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134 Cards in this Set
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cover/uncover
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tapar/destapar
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create an uproar
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causar furor
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remote control
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el mando
-cambiar el canal |
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dreamer, gullible
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iluso/a
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blanket
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cobija, manta
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tranquility
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el soiesgo
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rubble
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cascajo
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curb
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sardinel
-vereda (sidewalk) |
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to recover
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recobrar
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to swallow up
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tragar
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emanciated
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escua'lido
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attire
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atuendo
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unforeseen
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imprevista
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to rise up
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alazarse
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to your hearts content
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verb+ a tu antojo
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crippled
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balado/a
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to right wrongs
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deshacer entuertos
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break the law
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delinquir
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same as always
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lo mismo de siempre
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a trick
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artiman~a
-engan~ar (to trick smb) -un truco de magia |
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to flatter
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halagar
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to read thoughts/mind
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leer el pensamiento
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bench
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el escan~o
-el banco |
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on tip-toes
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en punta de pies
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ointment
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pomada
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peasant
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guajiro
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corrupt
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corrompido
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to whisper
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susurrar
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bandits
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bandolero
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everything with time
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tiempo al tiempo, todo llegara'
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peace corp
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cuerpo de paz
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confusing, confused
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confuso/a
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to question smth
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cuestionar
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what the hell, why the hell
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leches
no se por que leches te enfadas conmigo |
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lecture
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la charla
-discusrso (speech) -actuacio'n (performance) |
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eager mind
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mente inquieta
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unquestionable
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incuestionable
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mosquito
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zancudo
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hypothesis
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la hipo'tesis
-la teori'a |
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if i knew i would tell you
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si lo supiera te lo diri'a
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swollen
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hinchado
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bewildered
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ofuscado
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deranged
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desquiciado
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to lie down
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yacer
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a spell
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hechizo
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nail polish
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esmalte
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rough, rugged
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a'spera
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secretive
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sigiloso/a
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to burst
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reventar
-estallar (explode) |
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to soak
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ensopar
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to conceal
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disimular
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to transfer
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trasladar
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to be let down,
to be dissapointed with |
defraudar
su u'ltima peli'cula me defraudo' mucho |
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orphanage
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orfanato
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asylum
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asilo
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hill, mount
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cerro
-colina (hill) -cuestra (slope) |
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charity
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pedir/dar limosna
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humble
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humilde
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3rd world country
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tercermundista
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super power country
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superpotencia
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soild
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sendo
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essential
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indispensable
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you are so smart!
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mira que' lista eres!
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would have been
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habri'a habido
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mane
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melena leo'n
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to arrange
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disponer
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panties
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el calzo'n
-sujetador (bra) |
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circumstance
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circunstancia
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a little bit, a drop
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una pizca
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to seize, take possession of
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apoderarse
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massacre
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masacre
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income
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ingreso
-el sueldo |
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it doesnt end there
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no acaba ahi'
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to capture
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apresar
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to intervene
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intervenir
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its worth ______(doing)
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merece la pena _____
-vale la pena |
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a picture is worth a thousand words
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una imagen vale ma's que mil palabras
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snail
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caracol
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to roll up
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enroscar
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a groan
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un gemido
-gemir (to groan) -grun~ido (grunt) |
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to move away, separate
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apartar
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breath
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aliento
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to turn over/around
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voltear
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to squeeze
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apretar
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to have no reason
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no tener por que'___
-no tengo por que' quejarme |
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translator
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traductor
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sewer
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cloaca
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to have manners
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tener modales
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to shine
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pulir
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once upon a time
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e'rase una vez
-habi'a una vez |
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deficient
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carencia
-convincente |
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hen/ rooster
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gallina, gallo
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to be up to ones neck with smth
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estar a tope de
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absentminded
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olvidadizo/a
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improbable, unlikely
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inverosi'mil
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armed robbery
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asaltos a mano armada
-asaltos a casa |
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over the years
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con los an~os
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peak
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estar en auge
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hard fought
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ren~ido
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invigorate
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vigorizar
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to take into account
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tener en cuenta
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throughout histroy
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a lo largo de historia
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lets get to work!
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manos a la obra
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pillow case
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funda
-almohada |
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sheet of paper
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foja de papel
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cradle
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cuna
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pointless, unnecessary
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ocioso
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when all is said and done
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a fin de cuentas
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to be sick of smth
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estar harto
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wring out, squeeze
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exprimir
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to be exiled
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estar desterrado
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to praise
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ensalzar
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to debut, show for first time
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estrenar
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to disguise
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disfrazar
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cream
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la nata
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to shake smth
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menear
-temblar -estremecer (to shudder) |
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to be dizzy
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marearse
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wheat
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el trigo
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a bucket
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un cubo
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day dream
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son~ar despierto
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right off the bat
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de buenas a primeras
-no voy a decirle si' de buenas a primeras |
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to dye, stain
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ten~ir
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the moral
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la moraleja
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prophecy
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profeci'a
-pediccion -profeta -profe'tico (prophetic) |
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to predict
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predecir
-prever (to foresee) |
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astrology
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astro'logo
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catastrophe
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cata'strofe
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misunderstood
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incomprendido
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accuracy
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exactitud
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the attack
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el atentado
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believer
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creyente
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skeptic
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incre'dulo
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skepticism
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escepticismo
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to surrender
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rendir
-sucumbir -retirarse (retreat) |
