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96 Cards in this Set
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previsible
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foreseeable
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desesperar
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to fill with despair
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llamar a la puerta
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knock on the door
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honrado
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honest
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tormenta
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storm
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la sola posibilidad
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the mere possibility
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entablar conversación
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to start up a conversation
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ni siquiera
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not even
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siquiera
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even if
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cuando te llegue la hora
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when the time's right for you
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gallo
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rooster, cockeral
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hubiera sido mejor
habría sido mejor |
it would have been better
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acabáramos
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now I see what you're getting at
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otro gallo nos cantara
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that would be another story
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contar con (que)
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to count on
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dependo de que
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i'm depending on ...
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esforzarse por
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to make an effort to
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anhelo
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longing
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firmar
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to sign, subscribe
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establecer que
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to stipulate that (subjunctive)
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establecer que
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to establish the truth that (indicative)
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pretender que
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to try to, aim at, wish that (subjunctive)
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pretender que
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to claim that (indicative)
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animar a
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to encourage to
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ayudar a hacer algo
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to help to do sth
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autorizar a
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to authorize sth
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convidar a
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to invite to
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desafiar a
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to challenge to
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forzar a
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to force to
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impulsar a
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to impel to
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incitar a
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to encourage to
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inducir a
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to persuade to
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instar a
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to urge to
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persuadir a
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to persuade to
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retar a
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to challenge to
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tentar a
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to tempt to
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obstaculizar
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to hinder
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proponer
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to propose
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ordenar
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to order
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el embalse
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dam
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rogar
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to beg, ask, request
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hacerse (de) rogar
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to play hard to get
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estar alterado
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to be upset
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alterado
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upset, angry, annoyed, disturbed
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mejillones
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mussels
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afligir
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to afflict
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agobiar
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to oppress, overwhelm
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abrumador
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overwhelming (pressure)
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apiastante
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overwhelming (majority, etc.)
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acuciante
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overwhelming (need, desire)
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me apetece hacerlo
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to feel like doing it
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conmover
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to move (emotionally)
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costar
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to cost, take, find it difficult, to be hard work
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fastidiar
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to annoy
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interesar
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to be of interest
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resignarse a
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to be resigned to
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quejarse de que (+ ind)
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to complain about
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menos mal que (+ind)
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thank heavens that
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rapto
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kidnapping
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negar
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to deny
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bronca
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row, telling off, scolding, snag, problem
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armar (una) bronca
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to kick up a row
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buscar bronca
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to look for trouble
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tozuda
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stubborn
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tozudez
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stubornness, obstinacy
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ensanchar
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to widen, open, expand, extend, enlarge
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enterarse de
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to find out
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soportar
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to bear, endure
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contrariar
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to go against, upset
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siempre daba la casualidad de que
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it always happened that..
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enfrentar con
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to face up to
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el puesto
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job
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los concejales
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councillors
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estar estrechamente ligado/a a
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to be intimately linked to
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esperar a que
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to wait for
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aguardar a que
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to wait for
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puesto que
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since
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callar
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to keep quiet, stop talking, be silent
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mandar callar a alguien
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to tell someone to shut up
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metomentodo
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interfering
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ser metomentodo
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to be a busy-body, nosy-parker
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infarto (de miocardio)
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heart attack
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le dio un infarto
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he had a heart attack
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estar muy enchufado
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he's well-connected
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ser un trago para alguien
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to be tough on sb
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trago
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mouthful, drink
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de un trago
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in one gulp
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a tragos
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by degrees, slowly, gently
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apurado
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in need, embarrassed, awkward, difficult
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apurado de
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short of, lacking
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estar apurado
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to be in a hurry
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por enésima vez
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for the umpteenth time
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los toros
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bullfights
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reparar en algo
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to notice sth
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no reparar en gastos
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to spare no expense
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reparar
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to repare, fix, restore
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