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89 Cards in this Set
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An operation whose real intention is to intimidate
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Un operativo coyu proposito real es intimidar.
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authoritarian mentality
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mentalidad autoritAria
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disdain
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desdEn
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not to mention
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por no hablar de
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a turn
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un viraje
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assault groups
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grupos de choque
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depression (like in the ground)
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la hondonada
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furious
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furibundo
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slaughter
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matanza
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experts
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peritos
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For that reason
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por ello resalta
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to plant
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sembrar
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She left the house in a mess.
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Ella dejO la casa hecha un desastre.
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scoundral
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sinverguenza
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How much money do you have left?
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?Cuanto dinero te queda?
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There are five pesos left.
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Quedan cinco pesos.
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I have three pages left to write.
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Me quedan tres paginas por escribir.
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I'll take this one.
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me quedo con este.
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Keep the change.
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Quedese Ud. con la vuelta.
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I've run out of sugar.
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me he quedado sin azucar.
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What did we decide to do?
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?En que quedamos?
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It came to nothing.
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Se quedO en nada.
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Everything went wrong.
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Todo saliO mal.
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You were wrong to lend him the money.
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Hiciste mal en prestarle el dinero.
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to approach
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avecinarse
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Marta must have called.
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marta debe de haber llamado.
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It never fails.
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Nunca falla.
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You can't miss it.
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No puedes dejar de encontrarlo.
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No dejes de ir a los museos.
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Don't miss the museums.
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from that time until now.
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de aquel momento para aca
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housing
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la vivienda
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road signs
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indicaciones viales
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one way street
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calle unidireccional
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they got happy
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se pusieron dichosos
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host
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anfitrion
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dreadful
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pavoroso
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lasting
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perdurable
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stabbed
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apunalado
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azuzar
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to urge on
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shady
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sombrIo
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the boy rambled
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el chico deambulaba
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change
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mudanza
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astonishment
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asombro
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they had suffered
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habian padecido
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ashes
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cenizas
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picture
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retrato
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closet
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armario
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toches
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antorchas
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to go away from
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alejarse de
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to lose sight of
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perder la vista
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to be about to
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estar a punto de (inf.)
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regain consciousness
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volver en si.
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to insist upon
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empenarse en
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enjoy
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gozar de
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I heard about the thing.
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Oi hablar de la cosa.
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they came to an agreement
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se pusieron de acuerdo
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to be fond of
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ser oficionado de
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notice or observe
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reparar en
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dream of
(I dream of jeanie) |
sonar con
sono con jeanie |
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to lean against/on
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apoyarse en
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it was muddy
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era fangoso
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there should be music
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debe haber musica
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there would be squirrils
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habria ardillas
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there might be ghosts
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pudo haber fantasmas
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there has been a storm
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ha habido una tormenta
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there would have been more
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habria habido mas.
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the first african-american head of state in a white house built by black slaves
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el primer mandatario afroestadunidense en una Casa Blanca construida por esclavos negros.
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almost immediately
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casi de inmediato.
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he's going to reverse a series of executive orders made throughout the past eight years.
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va revertir una serie de órdenes ejecutivas hecho a lo largo de los últimos ocho años
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the subject of the financial crisis was approached
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se abordó el tema de la crisis financiera
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and what will please Obama more than anyone, a basketball court
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y lo que complacerá a Obama más que a nadie, una media cancha de básquetbol.
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to yield
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ceder
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obama is studying to anul a whole range of initiatives promoted by his host as soon as he settles in the White House.
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Obama estudia anular toda una gama de iniciativas promovidas por su anfitrión, tan pronto que se instale en la Casa Blanca.
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aproposal to transport dozens, perhaps hundreds, od detainess to the US to face criminal courts, maybe freeing others.
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una propuesta para transportar a decenas, tal vez cientos, de detenidos a Estados Unidos para enfrentar juicios penales, tal vez liberar a otros
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the members if his cabinet
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los integrantes de su gabinete
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president Bush made history today by becoming the most disaproved president of the us. cnn reported. According to a survey relaesed today 76 percent disaprove of the management of the current president.
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El presidente Bush hizo hoy historia al convertirse en el presidente más desaprobado de Estados Unidos, reportó CNN. Según encuesta difundida hoy, 76 por ciento desaprueba la gestión del actual presidente
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mayorships in dispute
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alcaldías en disputa
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but their triumph was dimmed by the acusations of fraud made by the opposition.
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pero su triunfo quedó empañado por las acusaciones de fraude hechas por la oposición
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the election
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los comicios
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Ortega maintained the advantage and even extended it.
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Ortega mantuvo la ventaja e incluso la amplió.
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tear gas devices
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dispositivos de gas lacrimógeno
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the height of the toll houses on the Nautla bridge.
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la altura de la caseta de peaje del puente de Nautla
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Elenfrentamiento surgió tras el desacuerdo
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The confrontation came after the disagreement
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El Senor renunció a su cargo
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The man resigned
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falta de vivienda
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lack of housing
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desestimaron sus propuestas para un aumento de tropas
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they rejected his proposals for an increase in troops.
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estabilizar el país.
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stabilize the country
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agudizarse
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escalate
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las debidas precauciones
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the needed precautions
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