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123 Cards in this Set
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alojar
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to host, to accomadate
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antaño
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former/in days or years gone by/formerly
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áspero
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rough, course
tree bark is very aspero |
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tentar (ie)
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to tempt, to hesitate,
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la penumbra
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twighlight/semidarkenss
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apretar
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to squeeze, to tighten, to compress
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Attachment
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el aditamento
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apretado
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tight/jammed
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el pico
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and a bit, beak, peak
El autobús pasa todas las mañanas a las nueve y pico. The bus comes by every morning just after nine. |
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handles
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los mangos
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Hundido
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sunken, burried
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spindle
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huso
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arm (not body part but like arm of a machine)
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palanca
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Bolt
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perno
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To be broke (slang)
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Estar en la limpidia
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Belly (slang)
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Panza
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In mexico, _________means slut
in costa rica, _________ means young child |
Güila (slang, vulgar)
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Supply
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Sumistrar
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Supply
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Suplir
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Case (like a case for your glasses, camera or pencils)
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Estuche
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case (for pillows, camera and a few other things)
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funda
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fat ass
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una foca (slang,vulgar)
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dash (like in pronunciation)
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una raya
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hyphen
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guilon
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quotation marks
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comillas
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grilled
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a la parilla OR a la plancha
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roasted
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asado
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quebrar
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to break
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to rotate
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rotar
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to prevent
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impedir (impedir que)
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Hail (like in weather)
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el granizo, to hail is granizar
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lightning
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relámpago
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thunder
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el trueno, tronar (ue)
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nail polish
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esmalte (de unnas)
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Truck
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Camion
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Asimismo
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Also, moreover, as well
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rezar
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to pray, to recite
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Propiamente
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Exactly, Correctly, Properly
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Chorrada
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Tonteria/nonsense/silly comment
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Cabeza de chorlito
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dimwit, airhead (chorlito is some sort of bird - a plover)
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tocar los juevos
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to piss off
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Chorcha
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in mexico it means noisy party
in central america it means clitoris |
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Choquezuela
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kneecap
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Chorear (CHILEAN WORD)
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to grumble, to complain
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estar choreado (CHILEAN PHRASE)
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to be upset, to be miffed
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Chopito
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baby squid
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Chongo
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In honduras y mexico significa un peinado ( a hair style, a bun)
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Peinado
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hairsytle
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Chomba
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in chile it is a sweater or a jumper,
in argentina it is a polo |
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Polo Shirt (in Spain)
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un niki, un polo
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Tattle Tale
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soplón, soplona
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Loser, deadbeat
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un matado
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geek, socially unskilled person
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un bicho raro
or un tío raro or un ñoño |
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tio baboso
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stupid jerk
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tio raro
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geek
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mentally handicapped, clincal term
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retrasado, retardado
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Choca esos cinco
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give me five
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zorra
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slut
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cabrón (mexican phrase)
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a--hole, bastard, motherf---er. this is a strong, vulgar insult. it's also very commonly used. But it can also mean just "dude"
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órale (mexican phrase)
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- right on, go for it
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lana
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slang = money (mexican slang)
literal = wool |
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tipo (mexican slang term, not vulgar)
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guy
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Mexican Slang Term, non vulgar, for affair. Literal meaning adventure
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aventura.
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Polo Shirt Mexico
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un Polo
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La Temporada
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the season
like beach season (temporada playera) or pre season (avance de temporada) or off season (temporada muerta) de temporada is seasonal |
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estival
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another word for summer, relative to summer
temporada estival = summertime |
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ballena
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(literal whale) mexican slang for a really fat person
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agradecido/a
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grateful
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atrevido/a
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daring
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callado/a
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quiet
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chistoso/a
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funny
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culto/a
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well educated
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polite
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educado
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encantador/a
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charming
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hablador/a
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talkative
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llamativo/a
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showy, flashy
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despitado/a
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absentminded
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sensitive
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sensible
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stupid, brutish
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bruto/a
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tasteless, pretentious, corny
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cursi
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grosero
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rude
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los antepasados
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ancestors
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baby of the family
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la benjamin
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bald
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calvo
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la barba
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beard
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beauty mark
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el lunar
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freckle
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una peca
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behavior
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el comportameinto
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mutuo acuerdo
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compromise
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compromiso (FALSE COGNATE ALERT)
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commitment (allegedly it can mean compromise but rarely, more often mutuo acuerdo is used)
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quejona
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grumbling
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queja
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complaint
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conservative
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conservador
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exignente
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demanding
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disgusting
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repugnante
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dyed
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tenido
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arete
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anothing word for pendiente (earing)
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el codo
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elbow
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avergonzado
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embarrased
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tacano
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stingy
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harmful
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danino
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halagado
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flattered
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una peluca
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wig
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coquetear
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to flirt
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to speak one's mind
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no tener pelos en la lengua
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canoso
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to have grey hair
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to dream about
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sonar (ue) que
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agredecer
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to thank
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la cicatriz
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scar
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testarudo, terco
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stubborn
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la brisa
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breeze
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una gota fria
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a cold front
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anticaudo
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antiquated, old fashioned
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el ojal
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button hole
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despejado
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clear, cloudless
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soleado
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sunny
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arco iris
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rainbow
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truhca
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trout
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trucha arcoiris
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rainbow trout
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bolsillo
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pocket
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el piene (pey-ne)
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comb
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carente
(for example, "carente de afecto") |
lacking, wanting
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afecto
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affection, (noun
fond, keen (adjective) |
