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those
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aquéllos
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[they] are planning (thinking about, considering)/ to plan, to think about, to consider
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piensen/pensar
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spirit
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espíritu
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adventurous
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aventurero
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[they] cannot miss
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no se pueden perder
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the unique
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la singular
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experience of traveling
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experiencia de viajar
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named / to name
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bautizado / bautizar
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it covers / to cover
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recorre / recorrer
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a distance of
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un trayecto de
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600
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seiscientos
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it takes/to take it lasts/to last (as in "duration" or "length of trip")
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tarda/tardar
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it crosses/to cross
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atraviesa/atravesar
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the border
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la frontera
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long journey
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largo recorrido
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landscapes
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paisajes
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from….large extremely humid swamps, to….
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desde pantanales extremadamente húmedos
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from….. to dry lands
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hasta tierras áridas
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desert-like temperate zones
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zonas semidesérticas
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[they] appear to be constant and immutable
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paracen ser constantes y inmutables
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the oppressive heat
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el calor agobiante
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prodigious
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prodigioso, -a
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all sizes
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todas tamaños
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to become, to turn into
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convertir
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these soon become companions
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estos pronto se convierten en compañeros
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...since the windows of the train cars, where there are windows, can't close.
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...ya que las ventanas de los vagones, donde las hay, no se cierran.
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or plague, as the more exaggerative ones will say
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o plaga, como dirían los más exagerados
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the bugs
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los bichos
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is the humanity
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es la humana
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they fill up with to fill up with
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se llenan de llenarse de
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bolsas, sacos y cajas
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bags, sacks and boxes
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pets and farm animals
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animales domésticos
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diverse foods
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alimentos variados
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in the end
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al final
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everyone and everything
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todo y todos
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to be able to settle down
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ser capaces de acomodarse
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spacious, roomy able, capable
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capaz, capaces
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so in such a way
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así
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to be very packed
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ir hasta arriba
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it is very packed
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va hasta arriba
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to get on, to climb, to go up
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subir
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they get on
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suben
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on the stops, in order to sell...
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en las paradas para vender...
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like those traveling on the same train offering soft drinks...
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como los que viajan en el mismo tren ofreciendo refrescos...
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to manage (colloquial)
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arreglárselas
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they manage to manage
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se arreglan arreglarse
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the macabre nickname
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el macabro sobrenombre
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drug dealers
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traficantes de droga
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end, purpose, aim, conclusion(s)
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el fin (los fines)
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for their illegal purposes
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para sus fines ilegales
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resulting, consequent
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consiguiente
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with the resulting danger...
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con el consiguiente peligro...
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to shoot up, to arise, to spurt
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surgir
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they would arise to arise
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surgían surgir
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there would be armed confrontations....
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había enfrentamientos armados...
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authorities
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autoridades
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they insure to insure
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aseguran asegurar
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on the roofs of the train cars...
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en los techos de los vagones...
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from time to time, occasionally
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de vez en cuando
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(someone) would fall off to fall off
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se caía caerse
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the course of events
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la marcha de acontecimientos
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with the train running
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con el tren en marcha
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to fall asleep
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quedarse dormido
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derailments
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descarrilamientos
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breakdowns
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averías
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big enough for, capable of
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capaz de, capaz para
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to find a place for oneself, to settle down
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acomodarse
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delays
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retrasos
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(it) would suffer derailments, breakdowns and delays...
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sufría descarrilamientos, averías y retrasos...
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that to take it was almost like playing a game of railroad russian roulette.
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que tomarlo era casi como jugar a una ruleta rusa ferroviaría.
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in the middle of
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a mitad de / en la mitad de
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halfway through (the journey)...
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a mitad de camino...
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where the biggest of seven missionaries can be found (is located)...
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donde se encuentra la mayor de las siete misiones...
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jewels
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joyas
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true architectural jewels...
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verdaderas joyas arquitectónicas...
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of an indigenous and mixed baroque...
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de un barroco indigenista y mestizo...
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(they) keep on / to keep on, follow, go on
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siguien seguir
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fulfilling to fulfill
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cumpliendo cumplir
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an imposing tower
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una imponente torre
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they are (made) of stone and not of wood...
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son de piedra y no de madera...
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they have been preserved to preserve
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se han conservado conservar
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and they have not needed as much restoration...
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y no han necesitado tantas restauraciones...
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There it takes place every two years....
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Allí tiene lugar cada dos años...
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to take place
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tener lugar
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Renaissance
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renacentista
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to bring together
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congregar
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it brings together to bring together
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congrega congregar
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orchestras from around the world...
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orquestas de todo el mundo...
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to compose
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componer
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which were composed to compose
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que fueron compuetas componer
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due to...
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debido a...
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their high artistic level..
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su alto nivel artístico...
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