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57 Cards in this Set
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the thing I most remember
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lo que más recuerdo
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grabada (adjective)
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engraved (adj)
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a mixture
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una mezcla
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"dolor propio y ajeno."
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her pain and another's
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one's own
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propio
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my own eyes
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mis propios ojos
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ajeno
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alien, foreign
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"esto es ajeno a nuestro departamento"
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our department doesn't deal with that (ajeno = foreign)
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disappointment
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la desilusión
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un vacío
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a void, an emptiness
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aprovecharse de
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to take advantage of (in a way that makes somebody else suffer or get less. it doesn't mean to take advantage of a good opportunity, but rather to take advantage of a situation to get more for yourself, unfairly). The connotation is bad. Akin to lying or stealing.
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aprovechar
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to take advantage of, in a positive way. Make the most of opportunities. This has a positive connotation; nobody suffers.
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nuestra buena voluntad
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our good will
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una gota
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a drop
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una sola gota
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a single drop
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ill feelings, rancor, resentment
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rencor (it's a noun)
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estafador
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swindler
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the shame
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la vergüenza
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shameless
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sinvergüenza
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un chico solitario
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a lonely boy
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as if it were yesterday
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como si fuera ayer
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de manzanilla o clavo
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chamomile or clove (these refer to types of tea)
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I asked (him) while I stood up
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Le pregunté mientras me paraba
note: mientras usually suggests that part of the sentence is going to be in the imperfect, and the interrupting action will be preterite. |
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Pero que sea la última taza
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but it needs to be the last cup . . . ("but that it be the last cup")
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It was 11 at night
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Eran las once de la noche.
NOTE: Eran. Like son. Plural and imperfect. Son las once, eran las once. |
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remojar
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to soak.
remember: mojar is to wet. |
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to share.
she shared (preterite) |
compartir.
compartió |
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even stranger
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aún más extraños
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instead of
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en lugar de
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las partidas
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the departures (yes, partida is also a game. but it's also a departure)
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curtains
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cortinas
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estar conmovida
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to be moved (feminine. conmovido is masc . . .)
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. . . . (someone) . . . was not impressed
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no quedó impresionado
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what's more, it still . . .
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Es más, todavía . . .
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husmear
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to sniff out, to nose around, to lurk around looking for something, to pry
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to contain
he contained |
contener
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the rage
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la rabia
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la hacienda
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estate, farm (big place)
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hidden (adj)
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escondido, a
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the owner (different word than duen~o)
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el propietario (like proprietary, which in English means related to owning. A proprietor in English is an owner).
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to belong to
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pertenecer ---- NOTE: this works like gustar, although it's more natural in this case. Instead of you OWNING something with this word, IT BELONGS to you. So IT conjugates the word -- not you.
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agricultora industrial
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agricultural farmer
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to ignorar, disregard, OR be IGNORANT of !
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ignorar
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Lo ignoro en absoluto
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I know know at all
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sordo, a
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deaf
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un teniente
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a lieutenant (that's a military rank for a soldier)
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la comisaría
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a police station
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la cárcel
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jail
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la confianza
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the confidence
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tyrant (adjective, not noun)
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tirano, a
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desgarrar
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to tear, to rip. to rip apart.
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ser cómplices del enemigo
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accomplices of the enemy
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she had said it all.
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ella lo había dicho todo
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anything
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cualquier cosa
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the risk
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el riesgo
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the uncertainty
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la incertidumbre
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from that moment on,
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a partir de ese momento,
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