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88 Cards in this Set
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la veta madre
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"mother lode," a large vein of gold
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lamentar
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to regret, lament
(Por primera vez ______ó estar tan lejos de Londres.") |
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el cartero
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postman
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vislumbrarse
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to glimmer
("Han empezado a ________sintomas de recuperación.") |
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agodiado(a)
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(adj) overwhelmed
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el fleco (3 significados)
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(n) 1) fringe on cloth2) bangs on hair 3) a frill or small issue/problem |
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estrujar
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to squeeze, wring out, clench
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dar cuenta de
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(v phrase) use up, (render) account for
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la hoya
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1) a larger hole
2) grave 3) large plain surrounded by mountains (=basin) |
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vislumbrar
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(v) = apercevoir (Fr); glimpse, catch a glimpse or glimmer
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un vestido escotado
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(n phrase) lowcut dress
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el hoyo (3 significados)
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1) hole (smaller) natural or dug
2) a hole in golf 3) grave "agujero" refers more to a round hole |
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el bote
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(n) rowboat
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el bochorno
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(n) embarassment (hifalutin);
blush |
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el sucucho
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(n) small room, den or nook (Am)
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la parranda
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(n) =juerga
(revel, spree, carrousing) |
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desangrarse
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(vr) lose too much blood
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el ujier
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(n) usher
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escurridizo(a)
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(adj) slippery, hard to hold, elusive
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la tarifa
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(n) fare
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la saciedad
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(n) saiety
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el tafetán
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(n) taffeta, thin silk
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a sus anchas
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(adj phrase) at one's ease
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el trato
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(n) deal, agreement
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en cueros
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(adj phrase) stark naked
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la tira
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(n) stripe (eg, on a barber pole);
strip (eg, of lottery tickets) |
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apabullante
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(adj) crushing (coll.)
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flaquear
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(v) flag, become weakened or disheartened
("Por primera vez, la vieron ________.") |
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mirarlo con disimulo
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(v phrase) to sneak a glance at him
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fondeado(a)
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(adj) sent to the "bottom" (of the sea)
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chapotear
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(v) paddle, splash about
("Rose y Eliza _______n en el baño como criaturas.") |
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la venia
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(n) slight bowing of the head to show acquiescence, i.e., a permission
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atisbar
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(v) spy, pry, scutinize
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la jaqueca
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(n) =migraña
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de mala catadura
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(adj phrase) with a repulsive face
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la avena
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(n) oats
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parco de palabra
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(adj phrase) scanty of words
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colar
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(v) strain or filter
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colarse
(2 significados) |
to sneak in, cut in line, gatecrash
("Un señor intentó _______ en la cola de cine."); to make a mistake ("__ has ____do, tenías que haber girado a la derecha.") |
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la colada de café
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(n phrase) filtering or percolating of coffee
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la colada
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(n) laundry, literally refers to the washing of dirty linens by soaking them in lye water
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la colada (geo)
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narrow mountain pass requiring men and animals to pass through it single-file
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la colada de metal
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casting of metal, the cast itself
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el tufo
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fumes or vapor, can be a warm exhalation from the earth or from lamps or chimneys;
also, the stench of such fumes |
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el estibador
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(n) stevedore
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el feligrés
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(n) = parroquiano; parrishioner
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testarudo(a)
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=terco (stubborn)
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desgañitarse
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(col) to holler, call out loudly until hoarse
("Ese capitán podrá __________ gritando y ninguno de sus marineros regresará.") |
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la cantera
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(n) quarry
(also, in Spain the name is given to "farm teams" cultivating players for the big franchises, eg Real Madrid) |
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acarrear
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(v) = llevar; carry, esp using a cart
or similar vehicle
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canjear
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(v) = cambiar; exchange things or services
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la cadera
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(n) hip (common meaning)
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quebradizo(a)
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(adj) brittle, fragile
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la trastienda
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(n) backroom of a store
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el estorbo
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(n) nuisance
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la inversión
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(n) investment
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almidonar
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(v) starch (clothes)
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la cúspide
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(n) cusp (the most advanced point,
or at the end) |
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flamante (2 significados)
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(adj) flaming, bright;
brand-new |
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nausebundo(a)
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(adj) nauseating
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el paradero
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(n) whereabouts
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el vagón
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(n) wagon, railway coach
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el durazno
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(n, cono del sur) peach
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la indagación
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(n) = investigación; inquiry
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armar una expedición
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(v phrase) equip, outfit an expedition
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No tengo ganas de armarla otra vez.
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I don't want to stir things up again.
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despejar
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(v) clear (an impediment, the nostrils,
the head)
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despejarse
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(vr) clear one's head, sober up
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el velero (buque)
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(n) sailing vessel,as opposed to "vapor"
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la mucama
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chamber-maid (S. America)
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la lona
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(n)canvas
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catar
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(v) "check out," taste, sample
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apiñado(a)
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(adj) jammed, crowded
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de una vez por todas
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(advphrase) once and for all
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el excusado
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=W.C.
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acantonar
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(v) quarter (troops)
("_______ su escuadra en Valparaíso para controlar el tráfico marítimo del Pacífico.") |
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el arnés
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(n) harness
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el corsé
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(n) corset
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el dédalo
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(n) = laberinto; (maze, state of confusion)
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doblar las manos |
(v) = ceder; consent to something that one did not want to do initially, whether by persuasion or by pressure ("La audacia demonstada por Paulina al fugarse del convento y ______ __ ____ de su familia para casarse con él no debía diluirse en tareas dómesticas.") |
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el aposento |
(n) chamber in a larger house or palace, usually luxurious |
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el astrólogo |
(n) astrologer |
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astrólogo(a) |
(adj) astrological |
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el olfato |
(n) smell, scent; sense of smell |
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el topacio |
topaz (gem, color) |
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las hebras |
(n pl) strands (of hair, fibers) (Esa mujer con su vestido color topacio y las _______ sueltas del moño alborotadas por el viento.) |
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el mimbre
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(n) wicker (material) |
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la pindonga |
(n) gadabout woman (never stays at home) |