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93 Cards in this Set
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escarmentar
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to take warning
(Nomás córtenles las orejas a todos, pa que _________n) |
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el gatillo
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trigger (of a gun)
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escarbar
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to scrape, dig out
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la celosía
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venetian blind
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desquitar
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to retrieve, restore a loss
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los alfileres
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pin-money
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la cartuchera
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cartridge belt
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el petate
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palm-mat
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el sobaco
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armpit
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el desgaste
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wear and tear
("el ______ físico") |
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el fuete
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=látigo (whip)
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arengar
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to give a speech
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verdoso(a)
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greenish
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el trineo
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sleigh, sled
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en cuclillas
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in a squatting position
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la ranura
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slot, groove
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el santurrón
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religious hipocrite
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el jarocho
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native of Veracruz
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en celo
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in heat
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meterse
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(vr) get involved
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el pedo
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(n) =ventosidad (fart)
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el surco
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rut, furrow; also a deep wrinkle on the face
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el lastre
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(n) dead weight, ballast
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tararear
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(n) hum a tune
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el balde
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(n) pail, bucket
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el anfitrión
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generous host (named after the ancient king of Thebes famed for his lavish banquets)
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el ocaso
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decadence, ending, west, setting of the sun
("Ellos estaban abrazados en el ______ de la fiesta.") |
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el furgón
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boxcar; van
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"Le tiró la pistola,
y el viejo la agarró en el aire." |
"He threw the pistol and the old man grabbed it in the air."
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el cuatrero
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horse thief, rustler
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agachado(a)
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stooping, bent, crouched
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desfalcar
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to embezzle
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el sarao
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informal street dance
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rasurar
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to shave
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conciliar a
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to reconcile
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el hospicio
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poorhouse
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ensimismarse
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to be self-absorbed, lost in thought
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el espejismo
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mirage
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los rieles
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train-tracks
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fastidiar
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to annoy
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vitorear
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to cheer, applaud
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dar cuerda (al reloj)
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to wind (a watch)
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vadear
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to wade
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la canica
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marble (small glass ball used in the game)
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el recorte (de un periódico)
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news clipping
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por adelantado
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in advance
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acribillado(a)
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riddled (with bullets); pierced (like a sieve)
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atrabancado(a)
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hasty
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curtido(a)
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tanned (like leather)
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la costra
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(n) crust, scab
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el membrete
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heading
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la marsopa
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porpoise
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relumbrar
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to shine, glitter
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la quijada
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jaw
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la manija
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handle, crank
("______ de la puerta") |
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mujerear
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to womanize
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la comarca
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locality
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el desquite
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retaliation, getting even;
return game of a match |
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el destacamento
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(mil) detachment
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el mapache
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raccoon
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deslindar
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to set off the boundaries (of)
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desquitarse
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to get even, take revenge
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los nudillos
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knuckles
("Alguien tocaba con ________ sobre los tablones.") |
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el tablón
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plank
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el tablón de anuncios
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bulletin board
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el enjambre
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swarm
("un _______ de abejas; un _______ de periodistas") |
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el desfalcador
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embezzler
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ajeno
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=de otro (another's)
("Son vidas ______.") |
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salirse con la suya
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(v phrase) get one's way
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un lápiz mocho
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a pencil stub
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la barbilla
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chin
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someter a alguién a _____
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to subject someone to _____
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taconear
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(v intrans) to clack, to walk or dance with clicking heels
(v trans) to stomp with one's heels ("Él ______eó duro su paso hacia ella.") |
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girito(a)
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cocky
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el montículo
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mound (on a grave)
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satisfecho(a) de sí
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smug, self-satisfied
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el remolino
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whirlpool
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el torbellino
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whirlwind (can refer to a real tornado, or a "whirlwind" of ideas, memories, or events)
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la cuartilla
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=hoja de papel
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la laguna
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=lacuna, an empty space or gap in memory or knowledge
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los apenados
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(n pl) mourners, grievers
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(con) mirada de ranura
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(with) narrowed gaze
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el parche
los parchecitos |
bits of sticking plaster (used after cutting one's self shaving)
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el sexenio
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6-year term of a Mexican president
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aledaño(a) a
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(adj phrase) bordering
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el guiño
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(n) wink
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"demasiado valiente para su propio bien"
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"too brave for his own good"
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recio (adv)
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forcefully, loudly, harshly
(can describe speech, laughter, or breathing) |
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quedo(a)
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soft, quiet
("risas _____") |
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la cercanía
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closeness (op: separación)
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ir a rastras
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to crawl
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la entrepierna
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crotch, inner thighs
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azorado(a)
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=aturdido (bewildered)
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