Spanish Literature Midterm!

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Darse cuenta de

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Realize

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De nuevo

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again

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De súbito

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suddenly

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solicitar

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request

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descubrirse

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discover

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embistir

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to lunge

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mirar hacia lo lejos

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look into the distance

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fijarse

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fixed

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por cierto

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of course

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en preguntar

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in asking

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corriente

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current

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acera

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sidewalk

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contrariado

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upset

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tomar el pelo

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teasing

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atropello

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abuse

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Una carta a dios (a)

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Gregorio López y Fuentes

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El Limpiasbotas (a)

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Pedro Espinosa Bravo

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Feliz navidad, señor ballesteros (a)

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Mercedes Salisachs

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la siesta del martes (a)

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Gabriel García Márquez

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Una aventura (a)

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Adolfo Bioy Casares

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Una bonita combinacion (a)

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Mercedes Abad

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Ensayo de comedia (a)

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Marina Mayoral

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La casa de azúcar (a)

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Silvina Ocampo

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El almohadón de plumas (a)

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Horacio Quiroga

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rito

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rite

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injusticia

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injustice

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fama

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fame

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porte

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demeanor, appearance

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derecho

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right

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ahorrar

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to save

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brindar

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to drink a toast

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eufórico

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euforic; excitement

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tardar

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to be late

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fuerza

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force

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villancicos

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christmas carols

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pereza

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laziness

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provocar

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to provoke; to be provocative

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considerarse

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to consider

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ojalá

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hope

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morado

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violet

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aguacero

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downpour

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sembrar

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to plan; to sow

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apegado a

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attatched to

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mojarse

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to get wet

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rudo

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rough; course

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embrutecer

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to make dull

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granizos

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hail stones

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apedrear

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to stone

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bonachón

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good natured

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óbolo

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small contribution

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conformarse con

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to comply with

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despacho

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office

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sangre

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blood

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conocimiento

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knowledge

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severidad

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severity; harshness

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incansable

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tireless

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extinguirse

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to extinguish

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semblante

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face; looks

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sollozos

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sobs

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influir

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to influence

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desmayo

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swoon; fainting fit

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incauta

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incautious

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desapacible

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unpleasant

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llanto

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crying

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adelgazar

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to lose weight; to slim down

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hinchado

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swollen

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velludo

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hairy

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trepar

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to climb

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hacer caso a

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heed to; to pay attention to

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volver a (+ infinitive verb)

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to return; to come back

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dejar de (+ inf.)

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to leave; to stop

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ruborizarse

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to blush

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darse cuenta de

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to be aware of; to realize

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oler a

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to smell of

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devastador

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devastating

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luto

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mourning

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apacible

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gentle, calm, placid

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cauteloso

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cautious; careful

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apretar

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to squeeze, to press

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bostezar

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to yawn

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derretir

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to melt

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enloquecer

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to go crazy

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fastidiar

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to annoy; to tease

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comprometerse

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to involve; to jeopardize

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suegros

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father in laws

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aullar

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to howl

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escurrirse

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to drain; to drip

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encariñarse con

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to grow fond of; to get attatched to

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comprobar

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to check; to verify

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curiosear

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to nose around; to browse around

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conformarse

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to make up; to keep hapy

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disfrazarse de

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dress-up; disguise

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desatender

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to neglect

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deshabitado

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empty; uninhabited

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inverosímil

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unbelievable; unlikely

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incluso

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including

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encogerse de hombros

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to shrug one's shoulders

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terso

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smoothe; polished; glossy

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fingimiento

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false appearance; pretense

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encajar

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to fit

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apetecer

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to fancy; to crave

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apesadumbrar

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to sadden; to be saddened

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depresivo

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depressing

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enojoso

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annoying; irritating

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sinfín

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without end; endless

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comprensivo

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understanding

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incomodar

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to trouble; to make uncomfortable

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Una carta a dios (i)

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Personas: Lencha y el jefe del officina de los coreos
Acciones: Lencho has a farm and the farming season is really bad. There is a terrible hail storm happens and his crops are destroyed. He goes to the post office and writes a letter to god and asks for 100 pesos to start over. The mail office donates 90 pesos to him from "God". Irony: he called the mail office thieves because there was only 90 pesos.

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El limpiasbotas (i)

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Personas: el hombre y el limpiasbotas.
Accion: A man asks to get his shoes cleaned, The shoe cleaner notices that he has blood on the sole of his shoe and it keeps getting bigger and bigger on his sole as he walks to the street. The man gets hit by a car. This story shoes the importance of the decisions we make in the suddenness of death.

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Feliz Navidad Señor Ballesteros (i)

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People: Senor ballesteros, los clientes, los hermanos, y la mujer.
Accion: Senor ballesteros gets old and tired of his repetative life. He thinks about his children and his wife often, but they are dead. WIthout his family, he cannot do his job the same.

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La siesta del martes (i)

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Personas: La nina, la madre, el cura, y la hermana
Accion: The child and her mother go to the city in a train to go see the preist about finding her son's grave. Her son stole to feed the family because they were so poor. He was killed outside a woman's house who he was trying to steal from. At the end, there were a bunch of children (ghosts) out when it was time for the town's siesta.

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Una adventura (i)

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Personas: Mildred, Tulio,y el marido de Mildred.
El accion: Mildred gets tired of her marriage and goes to italy to have an affair with Tulio, her vacation lover. She gets there, it goes terribly. She has sex with him and feels terrible and goes back to her husband. It's funny because she isn't happy with either of them.

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Una bonita combinacion (i)

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Personas: Louise and Albert Cromdale y los chicas sin familias.
La accion: Albert has a problem with telling lonely girls no for sex, and can never get them to stop pestering him. So, louise invites them over for tea and poisons them, then stuffs them with fluff and puts them in her private room. Everyone else thinks their relationship is great because they are always happy b/c they get what they want.

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Ensayo de comedia (i)

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Personas: Eduardo, Coronal Ingles, y Susana.
Accion: Susana is in love with eduardo, her young hot actor boyfriend. He loves her a lot too but he is so busy with his work, and she worries about how she looks old. She sees Coronal Ingles and sees that hes pretty hot for an old guy and decides to dump her hot boyfriend for coronal ingles before he dumps her. She is happy with her love with him. Asceras(elevators) are important in this piece b/c they are awkward and a waste of time.

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La casa de azucar (i)

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Personas: Violeta, Christina, & su marido.
Accion: Christina is really supersticioius, she is always worrying about spirits an bad luck. She moves into a "new" house that is actually old and becomes being posessed by the previous owner's possessed spirit. She becomes violeta.. a crazy woman.

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El almohdon de plumas (i)

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Personas: Alicia, el marido, el medico.
Accion: Alicia is married to a husband who doesn't properly show her love. She begins to scream and see things and go crazy. Suddenly she dies. The doctor says its because she has anemia, but the husband finds out it was actually a parasite in her pillow. The marriage bed was slowly killing her. How ironic.

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cerciorarse

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to make sure

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desmoronamiento

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collapse

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fraseo

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phrase (music)

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mentalizarse

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mentalize

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monstruoso

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monsterous

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descortés

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discourteous

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cuanto antes

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as soon as possible

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infidelidad

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infidelity

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limpia de espíritu

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clean of spirit

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cocodrilo

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crocodile

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cortejar

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to court

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balbucear

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to babble

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espesarse

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to thicken

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capricho

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caprice

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postergar

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to postpone

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congoja

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anguish; greif

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aplomo

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composure

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acosar

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to harass

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sobremesa

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table cloth

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asustar

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to scare

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ascensor

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elevator

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papel

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role

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disfrutar

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to enjoy

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actuar

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to act

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transigir

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to compromise

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aporrear

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to beat

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avergonzado

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ashamed

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chismoso

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gossipy

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roncar

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to snore

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tragar

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to swallow

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pintarse

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to put on makeup

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brecha

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gap

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discutir

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to discuss

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erguido

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erect

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prenumbra

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semi-darkness

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ojeada

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glimpse; peek

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durar

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to last

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enredarse

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to get entangled

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cesar

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to stop