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77 Cards in this Set
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atentamente
con amor con amistad graciosamente abrazos |
ways to close a letter
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Me alimento con Hamburguesas
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I lived off hamburgers
I survived on hamburgers |
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No hace más que...
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he doesn´t do anything other than...
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Terapia del Habla
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speech therapy
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recuperarse de
Superar (algo) con ánimo |
bounce back from
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Estoy en camino al
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I´m on my way to
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fanfarrón
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show-off
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chamullar
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to brag obnoxiously
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caradura
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a person with a lot of nerve
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una mosca
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an irritating person
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fufurufo
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hoighty-toighty
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un metiche
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a busybody
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perversa
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obnoxious
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naco
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obnoxious
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Hola karambola
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Hi (like saying "in a while, crocodile")
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menearse de
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to budge from, to move away
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¡Suéltalo ya!
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Let go of him right now!
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de esa forma
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like that
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un susto de no te menees
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a real scare
scared stiff |
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Sin menear el dedo
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without lifting a finger
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Menos mal que no llueve
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at least its not raining (after a list of other things that =have= gone wrong)
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de la misma tela
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cut from the same cloth (said of children and parents)
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¿Mande?
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MEXICO request to repeat or clarify info
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nacer de pie
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born under a lucky star
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nacer tarde
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born yesterday
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¡Estás tapando el sol con el dedo!
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You´re covering up the truth
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Hasta las quince
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Into all hours of the night
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Por si las moscas.
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Just in case.
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a la luz de la tea, no hay mujer fea
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by the light of the tourch there is no ugly woman
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¡Jolines!
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Good Lord!
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Qué pesados esos tíos
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Just look at those guys (losers)
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Falta mucho de ...
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is there much left of...
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aprendizaje
prácticas pasantía |
internship
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¿Por donde andas?
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Where are you at?
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andar con
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to hang out with (slang)
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andar corriendo
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to go quickly
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andar gritando
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to go around shouting
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ándale pues
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have a good day! bye!
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andar del brazo con
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to agree with
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andar de la Ceca a la Meca
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= to wander everywhere
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anda como Pedro por su casa
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= like he owned the place
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anda como burro sin mecate
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= out of control
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andar a la pesca de algo
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= to be after something
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sí anda muy raro
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he's very strange
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andar en ... caballo, camello, bici, coche
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go by ... horse, camel, bike, car
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¿Qué tal anda tu coche?
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How´s your car running?
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me flipan los videojuegos
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I´m wild about video games
(flipar can also mean "to be stoned") |
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iluso
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a naive dreamer
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Jesus María y José!
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Jesus Mary and Joseph!
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nos dieron un baño
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They gave us a drubbing (used only in sports)
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fontanería
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plumbing
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flequillos
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bangs
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chivo expiatorio
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scape goat
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me siento de parte de
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I´m sorry for
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una reacción en contra de
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a reaction against
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Estamos terminados
se acabó lo nuestro! ya estuvo Nuestro amor se acabó |
Our relationship is over
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un baboso
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idiot, stupid, little dummy
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* el momo
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= IQ challenged, dummy *
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* una taruga
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= clueless moron
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* un zoquete
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= dimwit
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boricua
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Puerto Rican
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su casa cuenta con un solo...
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there house has only one...
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cuarto de baño
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bathroom
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asearse
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get ready (in the morning, for example)
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montar un cirio
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-> to kick up a row
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prebenda
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sinecure, privilege
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Quien fue a Sevilla perdió su silla
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Said of an archbishop who went to Seville to support his nephew -- when he returned, the nephew refused to give back his position
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¡qué morro tiene!
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-> he's got a real nerve!
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una perra gorda
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a pretty penny
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# Trance mortal
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-> last moment of peril
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por chiripa
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by a fluke
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# Estar de cachondeo
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-> to be in a joking mood
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cortarse el pelo al cero
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shave one´s head
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al compás
a compás fuera de compás |
on the beat, in time
rhythmically off the beat |
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me muero de ganas
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I can´t wait
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el español así de mal
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such bad Spanish
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me costó much tiempo
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it took a long time
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