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140 Cards in this Set
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La oficina
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Work office
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El despacho
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Private office
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La dirección
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Administrative office
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El bufete
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Lawyer’s office
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La redacción
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Newspaper office
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El consultorio
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Medical office
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El consulta
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Doctor’s personal office
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La clínica dental
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Dental office
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Volver a + infinitivo
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To do something again
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Volver
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To return, to go (come) back; Spain
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Regresar
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To return, to go (come) back; Spanish America
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Devolver
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To return something, to give back; syn to throw up
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Cerrar
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To close, to shut, to lock
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El cierre
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Closing, shutting something (door)
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Abrir
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To open
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La abertura
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Opening; physical
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Clausurar
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To close, to adjourn; ceremony
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La clausura
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Closing, adjournment; ceremony
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La apertura
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Opening, musical overture; ceremony
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Acabar de + infinitivo
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To finish doing something, to have (had) just done something
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Terminar de + infinitivo
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To finish doing something
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La sala
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Living room, parlor
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El cuarto
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Room; in general and personal
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El aula
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Classroom, lecture room
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La habitación
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Room; general, hotel esp. w\ room #
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El salón
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Living room, large room, hall
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Angosto
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Narrow; Spanish America
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Estrecho
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Narrow; Spain
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El hule
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Rubber, oil cloth; rain coat
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La goma
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Rubber, rubber band; soft rubber
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El caucho
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Rubber; hard rubber
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De palo
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Wooden; cylindrical
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La madera
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Wood; general
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El palo
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Pole, stick, a blow w\ a stick; cylindrical
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La leña
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Firewood
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Matar
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To kill
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Asesinar
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To murder, assassinate, to kill
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Rematar
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To finish off
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Eliminar
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To wipe out, to bump off; criminal
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Ejecutar
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To execute; capital punishment
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El bloque
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Block; actual, physical block (block of houses)
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El establo
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Stable; most animals
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La cuadra
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City block Spanish America; horse stable Spain
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La manzana
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City block Spain, apple
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El ropero
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Cloths closet; Spanish America
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La alacena
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Cupboard, closet, locker; set in the wall
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El armario
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Cloths closet; Spain
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El guardarropa
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Checkroom, cloakroom; public
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Coger
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To take; Spain, taboo in Spanish America
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Tomar
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To take; Spain, Spanish America
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Agarrar
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To take Spanish America, to grasp (with claws) Spain
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Amanecer
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To dawn; morning
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Anochecer
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To grow dark; evening, twilight
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Atardecer
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To draw towards evening, to happen late in the afternoon
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Ordinario
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Ordinary, common; things and places – vulgar people
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Común
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Common; things and people
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Corriente
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Common; things and people
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Ahorcar
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To hang someone
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Pender
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To hang something; hanging freely form higher up
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Tender
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To hang (cloths); to spread or stretch something out
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Colgar
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To hang, to flunk or fail someone; sometimes used for ahocar
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El colegio
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School; primary and middle school
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La escuela
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School; general
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El instituto
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High school, institute; public high school Spain
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El liceo
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High school; public high school some of Spanish America
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La academia
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Academy, school; private school above primary
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Caminar
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To walk
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Andar
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To walk
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Ir a pie
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To walk; implies walking instead of some other form of trans
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Pasear
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To stroll, to walk; recreational walking
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Callejear
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To wander (to walk) the streets; aimless walking
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Deambular
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To wander, to stroll; aimless wandering
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La píldora
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Pill; medical, small
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La pastilla
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Tablet, cake of soap; non-medical, larger
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La tableta
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Tablet, pill; medical, flat
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El comprimido
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Tablet; round
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La gragea
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Tablet, small sugar coated pill or candy colored lozenge;
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La capsula
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Capsule;
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Temblar
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To shake, to tremble, to quake; applies to all kinds of shaking
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Sacudir
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To shake; moving back and forth
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Estremecer (se)
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To shake, to shudder; from a strong emotion
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Tiritar
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To shiver, to shake; with cold or fever, sickness
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Responder
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To answer, to respond, to reply;
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Contestar
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To answer, to respond, to reply; more common than responer
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Replicar
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To answer (back), to talk back;
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Objetar
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To object;
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Contradecir
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To contradict;
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Rebatir
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To refute;
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Amar
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To love; object in abstract in nature
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Querer
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To love, to want; physical and possessive
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Enamorarse de
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To fall in love with;
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Estar enamorado de
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To be in love with;
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Adorar
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To adore, to worship; highest degree of love
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La cáscara
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Shell, thick skin; shrimp, eggs, nuts, rind of thick skinned fruit
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El caparazón
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Shell of a crustacean; like crabs and lobsters
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La corteza
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Bark, rind, crust; thick outer covering, trees, cheese, bread
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La piel
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Skin; natural skin of a fruit or vegetable
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La mondadura
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Peel(ing); skin of fruit or veg after it is removed
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Peladura
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Peel; skin of fruit or veg after it is removed
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Descascarillar
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To hull; to shell most nuts
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Cascar
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To crack, to split; breaking egg or nut shells
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Pelar
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To peel; to peel fruit by hand
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Mondar
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To peel, to pare; to peel by hand with a sharp instrument, knife
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Reptar
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To crawl; like a reptile
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Arrastrarse
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To crawl; to drag oneself
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Gatear
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To creep, to crawl; on all fours, like small children
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Serpentear
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To crawl, to meander; meandering nature of the motion, river
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Esperar
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To wait; to expect, to hope, to wait a long time
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Aguardar
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To wait; to wait for, not a long wait
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Hacer cola
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To wait in line;
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El cerro
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Hill; isolated, rocky or rough surfaced hill
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La colina
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Hill, knoll; more common
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La loma
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Hill; low long hill more in Spanish America
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La cuesta
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Slope, hill; slope or grade of the hill, street, ect.
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La ladera
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Hillside, slope; side of the hill
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El acantilado
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Cliff (marine), palisade (river);
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Soportar
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To endure, to stand; to suffer through something
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Mantener
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To support, to maintain;
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Apoyar
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To support; to prop someone or something up
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Aguantar
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To endure, to stand, to put up with;
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Resistir
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To stand, to withstand, to bear; energetic opposition is stressed
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Sobrellevar
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To endure, to bear; patient endurance of something
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Viejo
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Old; long standing, avoided when referring to people
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Anciano
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Old, elderly; only used w\ people respect on the part of speaker
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Mayor
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Old, older, oldest; people
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Vetusto
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Very old; literary term, decaying or crumbling from age
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Rancio
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Old, rancid; old in relation to tradition, well aged ham, bacon
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Antiguo
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Ancient, old, former; things, positive aging, before a noun 3
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Armar
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To assemble, to put together, to put up;
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Montar
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To assemble, to put together; generally mechanisms (engines)
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Construir
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To build, to construct; building anything
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Edificar
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To build, to erect; masonry
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La ira
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Ire, wrath, anger; very strong anger + loss of self-control
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El enojo
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Anger; common
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El enfado
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Anger, annoyance; common, angrier than enojo
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La rabia
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Rage, madness;
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Enojar (se)
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To annoy, to anger, to become annoyed (angry);
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Enfadar (se)
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To annoy, to anger, to become annoyed (angry);
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Rabiar
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To rage, to get angry;
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Sacar de quicio
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Exasperate, to drive crazy, to unhinge;
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