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sedulous
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assiduous, marked by care and persistence
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respite
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a short break from doing something
postponement of punishment |
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impetuous
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hotheaded, impulsive
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spurious
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inauthentic, apocryphal
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mien
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air, appearance, bearing, comportment
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conclave
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a confidential or secret meeting
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slay
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matar, asesinar
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chiseller
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swindler, scammer
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ampulosa/o
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pompous, bombastic
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vapid
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insipido, insulso
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labile
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voluble
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lachrymose
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lacrimoso, lloroso
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laconic
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laconico
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languor (laziness)
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languidez
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lassitude (lethargy)
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lasitud
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ratify
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to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction, to sign, ratificar
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sanction
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1. authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
2. something that serves to support an action, condition, etc. 3. something that gives binding force, as to an oath, rule of conduct, etc. 4. Law. a. a provision of a law enacting a penalty for disobedience or a reward for obedience. b. the penalty or reward. 5. International Law. action by one or more states toward another state calculated to force it to comply with legal obligations. –verb (used with object) 6. to authorize, approve, or allow: an expression now sanctioned by educated usage. 7. to ratify or confirm: to sanction a law. 8.to impose a sanction on; penalize |
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deride
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to speak of or to treat with contempt
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ferreo
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iron, ferrous
ex voluntad ferrea |
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via ferrea
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railway
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arremeter
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to attack
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ebanista
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cabinet-maker
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cabinet
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armario
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cemetery
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campo santo
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file cabinet
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archivero
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bullicio
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hubbub (loud conused noise from many sources)
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enturbiar
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to make cloudy, to cloud
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clamor
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clamor (loud outcry, fracas, noise)
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mutismo
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silence
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silbido
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whistle
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vaguedad
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vagueness
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desplegar
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to use, open out, spread out, deploy
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deslumbrar
deslumbrante |
to dazzle, to blind with light
dazzling |
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diafana
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clear, well-lit, open, translucent
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diurno
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daytime, daytime animal
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lobrega/o
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gloomy
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nocivo
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noxious, harmful
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pernicioso
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pernicious, exceedingly harmful, insidious
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recato
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modesty, reserve
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recelo/ar
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distrust, mistrust
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recatar
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ocultar algo que uno no quiere que se sepa
mostrar recelo en tomar una decision |
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sortear
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to avoid, overcome
to draw lots (rifar_ |
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ensayista
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essayist
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abstemio
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abstemious, sparing in consumption, prudent
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comensal
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companion at table
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absorto
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absorbed
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ufano adj
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cheerful, proud, conceited, arrogant
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ufanarse
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to boast
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sustraer
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to steal, to remove, to subtractq
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sustrato
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substratum (layer under another)
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supuesto
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the assumption
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entorno
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the environment
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entornar
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to leave half-closed
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soso
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bland, insipid, dull
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prosaico
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mundane, prosaic
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polifacetico
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multi-faceted, versitile, many sided
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polivalente
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all-purpose
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parco
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laconi, frugal, meager, scant
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tacito
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tacit, unspoken
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trick question
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pregunta capciosa
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capcioso
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captious (fault-finding), cunning (craftiness, guile)
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trangredir
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to break
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minar
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to undermine
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injuria
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slanderous allegation, insult
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injuriar
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to insult, to slander
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esquematizar
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to draft, outlines
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vilipendiar
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villify,to insult, to revile, to
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revile (ing)
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to dispise, to assail verbally or with opprobrious language
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dispender
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to waste
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asentado
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settled
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asentar
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to settle
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insulso
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sin sabor, insipid
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elogio
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praise
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elogiar
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to praise
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parsimonia
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calm, frugal
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parsimony
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frugality, unwillingness to spend money, mean
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atonito
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amazed, astonished
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pueril
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childish, immature
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ostentoso
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ostentatious, pretentious
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magno
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great
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experimentado
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experienced
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fatuo
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vain, conceited
silly, fatuous, follish |
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fatuous
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inanely foolish
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plebe
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the common people, the masses
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plebeyo
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plebian
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esparcir
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to scatter, to spread
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recaudar
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to collect
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halago
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flattery, blandishment
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afinidad
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affinity,inherent resemblance between two things, a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
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analogia
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semajanza formal entre dos cosas, relacion de semejanza entre dos cosas distintas
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pleitesia
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muestra reverente de cortseia, acuerdo, pacto,rendimiento
pleito, contienda |
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rendimiento
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performance, return
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avenencia
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agreement
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polemica
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contreversy
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algo polemico/a
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controversial
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suspicacia
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suspiciousness, distrust
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belico
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belicose?, war
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bonanza
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fair weather, prosperty
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minar
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to undermine
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filon
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seam, vein
fig. goldmine (negocio filon) |
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dar/marcar la pauta
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to set the standard or the guidelines
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efimero
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ephemeral, passing short lived, fleeting
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caduco
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outdated, experired, senile
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carne
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ID
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caducar
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to expire
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senile demensia
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demensia senil
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recusar
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No querer admitir o aceptar algo.
Poner tacha legítima al juez, al oficial, al perito que con carácter público interviene en un procedimiento o juicio, para que no actúe en él. |
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recatarse ( to shy away?)
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ej. lo dijo sin recatarse (quite openly)
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recatar
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ocultar,
monstar recelo en hacer una decision |
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recelar
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temer, desconfiar,sospechar
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recelo
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distrust, mistrust
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falaz
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fallacious, treacherous
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fallacious
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deceitful,fraudulent, unsound
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axioma
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can't be prooved, accepted truth
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axiom
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a truth that is assumed to be self-evident
a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits |
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opprobrious
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insulting,
disgraceful |
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indomito
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incapable of being tamed, conquered, indomitable
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indomitable
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impossible to subdue
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subdue
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tame, chasten
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manso
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tame (animal), meek, gentle
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asequible
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affordable, easy to understand, attainable
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patente
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patent, obvious, visible
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patentar
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to patent
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apocrifo
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apocryohal,
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falacia
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fallacy
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value added tax
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impuesto sobre el valor anadido, IVA
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income tax
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impuesto sobre la renta
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causante
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the deceased
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patrimonio
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wealth
estate |
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capital gains tax
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impuesto sobre el patrimonio
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personal assets
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patrimonio personal
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subita
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sudden
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aguerrido
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hardened, veteran
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ademanes
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gestures
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modales
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good/bad manners
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cenido
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tight-fitting, clinging
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gallardia
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poise
bravery |
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desenfreno
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debauchery, lack of control
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eludir
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to avoid
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archipelago
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a group of many isalnds in a large body of water
archipielago |
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aldea
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village
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acertado
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wise, the correct decision, relevant
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escolta/r
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bodyguard, escort
to escort |
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paridad
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equality, parity, exchange rate
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catedra
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head of department, chair (university)
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presagio
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good/bad omen, premonition, portent
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portent
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a sign of warning that something is going to happen in the future (Usually unpleasant)
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burdo
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crude
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acartonado
acartonarse |
stiff
to become wizened |
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fusil
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gun rifle
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soberbia
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pride
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haughty
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snobby and prideful
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altivo
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arrogant, haughty
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sobrecogedor
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awesome, eerie
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enmohecer
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to make mouldy
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moho
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mold
rust |
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enmohecido
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mouldy
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enseres
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belongings
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camellones
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median, center divider
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to tile
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tejar
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color teja
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rust color
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derribar
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to pull, knock, bring, or shoot down s/t
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jiron
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shred or strip of cloth, tatters
ex tenia el vestido hecho jirones bit, scrap (de algo desgarrado) |
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meteoro
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fenomeno atmosferico
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embate
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golpe de mar impetuoso
aire fresco que proviene del mar encometida imutuoso |
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acometida
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attack
connection (water, gas) |
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percatarse
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to realize, to notice
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caudal
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flow
wealth, riches |
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de caujo
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from the root
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ensanchar
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to let out (cost.)
to widen, to enlarge |
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pillage
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pillar, saquear
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remitir
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to send, to refer
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remit
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diminish or abate
to refer forgive |
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encompass
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englobar
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planteamiento
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approach, reasoning
posing, raising |
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rate
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tasa
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potential
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potential, madera
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partidura
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score (mus.) a written form of a musical composition
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trozo
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piece of something
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declaratorio
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declaration, speech,
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vehemence
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vehemencia,
intensity, empasis, fierceness |
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primordial
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primal, primeval, having existed from the beginning.
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virtuosismo
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ability to master an art
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rozagante
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vistoso, ufano, cheerful
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aguarar
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await
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dormitar
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dozing off, to snooze
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magro
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lean
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rubicundo
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ruddy, rubicund
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rosy (cheeks)
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mejillas enrojecidas, mejillas sonrosadas
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Merced
at the mercy of merced a que conceder o otorgar una merced |
will, at the mercy of
thanks to to grant a favor |
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to rock (cradle)
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mecer
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tranqueteo
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to crack, to make a loud noise, to shake, to jolt
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convoy
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caravan, escort
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reindeer
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reno
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apacible
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mild, calm
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bonachon
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jolly, good-natured, easy going
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that lies beneath
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que descansa profundamente
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enajenacion mental
enajenacion de bienes, derechos enajenacion |
1 insanity,
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sinuoso
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winding, devious (retorcido
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patogeno (span def)
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que origina y desarolla una enfermedad
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ventosa
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sucker, sucker pad, suction cup, suction tube
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purgar
purgante |
to purge
laxative/purgative medication |
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conexa/o
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connected, related
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tonsils
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amigdalas
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Gall Bladder
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vesicula
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inexorable
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inexorable, unrelenting, adamant
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hacinar
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amontonar, acomular, juntar sin orden
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balneario
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public bath (therapeutic)
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bacillus (rod shaped bacterium)
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bacilo
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elipse
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ellipse (0val)
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plasmar
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to give expression to
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canvas
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lienzo
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underlying
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subyacente
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cuba
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barrel, cask, wino
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grape juice
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mosto
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ilustre
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distinguished
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lozano
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healthy-looking
(plant)lush (vegie)fresh |
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ratificar
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ratify, to confirm
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vocablos
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word, term
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matizar
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to clarify
to blend (art) to tinge (words) |
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tinge
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undertone, hint
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deleznable
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de poco valor, poco durable, se deshace facilemente
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restregar
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to rub it in
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timar
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to cheat, to swindle
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circumspect
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circunspecto, cauteloso, prudente
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locutorio
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waiting room in jail
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locatario
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tenant
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contiguo
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contigious, adjoining
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orondo
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fat, fatty
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remiso
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reluctant
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remiss
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negligente
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mustio
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withered
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singular (esp)
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unico, odd, peculiar
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acopio
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stock
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acopiar
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to stock up, to gather
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barbarie
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savagery, cruelty
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derochador
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wasteful person, squanderer
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impio
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ungodly, irreligious
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jorobar
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to ruin, to wreck, to annoy
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expeler
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to expel, to discharge
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asear
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to tidy up, clean up
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desoir
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to ignore, to disregard
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aseado (adj)
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tidy, neat
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pudiente
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rich, wealthy
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precavido
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cautious,prudent
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incauto
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unwary person, gullible person
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impugnar
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to challlenge, to contest, to oppose
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pugnar
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to fight, to struggle
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lapidario
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lapidary, lapidist, skilled worker who works with precious stones
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DERRUIDO
derruir |
demolished
to demolish |
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alborada
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tiempo de amanecer
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convalecensia
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convalescence, recovery
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clasp
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broche (collar)
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roedor
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rodent
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madriguera
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hole, hideout, burrow
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herradura
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horseshoe
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cellulosa
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cellulose, chief companent of plant tissues and fibers
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fonema, phoneme
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small units of speech
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helice
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propeller
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mastil
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the mast of a boat
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anchor
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ancla
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dragon fly
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libelula
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asta
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pole
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ceptre
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cetro
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locomotora
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locomotive
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auscultacion
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auscultacion, to sound with a stethescope
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catharsis
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purging of emotional tensions
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spare wheels
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llanta de refaccion, rueda de refaccion
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insolito
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unheard of, unusual
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loin
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lomo
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foja
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piece of paper
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enjuto
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skinny, lean
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cimientos
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foundations
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puericultor
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childcare giver
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impassible
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impassive, unemotional
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embelesar
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to facinate
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absorto
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engrossed, captivated
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tajante
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(contundente),categorical,unequivocal sharp (tone)
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extirpar
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to remove, to eradicate, to stamp out, extirpate
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cabada
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barley
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zenith
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cenit
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nadir
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nadir (lowest point of anything)
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crosswalk
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paso de pietones
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exogenous
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exogeno
derived or originating externally |
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endogenous
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endogeno
derived or originating internally |
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desvelos
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sleepless,
efforts |
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cuerdo
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sane
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erode
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erosionar
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en nomina
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payroll, salary, payslip
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equals sign
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signo, simbolo de igual
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retail value
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su precio al publico, precio al por menor, de menudeo
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retail sales
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ventas al menudeo, al por menor, al detalle,al publico
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alhaja s
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gem, jewels
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alhajar
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to decorate, adorn with jewels
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semantics
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semantica
the study of language |
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rubrics
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category name, title
titulo, encabezamiento |
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prefix
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prefijo
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suffix
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sufijo
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matizar
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to tinge
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tinge (n)
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matiz, hint
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nuance
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matiz, undertoned
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nuanced (eng)
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rare
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pathogen
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a thing that causes disease
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wiped out
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barrio
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small pox
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viruela
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superavit
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surplus
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detrimento can mean
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decline/decrease
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infimo
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extremelly small, low, poor
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infame
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aweful, vile, infamous
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wheat
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trigo
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wording
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enunciado
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statement
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enunciado
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conglomeration
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a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together.
combo of miscellaneous things into a ball-like shape |
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jinete
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horseman
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escaramuza
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skirmishess, scuffles
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plasma
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a fourth state of matter, or a colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended
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extraviar
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to lose
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alqueria
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casa de labor con finca agricola
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country house
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finca
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barn
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granero
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stables
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establo
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cabalgar
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to ride
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a sus anchas
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comfortably
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deseminar
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to dessemate, to spread
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peephole
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mirilla
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rubber
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caucho, goma
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pressurized
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comprimido, presurizado
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expletive
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improperio, curse word
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explanitory
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explicativas
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square bracket, hook for sewing
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corchete
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smuggling
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contrabando
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entranar
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to entail
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entranas
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entrails, inner organs
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staff
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asta
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staff
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personal, empleados
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carbon dioxide
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anhidrido carbonico, dixido de carbono
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part of speech
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categoria lexica
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academic performance
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rendimientos academicos
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candente
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red-hot, burning
polemico, de interes "hot issue" |
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chascar, chasquear
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to crack, click, crack whip,to snap
ex. chasquear la lengua |
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docente
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teaching,
ex centro docente, teaching center |
