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108 Cards in this Set
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acogida
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reception, asylum, detention
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el apodo
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nickname
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cumplir
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to accomplish
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equipo de television
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tv crew
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estupefacientes
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drugs
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la fuga
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the flight
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internarse
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to board, confine, or lock up
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el jaque
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checkmate
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menudo revuelo
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a fine mess
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paisano
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of the same country
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poblado
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town, settlement
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la rata
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the rat
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rateria
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petty thievery
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transladar
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to move, to transfer
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vigilar
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to keep watch over
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a pesar de
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in spite of
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animar
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to inspire, to urge
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el ara
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altar
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en aras de
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for the sake of
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asimilar
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to take in fully
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conseguir
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to obtain
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descuidar
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to ignore
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el don
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a natural gift
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empollon
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bookworm
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exito
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success
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fallo
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flaw, failure
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negar
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to deny
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obsequiar
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to give as a gift
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las oposiciones
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competitive or professional exams
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renunciar
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to refuse or reject
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semejante
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similar
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suceder
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to happen
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suspender
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to fail
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acabar
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to try
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califaciones
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grades
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matriculas
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classes
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curso
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course, semseter, school year
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expediente academico
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transcript
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carrera
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major
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seres humanos
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human beings
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el que me lo hace, me lo paga
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if you do something bad to me, you will pay
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hacerle una mala jugada
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to screw someone over
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el mendigo
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beggar
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la caridad
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charity
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echar de casa
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to get kicked out of the house
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que milagro
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what a miracle
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trabajar como bestia
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to work like a horse
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sinverguenza
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shameless
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desgraciado
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a person with bad luck
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foreno
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weird
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dar pena
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to feel sorry
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una limpia
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an exorcism
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denunciar
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to report to the police
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asesinar
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to murder
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culpar
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to blame
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atacar
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to attack
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el patron
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the boss
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el taller
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a workshop
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largarse
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to flee
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pagar con creces
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to pay with interest
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ir al mandado
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to run errands
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hacerle caso
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t o pay attention
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los caballitos
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merry go round
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parecer una virgen de verdad
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you look like the virgin mary
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no tener ni quinto
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i don't have any money
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las equivocaciones se pagan
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the mistakes will make you pay
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avisar
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to warn
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el basural
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dump
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el basurero
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garbage man
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el ciego
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blind person
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la limosna
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alms
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pedir limosna
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to ask for alms
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el pordiosero
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beggar
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el huerfano
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orphan
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andar de vago
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wandering around
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descarado
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shameless
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chula
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pretty
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jusgar
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to judge
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dar verguenza
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to give shame
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rechazar
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to reject
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platicar
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to talk
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delitos
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crimes
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enganar
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to decieve
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el aprendiz
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apprentice
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el aprendizaje
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the learning
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sordo
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deaf
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la pandilla
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the gang
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el escuincle
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little brat
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soltar
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to free
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soltar una palabrota
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to say a swear
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soplar
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to blow
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amenazar
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to threaten
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vengarse
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to be avenged
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acordar
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to agree
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el palo
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stick
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el presentimiento
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premonition
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la seda
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silk
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un crimen
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crime
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faltar de la moralidad
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lacking morality
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rajarse
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to ditch
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uh rajon
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someone you can't count on
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la puta
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prostitute
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la piedad
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piety
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estar tomado
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to be taken
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ponerse chango
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to act alert
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el tambor
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a drum
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el bote
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rowboat
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viego tarudo
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old fart
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