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65 Cards in this Set
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coraje
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courage
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faenas
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tasks
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huerfanas
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orphans
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ni siquiera
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not even
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repartidos (repartir)
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distributing
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suavidad
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smoothness
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barro
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clay
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caza
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it hunts
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enternecido (enternecer)
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moved to compassion
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esbelta
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slender
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madrugo
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rose early
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quejas
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complains
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yaquis
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A Native American people named after the Yaqui River in the state of Sonora in northern Mexico.
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comarca
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region
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Benvenuto Cellini
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an Italian renaissance goldsmith, sculptor, and author who was famous for his quarrels.
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la espuma en la boca
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like the foam in the mout of a mad dog
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riberas
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riverside
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recientemente
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recently
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para dominar...medidas radicales
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in order to tame their fierce, almost epic tenacity, had to resort to extreme measures
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descepar
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to uproot
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terruño
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ground
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entereza
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integrity
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colonos
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habitantes de una colonia
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criollos
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hijos de espanoles, nacidos en America
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dada la falta..se adolece
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owing to the shortage of help they suffered from
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terrateniente
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landowning
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fiereza
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fierceness
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acurrucadas
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huddled up
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hoscas
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dark-colored, gloomy
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ese fiel y conmovedor culto de indigena
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that faithful and moving repect that the Indian has
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ceñceno
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slender
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cuando se apagaba el lucero
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by the time the morning star was gone
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tamaño
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size
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indiada
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crowd of Indian (working for him)
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Salambó
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a character of excepetional beauty in a novel
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tuna
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prickly pear or Indian fig
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relumbrosos
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brilliantes
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que no acababan nunca
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which never ended. (she had very big, dark eyes)
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lóbregas
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murky
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tenzamente
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determined
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enclavijaba sus manos sobre el seno
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clasped her hands over her bosom
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encogida
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shrunk, curled up
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La recetó quinina
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he prescribed quinine for her
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quincena pasada
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last half month
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peñas
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rocks
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amapolas
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poppies
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a menudo
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often
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collares
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necklaces
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daba (dar) rienda suelta
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it gave free rein
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follaje
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foliage (leaves)
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paraguas
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umbrella
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uñas
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fingernails
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atrofiada
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degenerated from disuse
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pescaban
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they fished
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cestas
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baskets
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bastones
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canes
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cerillas
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matches
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agujas
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needles
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hilo
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thread
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tonteria
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foolishness
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agujeros
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holes
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alejarse
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be moved away
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lentes
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lenses
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"tela"
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Manuel doesn't know the word pantalla (movie screen)
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asombrados
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they were amazed
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