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87 Cards in this Set
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le dije cuatro verdades
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I gave him a piece of my mind
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es el verdadero retrato de su madre
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she´s the spitting image of her mother
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está verde de envidia
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he´s green with envy
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siempre le ponen verde al jefe
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they´re always running down the boss
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me puso verde por no haber...
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she gave me a hard time for not having....
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zona verde
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green space
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el proyecto es muy verde
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the project is in the early stages
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está muy verde
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he doesn´t know a thing, he's inexperienced
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viejo verde
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a dirty old man
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sentarse en el verde
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sit on the grass
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verdigay
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light green
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verdino, verdón
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bright green
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verdusco
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dark, dirty green
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entra en vereda
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toe the line
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va por la vereda
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she keeps to the straight and narrow
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pobre vergonzante
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poor but too ashamed to beg openly
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es vergonzoso que
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its a shame that...
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partes vergonzosas
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private parts
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me da vergüenza decírselo
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I´m embarrassed to tell him
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me sienta vergüenza ajena por ella
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I´m embarrassed for her
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si tuviera vergüenza no lo haría
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if he had any sense of shame, he wouldn´t do it
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¡qué poca vergüenza tienes!
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you´re shameless!
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con las vergüenzas al aire
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fully exposed (humorous)
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los vericuetos del sistema fiscal
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the intricacies of the tax system
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verificación médica
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check-up (medical)
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"se ruega no fumar"
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"no smoking"
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se hace de rogar
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she plays hard to get
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no se hace de rogar
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she doesn´t have to be asked twice
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rojigualdo
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red and yellow (Spanish flag)
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rojillo
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leftie, pinko
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rojeras
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red, commie
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rojo burdeos
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marroon
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le puso rojo
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he made her blush
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se puso rojo
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she blushed
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al rojo vivo
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red hot
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la emoción está al rojo vivo
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emotion is at a fever pitch
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semáforo en rojo
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a red light
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rojo de labios
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lipstick
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juegos de rol
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role-playing games
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papel en rollo
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a roll of paper
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un rollo de papel higénico
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a roll of toilet paper
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nos saltó el rollo de siempre
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he gave us the usual spiel
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que no había quien se lo creyera
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that no one would possibly believe
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perdona por el rollo que te he soltado
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sorry to bore you with my story!
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cortar el rollo
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to cut the crap
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cinco minutos más y ya corto el rollo
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five minutes more and I´ll be quiet
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mejor que le cortes el rollo
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better not let him rattle on
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¡con lo bien que estábamos pasando! ¡nos has cortado el rollo!
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we were having a great time until you went and spoiled things!
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están de rollo desde hace dos horas
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they´ve been rattling on for two hours
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no te tires el rollo conmigo que te conozco
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don´t give me that crap, I know what you´re like
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tirate un rollo
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be a pal
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¡qué rollo!
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what a pain!
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es un rollo
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he´s a real bore
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lo de las lentillas es un rollo
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contacts are a real drag
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no me va el rollo de esta gente
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I´m not into their scene **
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me da buen / mal rollo
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I get good / bad vibes
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revolver Roma con Santiago
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leave no stone unturned (refrán)
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Roma no se construyó en un día
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Rome wasn´t built in a day
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por todas partes se va a Roma
todos los caminos llevan a Roma |
all roads lead to Rome (2 ways)
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cargar la romana
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heap the blame on somebody
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hablar en romance
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to speak plainly
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se lo pone por montera
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he makes it into a joke, laughs at (bullfighter´s cap)
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del montón
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average, ordinary
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se sale del montón
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he stands out from the crowd
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en montón
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all jumbled together
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sabe un montón
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she knows a ton
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tardaron un montón de tiempo
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they took ages
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ejemplos hay a montones
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there´s no shortage of examples
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montonero
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urban guerilla
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cabalgar sin montura
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ride bareback
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cogerse una moña
estar con la moña |
be sloshed (2 ways)
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se agarraron del moño
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they pulled each other´s hair out
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estoy con el moño torcido
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I got up on the wrong side of the bed (Carib, Mex)
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se pone moños
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she gives herself airs
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le bajó un moño
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he took her down a peg
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tengo moquera
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I have a runny nose
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ponerse en mora
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to default
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no tiene morada fija
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he doesn´t have a fixed address
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ojo morado
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black eye
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las paso moradas
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I´m having a tough time of it
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se pone morado de pan
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he´s stuffing his face with bread
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doble moral
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double standards
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de dudosa moral
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of dubious morality
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tengo baja la moral
estoy bajo de moral |
I´m a little down
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la moral estaba por los suelos
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morale was at rock bottom
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tener más moral que el alcoyano
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keep going against all odds (Esp)
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faltar a la moralidad
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behave immorally
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