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34 Cards in this Set
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el convenio
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agreement
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"convenio" sounds like "convene"
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exigir
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to demand
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satisfying it may grant you an "exit."
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el alma
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soul
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pay "alms" to save "almas."
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la deuda
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debt
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"deuda" sounds like "doubt"
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la desgracia
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misfourtune
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places less blame than disgrace
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a cambio de
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a change of
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duh...
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recuperar
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to recover
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cognate.
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los bienes
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resources, assets
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"bienes" sounds like it could mean "plusses"
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encerrarse
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to lock up, enclose oneself
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"cerrar" means "to close"
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la queja
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complaint
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queeeeeeeeeja
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el montón
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pile
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a mini "montaña"
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el caballero
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gentelman
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rides caballos
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el alfiler
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pin/broach
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alfie wears one
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un ser sobrenatural
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supernatural being
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cognate.
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aterrozizado
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terrified
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"terroz" sounds like "terror"
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el sentimento
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feeling
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congate of a synonym
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suceder
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to happen
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think "sucesos"
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lejana
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far
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think "lejos"
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los pescadores
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fisherman
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RUFINO!
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honrado
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honored
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cognate
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la madrugada
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dawn
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mother earthy
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sanos y salvos
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safe and sound
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cognate-ish.
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desencadenar
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to unchain/release
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the "des" is crucial here
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la tempestad
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big storm
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cognate of a synonym
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las olas
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wavas
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wave "hola"
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parpadear
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to blink
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"pad," think "eyelind."
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angustiada
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anguished
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cognate.
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un presentimiento
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premonition
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"pre" is crucial here
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el asilo para huérfanos
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ophanage
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"asilo" sonds like "asylum." put the pieces together, ian.
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a concecuencia de
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as a result of
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cognates and synonyms
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la vuida
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widow
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vu-wi-**
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ahogarse
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to drown/choke
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replace the a with a c and see!
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se cuenta que...
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it is told that...
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contar means to tell
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los padrinos
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godparents
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kind of padres
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