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45 Cards in this Set
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No obstante,
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however, nevertheless,
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Un capullo
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a cocoon
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No la aparto
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I don’t push it away
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Como hubiese hecho de estar despierta
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like I would have, in wakefulness (if I were awake)
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Aunque siga sin confiar en
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aunque I still don’t trust (in)
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La cara demacrada
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the haggard face
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Aterrador
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scary
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(verb) con ganas
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to do it eagerly
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Restregar
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to rub
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El trueno
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thunder
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Relámpagos
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lightning
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Un toldo
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a canopy
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¿quién es el objetivo?
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Who is the target?
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La guarida
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a den
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Pillar
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to catch. In this case, “Pillarlo” = “to get it / to understand”
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Soñar CON
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to dream about
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Un aguacero
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a downpour
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Las goteras
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the leaks
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Caldo
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broth, stock, meatless soup (made from meat but without meat in it)
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Por lo que está deseando ponerse a ello
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because he is eager to get started / get down to the task.
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Un revoltijo
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a mishmash
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Carne en mal estado
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meat that’s gone off
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Arenas movedizas
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quicksand
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Blando
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soft
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Supongo que hay cosas que no se ponen en duda cuando
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I suppose there are things you don’t question too much, when
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Incumplimos la ley
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we break the law
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¿Se asombraría de . . . ?
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would he be shocked at . . . ?
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Arquear
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to arch, to bend
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Tampoco es algo que pueda soltar sin más, porque
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It’s not the sort of thing I can blurt out, either, because . . .
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Tengo que volver a poner las cosas en su sitio.
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I’ve got to get things back on track.
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estirar
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to stretch out
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funda =
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cover
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You can’t do anything ABOUT IT:
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no puedes hacer nada AL RESPECTO
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Para que resulte (note that that’s in subjunctive b/c of the “para que”) humillante
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to make it humiliating
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Un acontecimiento
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an event
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Ellos compiten entre sí.
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They compete between (or among) themselves. Remember, entre tú y yo (between you and me), or entre sí (among themselves). Why there is an accent on sí, I do not know, but there is.
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Sobre todo, comida
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especially food
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unos manjares
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delicious food; delicacies
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barriga
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tummy
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Me vuelvo maleducada
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I become surly
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Un bufido
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a snort (remember? This was Day One, page one: the cat who snorts/hisses)
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Contenerse
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to contain yourself/ recompose yourself / to catch yourself
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Supuestamente
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supposedly
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Fingir
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to pretend
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To respond, tiredly
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responde, con cansancio
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