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abarcador
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comprehensive
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incluye carios temas o asuntos tratando un tema en su totalidad
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la cuestión
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matter
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problema o asunto que se trata de resolver
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el esfuerzo
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effort
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el uso de las fuerzas
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la etnia
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ethnicity
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grupo social que tiene las mismas prácticas culturales
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oligarquía
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oligarchy
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gobierno de pocos
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el imperio
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empire
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un conjunto de territorios que tienen un mismo gobierno
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llevarse a cabo
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to take place
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ocurrir
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las masas
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masses
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grupo de personas que representan el pueblo común
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negar
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to deny
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decir que algo no existe o que no es verdad
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el oficio
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occupation
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profesión mecánica o manual
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expulsar
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to expel
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padecer
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to suffer
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armar
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to build / to put together
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demostrar
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to develop
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diseñar
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to design
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elaborar
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to make / to manufacture
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garantizar
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to guarantee
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lanzar
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to launch
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el olvido
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oblivion / forgetfulness
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preservar
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to preserve
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proponer
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to propose
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la propuesta
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proposal
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la receta
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recipe
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la sabuduría
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wisdom
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el tambor
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drum
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el tesoro
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treasure
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el cásting
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audition
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la cola de conejo
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rabbit's foot
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ensayar
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to rehearse
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el/la facha
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fascist
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tratar a (alguien)
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to treat (someone)
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animar
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to encourage
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aspirante a
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aspiring to
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el atasco
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traffic jam
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avergonzado/a
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ashamed / embarrassed
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avergonzarse
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to be ashamed
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de camino a
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on the way to
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desilusionado/a
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disappointed
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el embotellamiento
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traffic jam
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fiarse de (alguien)
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to trust (someone)
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fortuito/a
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fortuitous
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la gorra
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cap
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incómodo/a
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uncomfortable / awkward
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rechazar
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to reject
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surgir
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arise
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a por todas
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knock 'em dead
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dar calabazas (a un pretendiente)
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to reject (a suitor)
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decir algo de carrerilla
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to reel off spoken lines
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en el fondo
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deep down
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estar coladito/a por (alguien)
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to have a crush on (someone)
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menudas vueltas da el destino
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funny how life goes round
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tener para rato
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to be stuck
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alterarse
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to get upset
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anonadado/a
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overwhelmed
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el arrebato
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fit
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bostezar
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to yawn
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la butaca
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seat
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clavar
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to drive something into something
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el/la comediante
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comedian
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la chispa
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flicker
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defraudado/a
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disappointed
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desaprovechar
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to waste
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desengañado/a
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disillusioned
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el desenlace
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ending
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engañoso/a
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decieving
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estelar
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star
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la estrella
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star
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el galán
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hero
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hogareño/a
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domestic
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ignorar
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to be unaware
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malvado/a
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evil
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novelero/a
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fickle
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la pantalla
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screen
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el/la principiante
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beginner
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la puñalada
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stab
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el rollo
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roll
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la sala
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movie theatre
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el sesión
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performance
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tomarse la molestia
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to bother
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trastornado/a
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disturbed / deranged
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acosador(a)
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stalker
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acosar
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to stalk
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el/la fan
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fan
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obsesionado/a
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obsessed
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la apatía
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apathy / listlessness
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el/la guardia urbano
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city police
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el humor gráfico
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graphic humor
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el/la humorista
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humorist / cartoonist
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la inercia
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inertia
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la ironía
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irony
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el letargo
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lethargy
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el/la librepensador(a)
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freethinker
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la multa
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fine
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la pasividad
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passiveness
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la pereza
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laziness
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perezoso/a
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lazy
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preocupante
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worrying /alarming
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la sátira
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satire
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la señal
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sign
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