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159 Cards in this Set
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tibio
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lukewarm
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la dentadura
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dentures
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postiza
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false
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la camisa a rayas
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striped shirt
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enjunto
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lean
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los gallinazos
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buzzards
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pulir
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to polish
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el diente de oro
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gold tooth
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sacar una muela
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to pull a molar
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las cosas por hacer
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chores
to do list |
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pegar un tiro
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to shoot
"i'm gonna pop you one" (??) |
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el revólver
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revolver
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la mejilla
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cheek
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el umbral
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threshold
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marchito
marchar |
wilted
to wilt |
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hervir
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to boil
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el gabinete
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study/office
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los talones
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heels
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un absecso
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abcess
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la anestesia
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anesthesia
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el gatillo
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trigger
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las pinzas
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tweezers
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el crujido
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creak/grind
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las lágrimas
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tears
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jadeante
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panting
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sudoroso
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sweaty
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temblar
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to tremble
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la telaraña
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spider web
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el saludo militar
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military salute
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pasar la cuenta
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to send the check
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aconsejar
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to adivse
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darse cuenta
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to realize
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encargado
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ordered/commissioned
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morboso
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morbid
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el andén
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platform
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la fila
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file
queue/row ranks (military) |
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darse prisa
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to hurry up
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seguir
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to follow/to continue
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atropellar
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to knock down/to abuse/to rape
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el fondo
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bottom
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el vagón
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coach/van
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desalojar
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to evacuate/to vacate
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imprevisto
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unforseen
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la vía
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route/track
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la mitad
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half
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circular
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circular
to circulate |
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detener
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to stop/to halt
to arrest/to detain |
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el apartado
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paragraph/section
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el marco
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frame
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emitir
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to emit
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el tipo
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type/kind/sort
font/typeface |
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sádico
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sadistic
sadist |
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enfocar
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to focus
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solicitar
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to request
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embarazoso
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awkward/embarrassing
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el esquema
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outline
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tener en cuenta
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to take into account
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acojonante
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scared shitless (?)
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husmear
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to sniff out/to "dig up" (IE: clues to a mystery)
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soportar
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to support/to bear
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yo que tú
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"if I were you..."
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registrar
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to record
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asegurarse
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to insure
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el machete
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machete
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la tarea
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job/task/homework
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el consuelo
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consolation
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resistir
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to resist/to put up with/to hold out
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la pesadilla
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nightmare
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el puerto
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door
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silbar
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to whistle
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de espaldas
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[to be] with one's back to something/someone
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el puente
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bridge
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el mango
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handle
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como de costumbre
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as usual/out of habit
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el sudor
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sweat
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"el sol cae a plomo"
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"the sun beat down like a lead
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los pasos
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footsteps/steps/mountain passes
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las sombras
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shadows
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prohibido
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forbidden
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el bulto
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bump
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descansar
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to take a break
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criollista
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criollism author (criollism = nat'list literature of upper class latin americans)
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expresionismo
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expressionism
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la víbora
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viper
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el dueño
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owner/landlord
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un peón
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laborer
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mestizo
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half indian, half black (person of mixed race)
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el vientre
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abdomen/stomach/belly
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el ataúd
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coffin
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la canoa
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canoe
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la personificacion
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personification
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la protesta social
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social protest
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la analogía
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analogy
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la focalización
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focus
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reconocer
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to recognize
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a primera vista
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at first sight/at first glance
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rescatar
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to rescue/to recover
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sigiloso
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stealthy
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carcomer
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insecto como las termitas (METAPHOR: to be eaten from within)
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el hipo
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hiccups
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el estuche
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case
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la pensión
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pension
boarding house/board |
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el polvo
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dust
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el milagro
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miracle
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el síntoma
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symptom
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la santidad
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godliness/holiness
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el obispo
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bishop
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el barrio
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neighborhood
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la momia
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mummy
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el raso
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satin
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permanecer
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to stay/to remain
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las gestiones
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bureaucratic shucking and jiving
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las uñas
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finger nails
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la lavanda
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lavendar
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el aplazamiento
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postponement/adjournment/deferment
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el calvario
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calvary
to be a pain in the ass/to be an ordeal |
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los pájaros cantores
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song birds
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el rugido
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roar/howl
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el tenor
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tenor
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la soprano
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soprano
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el coro
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chorus
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la siesta
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nap
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las putitas
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[pretty little] whores
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una buena obra
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a good work (??)
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los anillos de fantasía
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costume jewelry
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el chaleco
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waistcoat/vest
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el desasosiego
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restlessness/uneasiness
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degollar
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to cut the throat of something
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aplaudir
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to applaud
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resucitar
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to resuscitate
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androgino
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androgenous
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pudrirse
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to rot/to decay
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la mordedura
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bite
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la víbora
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viper
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la picadura
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bite
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el machete
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machete
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el abultamiento
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bump
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el estertor
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death rattles/dying breath
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la popa
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stern (rear of the boat)
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la proa
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bow (front of the boat)
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la corriente
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current/stream
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atracar [un barco]
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to tie up
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la canoa
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canoe
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a la deriva
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adrift
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la selva
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rainforest/jungle
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el bosque
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forest
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las paredes
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walls
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el paisaje
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landscape/scenery
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el escalofrío
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shiver/shudder
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el rocío
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dew
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reponerse
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to recover from
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el bienestar
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well-being
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la somnolencia
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fatigue (??)
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la pantalla
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screen/shade
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el azahar
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orange/lemon blossom
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los guacamayos
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macaws
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el remolino
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whirlpool
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el patrón
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boss/employer
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las cataratas
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cataracts (large waterfalls)
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