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90 Cards in this Set
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el ambiente
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environment, atmosphere
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el medio ambiente
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environment
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el basurero
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garbage dump
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el cerro, el cerrito
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hill, small hill
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la contaminación
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pollution
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el departamento
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apartment
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el edificio
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building
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el olor
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odor
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el oxígeno
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oxygen
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la presa
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dam
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la tonelada
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ton
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acabar, acabarse
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to use up, to run out
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acumularse
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to pile up
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dañar
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to damage
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dispararse
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to shoot up, skyrocker
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levantar
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to put up (buildings)
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oler
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to smell
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penetrarse
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to become imbued with something
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quemar
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to burn
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radicar (qu) en
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to lie in (difficulty, problem)
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respirar
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to breathe
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secarse (qu)
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to dry up
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tirar
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to throw, to drop, to dump
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grave
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serious
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inimaginable
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unimaginable
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preocupante
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worrying, worrisome
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reducido
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confined
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saturado
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saturated
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tóxico
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toxic
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la cloaca
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sewer
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la deforstación
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deforestation
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el humo
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smoke
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contaminar
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to pollute
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reciclar
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to recycle
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talar
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to cut down
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el entorno
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surroundings
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as inundaciones
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floods
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el aumento
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increase
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las plagas
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pests
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naucalpan
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neighborhood in mexico city
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el tiradero
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dump
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el agua potable
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drinking water
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el bisnieto/a
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great grandson/daughter
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el grifo
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faucet
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abrir/cerrar grifo
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to turn faucet on/off
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el organismo
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organism, body
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estar en el peligro de extinción
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to be in danger of extinction
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el pez
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fiah
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el plomo
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lead
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el tejido
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tissue/flesh
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la vías respiratorias
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airways
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ensuciar
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to get dirty
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insistir en
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to insist
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modificar
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to change/alter
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conservar
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to conserve
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derrochar
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to waste
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embotellado
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bottled
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percibir
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to perceive, to notice
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relejarse
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to relax
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requerir
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to require
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terminarse
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to run out
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angustiado
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distressed, anxious
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contaminado
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polluted
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cristalino
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crystal clear
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pesado
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heavy
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los metales pesados
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heavy metals
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precolombino
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pre Columbian
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mucosa
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mucous
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acocil
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freshwater shrimp
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el caos
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chaos
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la estrella
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star
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el meteorito
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meteor
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la capa de ozono
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ozone layer
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acelerar
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to accelerate
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aminorar
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to reduce
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destruir
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to destroy
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detenerse
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to stop
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deteriorarse
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to deteriorate
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evitar
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to avoid
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formar
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to form, create
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gastarse
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to run out, exhaust
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agigantado
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gigantic
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maglar
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mangrove, swamp
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pico
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peak
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prensa
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newspaper/printed news
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sapo
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toad
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tala
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tree falling
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alumbrar
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to light
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llevar a cabo
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to carry out
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manejar
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to handle, to run
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