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42 Cards in this Set
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Resistencia
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resilience
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Los atracones de comida
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the food binges, the binge eating, the meal stuffings, the gorging with food (how else might we phrase this? )
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ilesa (adj)
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unhurt
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por fin debe de haber acabado la lucha
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the fighting must have finally stopped
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el jadeo
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the panting (trying to get air)
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sobrecoger
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to startle
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camino a casa
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on the way home (camino is a noun here, not a verb. It’s confusing. Camino could also mean “I walk.” <sigh>)
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agotada
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exhausted
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revisar
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revise (yes,) but also to check, to review, to go over – (these work better here)
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desabrochar
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to unbutton or unfasten, unhook (remember the abrochar = to fasten, like a broche – those big ugly fake-gem-encrusted pins old ladies used to wear on their lapels? So abrochar = to button.
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Las correas
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the straps
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La solapa
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the flap
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En una semana, como mucho
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in a week, tops. / In a week, if that.
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Tiras de cecina de vaca
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dried beef strips
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Yodo
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iodine
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Cerillas
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matches
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Grieta
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crack
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Derretir
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to melt
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Jornada
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the working day. It also means a day’s journey. Know both these definitions b/c the word is used twice, once for each definition.
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No me encuentro cómoda
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I’m ill at ease
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El anochecer
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twilight
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Amortiguar
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to cushion, **to muffle, to soften**
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El rastro
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the thin trails, tracks
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Blanda
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soft, smooth, tender
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Guarida
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den, hideout, refuge, shelter
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Aullido
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howl
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Búho
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owl
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En cuanto a si
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as to whether . . .
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It’s too soon to tell
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es pronto para decirlo
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Acechar
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to watch, to spy on, to stalk
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Un sauce
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a willow tree
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Un bosquecillo
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a clump of trees
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Trepar
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to climb up, to scale
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Conseguir + infinitive
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to manage to (verb)
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La capucha
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the hood
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caer en picado
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to nosedive; to plummet quickly, fall sharply
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de todos y cada uno
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of each and every one
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comadreja
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weasel
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alarde
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a show or display of
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hay que sumar
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it is necessary to add up (sumar = to add)
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roncar
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to snore
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gritar todos los tacos que me sé
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to scream every foul name I know
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