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121 Cards in this Set
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alzar
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to pick up
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el apuro, apurar, estar apurado/a
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a rush, to hurry, to be in a rush
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el compromiso
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the commitment
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enclenque
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weak
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meterse
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to get involved
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mosquearse
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to get annoyed or to get suspicious
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pernoctar
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to spend the night
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pulular
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to mill around
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el azar, por azar
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chance, fate
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arisco/a
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unfriendly
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derrochar
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to waste
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descartar
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to dismiss, reject the possibility
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el desperdicio
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the waste
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escatiamr
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to skimp on
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el hacinamiento
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overcrowding
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la penumbra
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half-light
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maloliente
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smelly
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caer en la cuenta
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to realize
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la cegura/ ciego/a
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blindness/ blind
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enterarse de
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to learn about, to find out
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estar implicado/a en
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to be involved in
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ni siquiera
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not even
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la pesadilla
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nightmare
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el recorte/ recortar
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newspaper cutting/ to cut
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tener que ver
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to have to do with
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el tipo
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the guy
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superponer
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to overlap
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dar por sentado
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to take for granted
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distraido/a / distraerse
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distracted/ to be distracted
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(estar/sentirse) fuera de si
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out of control
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fijarse en
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focus on
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harto/a
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fed up
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reflexionar
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to reflect (mentally)
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tirar(se) de
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to throw, to throw oneself from
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la vision/ la vista
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eyesight/ view, sight
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abrumado/a
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overwhelmed
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la advertencia
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warning, note
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ceder
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to yield, to give up
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el colmo, para colmo
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culmination, to top it all
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con/sin fundamento
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with(out) motive
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de antemano
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in advance
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descabellado/a
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ridiculous
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hechizado/a
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bewitched
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hurgar
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to poke, to stir
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meter la pata
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to mess up, to screw up
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tambalearse
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to stagger
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atreverse a
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to dare to
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cuanto mas...mas
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the more....the more
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el desamparo/ desamparado/a
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abandonment/ abandoned
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ecolucionar
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to evolve
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llevar a cabo
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to carry out
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la madrugada/ marrugadora/a
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dawn/ early riser
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la prueba
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proof, test
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tropezar con
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to run into
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el vidrio
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glass
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el chicon
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the bump
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desaliento
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dismay
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engancharse
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to get hooked
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estremecerse
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to tremble
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exanime
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lifeless
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halagar
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to flatter
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el/ la socio/a
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member
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el tabuerte
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stool
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el vestuario
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locker room
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yacente
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lying, reclining
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canalizar
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to channel
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clavarse
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to stick something in oneself (ex: a pin)
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el pinchazo
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prick, puncture
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desmesuradamente
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excessively
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el frasco
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failure
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malsano/a
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unhealthy
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la pista
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clue, hint
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la vereda
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sidewalk
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la demora/ demorarse
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delay/ to delay
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zaparrastroso/a o zarrapastroso/a
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dirty from trailing on the ground
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atropellar
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to run over
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borroso/a/ borrar
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blurry/ to blur
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chillar/ el chillido
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to scream, a scream
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el espantapajaros
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scarecrow
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frenar
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to brake
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la merca
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any kind of drugs (slang)
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la tormenta
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storm
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por lo visto
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apparently
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a fin de cuentas
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at the end of the day
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acorralar, acorralado
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to corner, cornered
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la bala
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bullet
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empapar
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to soak
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implacable
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relentless
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el legado
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legacy
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la pantalla
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screen
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resultar + adj o adv.
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to seem, to be
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el/ la telividente
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TV viewer
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la almohada
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pillow
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la bocacalle
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entrance to a side street
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el consumo
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consumption
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despitar(le a alguien)
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to purposely disorient someone
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el encadenamiento
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a series of things
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encandilar(se)
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to dazzle/ be dazzled
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envolver
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to wrap, envelop
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la frazada
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blanket
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rozar
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to brush against
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las sabanas
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bedsheets
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el truco
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trick, gimmick
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volcado/a
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knocked over and emptied out
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agarrar
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to catch (a theif)
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apechugar
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to put up with, to suffer the consequences
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asombrar
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to astonish
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embobado/a
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captivated
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enfocar
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to focus on
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merecer
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to deserve
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el suceso/ suceder
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an event/ to happen
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el susurro/ susurrar
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a whipser/ to whisper
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ahogarse
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to drown
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la baldosa
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floor tile
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delatar
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to denounce
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despistado/a
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forgetfull
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inofensivo/a
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harmless
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quisquillose
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fussy, picky
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el temor/ temer
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fear/ to fear
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el malhechor
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wrongdoer, delinquient
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el suspiro/ suspirar
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a/to sigh out of relief
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