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34 Cards in this Set
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un viaje de ida y vuleta
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round trip
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viaje: voyage
ida: ir: to go veulo: flight |
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el alma
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soul
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give "alms" to save "almas"
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el antepasado
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ancestor
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antes: before
think people |
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prestar atención
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to pay attention
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prestar: to "press" money
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tonterías
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silly things
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tonto: tainted
tainted seriousness? |
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el ruiseñor
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nightengale
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señor ave!
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tener prisa
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to be in a hurry
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prisa sounds like preciseness
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faltar
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to be missing
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to be falting
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la apariencia
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appearance
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cognate.
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tener ganas de
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to really want to
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you know you ____ __ ganar!
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aprovecharse de...
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to take advantage of...
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"aprove" sounds like "approval"
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meterse
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to put oneself into
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"meter" sounds like "measure"
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el rincón
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corner (room)
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"rincón" sounds like "rink"
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dondequiera
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wherever you are
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think "cualquier," except with location
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los afitriones
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host
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afitrion: may i offer you...
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lucir
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to shine
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"luc" sounds like "luz"
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desfilar
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to march
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"filar" sounds like "to file"
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causar admiracíon
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to cause admiration
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100 % cognate
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el cuervo
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crow
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joseph crow = beer
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por casualidad
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by chance
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"casual" is operative
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por supuesto
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of course
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"supues" sounds like "suppose." quite the contrary!
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dar las gracias
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to give thanks
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"dar" means to give
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llamar la attención
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to call attention to
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llamas like phone calls
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la puesta de sol
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sunset
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i guess you could use "puesta" as goodbye
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el econdite
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hiding place
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escond could be a pretentious word for "shielding"
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morirse de...
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to die from...
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el MUERTO negro
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rogar
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to beg
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its the least of "rougue" actions
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apartarse
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to move away/part
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cognate.
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blando
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bland/soft
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cognate.
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la peil
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skin
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hate to say it, but it PEELS!
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golpearse
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to punch
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in boxing, it the "gol"
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igual(es)
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equal(s)
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cognate.
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lo occurido
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that which happened
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alter it just a bit.
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engañar
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to trick
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it can be a definite "win"
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