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148 Cards in this Set
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mess, fuss
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lío
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to get muddled up
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hacerse un lío
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I'm all confused
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estoy hecho un lío
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to get into trouble
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meterse en líos
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to kick up a fuss or start a fight
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armar un lío
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that fuss about the passports
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ese lío de los pasaportes
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there was a huge argument
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se armó un tremendo lío
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he got into a muddle with all the names
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se hizo un lío con tantos nombres
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colloquial: tale, piece of gossip
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lío
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stop with the stories/tales
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no me vengas con líos!
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the type of house in which
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el tipo de casa en la que
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in any case
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en todo caso,
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he 's going to hear us
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e'l nos va a oír
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we are ten minutes from
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estamos a diez minutos de
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corridor
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pasillo
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a small, narrow passage
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pasillo
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a short step
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pasillo (this is a diminutive form of paso)
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politically, to lobby someone
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hacer pasillos
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a moving walkway
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pasillo rodante
camino rodante |
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spiral staircase or winding stairs
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escalera de caracol
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fire escape
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escalera de incendios
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escalator
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escalera mecánica
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step ladder
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escalera de tijera
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in poker, a straight flush
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escalera de color
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to clarify "a ladder" rather than stairs
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escalera de mano
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poker
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póquer
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an inside corner (of a room)
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rincón
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a corner, as in a remote spot
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rincón
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she lives in a remote spot
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vive en un rincón apartado del mundo
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we explored every nook and crany of the city
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recorrimos todos los rincones de la ciudad
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corner, as in a small, special place (a nook, a retreat)
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rincón
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I've given you a corner to keep your things in
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te he dejado un rincón para que guardes tus cosas
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a small corner
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rinconcillo
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linen (the fabric)
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lino
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linoleum
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lino, or linóleo
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flashlight
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linterna
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the intermission
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entremedio
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suddenly
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de repente
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a shiver
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escalofrío
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to be shivering
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tener escalofríos
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a shiver of fear
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un escalofrío de temor
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to give somebody the shivers
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dar escalofríos a alguien
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chills, as in fever & chills
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escalofrío
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it made me shiver with fear (or "it sent a shiver down my spine")
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aquello me produjo un escalofri'o de terror
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to travel through or across, or to cross (a place)
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recorrer
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to travel around (like a city)
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recorrer
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they drove around the savannah in a truck
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recorrieron la sabana en un camión
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he walked around the region
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recorrió la región a pie
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to look over (visually)
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recorrer
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she looked him up and down
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lo recorrió de arriba a abajo con la mirada
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to examine, survey, or read over
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recorrer
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to run your eye over a document
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recorrer un escrito
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to call to recollection
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recorrer
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we travelled around France on a motorcycle
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recorrimos Francia en moto
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we covered/ did 100 miles that day
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ese día recorrimos 100 millas
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I've been around to all the bookshops
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he recorrido todas las librerías
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stupid, foolish, ignorant
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tonto, a
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barn-owl
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lechuza
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to explore
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explorar
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a site, or a place
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sitio
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to change places (with somebody)
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cambiar de sitio (con alguien)
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nowhere
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en ningún sitio
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anywhere
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en cualquier sitio
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elsewhere
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en otro sitio
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everywhere
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en todos los sitios
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there isn't a free seat (in a theater, etc)
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no queda ni un sitio (or sitio libre)
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(figuratively)
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to put somebody in their place
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web site
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sitio web
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to make room for somebody
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hacer sitio a alguien
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it takes up a lot of room (or space)
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ocupa mucho sitio
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there's no more room
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no queda más sitio
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a peaceful spot
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un sitio tranquilo
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I can't find it anywhere
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no lo encuentro en ningún sitio
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IDIOM:
you'll get nowhere like that |
así no vas a ningún sitio
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is there any room?
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hay sitio?
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I've saved you a place next to me
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te he guardado un sitio a mi lado
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have you found a parking space?
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has encontrado sitio para aparcar?
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do you have room for us in your house?
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tienes sitio para nosotros en tu casa?
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there's plenty of room
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hay sitio de sobra
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we've made room for you in the car
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te hemos hecho sitio en el coche
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I know this place like the back of my hand
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conozco este sitio como la palma de mi mano
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to stick to your guns, be firm despite pressure to change your mind
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mantenerse en su sitio
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firmly in place
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estrictamente en su sitio (or en su lugar)
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a'guila
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eagle
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deer
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venado
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halco'n
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falcon, hawk
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a badger (animal)
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tejón
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fox
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zorro
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curtain
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cortina
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sheet of water
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cortina de agua
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the Iron Curtain (U.S.S.R.)
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cortina de hierro
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smoke screen
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cortina de humo
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thick, condensed, dense
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espesa
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irrigation channel or ditch
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acequia
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to set something aside for
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destinar algo a, or para
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the money will go to buy medicine
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el dinero se destinará a comprar medicina
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to be bound for (travel)
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ir destinado a
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a letter for you
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una carta que viene destinada a ti
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they allocated three rooms to the exhibition
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destinaron tres salas a la exposición
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I'll use this money to pay for the trip
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destinare' este dinero a pagar el viaje
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she devotes her free time for charity work
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destina su tiempo libre a hacer obras de caridad
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PROVERB: every man is the architect of his own fortune/destiny
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cada quien es el arquitecto de su propio destino
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ceiling
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techo
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to become homeless
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quedarse sin techo
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the homeless
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los sin techo
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sun roof (in a car)
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techo solar
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to level off and start to drop (like prices or inflation)
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tocar techo
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the worst of the crisis is behind us
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la crisis ha tocado techo
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to complain, to moan about
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quejarse
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I don't know what you're complaining about
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no sé de qué te quejas
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lately, she's been complaining that her back hurts
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últimamente se queja mucho de la espalda
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to complain ABOUT
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quejarse de
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to be always complaining (IDIOM)
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quejarse de vicio
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to bet
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apostar(se)
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I bet you the price of dinner that Madrid will win
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te apuesto una cena a que gana el Madrid (apostarSE is to bet against someone)
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I bet he doesn't come
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apuesto a que no viene
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to clarify, clear up, get lighter
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aclarar
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to clear up a point of confusion
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aclarar una cosa
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the sun makes one's hair lighter
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el sol aclara el pelo
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to thin down, as in chocolate, soup, or even a forest of trees
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aclarar
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to undertand (synonym of entender)
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aclararse
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I can't get the hang of this program
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no me aclaro con este programa
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let's see if we can get this straight
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a ver si nos aclaramos
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the situation became clear
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se aclaró la situación
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my boss doesn't know what he wants
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mi jefe no se aclara
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to clear one's throat
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aclararse la garganta
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to dye one's hair a lighter color
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aclararse el pelo
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loads of
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un montón de
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empty
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vacía
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filled with
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repleto de
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suit of armor
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armadura
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tapestry
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tapiz
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harp
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arpa
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abandoned, retired
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arrinconada
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a step (of stairs) or rung (of a ladder)
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peldano
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porch, entrance hall, vestibule
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zaguán
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to flow into, or lead into
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desembocar
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bookcase, or series of bookshelves
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estantería
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further forward
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más adelante
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a wardrobe
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ropero
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windowsill
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repisa de ventana
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mantelpiece
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repisa de la chimenea
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to throw or hurl down, to speed oup, or to cast headlong
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precipitar
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to rush to do something
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precipitarse a hacer algo
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to rush at somebody
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precipitarse sobre uno
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precipitated the crisis
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precipitó la crisis
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to rush towards the exit
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precipitarse hacia la salida
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don't rush into things
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no te precipites
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