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199 Cards in this Set
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dejadez
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neglect
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un ápice de
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a bit of
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deslumbramiento
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dazzlement
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restar
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to subtract
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reseña
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review (literary)
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váter
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water closet
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retrete
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portrait
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abrir las esclusas
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open the floodgates
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arredrarse ante
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be put off by
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sendos
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each, each one
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aparatoso
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showy
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traerse sin cuidado
... al fresco me la trae floja |
not care less
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codiciar
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covet
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piadoso
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kindly
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placentera
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pleasant
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matricularse
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to register
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trazar planes
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draw up a design
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cuadriculado
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square
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llevar una potencia
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give a lecture
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un nutrido grupo
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a large group (well-nutritioned)
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foso
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ditch, moat
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de paso
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in passing
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exabrupto
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rebuff
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furgoneta
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van
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sentirse a sus anchas
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feel at ease
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envarada
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deadened
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rapapolvo
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telling off
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acometida
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attack
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despiadado
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merciless
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tener fundadas sospechas de que
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have reason to believe
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un bulo
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a hoax
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los dos primeros
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the first two
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rifirrafe
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skirmish
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lomo
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back or loin of an animal
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intempestiva
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unseasonable
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vaya uno a saber
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who knows what
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cuando menos
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at least
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sufragar
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defray
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ameno
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pleasant, light-hearted
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desliz
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slip, mistake
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injerencia
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meddling
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renegrido
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grimy
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decantar
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to lean towards
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boicotear
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boycott
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provechoso
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advantageous
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mitin
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rally
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parvo
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few
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ora ... ora
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now ... now
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periplo
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journey
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armador
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shipbuilder
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reacio
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reluctant
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ya de plano
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clealy
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perífico
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peripheral
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ejercer como
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work as
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primero plano
segundo plano |
foreground
background |
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velada
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evening
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con la salvedad de
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with the exception of
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quinqué
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kerosene lamp (outdoors)
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en curso
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underway
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sin pararse a pensar
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without stopping to think
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batuta
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baton
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timón
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rudder
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tesitura
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circumstances
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en salazñon
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salted
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amigo de confianza
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close friend
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echar una carrera
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run a race
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las bodegas
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the hold of a ship
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por encima de
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above
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fuetear
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slit open
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abrir en canal
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slit open
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arriates de flores
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flower beds
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en balde
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in vain
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por más que pensaba
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the more she thought about it
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la cerda
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bristle
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embrutecer
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stultify
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otroro
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formerly
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sacar de la manga
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make up on the spur of the moment
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rayana en
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bordering on
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lacio
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limp
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redituar
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to profit
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oler a rayas
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stink to high heaven
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galerada
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galley proofs
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inasequible
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unreachable
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indefectible
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unfailing
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matutina
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morning
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a los bordes del abismo
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at the edge of the abyss
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en sordina
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dampened
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desmenuzar
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scrutinize
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remolcha
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beets
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macerado
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marinated
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de pacotillo
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poor quality
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gilipollas
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rabble
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mamona de vergas
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c---sucker
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puchero
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stewpot
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hacer pucheritos
hacer morritos |
make faces, pout
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beca
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grant (of money)
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resaltar
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to stand out
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desvivirse por
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bend over backwards for
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en su fuero interno
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deep down inside
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hacerse el propósito de
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do something on purpose
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lo creyera o no
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whether he believed it or not
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tablao
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club (flamenco)
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El Escorial
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literally dross heap
site of palace and monastery 15c, 30 miles NW of Madrid |
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amago de brote
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symtpoms of fainting
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quedarse ciego
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go blind
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un cerro pelado
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a bare hill
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por loss cerros de Ubeda
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off on a tangent
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álgido
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critical
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algazara
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racket
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por descontado
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of course
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dar por descontado
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take for granted
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correr como reguero de pólvora
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spread like wildfire
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reguero
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trickle, ie, of water
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no hay más que decir
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that´s that
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que digamos
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so to speak
exactly all that really |
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curarse en salud
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play it safe
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alud
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avalanche
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acicate
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spur
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vetar
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veto
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aupar
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to boost
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hay que decirlo
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it must be said
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no obstante
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however
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duna
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dune, downs
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cabe en lo posible
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be possible
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azar
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fate
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a la deriva
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adrift
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complexión
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build, stature
NOT complexion |
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como todo hijo de vecino
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like everybody else
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dar la espalda
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turn your back
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en lo más minimo
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at all
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hacer acto de presencia
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show his face
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pliego
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list
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distendido
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relaxed
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vaivenes
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ups and downs
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dar por sentado
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take for granted
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enlutado
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in mourning
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jolgorio
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merry making
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desasimiento
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alienation
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ser el primero en leer
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be the first to read
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una larga tirada desde
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be a long way from
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una de cada dos veces
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every other time
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inédito hasta entonces
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unheard of until then
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lide
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contest
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hablar en plata
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speak bluntly
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de diversa índole
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of various kinds
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ateo
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atheist
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prometeico
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promised to the Church
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ilustrado
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enlightened
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zambullirse
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dive into
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común y corriente
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normal
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seto vivo
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living hedge
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pulular
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to swarm
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oleaginoso
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oily
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tener cara de
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have the look of
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conato de
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the beginnings of
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me basta y sobra para
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more than enough for
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arrecife
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reef
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baldosa
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paving stone
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desabrida
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tasteless, bland
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ponderar
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praise
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derrotero
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direction, course (of action, navigation)
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tramo de escalera
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staircase
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americana
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jacket
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insulsa
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insipid
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a pedir de boca
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according to taste, pretty well
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violento
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forced, awkward
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sufrir como un negro
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work like a slave
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mendigo
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beggar
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cuidarse de
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be careful NOT to
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aquijonear
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spur on
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brillar por su ausencia
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be notable by one´s absence
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o bien ... o bien
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either ... or
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parroquiano
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a regular customer
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ecuación
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equation
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trazo
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stroke
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estar al tanto
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be up to date
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engañoso
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guileful
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hallazgo
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discovery
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jubón
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jacket
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singladura
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a single day´s run
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incólumne
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unscathed
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pero distaba de estarlo
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but it was far from being so
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siniestrar
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to crash (i.e., airplane
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de dónde saca tanta vitalidad
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where he gets his energy
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poner las cartas sobre de la mesa
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put one´s cards on the table
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dar el primer paso
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take the first step
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denodado
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determined
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alfeñique
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weakling
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desplante
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rude remark
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en el vano
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in the doorway
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profesor suplente
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substitute teacher
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estafa
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fraud
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badulaque
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a unreliable idiot
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sin despedirse
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without saying goodbye
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alicaído
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drooping
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renuente
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reluctant
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siseo
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hissing
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recabar su opinión
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get his opinion
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hornada
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batch (from the oven)
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