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to achieve
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alcanzar
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relief
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el alivio
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to establish
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cimentar
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professional recognition
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la consagración
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lack of interest
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el desinterés
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to premiere
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estrenar
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failure
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el fracaso
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boarding school
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el internado
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to interpret (a role)
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interpretar
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to mumble
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mascullar
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rejection
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el rechazo
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cast
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el reparto
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to shoot (a film)
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rodar
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vago/a
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lazy
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the premiere
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el estreno
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the famous person
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el/la famoso/a
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award
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el premio
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to cut short
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acortar
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to face
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afrontar
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isolated
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aislado
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to lack
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carecer
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to exile
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desterrar
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to skyrocket
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dispararse
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nonsense
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las tonterías
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to avoid
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evitar
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to impede, hinder
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impedir
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catchy, striking
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llamativo
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concern, worry
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la preocupación
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TV viewer
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el/la telespectador(a)
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idiocies
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las tonterías
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to atrophy, degrade
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atrofiar
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to distract, to entertatin
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distraer
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extremist
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el/la extremista
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defenseless
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indefenso
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controversial
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polémico/a
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sensationalist press
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la prensa amarillista
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sedentary
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sedentario
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couch potato
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el/la teleadicto/a
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to get upset
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alterarse
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overwhelmed
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anonadado/a
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fit
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el arrebato
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to yawn
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bostezar
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seat
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la butaca
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flicker
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la chispa
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to drive something into something
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clavar
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comedian
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el/la comediante
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disappointed
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disfraudado/a
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to waste
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desaprovechar
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disillusioned
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desengañado
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ending
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el desenlace
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deceiving
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engañoso
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heartthrob, very attractive young man
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el galán
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domestic
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hogareño
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to be unaware of
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ignorar
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evil
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malvado
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fickle
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novelero/a
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beginner
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el/la principiante
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the stab
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la puñalada
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roll, reel
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el rollo
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movie theater
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la sala
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showing
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la sesión cinematográfica
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to bother
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tomarse la molestia
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disturbed; deranged
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trastornado/a
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stalker
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el/la acosador(a)
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to stalk
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acosar
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jealous
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celoso/a
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mental illness
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la enfermedad mental
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envy
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la envidia
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fame
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la fama
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fan
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el/la fan
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obsessed
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obsesionado/a
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role
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el papel
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renowned
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renombrado/a
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apathy, listlessness
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la apatía
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city police
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el/la guardia urbano
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graphic humor (comics)
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el humor gráfico
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humorist, cartoonist
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el/la humorista
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inertia
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la inercia
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irony
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la ironía
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lethargy
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el letargo
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freethinker
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el/la librepensador(a)
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fine
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la multa
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passiveness
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la pasividad
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laziness
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la pereza
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worrying, alarming
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preocupante
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satire
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la sátira
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sign
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la señal
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accused
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acusado
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statement (declaration)
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la declaración
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crime
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el delito
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to abolish (a law)
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derogar (una ley)
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missing person
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el/la desparecido/a
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duel
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el duelo
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confrontation
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el enfrentamiento
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inheritance
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la herencia
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impunity
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la impunidad
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judge
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el/la juez(a)
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tried (legally)
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juzgado
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carry out
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llevar a cabo
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nape
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la nuca
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to grant
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otorgar
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resentment
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el rencor
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to confiscate
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requisar
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flat roof
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la azotea
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to fight a duel
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batirse en duelo
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guilty one
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el/la culpable
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to shoot
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disparar
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exile
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el exilio
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exiled
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exiliado/a
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unpunished
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impune
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to stop
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interrumpir
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courthouse
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el juzgado
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to witness
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presenciar
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anger; rage
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la rabia
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to challenge to a duel
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retar a duelo
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revenge
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la venganza
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to avenge (oneself)
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vengarse
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verdict
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veredicto
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to beat
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batir
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harsh
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duro/a
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to force
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forzar
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trial
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el juicio
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television news
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el telediario
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omelet
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la tortilla
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to swallow
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tragarse
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campaign
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la campaña
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candidate
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el/la candidato
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speech
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el discurso
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to get imformed
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informarse
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to govern
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gobernar
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hole
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el agujero
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to pull someone away
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apartar
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to stray
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apartarse
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to take possesion
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apoderarse
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to throw
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arrojar, tirar
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to murder
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asesinar
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sparkle
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el brillo
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accomplice
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el/la cómplice
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flaw
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la falla
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to give birth
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dar la luz
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cunning
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pícaro/a
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remains
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los restos
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to stray
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apartarse
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to take possesion
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apoderarse
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to throw
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arrojar, tirar
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to murder
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asesinar
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sparkle
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el brillo
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accomplice
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el/la cómplice
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flaw
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la falla
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to give birth
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dar la luz
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cunning
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pícaro/a
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remains
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los restos
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to kidnap
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secuestrar
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to move
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trasladar
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man
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el varón
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abuse of power
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el abuso de poder
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coffin
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el ataúd
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to conjecture
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conjeturar
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dicatatorship
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la dictadura
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struggle
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la lucha
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demonstration
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la manifestación
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to wonder
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preguntarse
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prisoner, captive
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el/la preso/a
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complaint
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la queja
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form of government
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el régimen
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court
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el tribunal
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prisoner, captive
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el/la preso/a
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complaint
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la queja
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form of government
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el régimen
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court
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el tribunal
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illiteracy
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el analfabetismo
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spider
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la araña
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specter
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el espectro
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lavish, ostentatious
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fastuoso/a
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fallen leaves
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la hojarasca
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hollow
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hueco
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banknotes
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el papel moneda
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conjurer, magician
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el/la prestidigitador(a)
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herd
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el rebaño
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wisdom
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la sabiduría
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to sip/slurp
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sorber
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to become
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volverse
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ambition
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la ambición
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to dissappoint, let down
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defraudar
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speculation
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la especulación
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flow of capital
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el flujo de capital
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insensitivity
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la insensibilidad
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materialist
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materialista
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financial market
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el mercado financiero
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by some chance
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acaso
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fault
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la culpa
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bee
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la abeja
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to devour
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devorar
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ironic
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irónico /a
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tongue
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la lengua
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moral of a story
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la moraleja
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prey
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la presa
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toad
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el sapo
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to take by surprise
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tomar por sorpresa
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young man/woman
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el/la chavo/a
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template
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el machote
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marketing
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la mercadotecnia
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trade
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el oficio
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to run into (someone)
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torparse (con alguien)
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to work as
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servir de
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a (long) while
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el rato(te)
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literacy campaign
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el alfabetización
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consolation
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el consuelo
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heartbreak
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el desengaño (amoroso)
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to stand someone up
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dejar plantado/a
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disappointment
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la desilusión
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in love with
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enamorado/a de
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loneliness
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la soledad
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sadness
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la tristeza
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to plan
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planear
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to resign oneself
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resignarse
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canine (tooth)
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el colmillo
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to dedicate
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dedicar
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dedication
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la dedicatoria
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supervisor
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el/la encargado/a
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to wink
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guiñar
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disturbing
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inquietante
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to be right
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tener razón
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to insult
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insultar
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spoiled
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mimado/a
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