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51 Cards in this Set
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Las palabras se las lleva el viento
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Words count for nothing
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Más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush -
(a bird in the hand is worth more than a hundred in flight) |
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Querer es poder
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Where there´s a will there´s a way -
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Matar dos pájaros de un tiro
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To kill two birds with one stone -
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No puedes decir misa y tocar la campana
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"You can't have your cake and eat it too"
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Haz caso o le cuento a tu papá..
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. (do what I say or I'll tell your dad)
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Tranqui tio, que no comes el coco.
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Take it easy, man, don´t lose your head!
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pedir misericordia
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beg for mercy
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obras de misericordia
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works of charity
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dar la vuelta a la página
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turn the page
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con un hilo de voz
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barely whispering
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miel sobre hojuelas
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all the better
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ando yo caliente y ríase la gente
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as long as I´m warm, who cares what people think (refrán)
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no por mucho madrugar amanece más temprano
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no matter how early you get up, you can´t make the sun rise sooner (refrán)
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Los lobos tenían fama DE ser muy crueles"
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Wolves have a reputation for being very cruel
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"Los lobos son muy famosos POR ser crueles".
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Wolves are well-known for being cruel.
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el articulo sobra
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the article ("el") is not necessary
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es fama que
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it´s well-known that...
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tener los nervios en puntapiés
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be on edge
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chamba
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an odd job
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mesarse los cabellos
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-> to pull o tear at one's hair
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tener pájaros en la cabeza
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-> to be scatterbrained o empty-headed
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* Pájaro solitario
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-> man who shuns company
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marcó el programa de lavado normal
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chose the normal wash cycle
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no pondría las manos en el fuego por
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woudn´t bet his life on
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te doy un aventón hasta
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I´ll give you a lift to
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echar las campanas al vuelo
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jump for joy
(throw the church bells into the air) |
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zancudo
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wading bird
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armazón de hierro
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metal framework
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se mostró amable con
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he was nice to
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no te apenes
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don´t worry
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un recto al mentón
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a right to the chin
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hacer de menos
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snub
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ir a menos
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come down in the world
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tener en menos
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look down on
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hacer de menos
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be unfaithful
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ni un pelo
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not a bit
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# ¡cómo está el patio! (informal)
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-> what a fine state of affairs! (peninsular Spanish)
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a pierna suelta
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without a care
(loose legs) |
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no me vengas con pamplinas
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don´t give me that nonsense
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sin brizna de arrepentimiento
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without a shred of remorse
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en caliente
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in the heat of the moment
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* En esta novela todo trasciende a romanticismo
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-> everything in this novel smacks of romanticism
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trascender
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to be leaked, to spread (news)
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entereza
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self-composure
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el hambre le incitó a robar
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-> hunger made him steal
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se ruega silencio
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-> silence, please
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hacerse (de) rogar
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-> to play hard to get
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por afición
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-> as a hobby
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en última instancia
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-> as a last resort
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# De primera instancia
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-> instantly, on the first impulse; first, in the first place
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