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manosear
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to handle
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recelar de
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to be suspicious of
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todo aquel que
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anyone who
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abastecer
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to supply
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ensanchar
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widen, expand
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una labor
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a labour
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entumecer
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To numb
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templar
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to warm up, temper
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Por naturaleza... pero por procedimiento
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naturally... but in practice
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un jugador
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a gambler
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utópico
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Utopian (an idealistic social reformer, characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection)
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fraguar
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to forge, conceive, hatch (an idea, plan)
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fragua
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A forge
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naufragio
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shipwreck
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otorgar
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grant, bestow, reward
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verídico
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true
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comprobable
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verifiable
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bourbon
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bourbon (whiskey)
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arrojar
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to fling, throw
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regir
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to govern, rule; to be in force
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ariete
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Battering ram
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impeler
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to impel
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El porvenir
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El future
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coraje
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courage
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domar
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to tame, conquer
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brío
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spirit, vigour, zeal
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brillantez
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brilliance (of a person)
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resplandor
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brightness, gleam, glare (of sky etc)
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brillo
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shine, sparkle, sheen (of floor, surface)
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médula
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marrow
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instalarse
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to settle down
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espejismo
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illusion, mirage
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entregarse (a)
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to devote oneself; to lose oneself to; to surrender, to turn oneself in
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hincar en
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to thrust/drive into
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ijares
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flanks (of an animal: their side, between the ribs and the leg)
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desprender
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to detach, dislodge
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maleficio
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curse, spell
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rendirse
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to surrender
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trémulo
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quivering, flickering
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salpicadero
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dashboard
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aguja
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also: pointer (on a dial. Scales etc.)
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varilla
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rod, bar, spoke
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un limpiaparabrisas
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a windscreen wiper
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barrer
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to sweep
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exigüidad
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shortage, scarcity
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pavor
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terror
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pavoroso
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terrifying, horrific
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angustioso
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distressing
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expediente
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file, inquiry, legal proceedings
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fulgor
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glow, brilliance
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contornos
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outlines
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trepar
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to climb
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acaso
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perhaps, maybe
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algas
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seaweed
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entrever
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to make out, to glimpse
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ahínco
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eagerness
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fosa
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trench, pit, trough (geog.)
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insólito
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unusual, rare
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tripulante
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sailor, crewmember
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tripulación
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crew
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fantasmal
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ghostly
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tifón
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typhoon
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monzón
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monsoon
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desgarrar
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to tear (apart)
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casco (náut)
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hull
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yodo
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iodine
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hongos
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fungi
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inexorable
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inexorable, adamant
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desvaído
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faded, dull
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pacotilla
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trash, rubbish
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declamar
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to recite
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de vez en vez
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from time to time
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caer por
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to be in (a place)
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añascar
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hoard, amass
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ir medrando
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to be flourishing
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valerse
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to be self sufficient
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traído y llevado
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beaten about
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hurgar
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to rummage, rake
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desarticular
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dismantle
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exprimir
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to wring, squeeze
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impugnar
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to challenge
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acertar a hacer algo
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to manage to do something
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desentrañar
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get to the bottom of
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enredo
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tangle, mess, affair
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despique
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scorn
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soltar
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relase, let off
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estupor
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amazement
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ademanes
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gestures
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en guisa de
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disguised as
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pleitesía
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veneration
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tachar a algn de
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to label someone as
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rancio
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stale; also antiquated
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ya que
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since, as
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hacedera
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practicable
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un parecer
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an opinion
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frisar en
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to border on
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cuando menos
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at least
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escampar
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to clear up, stop raining
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cuchillas
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also: mountain ranges
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agrietar
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to crack
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rayar
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to scratch
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relámpago
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flash of lightening
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urdir
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to hatch (a plan)
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desmantelado
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empty
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tedio
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tedium
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mentar
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mention
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cicatriz
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scar
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desmudarse la cara
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to change one's facial expression
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asentir
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to consent, afree
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oprobio
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disgrace
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igualación
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matching
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valoración
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valuation, often: giving value to
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rebajar (intr)
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to be degrading
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cerros
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hills
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atrasado (AmL)
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late
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arrastrar
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drag
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un aire
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a breeze
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maizal
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cornfield
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ladera
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hillside
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tétrico
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gloomy
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minga
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job, task, work on a farm
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quebrada
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ravine
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arrear
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to spur on, to drive
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acial
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whip
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atorarse
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to get blocked
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el cauce del río
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the riverbed
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desagüe
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deluge
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deshielo
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thaw
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dique
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dike
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lodo
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mud
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chamba
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Andes. Turf Mex. Work
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turbia
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muddy
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desbrantar
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ruin
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atardecer
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sunset
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rojizo
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ruddy
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barranca
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slope
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cañaverales
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reed beds
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adelfa
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oleander
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aletargarse
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to linger
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recodo
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bend
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pegar a
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to cling to
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reptar
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to slither, to crawl, to snake
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silbar, silbido
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To whistle, whistling
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jirones
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tatters
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cauteloso
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cautious
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foso
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a moat
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mercancías
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goods train
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comadres
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fishwives, gossips
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conciliábulo
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clandestine meeting
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decir de
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to tell, say about
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un arranque de
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a fit of
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rijosidad
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sexual excitement
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fiar a alguien
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to give someone credit (financial)
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meterle un clavo a alguién
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not pay back a penny to someone
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pierda cuidado!
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don't worry!
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rezongar
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to grumble
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membrudo
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stout
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esgrimir
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to wield
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dígalo si no...
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just ask...
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indignarse
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to get annoyed
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morosidad
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tardiness, lateness
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acreedores
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creditors
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reñir
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to argue
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puntapiés
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kick
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puñetazo
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punch
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crianza
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upbringing
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encarar
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to face
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jocoso
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humorous
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sainete
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comedy sketch
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bufar
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to snort
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lazo
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knot, bond
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sujetar
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to tie down, subdue
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criollo
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Creole
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anegar
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overwhelm
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hacendados
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landowners
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hundir sus raíces en
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to be deeply-rooted in
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términos
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tenets
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