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100 Cards in this Set
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el trapío |
elegance |
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un mojicón |
a slap in the face
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desahogar
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to give vent to
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un tebeo
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a comic book
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una tira (cómica) |
a comic strip
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una instancia
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a petition |
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una caricatura
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an animated cartoon |
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un humor de perros
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a foul mood |
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unas castañuelas |
castanets |
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la chatarra
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kitchen utensils junk |
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un zamuro (Car) |
a vulture (Car) |
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pregonar |
to proclaim |
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estrambótico |
bizarre
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el azabache
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jet (black lignite)
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una fuga
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a leak |
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la sorna
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sarcasm
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ensartar |
to skewer to string |
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un berrinche
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a conniption fit |
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embridar
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to reign in
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vidrioso |
glassy
fragile |
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un trazo
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a stroke a line |
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replegar
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to fold down |
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un escarmiento
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a sockdolager |
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un trabuco
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a catapult |
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abatir
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to bring down |
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estrellar
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to smash
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arrebatar
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to snatch
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despuntar
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to excel
to appear (as flowers in spring) |
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apuntarse
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to be up for to sign up for |
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cardar
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to card (wool)
to back comb (tease) |
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el acierto
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the right answer |
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el empeño un empeño |
resolve |
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un áulico
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a courtier |
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una algazara
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a ruckus |
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holgado
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loose fitting
ample |
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una arma de doble filo
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a two edged sword |
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una clausura
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a closing |
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acometer
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to attack |
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precisar
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to require |
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una mampara |
a screen, partition |
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una almena |
a battlement |
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una camarilla
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a faction |
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dirimir |
to annul |
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un asesor
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a consultant |
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frenar en seco |
to stop cold
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exiguo |
meager
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un parón |
a halt |
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apuntalar
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to brace
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el fuelle
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stamina
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acibarar
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to embitter
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un barrendero
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a street sweeper |
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un concejal |
a town counselor |
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reventar
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to blow out
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un vertedero
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a dumping site a spillway |
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legar
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to bequeath
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una zanja |
a trench |
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rociar
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to spray
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urticante
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prickly, nettlesome |
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un catacaldos
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a meddler |
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una covachuela |
a hovel |
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conque
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so then
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captar
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to capture
to get (a joke) |
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instar
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to urge
to pressure |
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un puñal |
a dagger |
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el pescante |
the driver's seat |
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desmentir
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to deny
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congraciar |
to win over
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rematar |
to finish off to sell off |
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un escrache |
a wild cat strike |
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un apeadero
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an unstaffed station |
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un avellano |
a hazel tree |
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una espuela |
a spur |
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un jinete
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a horseman |
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un pelucón |
a bigwig |
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el arrendamiento
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the rent the rental |
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medrar |
to prosper
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un bayo
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a bay horse |
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una ensilla
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a saddle |
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vadear
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to wade across
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un cardo
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a thistle |
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encharcar
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to cover with puddles
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el dragado
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dredging
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tañar (jerga) |
to get it (slang) |
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el cebo |
bait
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la lozanía
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youthfulness, bloom
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una cañada |
a cow path a narrow pass |
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una galera
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a galley a carriage |
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un caco = ladrón |
a thief |
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una camorra = riña buscar camorra |
a fight (col.) to look for a fight |
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la deriva |
the drift |
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un aguinaldo |
a Christmas bonus |
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un latiguillo
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a repetitive phrase |
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los insumos
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consumable goods |
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acaparar
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to hoard
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un muladar |
a trash heap (esp. where birds feed) |
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abotagarse |
to become bloated |
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estar entre la espada y la pared |
to be between a rock and a hard place |
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conminar (juridico) |
to order (legal)
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ralo |
thin, sparse |
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cernerse sobre |
to loom over |
