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abogado
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lawywer
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"gado" sounds like "gato"
they can be catty |
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acomodador
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usher
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"accomidates" audiences
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actor, actriz
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actor, actress
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cognate.
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albañil
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bricklayer
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"bañil" sounds like "panel"
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ama de casa
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housewife
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"ama" sounds like "amiable"
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arquitecto
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architect
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cognate
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artesano
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artisan, craftsman
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cognate.
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autor
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author
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cognate.
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bailarín
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dancer
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cognate of a semi-synonym.
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banquero
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banker
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cognate.
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barbero
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barber
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cognate
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bombero
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fireman
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great "bombs" of fire!
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botones
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bellboy
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"boton" sounds cargo-like
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cajero
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teller, cashier
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"caj" sounds cold and hard.
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camarero
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waiter
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bring a camara to dinner!
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cantante
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singer
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what does it mean to "encant?"
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carnicero
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butcher
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cernivores
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carpintero
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carpenter
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cognate
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cartero
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postman, mailman
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"carta" means letter
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cirujano
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surgeon
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"ciru" sounds like "saw" as in "sawbones"
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cocinero
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cook
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"cocina" means kitchen
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comerciante
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merchant, shopkeeper
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sounds comercial.
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conductor
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conductor, driver
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if "conducir" mean "to drive..."
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criado, serviente
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servant
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cognate.
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cura, padre, sacerdote
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priest
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cura: cure
padre: father sacerdote: sash |
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dentista
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dentist
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cognate
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dependiente
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clerk
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a businessman depends on his _____ to do the chores.
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empleado
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employee
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cognate.
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enfermero
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nurse
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"enfermero" sounds like "infirmery"
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escritor
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writer
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"escribir" means to write
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escultor
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sculptor
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cognate.
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farmacéutico
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pharmacist
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cognate.
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florista
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florist
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cognate.
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fontanero, plomero
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plumber
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fontanero: fountain
plomero: lead |
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fotógrafo
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photographer
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cognate.
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gerente, supervisor
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manager
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gerente: people
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guía
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guide
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cognate
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ingeniero
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engineer
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cognate.
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intérprete
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interpreter
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cognate.
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jardinero
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gardener
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cognate
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joyero
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jewler
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it brings JOY to got to tiffany's
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juez
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judge
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"ju" as in "justice"
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locutor
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announcer
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one of these should be loquatious
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maestro
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teacher
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both should be brilliant.
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marinero
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sailor
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cognate synonym.
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mayordomo
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butler, foreman
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synonym cognate.
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mecánico
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mechanic
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cognate.
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mecanógrafo
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typist
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they work on mechanical KEYS
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médico
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doctor
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cognate synonym.
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modista
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dressmaker.
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not modest at most stores!
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músico
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musician
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cognate.
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oculista
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occulist
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cognate.
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panadero
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baker
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the sell sandwiches at pandera.
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pastor
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shepherd, minister
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cognate-ish.
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peluquero
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hairdresser
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"pelu" is just like "pelo"
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periodista
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journalist
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im in the periodicals
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pescador
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fisherman
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"pesces" is a fish
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pianista
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pianist
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cognate.
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piloto
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pilot
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cognate.
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pintor
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painter
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cognate
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poeta
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poet
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cognate
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profesor
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professor, teacher
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cognate
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reportero
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reporter
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cognate
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sastre
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tailor
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the master sastre
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secretario
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secretary
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cognate
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soldado
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soldier
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cognate
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taquígrafo
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stenographer
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"taquí" sounds like type
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taxista
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taxi driver
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cognate
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tenedor de libros
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bookkeeper
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they have lots of paper on shelves.
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traductor
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translator
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"traducir:" a good skill at the u.n.!
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tramoyista
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stagehand
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they are TRAMpled by the actors
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vendedor
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salesman
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"vende" as in vending
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zapatero
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shoemaker
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zapatos: they dont fit if you buy them from ebay
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desempleo
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unemployment
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des mean un
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empleo
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employment, job
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cognate.
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huelga
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strike
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it is "huel" for the capitalists
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oficio
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occupation
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oficio sounds like office
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