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1747 Cards in this Set
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To be informed about |
Enterarse de
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Pleasant
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Ameno
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To sumbit
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Entregar
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Cheeky / blatent / shameless |
Descarado |
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A refusal / denial |
Una negativa
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A contribution / value of actions / estimate / fee / share |
Una cotización
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Premises
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El recinto
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Grey haired
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Canoso
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To supply
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Abastecer
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A copy / specimen
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Un ejemplar
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To blame
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Achacar
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Scarse
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Escaso
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To deal with / confront
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Abordar
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A path / routes / footsteps
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Una senda
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A delay
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Un retraso / una demora |
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A track
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Un sendero
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A set (play)
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Un plató
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A budget
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Un presupuesto
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An ailment
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Una dolencia
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A strike
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Un infarto
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As a result
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Por consiguiente / consecuencia
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A tie / bond
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Una atadura
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A trick
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Un truco
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To spoil / ruin
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Estropear
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To promote / encourage
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Impulsar
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To dig your heels in
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Empalarse
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Wise
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Sabio
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A supporter
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Un partidario
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To finish / round off
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Apuntillar
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To bind / link
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Vinicular
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To come up with / procreate
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Engendrar
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As soon as
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En cuanto
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Chip off the old block
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De tal palo tal astilla
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To wait for
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Aguadar
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A competition
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Una competencia
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To describe as
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Calificar de
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An increasing price
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Un encarecimiento
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Leading
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Puntera
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Unleaded
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La gasolina sin plomo
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Drunk
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Borracho
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To make up
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Hacer las paces
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To label someone
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Tachar
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A stone
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Una piedra
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To indicate
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Señalar
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A lift
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Un ascensor
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To reach
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Alcanzar
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To end up doing
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Acabar por
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To try
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Intentar
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To beat up
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Pegar una paliza
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To get pregnant
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Quedar embarazada
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To be fed up (idiom)
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Estar hasta la madre / la nariz
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Thick
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Espesa
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A cucumber
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Un pepino
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A plot (in a film)
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Un argumento
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Broadband
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La banda ancha
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A plumber
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Un fontanero
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To recognise
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Reconocer
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To get carried away
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Liarse a
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Some would say
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Haya quien dija
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A custodial sentence
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Una sentencia privativa
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To arrange to meet with
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Quedar con
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To annoy
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Molestar / fastidiar
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A soap opera
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Un culebrón
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A spillage / dumping
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Un vertido
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To pray
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Rezar
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A border
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Una frontera
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Hang gliding
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El ala delta
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To despise / disregard
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Despreciar
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That over there
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El aquel / la aquella
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To get a job
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Conseguir / pillar trabajo
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To skate board
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Hacer monopatin
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A fridge
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Una nevera
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Diesel
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El gasoil
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Really bad
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Fatal / pesimo
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Harassment
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El acoso
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Lung cancer
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El cáncer de pulmón
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To turn on
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Poner / encender
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To make angry
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Sacarse de quicio
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To supervise
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Vigilar
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Instability
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La precariedad
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A stanger / outsider
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Un forastero
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To offer / provide
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Facilitar / pover / proporcionar
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A set back
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Un contratiempo / un retroceso
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To add
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Agregar
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To be a fan / lover of
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Ser muy aficionado a
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A degree
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Un título
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To stop and search
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Dar el alto y registrar
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A whale
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Una ballena
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To fight
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Pelearse
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Maintainance
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La manutención
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A complaint
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Una queja
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A pitch
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Un terreno de juego
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Boxers
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Los calzoncillos
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An electricion
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Un electricista
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A main character
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Un protagonista
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Knickers
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Las bragas
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A catwalk
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Una pasarela
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Gay marriage
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El matromonio homosexual
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A field
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Un campo
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A slogan
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Un lema
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To calculate
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Computar
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A recording
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Una grabación
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A traffic jam
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Un atasco
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A regulation
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Una normativa
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A desire
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Un deseo
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Strict
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Una mano dura
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To promote
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Potenciar
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To be right / To manage to
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Acertar
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State benefits
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Los subsidios del estado
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Full time
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Jornada completa
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Consecutive
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Sucesivo
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Junk food
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La comida basura
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Greenhouse effect
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El efecto invernadero
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To do your hair
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Peinarse
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To complain
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Quejarse
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An open contract
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Un contracto indefinido
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To be full
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Estar llena
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Renewable energy
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Las energías renovables
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A singer-songwriter
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Un cantautor
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To award / give
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Otorgar
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To meet up
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Reunirse
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To run out
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Agotarse
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To save money / energy
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Ahorrar
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Revolting
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Espantoso
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A prescription
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Una receta
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A sin
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Un pecado
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To check your emails
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Revisar correo electrónico
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Spanish language
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Castellano / lengua hispana
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Wind energy |
Enegía eólica |
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Water sports
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Los deportes acuáticos
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To leave the tap on
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Dejar el grifo abierto
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A body scan
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Una resonancia
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Fertility treatment
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La reproducción asistada
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A billboard
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Una valla publicitaria
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A glacier
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Un glaciar
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A chest of drawers
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Una cómoda
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Wireless
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Inalámbrico
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Anyway
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De todas maneras
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A tool
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Una herramienta
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A union
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Un sindicato
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A child entertainer
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Un animador
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To get away from daily life
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Despejarse de la vida cotidiana
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A citizen
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Un ciudadano
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A money bonus
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Una prima
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The environment
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El medio ambiente
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To play the role of
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Desempeñar el papel de / hacer de
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A power generation station
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Una central termica
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To feel like doing something
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Sentir ganas de
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To pass on / infect
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Contagiar
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A male
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Un varón
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Adventurous
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Atrevido
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To set up
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Implantar
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A bonus / discount
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Una bonifcación
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An idiom for hitting something
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Dar a alguien en la madre / Dar una torta
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About
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Anta
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To store
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Almecenar
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To tear yourself away
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Alegarse
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Livestock
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Los ganaderos
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To back / support
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Apostar
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To spread a disease
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Propagar
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To heat up (in both ways)
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Caldear
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A discovery
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Un hallazgo
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To perceive / notice
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Percibir
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Fizziness / full swing
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Efervescencia
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The feedback
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La retroalimentación
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To bring up problems
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Suscitar
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A notice
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Un letero
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Overcrowding
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Una masificación
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A manifestation
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Una aparición
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Daily
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Cotidiana
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Housework
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Las tareas / faenas / los quehaceres - en casa / domésticos
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I like
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Me agrada
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To let loose
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Desatar
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Liver cancer
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El cáncer de higado
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A mark
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Una calificación
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Stoned / situated (can mean doing well professionally)
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Colocado
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To take a big step
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Dar un salto
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Casting
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El reparto
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To carry out
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Realizar / llevar a cabo / ejectutar
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A distribution
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Un reparto
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A CT scan |
Un escañer |
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To play a joke on someone
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Gastarle una broma a alguien
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To pass out
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Desmayarse
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Sewage
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Aguas residuales
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To take away
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Restar
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Part time work
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Trabajo a media jornada
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To stress
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Tildar / recalcar
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To mug
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Atracar
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To close a road
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Cambiar de acera
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To wave
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Ondear
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To reject
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Rechazar
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A carpet
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Una alfombra
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Pregnant
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Embarazada
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Fraud
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La estafa / el timo
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A souvenir
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Un recuerdo
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A campaigner
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Un defensor
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Renewable
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Inagotable
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To spit
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Escupir
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The same
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Igual / mismo / lineal
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Sky blue / heavenly
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Celeste
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To lead to
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Llevar a
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Diabetes
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La diabetes
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An earring
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Una pendiente
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To stand out
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Destacar
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A flood
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Una inundación
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An approach
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Un enfoque
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To bring
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Acarrear
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To support
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Apoyar
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In front of
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Delante de
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Body building
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El culturismo
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To get out of your safety zone
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Exceder sus límites
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I wouldn't be seen dead in that thing
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No me pondría esa cosa ni borrocha
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Winter
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El invierno
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Serious
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Serio
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A pavement
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Una acera
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As much as possible
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Tanto como + subjunctive
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To give up a seat
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Ceder el asiento
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A loss
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Una pérdida
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To disgust someone
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Darse asco
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The cutting down
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La tala
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A hybrid car
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Un coche híbrido
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To move house
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Trasladarse
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A magazine cover
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Una portada
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To design
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Diseñar
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A character
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Un personaje
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The spring
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La primavera
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Starvation
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La inanición
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A desk
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Un pupitre
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Close to
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Cerca de
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A play writer
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Un dramaturgo
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To influence
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Influir en
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A contribution
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Un aporte
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A hill / mountain
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Un cerro
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A boiler
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Una caledera
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A heating system
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Una calefacción
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To break the law
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Infringir la ley
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Leggings
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Mallas
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To hit
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Golpear / pegar / arrear
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The day after tomorrow
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El pasado mañana
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The sky is the limit
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Ancha es castilla
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Live music
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Musica en vivo / directo
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A steward
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Un azafata
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Soap
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El jabones
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Funny
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Gracioso
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A relationship
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Una relación
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Whereas
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Mientras que
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Social services
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El samur social
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Highly
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Altamente
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The doll
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El cobro de seguro de desempleo
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A low energy light bulb
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Una bombilla de bajo consumo
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Blood is thicker than water
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La sangre llama
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Facilities
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Las instalaciones
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To have dandruff
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Tener caspa
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Since then
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Desde entonces
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To put your hairs on end
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Ponerse los pelos de punta
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Disvantageous
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Desventajoso
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Serious |
Sobrio / serio |
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To make fun of
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Bularse de
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A soft / hard drug
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Una droga blanda / dura
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To produce
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Rendir
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A contestant
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El concursante
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Quiet
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Callado
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To put an end to |
Acabar con |
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Spelling
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La ortografía
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The pill
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La pildora anticonceptiva
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Fizzy
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La gaseosa
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Engaged
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Prometido
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An item of clothing
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Una prenda
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To tell
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Contar
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A book shop
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Una librería
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A forehead
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Una frente
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Butter
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La mantequilla
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And then
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Entonces
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Lyrics
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La letra
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A guide
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Un guía
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An ultrasound
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Una ecografía
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A single parent family
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Una familia monoparental
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Intimacy
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La intimidad
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Characteristics
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Características
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Content
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Contenido
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Wide
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Ancho
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A craving
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Una gana
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To fall
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Caerse
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Seasons
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Las estaciones del año
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I've never had it before but I would like to try a little
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No lo he probado nunca pero me gustaría probar un poquito por favor
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That's enough
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Basta ya
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A chef
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Un cocinero
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Quiet
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Tranquillo
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Old fashioned taste
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Gusto anticuado
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Ordinary
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Corriente
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A goal keeper
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Un portero
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A postman
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Un cartero
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Proud
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Orgulloso
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In slow motion
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En cámera lenta
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Weed
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La marijuana
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A kettle
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Un hervido eléctrico
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Really fast
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A todo correr / maquina
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Leisure
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El ocio
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A policeman
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El policía
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A peacemaker
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Un marcapaso
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Malaria
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El paludismo
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To feed
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Nutrir
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A scientist
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Un cientifico
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An e-mail
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Un correro electrónico
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Both
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Ambo
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A script
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Un guione
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To experience
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Experimentar
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To bunk of
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Escaquearse de
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A subscription / fertiliser
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Un abono
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With great difficulty
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A duras penas
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Similar
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Parecido
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Rude
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Maleducado
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Early hours of the day
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La madrugada
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Woods / forest
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Los bosques
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To not care about something
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Pasar de algo
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Healthy
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Sano
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Exhausted
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Agotado
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Packaging
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El embalaje
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Here and there
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Por ahí
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Outstanding
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Sobresaliente
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Because
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Ya / dedo / puesto que
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To lend a hand
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Echar una mano
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To put up with
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Aguantar
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Wealth
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La riqueza
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A strike
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Una huelga
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Because of
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A causa de / debido a / por
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A carrier bag
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Una bolsa de plástico
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Desirable
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Deseable
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Advantageous
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Ventajoso
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To access
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Acceder
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Nothing else can be done
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No queda más remedio
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To go cold turkey
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Estar con el mono
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Straight away
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En seguida
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In the long run
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A largo plazo
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A wind turbine
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La turbina de viento
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Lately
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Recientemente
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To throw away
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Tirar a la basura
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Slightly
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Ligeramente
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So / therefore
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Así
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At all costs
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A toda costa
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Neither
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Tampoco
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A charity
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Una organización de beneficencia
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A solar panel
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Un panel fotovoltaico
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A worker
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Un obrero
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A queue
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Una fila / cola
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A zebra crossing
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Un paso de peatón
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Tights
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Las medias
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To affect
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Afectar
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A high factor suncream
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Un filtro solor de proteción alta
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It's not strange
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No es de extrañar
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Insured
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Ensegurado
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A prison
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Una cárcel
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To request
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Pedir
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To turn off
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Quitar / apagar
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Nice
|
Maja
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To report an incident
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Denunciar
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To beg
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Pedir limosna
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A label
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Una etiqueta
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To make an effort
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Esforzarse
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Waste
|
Los residuos
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A ghost
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Un fantasma
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Riddled
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Plagado
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To take notice
|
Figarse en
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A survey |
Un sondeo / una encuesta |
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A sun stroke
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Una insolación
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Trustworthy
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De confianza
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A fringe
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Un flequillo
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A spectator
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Una conjetura
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A picture
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Un retrato
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Unlikely
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Inverosímil
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A brunette
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Una morena
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Unusual
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Inusitado
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To approach
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Acercarse
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Are we clear?
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Estamos?
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Sad
|
Desgraciado
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To think the best of
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Poner por las nubes
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To be away with the fairies
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Estar en las nubes
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A butterfly
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Una polilla
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To speed up
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Apresurarse
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A predicament
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Un apuro
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To study
|
Cursar
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A caterpillar
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Una oruga
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A failure
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Un frasco / fracaso
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To attend
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Asistir
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An effort
|
Un afán
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Underclass
|
El lumpen
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In question
|
En entredicho
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To rule out
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Descartar
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To condemn
|
Repudiar
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A bullet wound
|
Un balazo
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To sack
|
Dar de baja
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A grant
|
Una subvención
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Tuition
|
Las aranceles
|
|
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Financial support / investment
|
La aportación
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|
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Profit
|
El lucro / la ganancia
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|
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Local government
|
El municipio
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In check
|
En jaque
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To control
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Fiscalizar
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A landlord
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Un casero
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To reform
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Habilitar
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To bring about
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Conllevar
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To fail
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Suspender
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To consider / shuffle cards
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Barajar
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To support
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Respaldar
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To file a complaint
|
Querellarse
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Accessible
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Asequible
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An undergraduate
|
Un grado
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|
Breath
|
El aliento
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A hose pipe
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Una matiguera / una manguera
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Popcorn
|
Las palomitas
|
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|
Childbirth
|
El parto
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To pant
|
Jadear
|
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A hair dryer
|
Un secador
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|
If only
|
Ojalá
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To be necessary
|
Ser precioso
|
|
|
Illiteracy
|
El analfabetismo
|
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|
Gentle
|
Suave
|
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A journalist
|
El periodista
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A bottle bank
|
Un banco de botellas
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To spread an idea
|
Difundir
|
|
|
A heatwave
|
Una ola de calor
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|
|
Maybe
|
Quizás
|
|
|
Self employed
|
Trabajar por su cuenta
|
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|
Aloud
|
De viva voz
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To be starving
|
Estar hambiento
|
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A figure
|
Una cifra
|
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A nurse
|
Un enfermero
|
|
|
To suffer from
|
Padecer de
|
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Frightening / chilling
|
Escalofriante
|
|
|
Aggression
|
La agresividad
|
|
|
At one time, a long time ago
|
Ataño
|
|
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To shake
|
Temblar
|
|
|
A fear
|
Un medio
|
|
|
A withdrawal syptom
|
Un sindrome de astinencia
|
|
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A show off
|
Un presumido
|
|
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To chat someone up
|
Enrollarse con alguien
|
|
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To go on a diet
|
Ponerse a régimen
|
|
|
Autumn
|
Otoño
|
|
|
A stem cell
|
Una célula madre
|
|
|
High cholesterol levels
|
Los niveles elevados de cholestral
|
|
|
Measles
|
El sarampión
|
|
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To launch
|
Lanzar
|
|
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Traffic lights
|
Los semáforos
|
|
|
A hangover
|
Una resaca
|
|
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To prolong life
|
Alagar la vida
|
|
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To legalize
|
Regularizar
|
|
|
Debt
|
Una deuda
|
|
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To burn
|
Quemar
|
|
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A judge
|
Un juez
|
|
|
Genetically modified crops
|
Los cultivos transgenéticos
|
|
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Provocative |
Provocativo
|
|
|
An episode
|
Un capítulo
|
|
|
To rent
|
Alquiler
|
|
|
A clown
|
Un payaso
|
|
|
To flush the toilet
|
Tirar de la cadena del aseo
|
|
|
An envelope
|
Un sobre
|
|
|
To overcome
|
Superar
|
|
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A matress
|
Un colchon
|
|
|
Park and ride
|
El aparcamiento diuasorio
|
|
|
Food
|
Los alimentos
|
|
|
To underline
|
Subrayar
|
|
|
Shortage of beauty
|
La carencia de ornato
|
|
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To go climbing
|
Hacer alpinismo
|
|
|
To raise a family
|
Criar una familia
|
|
|
A visa
|
Un visado
|
|
|
It's a shame
|
Es lamentable que + subunctive
|
|
|
To make a mistake
|
Equivocarse
|
|
|
An MRI
|
Una resonancia magnética
|
|
|
Convincing
|
Contudente
|
|
|
To speed something up
|
Agilizar algo
|
|
|
Under
|
Debajo
|
|
|
A proposal
|
Una propuesta
|
|
|
On the subject of / with regard to
|
En materia de
|
|
|
To fear
|
Temer
|
|
|
Misleading
|
Engañoso
|
|
|
A homeless person
|
Un indigente
|
|
|
A ticket collector / guard
|
Un revisor
|
|
|
To bet on
|
Apostar por
|
|
|
A dishwasher
|
Un lavaplatos
|
|
|
A joke
|
Una broma
|
|
|
No way / don't even think about it
|
Ni en broma
|
|
|
To avoid
|
Rehuir
|
|
|
Bullying
|
El acoso escolar
|
|
|
A road
|
Una carretera
|
|
|
An author
|
Un autoro
|
|
|
A broadcaster
|
Un emisor
|
|
|
A bird
|
Una ave
|
|
|
A pepper
|
Un pimiento
|
|
|
To throw it all away
|
Echarlo todo a perder
|
|
|
A threat
|
Una amenaza
|
|
|
To welcome
|
Acoger
|
|
|
To alter
|
Alterar
|
|
|
Bungee jumping
|
El salto de caída libre
|
|
|
To beep your horn
|
Tocar la bocina
|
|
|
Whatever / regardless
|
Sea cual sea
|
|
|
A population
|
Una pobalación
|
|
|
A career
|
Una experiencia de trabajo
|
|
|
To claify
|
Aclarar
|
|
|
Nearly
|
Casi
|
|
|
A steering wheel
|
El volante
|
|
|
A plaster cast
|
Una escayola
|
|
|
It suits you down to the ground
|
Te queda como anillo al dedo
|
|
|
Guilty
|
Culpable
|
|
|
To go to outerspace
|
Ir al espacio ultraterreste
|
|
|
To scare / intimidate
|
Atemorizar
|
|
|
A seatbelt
|
Un cinturón de seguridad
|
|
|
Graffiti
|
Las pintadas
|
|
|
A man eater
|
Una devoradora de hombres
|
|
|
To roller skate
|
Patinar sobre ruedas
|
|
|
Community service
|
Los servicios comunitarios
|
|
|
Embarrassment
|
Una vergüenza
|
|
|
A bracelet
|
Una pulsera
|
|
|
To produce adrenaline
|
Generar adrenaline
|
|
|
To knock over
|
Atropellar / revolcar
|
|
|
Test tube fertilisation
|
La fecundación in-vitro
|
|
|
A tumble dryer |
Una secadora |
|
|
Old people
|
La gente mayor
|
|
|
A sticking plaster
|
Una tirita
|
|
|
To turn up / down the volume
|
Subir / bajar el volumen
|
|
|
A fan
|
Un hincho
|
|
|
To sweat
|
Sudar
|
|
|
An alarm clock
|
Un despertador
|
|
|
Insulation
|
El aislamiento
|
|
|
Skydiving
|
El paracaidismo
|
|
|
A disaster
|
Una calamidad
|
|
|
Profitable
|
Rentable
|
|
|
A witness
|
Un testigo
|
|
|
It rings a bell
|
Ma suena
|
|
|
A curtain
|
Una cortina
|
|
|
Engagement
|
El noviazgo
|
|
|
An engineer
|
Un ingeniero
|
|
|
A single parent
|
Un padre soltero
|
|
|
A bridge
|
Un puente
|
|
|
Naughty
|
Travieso
|
|
|
Affluent
|
Acaudalado
|
|
|
Petrol
|
La gasolina
|
|
|
A range
|
Un abanico
|
|
|
To be made of
|
Estar hechas de
|
|
|
To soundproof
|
Insonorizar
|
|
|
To melt
|
Derretir
|
|
|
A shift
|
Un turno
|
|
|
To have a serious relationship
|
Llevar una relación seria
|
|
|
To like
|
Molar
|
|
|
A vet
|
Un veterinario
|
|
|
To answer back
|
Contestar mal
|
|
|
To entertain yourself
|
Entretenerse
|
|
|
A band / group
|
Un conjunto
|
|
|
A mechanic
|
Un mecánico
|
|
|
A listener
|
Un oyente
|
|
|
A clerk
|
Un dependiente
|
|
|
A pedestrian
|
Un peatón
|
|
|
American
|
Estadounidense
|
|
|
A gardener
|
Un jardinero
|
|
|
An embryo
|
Un embrión
|
|
|
To tone up
|
Tonificar los múscolos
|
|
|
A user
|
Un usario
|
|
|
To resort to
|
Recurrir a
|
|
|
To take charge of
|
Hacerse cargo de
|
|
|
A drought
|
Una sequía
|
|
|
To deprive
|
Privar
|
|
|
To unplug
|
Desenchufar
|
|
|
To get remarried
|
Volver a casarse
|
|
|
Knifed
|
Apuñalado
|
|
|
A town hall
|
Un ayuntamiento
|
|
|
Squid
|
Los calamares
|
|
|
Summer
|
El verano
|
|
|
To jump the queue
|
Colarse
|
|
|
To leave behind
|
Dejar atrás
|
|
|
An ice cap
|
Un polo
|
|
|
To lie down
|
Tumbarse
|
|
|
To die
|
Fallecer
|
|
|
To retire
|
Jubilirse
|
|
|
Black market
|
El mercado negro
|
|
|
To cover a cost
|
Cubrir
|
|
|
To be filled to the brim
|
Estar a tope
|
|
|
Disgusting
|
Asqueroso
|
|
|
A hero
|
Un héros
|
|
|
A stranger
|
Un desconocido
|
|
|
To live together
|
Convivir
|
|
|
Hotel industry
|
La industria hotelera
|
|
|
A translator
|
Un traductor
|
|
|
Downstairs
|
Abajo
|
|
|
A tailor
|
Un sastre
|
|
|
I fit
|
Quepo
|
|
|
A shanty house
|
Una chabola / un chamizo
|
|
|
A sports season
|
Una temporada
|
|
|
An accountant
|
Un contable
|
|
|
A family buisness
|
Una empresa familiar
|
|
|
A recreation / leisure area
|
Un aérea recreativa
|
|
|
Domestic violence
|
La violencia de género
|
|
|
A sound track
|
Una banda sonora
|
|
|
To break up
|
Deshacerse
|
|
|
A hoody
|
Una sudadera con capucha
|
|
|
I need
|
Me hace falta
|
|
|
I'm worth
|
Valgo
|
|
|
A customs officer
|
Un aduanero
|
|
|
A TV network
|
Una cadena de televisión
|
|
|
A miracle
|
Un milagro
|
|
|
A domestic appliance
|
Un electrodoméstico
|
|
|
A prince
|
Un príncipe
|
|
|
To tan
|
Broncearse
|
|
|
Infedelity
|
La infedelidad
|
|
|
A surgical implant
|
Un implante quirúrigo
|
|
|
A counsellor / careers adviser
|
Un orientador
|
|
|
Apparently
|
Al parecer
|
|
|
A jar
|
Un bote
|
|
|
An affair
|
Una aventura
|
|
|
It's a drag
|
Es un rollo
|
|
|
Roots
|
Las raíces
|
|
|
Disatisfied
|
Insatisfecha
|
|
|
It's an issue that's been of interest to me for a while |
Es un tema que lleva un buen rato interesándome |
|
|
A waiter
|
Un camarero
|
|
|
To always be hungry
|
Pasar hambre
|
|
|
To take the easy way out
|
Echar por el atajo
|
|
|
A washing machine
|
Una lavadora
|
|
|
To turn to whatever will benefit you the most
|
Apuntarse al sol que más caliente
|
|
|
To get drunk
|
Emborracharse
|
|
|
A local person
|
Un lugareño
|
|
|
Take the...
|
Tome la...
|
|
|
A cabbage
|
Una berza
|
|
|
Simple
|
Sencillo
|
|
|
Top of the range
|
De gama alta
|
|
|
A womaniser
|
Un mujeriego
|
|
|
Persuaded
|
Persuadido
|
|
|
A box / bank
|
Una caja
|
|
|
Behind
|
Detrás de
|
|
|
A jungle
|
Una selva
|
|
|
The poverty line
|
El umbral de la pobreza
|
|
|
A stench
|
Un hedor
|
|
|
To bear in mind
|
Tener presente
|
|
|
To be tempted
|
Caer en la tentación
|
|
|
Dissapointed
|
Decepcionado
|
|
|
To save
|
Salvar
|
|
|
Greatest / utmost
|
Sumo
|
|
|
A refugee
|
Un refugiado
|
|
|
Angry
|
Enfadado
|
|
|
To wander
|
Vagar
|
|
|
A setting
|
Un escenario
|
|
|
Atmosphere |
La atmósfera / el ambiente |
|
|
New / novel
|
Novedoso
|
|
|
A dishwasher
|
Una lavavajilla
|
|
|
To underestimate
|
Infravalorar
|
|
|
At least
|
Si quiera
|
|
|
A swordfish
|
Un pez espada
|
|
|
A sale
|
Una liquidación
|
|
|
Often
|
A menudo
|
|
|
In addition
|
Por añadidura
|
|
|
Understanding
|
Comprensivo
|
|
|
All that glitters isn't gold
|
No es oro lo que reluce
|
|
|
Killing
|
La matanza
|
|
|
To make aware
|
Concienciar
|
|
|
To waste
|
Malgastar
|
|
|
Accomodation
|
Alojamiento
|
|
|
To take drugs |
Consumir las drogas |
|
|
A hole
|
Un agujero
|
|
|
Antisocial behaviour
|
El incivismo
|
|
|
Skin
|
La piel
|
|
|
A placard / banner
|
Una pancarta
|
|
|
To show off
|
Presumir
|
|
|
Anxious
|
Ansioso
|
|
|
A laptop
|
Un ordenador portátil
|
|
|
A carrot
|
Una zanahoria
|
|
|
It's a good laugh
|
Es bueno reirse
|
|
|
Naive
|
Ingenuo
|
|
|
A carpenter
|
Un carpintero
|
|
|
Go to the end
|
Siga todo recto
|
|
|
Next to
|
Al lado de
|
|
|
A microbubble
|
Una microburbuja
|
|
|
The left
|
La izquierda
|
|
|
Grass
|
La hierba
|
|
|
I'm full
|
No puedo más
|
|
|
A secretary
|
Un secretario
|
|
|
A racing driver / motorcyclist suit
|
Un mono
|
|
|
An architect
|
Un arquitecto
|
|
|
I leave
|
Salgo
|
|
|
Specific
|
Especifico
|
|
|
To have alot in common
|
Tener mucho en común
|
|
|
Freckly
|
Pecoso
|
|
|
A blanket
|
Una manta
|
|
|
Narrow
|
Estrecho
|
|
|
A place
|
Un lugar
|
|
|
A lie |
Una mentira |
|
|
Relaxed |
Relajado / reposado |
|
|
Over and over again
|
Una y otra vez
|
|
|
A freckle
|
Una peca
|
|
|
A deadline
|
Una fecha de entrega
|
|
|
A string / series
|
Una sarta
|
|
|
Exemplary
|
Ejemplar
|
|
|
A soul
|
Un alma
|
|
|
At the end of the day |
A fin de cuentas |
|
|
An addiction
|
Una adicción a
|
|
|
A leaflet
|
Un folleto
|
|
|
To contribute
|
Aportar
|
|
|
An absence / lack
|
Una ausencia
|
|
|
To get off with someone
|
Liagarse con alguien
|
|
|
Mixed race
|
Mestizo / mulato
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To try food
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Probar
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Lazy
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Perezoso
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A milkshake
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Un batido
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A prize
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Un premio
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Posh
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Pijo
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To be able to sleep
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Haber pegado ojo
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Behind someone's back
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A espaldas de alguien
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To go sailing
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Hacer vela
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A fire
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Un incendio
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To associate
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Asociar
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Switched on
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Puesto
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To pass
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Apruebar
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A misfortune
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Una desgracia
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To comply
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Cumplir
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To reach breaking point
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Tocar fondo
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Noticeable
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Llamativo
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Death / dead person
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Muerte
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Earth
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Tierra
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To follow
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Seguir
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I'm a fan of
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Soy de
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A development
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Un desarrollo
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I don't like it but I don't not like it
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Ni me va, ni me viene
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To recycle
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Reciclar
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Faith
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La fe
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Convenient
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Conveniente
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Impressive
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Impresionante
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A machine
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Una máquina
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A farmer
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Un granjero
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High blood pressure
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La presión arterial alta
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To manage / achieve
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Lograr
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Sand
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La arena
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It isn't popular
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Eso no da votos
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Independance
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Independencia
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A table lamp
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Una lámpara de mesa
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A cross roads
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Un cruce
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The lottery
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La lotería
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A buisness man
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Un hombre de negoicios
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A lawyer
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Un abogado
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A feeling
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Un sentimiento
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A language
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Un idioma
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A dentist
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Un dentista
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To laugh
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Reir
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A dozen
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Una docena
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A taxi driver
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Un taxista
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The quality / tone
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El timbre
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Through thick and thin
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En las buenas y en las malas
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A temptation
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Una tentación
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To strike up a friendship
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Entablar amistad
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A wedding
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Una boda
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They eat it right up
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Se tragan esta basura
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A fireman
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Un bombero
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To break a body part
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Romperse
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A voice
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Una voz
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To take responsablity for
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Hacerse cargo de
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To insulate
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Aislar
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A foot (measurement)
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Un palmo
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To charge / earn
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Cobrar
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A day's work / a day's worth of travelling / a conference
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Una jornada
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The press
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La prensa
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To make an error
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Cometer un error
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Over the top
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Sobrado
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The highest scoring player of the season
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El jugador máximo goleador de la temporada
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Arrogance
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La prepotencia
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A freezer
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Un congelador
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A smoker
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Un fumador
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In front of
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Enfrente de
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Loyal
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Leal
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Street lighting
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El alumbrado público
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To be back to square one
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Quedarse en cero
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An onion
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Una cebolla
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A stereotype
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Un estereotipo
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A bedside table
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Una mesita de noche
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Sports on TV
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Los deportes televisados
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A husband / wife
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Un esposo / una esposa
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To crash into
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Chocar con
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To feel great
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Sentirse en la flor de la vida
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Full
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Completo
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A group of friends
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Una pandilla
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To sign
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Firmar
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Loyalty
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La lealtad
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To care for
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Cuidar
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A medic
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Un médico
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A mushroom
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Un champiñon
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A strawberry
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Una fresa
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Milk
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La leche
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Spaghetti
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El espagueti
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Shell fish
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Los mariscos
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It's finger licking good
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Es para chuparse los dedos
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Sugar
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El azúcar
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Delicious
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Delicioso
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It smells good
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Huele bien
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Chubby
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Rollizo
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Luggage
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El equipaje
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An artist
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Un artista
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Far from
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Lejos de
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A footballer
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Un futbolista
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A size zero
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Una talla zero
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A tattoo
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Un tatuaje
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Fashion
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La moda
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Appearance
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La aparencia
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Surround sound
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El sonido surround
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To block
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Bloquear
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A filter
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Un filtro
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An actress
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Una actriz
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Turn at the
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Tuerza a la...
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A basket / net
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Una cesta
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Human beings
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Los seres humanos
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To label
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Etiquetar
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To invest
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Invertir
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Controversial
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Controvertido
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In other words
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O sea
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To except someone just as they are
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Aceptar a alguien tal como es
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So they say
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Según dicen
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To unite people
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Unir la gente
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A lot
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Mogollón
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Fed up
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Harto
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The right
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La derecha
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Recycling
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El reciclaje
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A pillow
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Una almohada
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Lost
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Perdido
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To punish
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Castigar
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Luxury
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Lujoso
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A measure
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Una medida
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To twist
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Torcerse
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Internet dating
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La cita por internet
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Our society still has a long way to go
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Nuestra sociedad aún tiene que evolucionar mucho
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To involve
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Involcrar
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To escape
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Huir
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A temporary contract
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Un contracto temporal
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To suggest
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Sugerir
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Pressure
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La presión
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Even so
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Aun así
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An electric toothbrush
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Un cepillo de dientes eléctrico
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Climate
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El clima
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Behaviour
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El comportamiento
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The more..the better
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Cuanto más..mejor
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To stop
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Frenar
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Ozone layer
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La capa de ozono
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A purpose / aim
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Un fin
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How crazy
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Fíjate qué locura
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An x-ray
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Una radio
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To suppose
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Suponer
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What's done is done
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Lo hecho, hecho está
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This has me very worried
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Eso me tiene muy preocupado
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Well being
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Beinestar
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Energy
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La energía
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A risk
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Un riesgo
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Addicted
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Enganchado
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To urinate
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Orinar
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A success
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Un éxito
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An orphan
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Un huérfano
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Injured
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Herido
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To know about
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Saber de
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A half
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Una mitad
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To affect some negatively
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Perjudicar
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If...it would be a different story
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Si..otra gallo cantaría
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A car lane
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Un carril
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A street lamp
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Una farola
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A journey
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Un trayecto
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Peace
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La paz
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A wave
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Una ola
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To increase / grow
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Crecer
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A wrinkle
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Una arruga
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Bitter
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Amargo
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To bring together (people)
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Aglunitar*
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To alleviate
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Paliar
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To lend
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Prestar
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To look after / deal with
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Atender
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To shuffle / consider
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Barajar*
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To overflow
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Desbordar
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An application
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Una solicitude
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A partner / associate
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Un socio
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A fee
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Una cuota
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A doorman / caretaker
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Un portero*
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Trivial |
Banal / baladì |
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An obstacle
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Una traba / una rémora / un escollo
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A sexy woman
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Una pedazo de hembra
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Empty handed
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Sin pan ni pedazo
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To assult
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Asaltar
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A mayor
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Un alcalde
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To provoke
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Suscitar
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An evacuation
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Un desalojo
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Blackmail
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La chantaje
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A district / neighbourhood
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Una barriada
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Looting
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El saqueo
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An MP
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Un diputado
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A nursery
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Una guardería
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A myth
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Un mito
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An agreement
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Un convenio
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To sneeze / be too tight
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Apretar
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VAT
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El iva
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To stand up for
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Aborgar
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To survive / linger
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Subsistir
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To neglect
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Descuidar
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To get closer
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Acercarse
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To show off / make an impression
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Lucir
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A preview
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Un avance
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A busybody
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Un metido
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To attack / abuse mentally / physically
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Agredir
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Tempting
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Tentador
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The twin towers
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Las torres gemelas
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A window (figurative)
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Un plazo
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Intrusive
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Metido
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A supermarket
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Un híper
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An expiry date
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Una caducidad
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To pester
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Dar la lata
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To terminate / expire
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Caducar
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A commotion
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Un revuelo
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Native
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Autóctono
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I hate it when
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Me revienta que
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A street seller
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Un ambulante
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To confiscate
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Requisar / Decomisar
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To donate
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Donar
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A shark
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Un tiburón
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Wide open
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Abierto de par en par
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A rib
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Una costilla
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A worm
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Un gusano
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To conseal
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Disimular / ocultar
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A beggar / shoplifter / freeloader
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Un mangante
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To give / give a toast
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Brindar
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A law firm
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Un bufete de abogado
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Grumpy
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Cascarrabia
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To laugh at something that's not funny
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Reirse de las gracias
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To play the fool
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Hacerse el loco
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An avenue
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Una avenida
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To take matters into your own hands
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Tomar cartas en el asunto
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To get custody
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Comprobar la potestad
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A trace
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Une huella
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To safeguard
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Velar
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To confirm
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Corroborar
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To show off / hold
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Ostentar
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To be reduced / to get rid of / to become detached
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Desprender
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Nevertheless
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Empero
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A piece of gum
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Un chicle
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A passerby
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Un transeúnte
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A complexion
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Una tez
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To reap what you sew
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Cosechar lo sembrado
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Compulsary
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Forzoso
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To repair
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Reparar
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A girl / guy (negative)
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Un tipo
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Fundamental
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Medular
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Shallow / quick
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Somero
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A beggar
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Un pedigüeño
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A John Doe
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Un fulano
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A heartache
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Un escozor
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To build
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Fincar
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A strawberry-blonde
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Un rubicundo
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A cherub
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Un querubín
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To guess*
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Adivinar
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A little one
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Un retoño
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To multiply
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Pulular
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A feature / characteristic
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Un rasgo
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To be evident
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Saltar a la vista
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To reach
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Alcancar
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To affect
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Repercutir
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Hurtful
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Hiriente
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Pressing
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Inaplazable
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A rescue
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Un rescate
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To tangle / mess up / confuse
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Enredar
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A rejection
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Un repudio
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Reluctantly
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Regañadiente
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Discouraging
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Desalentador
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Trivial
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Baladí
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To claim
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Aducir
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To agree / share |
Comulgar |
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Therefore
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Por ende
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Hierarchal
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Jerárquico
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To astonish
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Asombrar
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A little thing
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Una zarandaja
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To come across
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Tropezar
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A balcony
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Una terraza
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Hardly
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Apenas
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To apologise
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Disculparse
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To bang
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Aporrear
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To let loose
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Soltar
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A fellow man
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Un prójimo
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A little while
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Un ratito
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In a while
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Al rato
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Constantly
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A cada rato
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A while ago
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Hace rato
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To cost an arm and a leg
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Costar un ojo de la cara / un riñon
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A vegetable garden
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Una huerta
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A farm
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Una finca
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To tell off
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Regañar
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To water
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Regar
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Copper
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El cobre
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A chapel
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Una capilla
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A tenant
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Un inquilino / arrendatario
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Damage
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Destrozo
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Impact
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Estrago
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To shoot up drugs
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Pincharse
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An owner / landlord
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Un dueño
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To withdraw
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Retirar / dar de baja
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To relocate
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Reubicar
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An inhabitant
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Un morador
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To destroy / crush
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Machacar
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A position / stall
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Un puesto
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To give up hope
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Desahuciar
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Even
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Siquiera
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A speculation
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Una especulación
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To rehouse
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Realojar
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Empty
|
Vacío
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A property
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Un inmueble
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To go bankrupt
|
Quebrar
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To evict a building |
Desalogar |
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Electricity
|
La luz
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To be unemployed
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Quedarse parado
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A coucil house
|
Una casa de proteción social
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A landing (in a house)
|
Un descansillo
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A witch
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Una bruja
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A tear
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Una lágrima
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A nightmare
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Una pesadilla
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To joke
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Bromear
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To warn
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Avisar
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A lock
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Una cerradura
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An abode
|
Una morada / un culto
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A letterbox
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Un búzon
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To take a long time
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Tardar
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Scum
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Gentuza
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To settle in
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Apalancarse
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To procure
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Procurar
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A shelter
|
Un cobijo
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Anxiety
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Angustia / ansiedad
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To strangle / hang
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Ahorcar
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A push
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Un empujón
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No matter how much / many
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Por mucho que + subjunctive
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Anger
|
La rabia
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A tour / journey
|
Un periplo
|
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Decisive
|
Resolutivo
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To cut short / give up
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Truncar
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To attend / come to mind / resort to
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Acudir (+ a with resort to)
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Hostility |
La virulencia / beligerancia |
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A tie / bond
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Un lazo
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To conceal
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Esconder
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A notch / gap
|
Una mella
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A receipt
|
Una factura
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To scoff down
|
Enguilir
|
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An income
|
Una renta
|
|
|
A guest / diner
|
Un comensale
|
|
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Busy
|
Ajetreado
|
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A neighbourhood
|
Un barrio
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|
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To worsen
|
Agudizarse
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Relentless
|
Implacable
|
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In my care
|
A mi cargo
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|
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Destructive / devestating
|
Demoledor / desolador
|
|
|
An account (of a story)
|
Un relato
|
|
|
To refer to
|
Aludir a
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|
|
To be filled with
|
Estar repleto
|
|
|
A dailypaper
|
Un rotativo
|
|
|
To lift
|
Levantar
|
|
|
An inlaw
|
Un cuñado
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To be in the depths of despair
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Hundirse en la miseria
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A way of looking
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Una mirada
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To link
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Engarzar
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To overflow
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Desbordar
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A capacity
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Un cupo / aforo
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A waste
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Un despilafarro
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To go without
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Prescindir
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A remedy |
Una panacea |
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A colony
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Una colonia
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A farmhouse
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Un casal
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A campsite
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Un campamento
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To note
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Apuntar
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A substitute
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Un relevo
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Detailed
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Pormenorizado
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An inclusion
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Una inserción
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A relief
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Un alivio
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A piece
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Un trozo
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A watermelon
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Una sandía
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A kid
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Un chaval
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Located
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Ubicado
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To reinforce
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Reforzar
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A pressing problem
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Un problema acuciante
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A snack
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Una merienda
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To cover
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Taparse
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Powdered milk
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La leche en polvo
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A crab
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Un cangrejo
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To sneak a peak
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Mirar de reojo
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To start up
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Poner en marcha
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To alleviate
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Paliar
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To feel sick
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Marcearse
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A meatball
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Una albondiga
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To advance
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Adelantar
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A caretaker
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Un coserje
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To pass by
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Desfilar
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Cooking
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La gastronomía
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A stove
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Un fogón
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Fatty
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Mole
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To praise
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Elogiar
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To give birth
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Parir
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To express gratitude
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Agradecer
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A major city
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Una urbe
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A list
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Un listado
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Fatigue
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El cansancio
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To appear / stick out
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Asomarse a
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To emerge
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Brotar
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To strengthen
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Fortalecer
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To make off with
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Apañar
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A cooking pot
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Una cazuelita
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A slave
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Una laja
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To begin to show / excel
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Despuntar
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A region
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Una comarca
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Fasting
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El ayuno
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To supply
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Dotar
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To disagree
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Discrepar
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A decoration
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Un adorno
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A headline |
Una cabecera |
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To rub shoulders with
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Codearse con
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To put on hold
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Aparcar
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An economic boom
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Una bonanza económica
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To find / discover
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Hallar
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To shrink
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Encoger
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To undertake
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Emprender
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A halt
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Un parón
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A mortgage
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Una hipoteca
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To finish / hurry
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Apurar
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A refuge
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Un cobijo
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A burden
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Un lastre
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To decline
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Menguar
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A phone shop / call centre / cybercafe / phone booth
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Un locutorio
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A bad habit
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Un vicio
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To coin a phrase
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Acuñar un término
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To pester / be tiresome
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Cansar
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To back off
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Retroceder
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A sudden change
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Un vuelco
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A handful
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Un puñado
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To draw close / approach
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Avecinarse
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To submerge yourself
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Zambullirse
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To scratch
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Aranar
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To shelter
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Albergar
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To do something for the first time
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Estrenarse
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A dismissal
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Un despido
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A plan
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Planteamiento
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To work
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Currar
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An unfortunate person
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Una prigada
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To be cruel to
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Cebarse
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First in, first out
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La regla lifo
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Unease
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Desasosiego
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A blacksmith
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Un herrero
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A speech therapist
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Un logopeda
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A friend connection
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Un enchufe
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To found / establish
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Fundar
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A sponsorship
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Un micromecenazgo
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To bring in money
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Recaudar
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To reduce
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Abaratar
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To coordinate
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Matizar
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To practice a profession
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Ejercer
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P*ssed off
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Cabreado
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A book shelf
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Un estante
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To smell
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Oler
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To figure out
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Averiguar
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To make something look like something
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Asemejarse
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To take meaning
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Tomar un matiz
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To come across
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Topar
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To hit a wall
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Topar con un muro
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I get it / rascal
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Pillo
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To hit the ceiling |
Pillar un robote |
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Chest
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El pecho
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Old age
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La vejez
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To whisper
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Susurrar
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Well-known
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Trillado
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To overuse
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Trillar
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To request
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Solicitar
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Wealthy
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Adinerado
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Despite |
A pesar de / pese a |
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To smile
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Sonreir
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To keep a secret
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Guadar un secreto
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A few
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Un par de
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To pigeonhole
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Encasillar algo
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Polite
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Cortés
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I took the child's sandles off
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Le quité las sandalías al nino
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Just incase
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Por si las moscas
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To have a job
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Estar colocado
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On your own
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A palo seco
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To be miserable
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Estrujar el dinero
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To become
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Traducirse
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An event
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Un acontecimiento
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To give it your all (sports)
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Sudar la camiseta
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Wreckage
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Los escombros
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To suspect
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Sospechar
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To condemn
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Condenar
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An emphasis
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Un hincapié
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A reoccurance / relapse
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Una reincidencia
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Overcrowding
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El hacinamiento
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A prisoner
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Un preso / una presa
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Overwhelming
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Preso / abrumador
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Blind
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Ciego
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To top it all off
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Para colmo
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Varied / multicoloured
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Variopinto
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A press conference
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Una rueda de prensa
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A spokesperson
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Un portavoz
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To head towards
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Encabezarse / Dirigirse
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To lead
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Encabezar
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Trample / beat someone to it
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Pisar
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To spur on / to make off with / to rush
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Arrear
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An attorney
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Un letrado
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To put something in a frame / to define
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Enmarcar
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A manner (of treating people) / a deal
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Un trato
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Adjoining
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Aledaño
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To scatter
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Disgregar
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To suppress
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Sometir
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To dodge
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Esquivar
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The clergy
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El clero
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Scrutiny
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El escrutinio
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A priest
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Un sacerdote
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Sharp (in a clever way) / intense
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Agudo
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Paedophilia
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La pederastia
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A bishop
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Un obispo
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To put forward an argument
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Esgrimir un argumento
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To protect
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Escudar
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A midwife
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Una matrona
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A manager
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Un gerente
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To manage (business etc.)
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Manejar
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Determination
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Empeño
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A decrease
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Una mera
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Counselling
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El asesoramiento
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On the right track
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Encaminado
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To be opposed to
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Oponerse
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To entrust
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Encomendar
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To turn your back on someone
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Dar la espalda a alguien
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A prison sentence |
Una condena |
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A blow (figuratively / with a mallet)
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Un mazazo
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To foresee
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Prever
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To set on fire
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Prender fuego
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To turn your face
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Volver el rostro
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An escapee
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Un huido
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An escape
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Una huida
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Smoke
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El humo
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Go to hell!
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Vete a la chingada
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To over take / overflow |
Rebasar |
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To come to the aid of
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Socorrer
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To tear down
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Derribar
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Digital / finger / thumb
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Dactilar
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A mindset
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Un esquema mental
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Short lived
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Efímero
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To bury
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Sepultar
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To put up with / fight
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Librar
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A criminal
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Un facineroso
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To trample
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Pisotear
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The billionth (not literally)
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El enésimo
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Someone else's / unaware / foreign
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Ajeno
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Well-built / a majority
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Grueso
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A bone
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Un oseo
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Besideds that / not only that
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Encima
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To anger
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Enconar
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Predictable
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Predecible
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To comply with
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Acatar
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Not quite yet
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Ya mero
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To cling to
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Aferrarse
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To alleviate
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Mitigar
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To overwhelm
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Invadir
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Hospitality / lodging
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La posada
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Overgrown (plants) / think (hair)
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Frondroso
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To amend
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Enmendar
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To opt for
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Decantarse
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To lean towards
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Decantar
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To be absent / away
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Ausentarse
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To become blurred / to get lost
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Diluirse
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An ending / outcome
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Un desenlace
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Burgundy / red wine
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Tinto
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@
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Una arroba
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To be deaf
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Estar teniente
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To scare
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Asustar
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Where poor people live
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Una favela
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Disabled
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Minusvalido
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A bedspread
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Una clocha
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An expense
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Un gasto
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Auburn
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Coabo
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To shave
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Rapar
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To dare / be cheeky
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Atreverse
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To leek information
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Colar
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To let one's guard down
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Soltar prenda
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To throw oneself into
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Volcarse en
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To inspire
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Apasionar
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To drive crazy
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Enloquecer
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A spouse
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Un cónyuge
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A paradox
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Una paradoja
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Interspersed
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Salicado
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A lack / high cost
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Una carestia
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A competition / contest
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Una carestia
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A big strong fellow
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Un hombreton
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After / in persuit of
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En pos de
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Bitterness / sorrow
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Una amaragura
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Public speaking
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La oratoria
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A powercut
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Un apagón
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A mistake
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Un yerro
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Severe
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Inclemente
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To be jealous
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Envidiar
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A tribute
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Un homenaje
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To over throw / knock down
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Derrocar
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To have someone crazy in love with you
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Traer a alguien por la calle de la amargura
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I can't believe my eyes
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No salgo de mi asombra
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To look like (someone / something)
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Parecerse
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A franchise
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Una franquicia
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To be in a bad mood
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Tener mala leche
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To not give a poo |
Importar un pimiento |
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To have a car accident (idiom)
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Darse una torta
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To reject someone
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Dar calabazas a alguien
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To be impossible (idiom)
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Pedirle peras al olmo
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To be as thin as a rake
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Estar como un fideo
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To go bright red
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Ponerse como un tomate
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To save someone's bacon
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Sacarle a alguien las castañas del fuego
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To send someone packing
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Mandar a alguien a freír esparragos
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To be really old |
Ser algo del año de la pera |
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To be late
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Dar las uvas
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To be a piece of cake
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Ser pan comido
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To be the bees knees
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Ser la pera
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To look like a drowned rat
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Estar hecho una sopa
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Serves you right
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Toma castaña!
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To be wasted
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Ir con una castaña encima
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To be soaked
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Estar mojado
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Aggressive
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Belicoso
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A well
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Un pozo
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To involve / concern
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Incumbir
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A maid of honour
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Una madrina
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To undermine
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Resquebrajarse
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Armoured
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Blindado
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To tarnish
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Mancillar
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To make a face
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Torcer el gesto
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The creme de la creme
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El cogollo
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To pick holes in
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Poner verde
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To throw something back in someone's face
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Echarle algo en cara a alguien
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To tell someone off good and proper
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Leer la cartilla a alguien
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Without batting an eyelid
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Sin que se le mueva un pelo
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Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
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A caballo no se le mira el pelo
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A hair's breadths away
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A un pelo
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To tie your hair back
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Atarse el pelo
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To pull someone's leg
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Jalar el pelo / tomarle / verle el pelo a alguien
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To dive in head first
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No cortarse un pelo
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To let your hair down
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Soltarse el pelo
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To be outspoken
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Sin pelos en la lengua
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To make no sense
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No tener ni pies ni cabeza
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To rule (juridicial decision) / to fail
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Fallar
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It's up to you
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Allá tú
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To be all over the place
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De acá para allá
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To issue / send
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Expedir
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Scaffolding
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El andamio
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Mild / minor
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Leve
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An indication
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Un indicio
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To consider (contemplate)
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Plantearse
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To suggest / bring up (mention)
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Plantear
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To reduce / diminish |
Disminuir |
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Wrinkley |
Arrugado / Vejestorio (old person) |
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To not say a word |
No decir una sola palabra |
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To forgive |
Perdonar a |
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Slowly |
Poco a poco |
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To waste an opportunity |
Desperdiciar / desaprovechar |
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To believe someone |
Tener confianza en |
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To deny / turn down |
Rehusar |
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To con |
Engatusar |
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Possessions |
Bienes |
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Deliberated / considered |
Deliberado |
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Physical build |
La complexión |
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Heavy (build) |
Grueso |
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Brownish grey |
Pardo |
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A law / proposition |
Un principio |
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A document |
Un expediente |
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A request |
Una solicitud |
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The council |
El Consejo |
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A maneuver |
Una maniobra |
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To go into depth into |
Adentrarse por |
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An advertising strategy / a scheme or decoy |
Un reclamo |
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Happiness / good luck |
La dicha |
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To postpone |
Demorar |
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To be late |
Demorarse |
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To go down that route (discussion) |
Adentrarse por esa senda |
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The truth |
La neta |
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To count on / have |
Contar con |
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On fire |
En llamas |
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To give up |
Darse por vencido |
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An armpit |
La axila |
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Stingey |
Chucho |
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To take something with a pinch of salt |
Tomar con pinzas |
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To swindle / cheat |
Timar |
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Nonsense |
Chorrada |
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Pretentious / know it all |
Pedante |
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Party's over |
Cada mochuelo a su olivo |
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An owl / recluse |
El búho |
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To haggle |
Regatear |
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To fill (a person) |
Henchir |
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Amazing (b*tchin') |
Cojonudo |
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To land |
Atterizar |
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Until you're blue in the face |
Hasta la saciedad |
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A headache |
La cefalea |
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A bladder |
Una vejiga |
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Once and for all / right now |
De una vez |
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To realise / notice |
Percatarse de |
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A chump |
El panolis |
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A noob |
Impericio / primerizo |
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To bark |
Ladrar / acosar |
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To grab (normally) / catch |
Agarrar |
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A material |
Una tela |
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Leather |
Cuero |
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Fur |
Piel |
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Sensible |
Sensato |
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A hallway |
Un pasillo |
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To put up with |
Llevar |
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To whistle |
Sibar |
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To squeeze (grope) |
Sobar |
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To cat call |
Piropear |
|
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A pat on the back |
Una palmadita en la espalda |
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To loosen / slow down |
Aflojar |
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To riddle |
Acribillar |
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To train |
Adiestrar |
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A snog |
El lote |
|
|
Glamerous |
Garboso |
|
|
To move around (girare) |
Transitar |
|
|
A sleeve |
La manga |
|
|
To put on your Sunday best |
Endomingarse |
|
|
To respect |
Respetar a |
|
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Concerning something |
Respecto a |
|
|
Public funds |
El bolsillo público |
|
|
To be blind in one eye |
Ser tuerto |
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|
The heart of the problem |
El quid de la cuestión |
|
|
The whole |
Por completo |
|
|
One must |
Se ha de |
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|
Capital money / city |
El capital / la capital |
|
|
A know it all |
Un sabihondo |
|
|
Pretentious |
Redicho |
|
|
To fit in |
Encajar en |
|
|
To make fun of |
Chulear |
|
|
To kick the bucket |
Palmarla |
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|
A fleece |
El vellón |
|
|
Things are crazy |
Como está el patio |
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|
A toddler |
El parvulo |
|
|
A mint (of money) |
Un dineral |
|
|
To confuse |
Ofuscar |
|
|
To chirp / babble |
Gorjear |
|
|
Grime |
La mugre |
|
|
Grime |
La mugre |
|
|
A chunk / piece |
Un pedazo |
|
|
The gutter (fig) |
El arroyo |
|
|
A maid |
La asistenta |
|
|
To wear yourself out |
Desolmarse |
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|
A cloth |
Un trapo / paño |
|
|
To get up at the crack of dawn |
Darse / pegarse un madrugón |
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Look before you leap |
Hay que mirar donde se ponen los pies |
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Rome wasn't built in a day |
No se ganó Zamora en una hora |
|
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Don't count your chickens before they're hatched |
Esto es el cuento de la lechera |
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To look for a needle in a haystack |
Buscar una aguja en un pajar |
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Where there's a will, there's a way |
Querer es poder |
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Don't judge a book by its cover |
El hábito no hace el monje |
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|
To be between a rock and a hard place |
Encontrarse realmente entre la espada y la pared |
|
|
The early bird catches the worm |
Al que madruga, Dios le ayuda |
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|
Speak of the devil |
Hablando del rey de Roma |
|
|
An alleyway |
El callejón |
|
|
Darkness |
La negrura |
|
|
A ring of people |
El corro |
|
|
To roll flat / ram down |
Apisonar |
|
|
To curve |
Combar |
|
|
Breeze |
La brisa |
|
|
Loud |
Sonoro |
|
|
Euphoria / inebriation |
La embriaguez |
|
|
A leaf / blade / shutter |
La hoja |
|
|
A stone pavement / overcast |
El empedrado |
|
|
To sketch / outline / devise |
Trazar |
|
|
A peg |
La perchia |
|
|
A speaker |
La altavoz |
|
|
A self-portrait |
El retrato |
|
|
New years eve |
La noche vieja |
|
|
A widower |
Viudo |
|
|
A shell |
La cáscara |
|
|
Random |
Aleatorio |
|
|
To take for granted |
Tomar por dado / sentado / dar por hechas |
|
|
Quirky |
Estrafalario |
|
|
Daring |
Atrevido |
|
|
Inexperience |
Impericia |
|
|
A joint |
Una peta |
|
|
To sprinkle / spray |
Rociar |
|
|
Tipsy |
Achispar |
|
|
A penthouse |
El sobradillo |
|
|
Idiotic |
Gilipolloas |
|
|
Gullible / innocent |
Pardillo |
|
|
To talk alot without saying anything |
Cloquear |
|
|
Riddled |
Acribillado |
|
|
A turkey / woman |
La pava |
|
|
Drunk |
Mamado |
|
|
To take a piss |
Echar una meadilla |
|
|
To give a scholarship / grant |
Becar |
|
|
An intern / someone on an internship |
El becario |
|
|
A cuff |
El puño |
|
|
A posh girl |
La pija |
|
|
A kid |
El crío |
|
|
Implied |
Tácita |
|
|
An accent (on a word) |
La tilde |
|
|
A grey hair |
Una cana |
|
|
A tongue twister |
La trabalenguas |
|
|
Beforehand / in advance |
(De) antemano |
|
|
Smelly |
Hediondo |
|
|
To be stunned / shocked |
Arrobarse |
|
|
An elbow |
El codo |
|
|
To favour / contribute to |
Propiciar |
|
|
With pleasure / enjoyable |
Gozoso |
|
|
To blind / dazzle |
Enceguer |
|
|
To dig / rummage |
Escarbar |
|
|
Skilfully |
Mañosamente |
|
|
Nightfall / to get dark |
(Al) anochecer |
|
|
Self-confident |
Desenvuelto |
|
|
To hold |
Sujetar |
|
|
A tape (measuring or cello) |
La cinta |
|
|
Instant |
Machacante |
|
|
A plea / player |
El ruego |
|
|
An arm / rocking chair |
El sillón |
|
|
An eyebrow |
La ceja |
|
|
To lay into |
Poner tibio |
|
|
Lukewarm / tepid |
Tibio |
|
|
To include / encompass |
Englobar |
|
|
Stubborn |
Tenaz / terco |
|
|
To stand upright |
Enderezar |
|
|
A face that's pulled funny |
La mueca |
|
|
Muffled |
Apagado |
|
|
To blink |
Pestañear |
|
|
To stretch (out) |
Estirar |
|
|
A taunt / trick |
La burla |
|
|
To get by undetected / outsmart |
Burlar |
|
|
Engrossed / preoccupied |
Abstraído |
|
|
To isolate yourself |
Abstraerse |
|
|
To misunderstand |
Fracasar (en + verb) |
|
|
To sniff / poke your nose into |
Olfatear |
|
|
Grass / lawn |
El césped |
|
|
Son in law |
El yerno |
|
|
Daughter in law |
La nuera |
|
|
A birthmark |
Un lunar |
|
|
Subsequently |
En el futuro / subsecuentemente |
|
|
Suddenly |
De buenas a primeras / de pronto / súbitamente / de repente |
|
|
Summing up |
En resumidas cuentas / en síntesis / resumiendo |
|
|
That said |
Dicho esto |
|
|
The fact remains |
Sea lo que fuere |
|
|
Then |
A la sazón / acto continuo / luego / por aquel entonces |
|
|
There and then |
En el acto / acto continuo |
|
|
Spontaneously |
Por sí solo |
|
|
In nature |
De corte |
|
|
It's possible |
Cabe |
|
|
Cutting edge technology |
Tecnologías de punta |
|
|
To pay a fee (formal) |
Abonar un importe |
|
|
Needless to say |
Huegla decir |
|
|
If (formal) |
En el supuesto de que |
|
|
To be about to (formal) |
Estar en puertas de |
|
|
To be about to |
Estar al punto de |
|
|
Therefore (high register) |
Por ello |
|
|
To pay (informal) |
Soltar la pasta |
|
|
Across (a country) |
A lo largo de / por todo |
|
|
Slight |
Leve |
|
|
Anti - riot |
Antidisturbios / antimotines |
|
|
To boycott |
Boicotar |
|
|
To press charges |
Levantar / presentar cargos |
|
|
A rubber bullet |
Una bala de caucho / goma |
|
|
A puppet |
La marioneta |
|
|
To become more popular |
Ganar terreno |
|
|
To liven up / pay attention / come to your senses |
Espabilar |
|
|
For a long time |
Desde ataño |
|
|
To get by (language wise) |
Apañarse |
|
|
Stingy / thrifty |
Ceñido |
|
|
Size |
Tamaño |
|
|
A warning |
La advertencia |
|
|
To go through the roof / shoot up |
Dispararse |
|
|
To be adorned |
Engalanarse |
|
|
To raise up / run / fly |
Izar |
|
|
To call / bring together |
Convocar |
|
|
A groin |
Un ingle |
|
|
Gossip |
Los chismes |
|
|
According to |
En virtud de |
|
|
A hiding place |
Un zulo / escondrijo |
|
|
A cease fire |
Un alto el fuego |
|
|
Ammunition |
La munición |
|
|
A (foot) print |
Una huella |
|
|
To poison |
Envenenar |
|
|
Disgusting / a villain |
Infame |
|
|
To prohibit |
Vetar |
|
|
A stowaway |
El polizón |
|
|
Money sent back by immigrants |
Las remesas |
|
|
To reclaim |
Retomar |
|
|
Hostility |
La beligerancia |
|
|
To rule / order |
Decretar |
|
|
To put at risk |
Hipotecar |
|
|
To defeat |
Vencer |
|
|
To unfold / display / deploy (military) |
Desplegar |
|
|
A beginning / outburst |
Un arranque |
|
|
To result in |
Redunde en |
|
|
To shake (up) / shock |
Sacudir |
|
|
To occupy / show off |
Ostentar |
|
|
To diversity |
Diversificar |
|
|
A challenge / defiance |
El desafío |
|
|
A point of view |
Enfoque |
|
|
A limit / end |
El tope |
|
|
To hesitate / stammer |
Titubear |
|
|
To take a risk |
Arriesgarse |
|
|
To remember |
Rememorar |
|
|
Fair |
Equitativo |
|
|
A shortage |
La penuria / carestia / escasez |
|
|
A mock (exam etc.) |
El simulacro |
|
|
To underline |
Resaltar |
|
|
Consent |
Consentimiento |
|
|
A bill |
Un proyecto de ley |
|
|
A rainbow |
El arcoíris |
|
|
Overwhelming |
Abrumadoramente |
|
|
Guidelines |
Las guías / normas |
|
|
Property |
La propriedad |
|
|
Paperwork |
El papeleo |
|
|
Behind closed doors |
A puerta cerrada / en sesión cerrada |
|
|
Sketchy |
Vago / esbozo / bosquejo |
|
|
An opening / right |
La brecha |
|
|
Half full / in the middle of |
Mediado |
|
|
Average |
Promedio |
|
|
Bottomless / impenetrable / incomprehensible |
Insonsable |
|
|
A summit / peak |
La cúspide |
|
|
To accumulate / gather |
Acaparar |
|
|
Misfortune |
La desdicha |
|
|
To waste / use up |
Derrochar |
|
|
Poverty / begging |
La mendicidad |
|
|
An alibi / excuse |
La coartada |
|
|
Ups and downs / fluctuations |
Vaivén |
|
|
To sketch / insinuate |
Esbozar |
|
|
On an equal footing |
En pie de igualdad |
|
|
Whether it be...or... |
Ya se trate de...o... |
|
|
A quota |
El cupo |
|
|
Dependent / based on / according to |
En función de |
|
|
An already (very troubled etc) |
Ya de por sí |
|
|
To scratch / scrape |
Arañar |
|
|
A thigh |
El muslo |
|
|
To be furious / long for / be doing to / suffer terribly |
Rabiar |
|
|
A bow / curtsey |
La reverencia |
|
|
A bush |
El arbusto |
|
|
To be a pest / mess with |
Fregar |
|
|
Snobby / social climber |
Huachafo |
|
|
Brand-new / fabulous / good-looking |
Flamante |
|
|
To scribble |
Garabatear |
|
|
To toss / throw up |
Arrojar |
|
|
A wrapper |
La envoltura |
|
|
To be stationed |
Estar destinado |
|
|
To try |
Procurar |
|
|
To be someone's cup of tea |
Hacer gracia |
|
|
To inject |
Poner una inyección |
|
|
The sale of |
La venta de |
|
|
To bribe |
Sobornar |
|
|
A branch |
El sucural / filial |
|
|
To be broke |
Estar sin un duro |
|
|
In itself |
De por sí |
|
|
To season food |
Adobar |
|
|
To slap |
Dar una bofetada |
|
|
To chew (over) |
Masticar |
|
|
There's no doubt |
No cabe la menor duda |
|
|
To come down hard on someone |
Echar una bronca / poner los pavos a la sombra a algiuen |
|
|
To give a cuddle |
Dar un achuchón |
|
|
To be 3 (up to 18) |
Tener 3 primaveras |
|
|
To be 30 |
Tener 30 tacos |
|
|
To be the same the whole world over |
En todas partes se cuecen habas |
|
|
To be a joke / taking the piss |
Ser de coña |
|
|
Juicy |
Jugoso |
|
|
To blow up / destroy |
Dinamitar |
|
|
To overthrow |
Derrocar |
|
|
Current |
Vigente |
|
|
Boastful |
Cacareado |
|
|
To process / negotiate |
Tramitar |
|
|
To come into force |
Entrar en vigor |
|
|
To test (medically) |
Analizar |
|
|
A rally |
El mitin / la reunión |
|
|
Drug gang |
Banda de narcotraficantes |
|
|
An attorney general |
Fiscal general |
|
|
To tackle |
Affrontar |
|
|
A prosecutor |
El fiscal / abogado de la acusación |
|
|
A warrant |
El orden judicial |
|
|
A state governor |
El gobernador / mandatario estatal |
|
|
A drug cartel |
El cártel de drogas |
|
|
A rubbish dump |
El vertedero / basurero |
|
|
To raise funds |
Recaudar fondos |
|
|
To take for granted |
Darse por hecho / sentado |
|
|
A bow tie |
El corbatín |
|
|
To result in |
Redundar en |
|
|
A challenge |
El desafío / reto |
|
|
An amount |
El monto |
|
|
To find shelter / exercise your right |
Ampararse |
|
|
A limit / end |
El tope |
|
|
To hesitate / stammer |
Titubear |
|
|
Weighing scales |
La balanza |
|
|
To take a risk |
Arriesgarse |
|
|
To remember |
Rememorar |
|
|
Unknown |
Incognito |
|
|
A baton |
El bastón |
|
|
To clash |
Enfrentarse |
|
|
To press charges |
Levantar / presentar cargos |
|
|
A raid |
La redada |
|
|
A deal |
El acuerdo / trato |
|
|
To approve |
Aprobar |
|
|
To comply |
Cumplir / obedecer |
|
|
A comma |
La coma |
|
|
A defeat |
La derrota |
|
|
Troops |
La tropa |
|
|
National assembly |
La asemblea nacional |
|
|
To host |
Albergar / acoger |
|
|
Border patrol |
La policía fronteriza |
|
|
An asylum seeker |
El soliciante de asilo |
|
|
Chamber (politics) |
La cámara |
|
|
A congress |
El congreso |
|
|
A deputy |
El diputado |
|
|
A hate crime |
El delito de odio |
|
|
The supreme court |
La corte suprema |
|
|
Sexual orientation |
La tendencia sexual |
|
|
A guideline |
La pauta / el reglamento |
|
|
A communist party |
El Partido Comunista |
|
|
A revolt |
La revuelta |
|
|
A branch |
El sucursal / filial |
|
|
Harmful |
Dañino / nocivo / prejudicial |
|
|
Tax revenue |
Ingreso público |
|
|
A tax |
El impuesto |
|
|
Public health |
La salud / sanidad pública |
|
|
The seafloor |
El fondo / lecho merino |
|
|
A peaceful protest |
La manifestación pacifica |
|
|
To drive under the influence |
Conducir bajo la influencia de la droga |
|
|
To divert |
Derivar |
|
|
A rise |
El alza |
|
|
To amount / go up to |
Ascender |
|
|
Behind the scenes |
Entre bambalina |
|
|
A settlement / adjustment |
El ajuste |
|
|
To lead to |
Conducir a |
|
|
To decline / worsen |
Desmedrarse |
|
|
Trade-union |
El gremial |
|
|
A consultant |
El asesor |
|
|
A law suit / row |
El pleito |
|
|
A ballot box |
La urna |
|
|
A district |
El distrito |
|
|
A councillor |
El regidor |
|
|
A city / town councillor |
El concejal |
|
|
A leader |
El cabecilla |
|
|
Of great significance / magnitude |
De gran envergadura |
|
|
A casualty |
La baja |
|
|
A machine gun |
La ametralladora |
|
|
To seize |
Incautar |
|
|
To kill |
Dar muerte |
|
|
A hostage |
El rehén |
|
|
A slap / smack |
El azote |
|
|
An earthquake |
El sismo |
|
|
Provisions |
Abasto |
|
|
Adjacent / bordering |
Aledaño |
|
|
Out in the open |
A la intemperie |
|
|
To take over / take hold of / seize |
Edueñar |
|
|
A drain (pipe) |
El desagüe |
|
|
To not trust |
Desconfíar |
|
|
A bogey |
La pelotilla |
|
|
Hairy |
Hirsuto |
|
|
To get upset |
Inmutarse |
|
|
A thug / hired assassin / minion |
El esbirro |
|
|
An idiot |
El ciruelo |
|
|
A cockroach |
La cucaracha |
|
|
A bat |
Murciélago |
|
|
To supply with food |
Avituallar |
|
|
To clarify |
Esclarecer |
|
|
A consequence |
La secuela |
|
|
To conclude |
Rematar |
|
|
To list / recite |
Enumerar |
|
|
To challenge |
Retar |
