio aeróbico
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aerobic exercise
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el estrés
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stress
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el fumador/la fumadora
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smoker
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el gimnasio
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gym, health club
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el hábito
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habit
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la heroína
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heroin
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la marihuana
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marijuana
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la nicotina
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nicotine
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las pastillas
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pills
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la receta médica
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prescription
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el régimen
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special diet, regimen
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la salud
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health
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la sobredosis
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overdose
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el tabaco
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tobacco:cigarettes
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el televisión
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television (programming)
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el televisor
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television (set)
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la toxicomanía
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(drug) addiction
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el toxicómano/ la toxicómana
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(drug) addict
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el vicio
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bad habit, vice
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beneficioso/a
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beneficial
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borracho/a
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drunk
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goloso/a
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sweet-toothed; greedy
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perjudicial
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damaging, harmful
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saludable
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healthy
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quisiera
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i would like...
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me gustaría
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i would like...
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podría ud?...
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could you..?
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le importaría?
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would you mind....?
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aguantar
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to stand, suffer, bear
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archivar
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to file
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cargar
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to load
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contemplar
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to contemplate
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descargar
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to download, unload
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hacer alarde (de)
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to make a show of, to boast about
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hacer clic
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to click on
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impromir
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to print
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presionar
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to press
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soportar
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to stand, bear
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surgir
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to rise, spring forth
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el aparato
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equipmnet, machine
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la bastardilla
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italics
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el centrado
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centering mechanism
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el coraje
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mettle, spirit
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el deleite
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delight, happiness
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la desdicha
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misfortune
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el endecasílabo
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a line of verse of eleven syllables
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la estatura
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height
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la impresora
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printer
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la letra
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letter, handwriting
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el milagro
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miracle
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la obra maestra
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masterpiece
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la pantalla correctora
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correcting screen
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la retentiva
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memory
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el tabulador
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tab, tabulator
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la tecla
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key
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el teclado
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keyboard
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el titular
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headline
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consabido/a
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well known, time honored
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inédito/a
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unpublished
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mediante
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intervening
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novedoso/a
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trendy, new
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nutrido/a
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abundant
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previo/a
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prior, previous
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prodigioso/a
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prodigious, marvelous
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ufano/a
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proud
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a voluntad
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willingly
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grande
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is used to convey the notion of large or big
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largo
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means long, not big,
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dejar de
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means to stop doing something, when used negatively it means to miss out on doing something
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impedir
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to get in the way, to hinder, prevent or stop someone from doing something
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detener
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means to stop or detain , slow down or hold up the progress of, also means to arrest
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detenerse
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to stop moving or to pause
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dolar
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to hurt, to ache, physically, mentally or emotionally( to grieve or to distress)
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lastimar
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to hurt someone's standing or status or cause someone bodily injury
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hacer daño
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to cause someone bodily injury or to hurt someone's standing or status
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ofender
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to injure someone's feelings
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acoger
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to welcome, receive
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empeñarse ( en)
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to insist on, be determined to
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hacer caso
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to pay attention
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la acogida
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welcome, reception
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el crisol
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crucible, melting pot
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la desventaja
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disadvantage
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la ley
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law
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controvertido/a
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controversial
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