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323 Cards in this Set
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hilvanar
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to tack (sewing)
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las puntadas
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stitches
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flojo
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weak
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mezquino
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mean
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atreverse a
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to dare to
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el enojo
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anger
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despectiva (o)
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disrespectful
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la bofetada
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slap
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doblegar
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to bend
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un puño de
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a fist of
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el caldo
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stock
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la manteca
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butter
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cebar
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to fatten up
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aumentar
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to increase
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el bautizo
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baptism
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ameritar
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to be worth
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una vajilla de barro
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an earthenware dish
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parar de
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to stop
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despertar
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to awaken
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se aproxima
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to approach/get near to
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amargarse
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to become bitter
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de rodillas
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on her knees
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moler
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to grind, mill
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el cuello
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neck
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una bola de masa
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a ball of dough
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casto
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chaste, pure
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de no haber sido por
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if it hadn’t been for
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fingir
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to pretend to do something
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las especias
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spices
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en vano
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in vain
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acabar de
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to just have (done something)
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el sortilegio
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sorcery, spell
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sangrante
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bleeding
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la confianza en
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trust in
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envenenado/a
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poisoned
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los platillos
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dishes (food)
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esmerarse
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to work hard, take pains to do
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desesperado/a
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desperate
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a su antojo
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as he/she pleased
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arrancar
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to get
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los labios
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lips
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la aprobación
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approval
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se astuviera
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would abstein from
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elogiar
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to praise
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el cumplido
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compliment
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aplomo
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self-assurance
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el hormigueo
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itch, uneasiness
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frecuentar
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to frequent, to go often to
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confiadamente
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trustingly
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la nodriza
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wet nurse
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herir de muerte
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to injur fatally
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regresar
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to return
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hambriento
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hungry
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el pecho
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chest
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pescar
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to get hola of
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el chupón
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dummy
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descomunal
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unusual
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deglutir
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to swallow
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suceder
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to happen
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sobrenatural
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supernatural
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sacer
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to quench
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embelesado/a
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enchanting
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apoderarse de
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to take possession of
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la ternura
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tenderness
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la vergüenza
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embarrassment
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descubierto
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uncovered
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detenidamente
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carefully
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el destello
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sparkle, glint
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por más…que
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no matter how (much)
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unir
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to bring together
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el orgullo
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pride
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cargar
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to carry (here)
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a diario
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daily
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platicar
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to chat
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la semilla
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seed
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en cuanto
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as soon as
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el hervor
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boiling point
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la huerta
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vegetable garden
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la lombriz
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worm
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atrasado/a
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late, overdue
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despertar
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to awaken
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el pichón
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young pigeon
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“de ahí en fuera…”
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from now on the house could fall down for all she cared
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enterarse de algo
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to find out about something
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asegurar
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to ensure
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descomponerse
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to decompose
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la cecina
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cured meat
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sacar el mejor provecho a algo
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to get the best of something
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el ejército
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army
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el capataz
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foreman
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regresar
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to return
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el ganado
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livestock
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la escasez
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scarcity
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preciso
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necesario
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relevar el cargo
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to relieve of the responsibility
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temer
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to fear
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la falta
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lack
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la partida
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departure
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acercarse
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to approach
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la escopeta
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shotgun
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esconder
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to hide
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la voracidad
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voracity, hunger
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el deseo
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desire
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poseer
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to possess
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confiable
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trustworthy
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arrasar
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to flatten, demolish
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violar
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to rape
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las muchachas
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girls
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el cochino
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pig
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permanecer
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to stay, remain
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la enagua
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skirt
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al mando
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in charge
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la dureza
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hardness
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una mujer de cuidado
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a woman to watch out for
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la dueña
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owner
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la causa
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in this case, the Revolution
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bromeando
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joking
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en gracia
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funny
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leve
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light
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la polvareda
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dust
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rezar
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to pray
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avergonzado/a
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embarrassed
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escuálido
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dirty
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el sentido
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meaning
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amamantar
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to nurse, breastfeed
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secado
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dried up
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la pena
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pain, grief
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atormentar
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to torture
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conciliar el sueño
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to manage to sleep
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quintuplicar
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to multiply by five
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el tamaño
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size
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la conmiseración
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sorrow, self-pity
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moler
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to grind
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las especias
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ápices
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la tina
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tub
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el cabello
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hair
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el espliego
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lavender
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el aguardiente
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brandy, liquor
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angosto/a
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narrow
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mirones
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prying eyes
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evitar
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to avoid
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brusco
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sharp
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cepillar
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to comb
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débil
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weak
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la rendija
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crack
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la trenza
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plait
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el calvario
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stations of the cross
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cometer errores
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to make mistakes
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una arrugita
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a little wrinkle
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chueco/a
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wonky
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reprender
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to reprimand
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expulsar
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to expel
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aprisa
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quickly
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el regaño
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scolding
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garrafal
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monumental
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las fallas
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faults
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doler
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to hurt
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aunar
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to join
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penoso
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difficult
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la hiel
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bile
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el gusano
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maggot
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la bodega
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cellar, storeroom
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el miedo a las alturas
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fear of heights
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soportar
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to bear
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medir
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to measure
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el manicomio
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mental hospital
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dementes
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lunatics
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pegar
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to stick
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la carretela
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cart
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pesado/a
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heavy
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el carruaje
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cart
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aferrarse a
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to cling to
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el estambre
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yarn
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una amalgama
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amalgam
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la polvoreada
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cloud of dust
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el semblante
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the face
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alejarse
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to move away
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desconcertado
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disconcerted
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perder de vista
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to lose sight of
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desapercibido
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unnoticed
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la vista de águila
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eagle eye
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amenazar
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to threaten
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acarrear
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to cause
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por doquier
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everywhere
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un balazo
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shootings
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el resquemor
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resentment
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dio a luz
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gave birth
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ahí
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there/here
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recalcar
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to emphasise
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como la pintan
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as people make out
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ocurrente
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witty
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resonar
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to sound
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el cañonazo
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shots
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el cerebro
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brain
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gozar
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to enjoy
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solo/a
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lonely
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extrañar
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to miss
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el gallinero
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henhouse
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recoger
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to collect
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de lo acostumbrado
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than normal
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la maleta
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suitcase
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ganado
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livestock
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a escondidas
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secretly
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seguía
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continued
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cierto
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true
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un sobre
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envelope
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el antro
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cavern, place
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hacerse cargo de
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to take charge of
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meter
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to put
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cupieron
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fitted
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el columpio
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swing
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la recámara
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bedroom (LAm)
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los dolores del parto
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the pains of childbirth
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abastecer
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to supply
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faltar
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to be missing
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impedir
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to impede, stop
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la balacera
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shoot-out
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renegar de
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to complain about
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el embarazo
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pregnancy
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hinchado/a
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swollen
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animar
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to encourage
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Tijeras
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scissors
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asomarse
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to lean, bend
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desde el más allá
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from the great beyond
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del más acá
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from earth
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rezar
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to pray
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los párpados
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eyelids
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el desgarramiento
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tearing up
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un piloncillo
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basin
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vacío
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empty
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el ombligo
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belly button
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el pañal
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nappy
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la manta
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blanket
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la franela
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flannel
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la cobija
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blanket
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rasguñar
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to scratch
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temer
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to fear
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molesto
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annoyed
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el dedo en el gatillo
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finger on the trigger
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colulmpiar
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to swing
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disparar
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to shoot
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el tino
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skill
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el tiro
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shot
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la pérdida
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loss
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atemorizar
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to frighten
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enjuiciados
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judged
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por faltas cometidas
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for crimes committed
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caer preso de
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to fall victim to, be arrested by
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el techo
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roof
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trepar
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to climb
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pasmado
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astonished
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atrapar
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to catch
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indeleble
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indelible
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un buen rato
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quite a long time
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comover
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to move (emotionally)
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apenas
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hardly
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despedirse de
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to say goodbye to
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tal y como
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just as
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los matones desalmados
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soulless killers
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enterrado/a
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buried
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en ceniza
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in ash
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el trigo
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wheat
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la avena
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oats
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el barro
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earthenware
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barnizado
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varnished
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el lienzo
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linen
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tapar
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to cover
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la cacería
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hunt
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el escondite
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hiding place
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el canturreo
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the cooing
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la cotidianidad
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daily life
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la soledad
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loneliness
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los peldaños
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steps
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el palomar
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pigeon coop
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la alfombra
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carpet
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la suciedad
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dirt
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amedrentarse por
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to be scared by
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mojar
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to wet
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fregar
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to scrub
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ponder coto a
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to put an end to
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estallar
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to explode
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reposar
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to rest
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rellenar
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to fill
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la res
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beast, animal
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el embudo
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funnel
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atar
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to tie
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el empeño
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determination, insistente
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acudir
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to come to
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la canícula
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heatwave
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insoportable
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unbearable
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el hielo
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ice
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colocar
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to put, place
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una sandía
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watermelon
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un cuchillo filoso
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a sharp knife
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la cáscara
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shell
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indudablemente
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undoubtedly
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desmantelar
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to dismantle
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desmembrar
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to dismember
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desolar
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to ruin
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desbaratar
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to ruin
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apaciblemente
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peacefully
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andar a tientas
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to gripe one’s way along
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en las tinieblas
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in the shadows
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esparcirse
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to spread out
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un felino
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a cat
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deslizar
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to slip, slide
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un grito
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a shout
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aguantar
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to bear, put up with
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desconsoladamente
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disconsolately
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la vajilla
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dish (crockery)
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en mil pedazos
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in a thousand pieces
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el resorte
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spring
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menos
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(here) except
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posesionarse de
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to take possession of
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el ser
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being
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enfrentar
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to face
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enloquecido/a
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mad
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cansarse
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to be tired (of)
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una cuchara
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spoon
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culpable
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guilty
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