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272 Cards in this Set
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cañabrava
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building reed
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desarrapado
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ragged
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gorrión
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sparrow (Melquiades´ hands)
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truculento
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fierce
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lingote
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ingot
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paila
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frying pan
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anafe
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portable stove
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insolación
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sunstroke
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malanga
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starchy root veg.
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ñame
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yam
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ahuyama
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pumpkin
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sartal
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string, series
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solimán
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corrosive
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derribar
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knock down
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aturdido
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dazed
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cinabrio
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cinnabar gum
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cazuela
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saucepan
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retorta
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flask
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atanor
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siphon
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alambique
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still (for distilling)
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oropimente
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arsenic sulfide
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azufre
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sulfur
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ricino
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caster (oil)
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engastado en
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mounted on
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olán
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linen
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arcón
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large chest
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albahaca
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basil
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sortilegio
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sorcery
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trocha
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path
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almizcle
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musk
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bullaranga
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noise
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lirio
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iris
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helecho
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fern
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jarcia
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rigging
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estribor
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starboard
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musgo
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moss
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costillar
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ribbing
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amapolla
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poppy
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labor de hormiguita
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hard labor
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hisopo
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hyssop
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tomar al pie de la letra
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comply exactly
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pífano
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fife
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sonaja
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timbrel
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emplasto
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poultice
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saltimbanque
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acrobat
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médano
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sanddune
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cofre
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chest
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témpano
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floe
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embriagado
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drunk
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chamusquina
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scorching
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tataranieto
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great great grandson
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tirabuzón
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curl
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bastidor
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embroidery frame
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bordar
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embroider
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tinaja
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earthen jar
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esparto
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grass
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embullar
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to revel
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mico
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monkey
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hueste
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follower, host
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cascote
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rabble
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tener cuerpo y alma para
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lived heart and soul for
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voluntarioso
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willful
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deslenguar
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to slander
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atrancar
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to bar a door
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desnivel
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gap, drop
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salir del paso
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to get out of trouble
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arresto
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courage
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vulnerar
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violate
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apretujar
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to squash
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crisol
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crucible
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mazacote
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gooey
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peripecias
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adventures
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estera
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mat
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bacinilla
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chamber pot
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mercachifle
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peddlar
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tomar a pecho
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take to heart
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abalorios
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beads
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fichero
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cabinet
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en vilo
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on tenterhooks
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desbaratar
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to ruin
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terque
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stubborn
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argolla
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ring, hoop
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guacamaya
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macaw
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alforza
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tuck (in fabric)
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talego
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sack
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desconchar
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to chip
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estorbar
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get in the way
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cloquear
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to cluck
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cacareo
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clucking noise
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clueco
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broody
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flagelo
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epidemic
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yunque
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anvil
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manivela
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crank, handle, lever
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tremedal
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quagmire
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acartonado
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wizened
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resquemor
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bitterness
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tuétano
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marrow
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ofebre
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silversmith
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estirpe
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lineage
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vericueto
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path
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pasamanos
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bannister
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maceta
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flowerpot
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tiesto
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flowerpot
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melaza
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molasses
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cabalache
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junk shop
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engomar
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to glue
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paramento
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adornment
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almilla
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waist coat
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vajilla
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crockery
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porfiado
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persistent
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recóndito
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deep
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visillo
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lace curtains
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clepsidra
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water clock
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manglar
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swamp
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azucena
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lilly
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atribular
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to distress
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recato
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modesty
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batiburillo
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hodge podge
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bordonear
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to wander, be off the topic
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totuma
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gourd
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corozo
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palm (plant)
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sahumero
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vapor
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hálito
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breath
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espliego
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lavender
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destripado
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gutted
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sota
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jack (playing cards)
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salmo
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psalm
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azahar
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orange blossom
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atolondrado
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hasty, harried
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coraza
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armor
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bisonte
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bison
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esclava
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id bracelet
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polainas
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spats
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maraña
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tangle
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carcomido
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wormeaten
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horcón
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forked pole
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pantorrila
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calf (part of leg)
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chapalear
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splash
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lechón
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suckling pig
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colindar
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adjoin
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ofuscar
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to confuse
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decomisar
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confiscate
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cacería
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hunting
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repique
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ringing noise
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patraña
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absurd story
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cáligas
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half-boots
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cepo
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stocks (punishment)
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sotana
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cassock
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goleta
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schooner
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ventolera
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whim
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matarife
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butcher
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desahuciar
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to give up on
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exaltado
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elated
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toque de queda
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curfew
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mariscal
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field marshall
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galonas
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braid (clothing decoration)
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charreteras
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epaulets
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borlas
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tassels
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de doble filo
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double edged
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brazal
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arm band
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recluir
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lock away
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vapulear
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to thrash
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rebenque
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a whip
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alquitrán
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tar
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punto de cruz
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cross stitch
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palagana
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washbowl
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benjuí
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resin
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plañidera
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paid mourner
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petate
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kit bag
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pertrechos
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supplies
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respaldar
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to back up, support
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perdiosero
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beggarly
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astroso
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shabby
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golondrino
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boil (medical)
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perno
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bolt
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aserrín
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sawdust
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penca
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strop
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espinilla
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blackhead
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tajada
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slice
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caliche
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limestone
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gis
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chalk
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lenguaraz
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foul mouthed
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crotalotear
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to play with castanets
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muladar
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dung heap
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garzo
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blue-eyed
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huacal
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crate
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godo
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gothic
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catear
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to search
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romero
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rosemary
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juicios de guerra
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court martial
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descastado
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renegade
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le rindió honores
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they paid him honors
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carey
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tortoiseshell
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levita
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frock coat
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aletargado
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drowsy
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aperos
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farming tools
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escampar
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to stop raining
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comején
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termites
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tráfago
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drudgery
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despilfarro
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squandering
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aldabonazo
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loud knock
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perno
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bolt (door)
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cucaña
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greased pole
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triquiñuela
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trick, cheat
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palmo a palmo
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inch by inch
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cachivache
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knick knack
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macilento
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lean, withered
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atrigrado
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striped like a tiger
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codorniz
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quail
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golondrina
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swallow (bird)
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achicharrar
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to scorch
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remilgado
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prudish, squeamish, affectedly nice
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cañamazo
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hemp or canvas made of hemp
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bangaña
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gourd
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balandrán
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loose overcoat worn by priest
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alberca
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water tank, pond
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servir de escarmiento
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-> to serve as a lesson, warning
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mortaja
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shroud
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redil
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sheepfold
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volver al redil
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(figurative) -> to return to the fold
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violáceo
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violet
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tragaldabas
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glutton
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baldaquín
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canopy
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fogosidad
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passion
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quedamos empatados
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we´re tied
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cuadril
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haunch
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esquela
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funeral notice
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escamotear
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swindle, scam
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pábilo
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wick, fuse
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espabilar
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to wake up, look sharp
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cogote
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back of the neck (i.e., riding on an elephant)
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retumbo
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echoing boom
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balandro
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fishing boat
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maroma
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tightrope
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lavativa
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enema
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regaliz
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licorice
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la misma cantaleta
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-> the same old story
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cicatero
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stingy
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colirios
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eyedrops
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aposento
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room, lodgings
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borceguí
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buckskin
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berenjenal
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mess, lío
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arreos
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harness
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hebra
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string, thread
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guayabal
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guava orchard
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embrear
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to tar ( breer)
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bayal
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unsoaked flax
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babuchas
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slippers
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pano
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courderoy, velvateen
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viático
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last rites
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martirio
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martyrdom
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lino
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linen
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canotier
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straw hat
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subalterno
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subordinate
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pitonisa
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fortuneteller
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acendrado
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pure, refined
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cataplasma
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poultice
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infundir
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to infuse
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infundado
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unfounded
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moco de pavo
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useless thing (literally, a turkey´s crest)
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antropófago
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cannibal
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corazón de bronce
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a hard heart
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cieno
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mud
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sábalo
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shad
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páramo
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moor
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anonimato
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anonymity
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tambo
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inn
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paludismo
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malaria
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hacinado
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stacked
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morral
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haversack, army backpack
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cantimplor
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canteen, water bottle
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incordio
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nuisance
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