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62 Cards in this Set
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trama
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plot
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testigo
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witness
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arrellanarse
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make oneself comfortable
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apoderado
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attorney
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anochecer
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nightfall
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atardecer
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late afternoon
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arroyo
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stream, small river.
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continuidad
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continuity
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crepusculo
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twilight
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peldaños
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step, stairs
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desgajarse
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to break, to tear off
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personaje
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character
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disyuntiva
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dilemma
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mayordomo
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financial advisor
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negocios
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business
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puñal
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dagger
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senda
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path in the forest
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alameda
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tree-lined avenue.
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aparcería
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share-cropping
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coartada
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alibi
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azares
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unforseen disaster.
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sordida
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something dirty, miserable
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chicotazo
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whip
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alboroto
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loud disturbance
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conseja
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advice
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peseta
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20 cuban cents
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mostrador
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counter to display goods in a shop
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vidriera
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shop window
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rejas
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iron bars (of a window)
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acera
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sidewalk
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limosnas
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charity
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adivinar
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to guess
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arrugado
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wrinkled
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torta
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pie, tart
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parar
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to stop
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jaba
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straw basket
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estrujar
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rub your eyes, or squeeze (lemon)
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tropezar
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to run into someone while walking
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escándalo
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scandal
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esparadrapo
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bandage, band-aid
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yeso
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cast, plaster
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asfalto
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asphalt
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extendidas
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extend
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almendra
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almond
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arrollar
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to run over.
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no saber na' de na'
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i don't know anything about anything, being ignorant
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vacuna
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vaccination
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zángano
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useless person who doesn't work.
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guagua
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bus in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and R.D
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creencias
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beliefs
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spiks, gringos
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insults to Latinamericans.
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chillos
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shouts, shouting
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palangana
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washing-bowl, big water bowl
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abochonado
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to be embarrassed
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martillaza
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hit with a hammer
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luiz munoz marin
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governor of puerto rico
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ike eisenhower
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president of america (1952-1960)
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Macún
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city where esmeralda grew up
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na' d'eso
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none of that?
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arroz con habichuelas
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puertorican food.
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eso no es justo
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this isnt fair
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imperialista
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when a country tries to impose their beliefs on another.
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