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95 Cards in this Set
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el sosten
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the breadwinner / supporter
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atavico
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primitive / ancestral
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ataviado
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elegantly dressed
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el atuendo / la indumentaria
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formal attire
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manar
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moving quickly (losing blood)
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acudir
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to take advantage
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la anguistia
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anxiety
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el pincel
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paintbrush
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lacerar herir
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lacerated wound
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advinimeinto
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advent / the arrival
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adinerado/a
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wealthy / rich
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didáctico/a
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informative (teaches)
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primordial
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fundamental
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la vanguardia
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whatever is preceding
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occidental
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western
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pujante
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powerful
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madura
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to mature
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empero
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however
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sea como fuere
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any event
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la yuxtaposición
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juxtaposing two things
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a la par con
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together / on par
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de antaño
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from the past
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el motivo
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why? what was the motive
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la artesanía
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craftsman / artisan
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la muñeca
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toy / doll
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aislado/a
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isolated
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el mayordomo
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in charge of a family's income / expenditures
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la finca
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the estate
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el sillón
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the chair
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los ventanales
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tall windows
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la alameda
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popular group
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el/la amante
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lover (mistress)
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acariciar
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touches gently
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la coartada
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alibi
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la cabaña
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cottage
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ladrar
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barking dogs
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lastimado/a
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injured
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el puñal
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small knife
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receloso/a
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suspicious
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latir
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heartbeat
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el terciopelo
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thick silk
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entibiarse
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to warm one's-self
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las mejillas
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cheeks
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la senda
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path
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galopar
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gallop / trot
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el estado civil
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marital status
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la cacofonía
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words that sound bad together
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el varón
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the man
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el giro/el vocablo
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changing the meaning
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el rol
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the role
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el capricho
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determination on a whim
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marginar
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marginalize
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el género
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gender
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abnegado/a
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selfless
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sacrificado/a
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sacrificed
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cariñoso/a
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loving
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desafiar
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instigator or promoter
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la reclusión
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forced imprisonment
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sumiso/a
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submissive
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el cargo
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the post position
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marianismo
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to be like the virgin mary
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los moros
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the arabs
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la polarización
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opposite direction
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mantener
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to maintain
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cortés
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polite
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la matriarca
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woman leads family
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la transgresión
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breaking the law
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una (mujer) “perdida
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prostitute
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cuidar
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take care of children
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exigir
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to obtain the right
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reventado/a
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trapping / exploiting
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arreglar
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irregular / broken pattern
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desgastado/a
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worn out
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durar
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to last
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la proeza
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hero
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acarrear
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spouse cant remarry if widowed
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pretender
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to pretend
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alicaído/a (adjetivo)
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depressed
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adormilado/a (adjetivo)
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sleepy
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la dosis
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dosage
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adulterado/a
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harmful / laced / cut
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El coraje
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courage
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enganchado/a
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hooked / addict
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la cordura
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going crazy
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el vicio
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vice
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la sobredosis
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overdose
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el delito
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breaking the law
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involucrado/a (adjetivo)
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involved
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los estupefacientes
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drugs
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el/la funcionario
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public official
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la corrupción Sobornar
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bribe
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arrancar
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to start
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detenerse
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stop
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disparar
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shoot
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pararse
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stop
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