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acusado
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accused
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la declaración
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statement
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el delito
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crime
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derogar (una ley)
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to abolish (a law)
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el/la desaparecido/a
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missing person
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el duelo
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duel
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el enfrentamiento
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confrontation
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la herencia
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inheritance
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la impunidad
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impunity
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el/la juez
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judge
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juzgado/a
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tried (legally)
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llevar a cabo
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to carry out
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merecer(se)
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to deserve
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la nuca
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nape
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otorgar
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to grant
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el rencor
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resentment
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requisar
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to confiscate
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la azotea
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flat roof
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batirse en duelo
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to fight a duel
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el castigo
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punishment
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el/la culpable
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guilty one
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disparar
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to shoot
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exiliado/a
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exiled, in exile
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el exilio
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exile
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impune
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unpunished
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interrumpir
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to stop
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el juzgado
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courthouse
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presenciar
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to witness
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la rabia
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anger; rage
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retar a duelo
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to challenge to a duel
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la venganza
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revenge
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vengar(se)
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to avenge (oneself)
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veredicto
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verdict
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Duelo a muerte.
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Duel to the death.
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Estar terminantemente prohibido.
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To be strictly forbidden.
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Estoy en mi derecho.
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I am entitled to it/within my rights.
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el agujero
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hole
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apartar
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to pull someone away
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apartarse
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to stray
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apoderarse
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to take possession
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arrojar
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to throw
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asesinar
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to murder
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el brillo
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sparkle
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el/la cómplice
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accomplice
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dar a luz
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to give birth
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la falla
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flaw
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pícaro/a
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cunning
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los restos
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remains
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secuestrar
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to kidnap
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trasladar
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to move
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el varón
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man
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el abuso de poder
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abuse of power
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el ataúd
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coffin
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conjeturar
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to conjecture
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la dictadura
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dictatorship
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(in)justo/a
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(un)fair
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la lucha
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struggle
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la manifestación
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demonstration
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preguntarse
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to wonder
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el/la preso/a
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prisoner, captive
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la queja
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complaint
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el régimen
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form of government
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el tribunal
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court
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el analfabetismo
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illiteracy
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la araña
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spider
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el espectro
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specter
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fastuoso/a
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lavish, ostentatious
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la hojarasca
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fallen leaves
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hueco/a
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hollow
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la mosca
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fly
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negar
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to deny
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el papel moneda
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banknotes
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el/la prestidigitador(a)
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conjurer, magician
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el rebaño
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herd
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la sabiduría
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wisdom
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sorber
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to sip, to slurp
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volverse
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to become
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la ambición
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ambition
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defraudar
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to disappoint, let down
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la especulación
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speculation
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el flujo de capital
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flow of capital
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la insensibilidad
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insensitivity
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materialista
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materialist
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el mercado financiero
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financial market
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acaso
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by some chance
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arreglar
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to fix
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la culpa
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fault
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flojo/a
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lazy
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¡Oye!
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Hey!
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aprovechar
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to take advantage
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la abeja
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bee
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devorar
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to devour
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irónico/a
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ironic
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(in)justo
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(un)fair
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la lengua
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tongue
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merecer
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to deserve
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la moraleja
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moral of a story
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la presa
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prey
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quejarse
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to complain
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el sapo
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toad
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tomar por sorpresa
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to take by surprise
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alcanzar
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to be enough
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el changarro
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stand, small store
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el/la chavo/a
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young man/woman
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güey
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pal; idiot
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invitar
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to treat
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la jefa
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mother
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el machote
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template
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la máquina (de escribir)
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typewriter
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la mercadotecnia
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marketing
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ocultar
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to hide
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el oficio
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trade
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el rato(te)
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a (long) while
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servir de
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to work as
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toparse (con alguien)
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to run into (someone)
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abandonar
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to leave
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la alfabetización
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literacy campaign
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el analfabetismo
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illiteracy
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analfabeto/a
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illiterate
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el consuelo
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consolation
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dejar plantado/a
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to stand someone up
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el desengaño (amoroso)
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heartbreak
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la desilusión
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disappointment
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enamorado/a (de)
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in love (with)
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el/la escribano/a
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letter writer
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planear
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to plan
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resignarse
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to resign oneself
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la soledad
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loneliness
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la tristeza
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sadness
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¿A cómo me sale...?
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How much will... cost me?
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Conocer a alguien.
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(euphemism) To get involved with somebody.
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¡Lo/La réqueteadoro!
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I really love him/her!
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Mejor me voy.
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I'd better go.
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¡Órale, no demores!
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Come on, hurry up!
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¡Qué chido!
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Cool!
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Si te late...
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If you like it...
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aconsejable
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advisable
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cobrar
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to gain (importance, etc.)
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la desconfianza
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distrust
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desvincular
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to separate
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durar
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to last
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la embestida
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charge, onslaught
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inmutable
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unchanging
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la jubilación
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retirement
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el lapso
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lapse (of time)
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el puñado
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handful
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renovar
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to renew
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sucumbir
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to succumb
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vencer
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to expire
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la burla
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mockery, joke
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la certidumbre
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certainty
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desechable
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disposable
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inseguro/a
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uncertain
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la justificación
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justification
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el vínculo
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link
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la abeja
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bee
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adulatorio/a
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flattering
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agasajar
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to receive (a guest)
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aludir
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to allude
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el cargo
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position
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la cigarra
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cicada
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comprensivo/a
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understanding
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la debilidad
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weakness
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distraído/a
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absent-minded
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la gallina
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hen
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el gallo
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rooster
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inquieto/a
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restless
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laborioso/a
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hard-working
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mejorar
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to improve
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el/la mono/a
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monkey
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renunciar
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to give up
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la selva
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jungle
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la urraca
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magpie
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alocado/a
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reckless
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arrogante
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arrogant
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astuto/a
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cunning
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hablador(a)
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talkative
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moraleja
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moral
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presumido/a
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conceited
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ruidoso/a
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noisy
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vanidoso/a
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vain
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la altura
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height
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la autopista
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highway
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besar
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to kiss
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la carretera
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road
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la escalera
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stairway
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el/la guardia de seguridad
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security guard
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la pareja
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couple
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el rascacielos
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skyscraper
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la salida de emergencia
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emergency exit
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el/la agricultor(a)
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farmer
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el/la cabro/a
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goat
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el/la chivo/a
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goat
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enfriarse
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to get cold
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extrañar a alguien o algo
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to miss someone or something
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hacer caso
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to obey
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hacerse tarde
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to become late
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la hembra
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female
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la hierba
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grass
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huérfano/a
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orphan
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largarse
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to scram
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la mata
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plant
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el patio trasero
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backyard
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la regla
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rule
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velar por alguien o algo
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to look out for someone or something
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afilar
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to sharpen
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el desempleo
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unemployment
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jugar al escondito
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to play hide and seek
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la navaja
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jackknife
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la nostalgia
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nostalgia
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piar
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to chirp
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tirar
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to throw
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la vela
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candle
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Condenao.
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Damn.
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Estar hecho un hombrecito.
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To be almost a man.
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Veremos a ver.
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Don't test me.
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No te la eches tanto.
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Don't brag too much.
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Así son las cosas.
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That's how things are.
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eficaz
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effective
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fisgonear
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to snoop
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deambular
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to ramble
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pelea
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fight
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puñetazo
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punch
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renglón
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line
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dañar
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to damage/harm
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