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19 Cards in this Set
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pastry filled with meat or fruit
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empanda
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he gave him a tall glass of milk and something that looked like an empanda.
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the person who reads scripture in church
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lector
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There is a second collection announced the lector.
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Type of large guitar.
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guitarron
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His mother said she remembered seeing an old bass guitarron in the attic.
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apartment
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Tenement
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They grew up in the same tenement building on 5th street.
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matches, contests
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Bouts
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Each had fought many bouts representing their community.
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heavy, prolonged attack
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barrage
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He beat the air with a barrage of body blows.
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thoughtfully
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Pensively
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Tony scratched his nose pensively.
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flood or rush
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torrent
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Felix did a fast shuffle, bobbing and weaving, while letting loose a torrent of blows that would demolish whatever got in its way.
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connected closely; blended
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interwoven
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Interwoven with other speeches were the sounds of the other boxing events.
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driven away
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dispelled
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If Felix had any small doub about their friendship affecting their fight, it was being neatly dispelled.
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wild
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frenzied
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Only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside let him know that he had dropped Antonio.
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done or fixed by habit; customary.
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habitual
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The impressiveness was habitual and not for show, for spectators were few.
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complicated; full of detail.
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intricate
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Trying doors as he went, twirling his club with many intricate and artful movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye down the pacific thorouhfare.
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at the same time
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simultaneously
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When they came into this glare, each of them turned simultaneously to gaze upon the other's face.
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miserably; gloomily
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dismally
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The few foot passengers astir in that quarter hurried dismally and silently along with coat collars turned high and pocketed hands.
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conceit, talking about oneself too much.
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egotism
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The man fom the West, his egotism enlarged by success, was beginning to outline the histoy of his career.
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mainly
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predominantly
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One month earlier, Dondre had been just one more black student attending a predominantly whit Southern school.
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threatening, like a bad sign; warning of something bad.
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ominous
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There was an onimous drift to this conversation, but I wasn't following it. Why did she look and sound so nervous?
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exploded or burst forth.
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erupted
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The room erupted in cheers.
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