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111 Cards in this Set
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Peregrina
Sentí una peregrina sorpresa. |
Strange
I felt a strange surprise |
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Palparme
Cuando vuelven a la vida palparme todo el cuerpo a fin de ver si soñaba. |
Touch myself
When I returned to life, I touched myself to finally see if I was dreaming. |
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Alivio
Una sensación de alivio |
Relief
A feeling of relief |
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Desatada, suelta, desligada
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Unleased, freed
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Transmitir
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Spread
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Desligó
En cuanto el alma se desligó de la vida. |
It separated
When the soul separated from life. |
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Cadáver
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Dead body
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Turbios
Los ojos turbios |
Blurred
Blurred eyes |
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Goce
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Placer
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Manumisión
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Liberation, freedom
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Desgraciadamente
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Unfortunately
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Tozudos, insistentes
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Stubborn
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Sínocope
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Cardiac arrest
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Pegado, arrimado
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Stuck
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La borda
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The rail
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Vapor
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Ship
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Susodicho
El susodicho boletín |
Mentioned
The already mentioned bulletin |
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Acaecida
Acaecida quince días antes |
Occurred
Occurred 15 days before |
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Campantísimo
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Relaxed
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Absorbía, sorbía
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Absorbed
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Ajetreo
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Hectic activity
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La huida
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The flight
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Saldría del paso como pudiese
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I would get out a tight spot however I could
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Áspera
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Difficult
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Bigotuda
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Bearded
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Chelines
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Shillings
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Rancho
Substancioso rancho |
Rations
Substantial rations |
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La estrechez
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The poverty
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Proserpinas
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Devil women
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Perro
Mi perro oficio de periodista |
Very bad
My very bad job as a journalist |
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Trapos
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Clothes
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Engrosar
Se había puesto a engrosar |
Get fat
Had begun to get fat |
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Lozano, robusto, saludable
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Healthy
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Echar borrón y cuenta nueva!
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Start with a clean slate
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Acaso
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Perhaps
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A renglón seguido
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Immediately
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En los lutos
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Mourning garments
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Acaso algún infeliz caería en las redes de (alguien)
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Perhaps some unhappy person will be entrapped by
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Escenógrafo
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Set designer
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Asomaría
Un nuevo amor asomaría tímidamente en mi existencia. |
Would appear
A new love would appear timidly in my life. |
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Procurarás que sea rubia, a fin de que no eche bigote.
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You will look for someone who is blond so that she doesn´t grow a beard
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Forjarse
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To forge
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Cadenas
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Chains
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Cuna
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Cradle
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Recordatorios
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Memorial cards
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Yo me crié
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I was raised
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De marras
Como el yanqui del cuento de marras, comprendí que el pájaro azul tenía que volver a su jaula. |
Already mentioned
Like the American from the story already mentioned, I understood that the blue parrot had to return to his cage. |
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Manumiso
Un momento manumiso |
Liberated
A freed moment |
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Casillero
Un hombre debía reintegrar a su casillero socia |
Circle
A man should reintegrate in his social circle. |
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Acidez
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Bad humor
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Juan Pérez leyó en el periódico la noticia de su muerte.
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Juan Perez read in the newspaper of the news of his death.
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Cuando él llegó a Inglaterra se encontró con un amigo.
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When he arrived in England he met his friend.
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La viuda colgó la medalla militar en su retrato.
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The widow hung the military medals on his picture.
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Apenas llegamos a la fiesta, nos pusimos a bailar.
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As soon as we arrived we began to dance.
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Hablábamos mientras ella escribía.
-¿Qué hacías en la cocina? -Fregaba los platos. |
We talked while she was writing
-What were you doing? -I was washing the plates. |
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Íbamos a la playa con frecuencia en esa época.
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We would go to to the beach often then.
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El cuarto estaba oscuro y silencioso y olía a rosas.
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The room was dark and silent and it smelled like roses.
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Isabel tenía miedo de ese perro porque ladraba continuamente.
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Isabel was scared of that dog because it would bark continuously.
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Siempre supe que ibas a triunfar.
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I always knew that you were going to succeed.
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Aseo
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Personal hygiene
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Besuqueo
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Kissing
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Bloqueo
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Blockade
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Cabeceo
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Nodding
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Careo
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Confrontation
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Chequeo
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Checkup
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Coqueteo
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Flirting
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Deletreo
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Spelling out
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Empleo
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Job
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Franqueo
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Postage
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Lloriqueo
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Whining
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Manoseo
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Handling, touching
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Mareo
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Seasickness
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Meneo
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Shaking, hip-swaying
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Parqueo
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Parking
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Paseo
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Stroll
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Recreo
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Recreation
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Regateo
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Haggling, bargaining
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Rodeo
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Detour, roundabout way
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Seseo
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Pronouncing c (before e,i) and z as s
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Sorteo
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Drawing (in a game of chance)
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Tartamdeo
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Stuttering
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Tecleo
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Typing
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Zapateo
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Foot tapping
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Hormiguear
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To tingle, to teem
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Lagrimear
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To tear, to weep
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Palmotear
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To applaud
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Sondear
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To sound, to survey
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Tantear
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To do a rough calculation
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Titubear
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To address using tú
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Veranear
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To summer vacation
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Solemos estudiar antes de un examen.
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We generally study before an exam.
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Antes solíamos ir mucho al cine, pero ahora vamos poco.
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Before we would generally go to the movie theaters often, but not we go only a little.
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En Suiza suele nevar mucho en invierno.
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In Switzerland it generally snows a lost in winter.
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Acaban de recibir el paquete que les envié.
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They just received the package that I sent them.
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Acabábamos de salir cuando empezó a llover.
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We had just left when it began to rain.
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Al volver a verlo por poco me desmayo.
Por poco + verbo en el presente |
Upon returning a seeing him, I almost fainted.
Almost + past tense verb |
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A la vez, al mismo tiempo
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At the same time
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Anticuado,a
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Old fashioned
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A tiempo
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On time
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A veces
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At times
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De vez en cuando, de cuando en cuando
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From time to time
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Decir la hora
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To tell time
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En muy poco tiempo, en seguida
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In no time at all, at once
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Edad
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Time of life
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Hora de verano
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Daylight savings time
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Nuestra época
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Our times
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Pasar un buen, malo rato
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To have a good, bad time
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Por
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Times x
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Ser hora de
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To be time to
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Una y otra vez
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Time and time again
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Ya es, era hora
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It is, was about time
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