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el promedio
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average
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la Víspera/la víspera
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Christmas Eve/the night before
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incluso si
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even if
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dejar (algo) para más tarde
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to procrastinate
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el recipiente
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container
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amenazar
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to threaten
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la superación
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"the overcoming" (of something)
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meterse en lío
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to get in trouble
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cabe destacar/mencionar
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it's noteworthy
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evitar
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to avoid
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SIDA
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AIDS
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sequestrar
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to kidnap
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hacerse valer
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to make oneself known
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los desamparados
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homeless
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amparar/el amparo
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to give aid/aid
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ahogar
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to drown
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controvertido/a
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controversial
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el cohete
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firework, rocket
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las medidas
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measures
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la naturaleza
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nature (literal/figurative)
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asesinar
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to murder
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la pinta
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"look"
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confundirse
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to become bewildered
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la sábana
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sheet (bed)
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la viuda
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widow
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los cambios climáticos
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climate changes
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los esfuerzos humanitarios
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humanitarian efforts
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desesperarse
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to lose hope/to become frustrated
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desperdiciar
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to waste
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olvidadizo/a
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forgetful
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por otro lado
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on the other hand
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no hay remedio
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solution
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silvestre
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wild (un animal o una flor)
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el torneo
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tournament
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mortificar
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to mortify
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los recursos escasos
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scarce resources
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reemplazar
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to replace
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el refugio
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refuge
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cumplir
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to follow through with
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una función
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a show/performance
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los fallos
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failures
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el declive
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decline
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rebajar sus miras
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to lower one's standards
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infantíl
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pertaining to children
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el don
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talent gifted to someone
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labrar
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to labor
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disminuir
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to diminish
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aplazar
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to postpone
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el crecimiento
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growth
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nutrir/nutrivo/a
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to nurture/nutritious
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platicar
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to talk seriously/mull something over
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un reto
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a challenge
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la hipoteca
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mortgage
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contradecir
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to contradict
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satisfacer
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to satisfy
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ahorrar
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to save
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promover
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to promote
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conmover
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to be moved emotionally
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las préstamos
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loans
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diseñar
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to design
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las remesas
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you know this one!
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un chivo expiatorio
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scapegoat
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malgastar
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to waste
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el embargo de vivienda
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foreclosure
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el presupuesto
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budget
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regañar
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to scold
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ser hábil
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to be adept at
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ocultar
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to hide/conceal
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atenerse
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to abide/comply with
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enfocarse/el enfoque
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to focus/focus
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la pena de muerte
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capital punishment
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la clausura
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closure
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pertenecer
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to pertain
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hallar
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encontrar
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convenir (a ella le conviene)
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to be worth
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perturbante
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disturbing
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los rehenes
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hostages
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alojarse/el alojamento
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to find shelter/shelter
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una etapa
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a stage (of a process?)
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la fortaleza
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strength
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la flaqueza
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weakness
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autocontrol
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self-control
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estar pendiente
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to be aware of
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alejarse
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to get away from
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menosapreciar
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to put down (someone)
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el lavado del dinero
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money laundering
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el peón/la peona
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laborer
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llevar a bancarrota
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to go bankrupt
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la embajada
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embassy
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la propuesta
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propisition
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ligero/a
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light
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legitimizar
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legitimize
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el aperetivo
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appetizer
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la destreza
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skill
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el rescate (financiero/bancario/económico)
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(financial, bank, economic) bailout
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tener sentido
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to make sense
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los balseros/la balsa
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CUBA
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ponserse al tanto de
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to be up to date/familiar
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fomentar/el fomento/la fomentación
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estimular/motivar
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negociar
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negotiate
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deshacer/los deshechos
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undo, get rid of/waste
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los usuarios
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users
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los televidentes
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alguien que ve la tele
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recompensar (e to ie)
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to compensate
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las similitudes
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similarities
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por tu/su propia cuenta
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on your own
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la superficie
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surface (literal/figurative)
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el malagüero
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omen
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la vala
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bullet
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la tasa de desempleo
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unemployment rate
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evadir impuestos/la evasión de impuestos
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to evade taxes
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travieso/a
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mischievous
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el prójimo
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fellow human being (religious connotations)
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capacitar/la capitación
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to train/training (teachers, in major of study)
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difundir
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to spread out for educational purposes
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someterse
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to be subjected to
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la fecha límite
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deadline
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de antemano
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beforehand
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rimar
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to rhyme
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animar
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to animate/to make happy
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lograr
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to achieve
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cargar
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to cary/ to encumber
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carecer
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sinónimo de faltar
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marginalizado/aislado
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marginalized
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la alianza
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alliance
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el conocimiento
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knowledge
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agotar(se)
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to use up/to dry up
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el huarache
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sandal
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el titular
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newspaper title
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la enfermedad de vaca loca
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mad cow disease
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dejar hambriento/a
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to starve
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respaldar
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to support
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retirar
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to pull out, to take away
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aguantar
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to deal with/to put up with (lit. and fig.)
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costear
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to afford
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el (des)equilibrio
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(im)balance
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la cadena de comida
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food chain
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proporcionar
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to supply
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elegir
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to elect
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desconocer
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to be unkown
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las exigencias
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requirements
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iniciar
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to initiate
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inferir
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deducir
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atrear
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attract
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lidiar
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to have to deal with
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el alfán/el apuro
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hurry
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autosuficiente/autosostenible
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self-sustaining
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ser precavido/a
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to be cautious
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la prensa
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media/publications
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el patrón/la patrona
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el gefe
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el bienestar
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well-being
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moribundo
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on one's death bed
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avanzado/a
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advanced
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a raíz de
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debido a
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la influenza porcina
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swine flu
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propagar/la propagación
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to spread, transmit/spread (of a disease)
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el comportamiento
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behavior
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frustrar
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to frustrate
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influir
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to influence
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culto/a
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educated
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educativo/a
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educational
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preso/a
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detainee
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abogar por
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advocate
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nivel
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level
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la amistad
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friendship
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la angustia
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anguish/distress
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el aprendizaje
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learning
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la avaricia
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greed
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la aventura
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adventure
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la belleza
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beauty
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la bondad
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ayudar al prójimo
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la carencia
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shortage
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la caridad
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charity
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la cantidad
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amount
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la calidad
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quality
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los celos
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jealousy
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la confianza
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confidence
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la crisis existencial
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la crisis del desempleo
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los desafíos/retos
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challenges
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la dicha
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la felicidad
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la envidia
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envy
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el estrato socioeconómico
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socio-economic stratum
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la fe
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faith
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la herencia
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inheritance
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la lealtad
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loyalty
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el libre albedrío
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free will
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la lujuria
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lust
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la madurez
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maturity
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la miseria
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poverty, destitution
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la nobleza
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nobility
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el orgullo
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pride
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enorgullecerse de algo
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to take pride in something
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el prejuicio
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prejudice
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la riqueza
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wealth
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la soledad
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loneliness
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la tentación
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temptation
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la traición
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betrayal
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el valor
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courage
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la vejez
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old age
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relajante
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relaxing
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sorprendiente
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surprising
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alarmante
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alarming
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temeroso/a, temer, el temor
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fearful, to fear, fear
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espantoso/a, espantar
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frightening, to frighten
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insólito/inesperado
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unexpected
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único/a
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unique, lonely
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agobiante, agobiar, agobiado/a
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overwhelming, to overwhelm, overwhelmed
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desafioso/a
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challenging
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lamentable
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extremely sad
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placentero/a
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pleasurable, pleasant
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inolvidable
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unforgettable
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emocionante
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provoking of emotion
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descomunal
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uncommon, out of proportion
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retar/desafiar
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to challenge (authority, usually)
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¡Qué pena!
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How terrible!
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¡Qué vergüenza!
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How embarrassing!
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a condición de que
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provided that (subj. required)
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a fin de que
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so that, in order that (subj. required)
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a menos que
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unless (subj. required)
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a no ser que
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unless (subj. required)
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antes de que
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before (subj. required)
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con tal de que
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provided that (subj. required)
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en caso de que
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in case that (subj. required)
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sin que
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without (subj. required)
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