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145 Cards in this Set
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terso
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smooth/polished
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cabal
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upright and honest (person)/exact/complete
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tieso
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stiff
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atorrante/vago
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perezoso
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desvariar
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to be delirious/talk nonsense
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acongojar
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to distress
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menguar
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disminuir
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desbaratar
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to ruin/wreck
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escaquearse
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to duck out/worm one's way out of something
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bollo
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bread roll/dent
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temerario
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reckless
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ribera
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(river)bank/shore
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terco/obstinado
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stubborn
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tajante/seco
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inflexible/stubborn/unwilling to compromise
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mustio
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wilted (plant)/gloomy (person)
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aturdido
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dazed
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médano
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dune
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témpano
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ice floe
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suntuoso
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sumptuous/magnificent
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aguafuerte
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etching
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bendito
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blessed
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veleidad
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fickleness/whim
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amapola
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poppy
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abigarrado
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multi-colored/motley
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impecable
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flawless
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sonajero
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rattle (for babies)
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pifia
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blunder
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bragueta
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fly (pants)
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alubia
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bean
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pandereta
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tambourine
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trocha
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path/shortcut
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tararear/canturrear
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to hum
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mirar desafiante/con gesto chuleta
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to look at someone to start a conflict
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mustiar
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to wither/wilt
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aturdir
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to stun/bewilder
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custodiar
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to guard/look after
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alegar que
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to claim (that)
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turbar
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to disturb
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aletear
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to flap one's wings
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agonizar
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to be dying/fizzle out
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enfriar
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to cool
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fritura
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dish of fried food
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hurón
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ferret/"unsociable person"
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tregua
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truce
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lona
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canvas (texture)
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alforja
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knapsack
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balsa
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raft
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argolla
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large (wedding) ring
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canastilla/cesto pequeño
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basket
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hiel
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bile/bitterness
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perdiz
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partridge
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voladura
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demolition/blowing-up
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escondrijo
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hiding place
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porfiar en
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to be insistent on
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desconchar
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to chip
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desgarrar
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to rip
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prender
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to arrest/fasten/turn on/grip
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retoño
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sprout/offspring
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caldoso
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watery/soggy
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esperpéntico
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grotesque
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recargado
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over-elaborate
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corpiño
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bodice/bra
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charol
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patent leather
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cuero
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leather
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rescoldo
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ember/lingering feeling
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empecinado
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stubborn
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tumefacción
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swelling
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aposento
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lodgings
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resquemor
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resentment
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imponente
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imposing/impressive!
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obituario/esquela
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obituary
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fallo
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verdict/mistake
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cañería
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pipes (plumbing)
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tintorería
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dry cleaner's
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agravio
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grievance
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recato
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modesty/caution
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"sin recato"
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openly/without reserve
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paño
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cloth/material
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meditabundo
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pensive
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canjear
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to exchange
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destripar
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to disembowel/gut
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fulminar
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to strike down/kill suddenly
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empecinarse (en hacer algo)
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to insist (on doing something)
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capacho
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basket
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murga
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band of street musicians/pain
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brasa
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ember
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pretendido
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supposed
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contubernio
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conspiracy
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azucena
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white lily
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calentura
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fever/core sore
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albañil
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bricklayer
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reguero
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trickle/trail of something
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recelo
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mistrust/suspicion
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"en ayunas"
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without having eaten/in the dark
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"la farándula"
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"show business"
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abalorio
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glass bead/trinket
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extraviado
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lost (person, object)
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curtido
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seasoned (at doing something)
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avispado
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sharp (mentally)
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afligir
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to afflict/distress
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atribular
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to distress
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reventar
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to burst
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instar
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to urge
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"correr como un reguero de pólvora"
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to spread like wildfire
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desengañar(se)
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to reveal the truth (/to "stop kidding yourself")
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afluir
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to flock to/flow into
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titubear
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to hesitate/stutter
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cargar
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to bother (sometimes)
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recostarse
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to lie down (bed)/lie back (chair)
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cieno
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silt/mud
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brazalete
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bracelet/armband
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chancleta
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flip-flop
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borla
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tassel/pompom
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charretera
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epaulette
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emboscada
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ambush
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bebedero
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drinking trough/water fountain
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rebaño
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flock/herd
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bramar
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to bellow
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amarrar
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to moor/tie up
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concienzudo
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conscientious
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bramante
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twine
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hortera
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tacky/tasteless
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lejía
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bleach
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maca
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bruise (fruit)/flaw
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hazaña
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feat
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tábano
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horsefly
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temario
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syllabus/agenda
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chochear
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to be senile/to dote on somebody
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guarecer (de)
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to protect or shelter (from)
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"birlar"
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to nick (rob)
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hurgar (en)
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to rummage around (in)
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calar
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to soak through/to stall (car)
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arribar
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to arrive/reach port (nautical)
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manar (de)
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to flow (from)
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apencar
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to shoulder/live with
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desprenderse
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to get rid of/detach oneself
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apuntalar
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to underpin
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"birlar"
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to nick (rob)
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hurgar (en)
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to rummage around (in)
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calar
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to soak through/to stall (car)
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arribar
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to arrive/reach port (nautical)
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manar (de)
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to flow (from)
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apencar
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to shoulder/live with
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desprenderse
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to get rid of/detach oneself
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apuntalar
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to underpin
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