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464 Cards in this Set
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Back Side
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Bolsas de basura
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Bin liners
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Quedar bien
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Suit
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Platija
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Plaice
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Aguanieve
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Sleet
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Cangrejo
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Crab
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Retirar, sacar
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Withdraw
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Auxiliar de vuelo
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Steward, stewardess
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Corto // Tenue
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Dim
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Zapatos sin tacón
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Flat shoes
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Popa
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Stern
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Absolutamente todo
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Lock, stock and barrel
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Lluvia torrencial
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Torrential rain
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Corpulento
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Stout
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Buque de pasajeros
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Liner ship
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Corriente, arroyo
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Stream
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Perdiz
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Partridge
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Arrogante
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Arrogant, full of oneself
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Tronco
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Trunk
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Ojo morado
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Black eye
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Reparto
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Cast
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Ante, gamuza
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Suede /sweid/
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Almibarado
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Syrupy
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Hacer malabarismos
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Juggle
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Velero, yate
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Yacht
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Cilantro
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Coriander
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Poco melodioso
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Tuneless
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Piojo
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Louse (pl. lice)
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Tenía un moco en la nariz
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He had a bogey / piece of snot stuck to his nose
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Bochornoso
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Muggy
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Dar marcha atrás
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Back, reverse
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Carne de ternera joven
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Veal
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Programa electoral
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Election manifesto
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Transmitir, emitir
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Broadcast
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Espeleología
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Potholing
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Considerar
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"Deem - The evening was deemed a great success.
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Resistir el impacto
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Withstand the pressure
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Pintoresco, extraño, curioso
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Quaint
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Bochornoso
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Close
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Maquinista
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Engine driver
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Cobaya
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Guinea pig
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Tirar de una palanca
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Pull the lever
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Volante
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Steering wheel
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Si te empeñas
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If you twist my ankle
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Borrascoso, tempestuoso
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Blustery
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Refrescarle la memoria a alguien
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To jog somebody’s memory
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Carne en su punto
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This xxxx is done to a turn!
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Papeleta electoral
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Ballot paper
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Renunciar
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Relinquish
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Asombroso
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Astonishing
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Afluente
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Tributary
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Serie de robos / oleada de robos
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Spate of thefts
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Malestar (medicina, desazón)
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Discomfort, unease
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Enchufe macho
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Plug
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Cara regordeta
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Chubby face
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Escaso, exiguo, precario
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Meagre
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Apagón
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Power cut
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Loca de alegría
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Deliriously happy
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Corteza
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Bark
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De manga larga
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Long-sleeved
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Tonificante, estimulante.
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Exhilarating - My first parachute jump was an exhilarating experience.
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Physics
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Física
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Carne de ovino
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Mutton
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Panel de información
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Arrivals / departures board
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Emitir un voto
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Cast a vote
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Calamar
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Squid
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Aparentemente
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"Outwardly / Outwardly, Sue seems happy enough.
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Camisón
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Nightgown
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Intento de
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A bid to + infinitive
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De bote en bote
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Packed
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Tirantes (ropa)
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Braces
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Panel de información
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Arrivals / departures board
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Tonto, bobo (American English colloquial)
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Dumb
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Tengo que echarle gasolina.
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I have to get some gas / petrol.
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Escandaloso, estridente
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Raucous
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Neblinoso, empañado
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Misty
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Persuasivo, absorbentr, imperioso
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Compelling - There is no compelling reason to change our policy. / There is something compelling about it.
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Embriagador
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Intoxicating - Views, air, fragancy.
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Inconveniente, desventaja
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Drawback
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Apretar el gatillo
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Press the trigger
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Resultar, sumar
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Add up to
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Pila, montón
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Heap
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Casco, pezuña
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Hoof
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Bimotor
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Twin-engined
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Morro, proa
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Nose
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Sobrecargo (oficial)
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Purser
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Tenso
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Wound-up, stressed-out, edgy, uptight
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Romero
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Rosemary
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Una decisión muy acertada
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A shrewd decision
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Sensacional, clamoroso, estupendo
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Stunning
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Devastado
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Devastated
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Buscar pelea
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To pick a fight
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Seco, cortante
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Curt
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Castaño
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Chestnut
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Magulladura, moratón
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Bruise
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Olla para cocinar a vapor
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Steamer
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Plisado
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Pleated
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Insulso
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Bland
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Aceitoso
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Greasy
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Melódico
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Tuneful
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Censurar
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Censure /'sensjê/
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Sonarse los mocos
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Wipe / blow your nose
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Aumentar, agravarse
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Snowball
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Combustibles fósiles
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Fossil fuels
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Recuperar los gastos, no tener pérdidas ni beneficios
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Break even
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Provocar, desencadenar
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Trigger
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Tren de carga
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Freight train
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Venido a menos
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Run-down
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Comino
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Cumin
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Atar, sujetar, amarrar
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Strap
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Nieve fangosa
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Slush
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Cabaña, leñera, galpón
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Shed
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Igual, coetáneo
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Peer
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Bata, albornoz
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Dressing gown
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¿Me abrochas?
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Would you hook me up?
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Salir a cubierta
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To go up on deck
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Maletero
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Boot
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No llevarse muy bien con alguien
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Not to see eye to eye
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Tropezar
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Stumble
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Tabla de cortar
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Chopping board
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Torcerse
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Twist
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Soltar (arreglos ropa)
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Let out
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Decidido, resuelto
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Determined
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Heladas
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Frosts
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Retrovisor
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Wing mirror
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Magnífico, espléndido
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Magnificent
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Malestar
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Malaise /mæ'leiz/ - Social malaise, economic malaise, financial malaise
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Hipoteca
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Mortgage
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Doblaje
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Dubbing
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Suela del zapato
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Sole
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Puerta de embarque
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Departure gate
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Embarcadero
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Wharf (wharves), quay / kii/
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Astuto, ingenioso, zorro, pillo
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Cunning, crafty, sly - You're a sly one!
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Astuto, sagaz, hábil
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Shrewd
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El banquillo de los acusados
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The dock
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Ola de calor
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Heatwave
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Caldo de cultivo
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Hotbed
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Húmedo
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Damp
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Dictador
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Dictatorn /'dikteitê/
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Bajo cubierta
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Below deck
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Eliminación de residuos
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Waste disposal
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Sofocante, agobiante
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Stifling
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Abeto
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Fir
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Sequía
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Drought
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Rama
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Branch, bough
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Bote de remos
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Rowboat / rowing boat
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Acordes
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Chords
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Rayado
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Striped
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Bullicioso, escandaloso
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"Boisterous - It was a challenge, keeping that ten-year old amused.
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Alcaldesa
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Mayoress
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Imbécil
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Half-witted
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No perder de vista
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Keep an eye
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Pimentón
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Paprika
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Estéril, yermo, árido
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Barren
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Ensordecedor
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Deafening
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Paperas
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Mumps
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En conformidad con
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In keeping with - His dad played music very much in keeping with folk traditions.
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Vicepresidente
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Vice president // deputy chairman / chairwoman
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Adelantar
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Overtake
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Deprimente, lóbrego, monotonía
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Dreariness
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Da lo mismo
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"Six of one and half a dozen of the other
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Ejercicio, esfuerzo, empleo
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Exertion
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Perspicaz, agudo
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Sharp
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Abollar
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Dent
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Batiburrillo
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Hodgepodge
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Vendaval
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Gale
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Atroz, insoportable, terrible
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Excruciating / She suffered from excruciating headaches.
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Con flores
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Flowery
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Vuelo con ala delta
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Hang gliding
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Cabo
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Cape
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Dejar pasar una oportunidad
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Pass up an opportunity
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Sobrecargo
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Purser
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Echar de un local
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Throw out
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Mantel individual
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Table mat
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Arrugas
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Wrinkles
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Domiciliación bancaria
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Direct debit / direct billing
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Colador (té, café...)
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"Strainer
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Tiempo inclemente
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Inclement weather
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Música ambiental
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Muzak
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Brusco
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Abrasive
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Hacer juego
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Match
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Exclusivo
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Exclusive
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Aves de corral
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Poultry
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Ticket inspector
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Revisor
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Berberechos
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Cockels
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Estar muy ocupado
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To be tied up - I am tied up until this afternoon.
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Tengo que echar gasolina
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I have to get some gas / petrol -- I need to fill up with petrol.
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Pista de aterrizaje
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Runway
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Cuello
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Collar
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Estar sin un duro
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To be broken
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Hacer bote
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Club together
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Un periódico serio
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A quality paper
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Ferry de autotransbordo
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Roll-on, roll-off ferry
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Tacón
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Heel
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Hacer dinero fácil
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To make a quick / fast buck - They just want to make a fast buck out of the tourists.
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Cerebrito
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Brainy
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Moler
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Grind
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Ser un renacuajo
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Knee-high to a grasshopper
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Trozo, fragmento
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Snippet - Snippet of information
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Arreglar las cuentas
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Settle up - Can we settle up later?
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Legendario
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Legendary
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Brusco, abrupto, considerable
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Steep - It was a steep climb out of the valley. / The region is steeped in history.
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Despilfarrador
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Extravagant
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Derramar, verter
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Spill (spilled or spilt)
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Dolor de articulaciones
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Painful joints
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De lunares
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Spotted
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Compañía aérea
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Airline
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Sala de máquinas
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Engine-room
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Maleducado
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Ill-mannered
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Perejil
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Parsley
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Talentoso
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Gifted
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Volante
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Steering wheel
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Calor espantoso
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Boiling hot
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Quedarse aislado
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To be marooned
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Levantar sesión
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Adjourn (the meeting, trial)
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Preparar un contrato de forma oficial
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Draw up a contract
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Decorado, attrezzo
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Sets
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Erizo
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Hedgehog
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Reparto estelar
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"Studded cast
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Empalagoso
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Sickly
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Varicela
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Chickenpox
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Nacimiento río
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Source
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Acento fuerte
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Broad accent
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Entrada para coches
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Drive
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Bajo y fornido
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Stocky / well–built
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Tanda, hornada, lote
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Batch
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Un grano de arena en el desierto
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A drop in the ocean
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Arenque
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"Herring
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Coche cama
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Sleeping-car
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Escaño
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Seat
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Gambas
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Prawns
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Estimular, fomentar
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Boost - Getting that job did a lot to boost his ego.
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Ventiscas (de nieve)
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Blizzards
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Rellano, descansillo
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Landing
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Peligro, riesgo
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Hazard
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Puño, vuelta (ropa)
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Cuff
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Despliegue, bombo
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Media hype / marketing hype
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To have sex with someone
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Hook up
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Plancha (embarcación)
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Gangplank
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Coche cama
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Sleeping car
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Sin escrúpulos
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Unprincipled
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Moda pasajera
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Fad /fæd/ - A fad for physical fitness
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Posavasos
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Coaster
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Meter (arreglos ropa)
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Take in
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Desestabilizat
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Destabilise -ze
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Diluviar
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Pour down
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Médico (Am. Eng.)
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Physician
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«Nada podrá separarnos»
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Nothing can come between us
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Maletero
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Boot
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Granja de cría intensiva
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Battery farm
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Préstamo
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Loan
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Branquias
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Gills
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Carrera de relevos
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Relay race
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Desentenderse, abandonar
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Opt out
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Tener fiebre
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To have / run a temperature - To be feverish
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Plancha (embarcación)
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Gangplank
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Quedarse tirado en el aeropuerto
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To be stranded at the airport
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Tomillo
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Thyme
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Litera.
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Bunk bed.
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Escrutador
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Polling clerk
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Paseo marítimo
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Promenade
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Templado
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Mild
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No ser menos que los demás
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To keep up with the Jonases
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Creciente preocupación
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Mounting concern
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Sala de máquinas
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Engine-room
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Neumáticos
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Tyres / tires
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Abejorro
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Bumblebee
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Hurón
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Ferret
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Fiebre
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Temperature / fever
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Sencillo, liso
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Plain
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Retrovisor interior
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Rear-view mirror
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Bisturí
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Scalpel
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Pesado
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Stodgy
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Tararear
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Hum
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Le caían los mocos
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He had a runny / snotty nose
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Voraz, hambriento
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Ravenous - What's for lunch? I'm absolutely ravenous.
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Sala de embarque
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Departure lounge
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Hacer la vista gorda
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To turn a blind eye
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Forrarse
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To line one’s own pockets
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Submarinismo
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Scuba diving
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Tropezar
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Stumble, trip
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Atenuantes
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Mitigating circumstances / factors
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Trasantlántico
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Ocean liner
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Animado, bullicioso
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Bustling
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Hacer buenas migas
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Get on like a house on fire
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La prensa seria
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The quality press
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Mirar boquiabierto
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Gawk at something
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Cubierto, nublado
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Overcast
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Absurdo, ridículo
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Preposterous
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Retrovisor lateral
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Wing mirror
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Arroyo
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Brook
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Conducir de forma temeraria
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Drive recklessly
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Compartimento
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Compartment
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Urna electoral
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Ballot box
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Enchufe hembra
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Socket
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Entradas
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Receding hair
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Ingresar
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Deposit
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Colador (pasta, verdura...)
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Colander
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Ramita
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Twig
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Capullo
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Bud
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Apasionante
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Gripping
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Servir, encajar (calzado, ropa)
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Fit
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Impresionante, imponente
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Breath-taking
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Carne de ciervo
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Venison
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Merluza
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Hake
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Salado
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Savoury
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Montar una tienda de campaña.
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Pitch a tent.
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Horroroso, espantoso
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Hideous
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Dobladillo
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Hem
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Aluvión de preguntas
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Barrage of questions
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Anotarse, hacer
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Clock up
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Bote (hinchable)
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Dinghy
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Cordones
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Laces - Do up your laces.
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Cabina de mando
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Cockpit
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Talentoso, superdotado
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Gifted
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Es un lince para los negocios
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He's a shrewd businessman
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Físico
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Physicist
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Gruñir, quejarse, gemir
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Groan
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Efecto invernadero
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Greenhouse effect
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Relevo
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"Baton change
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Franco, sincero
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Frank
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Gotear, filtrar
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Leak
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Olla a presión
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Pressure cooker
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Sin mangas
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Sleeveless
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Sarpullido
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Rash
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Apretado, estrecho
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Cramped
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Económico, ahorrativo
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Thrifty
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Buque de pasajeros
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Liner ship
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Estragón
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Tarragon
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Vestuario
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Costumes
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Virus
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A bug
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Atracar (barco)
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To dock
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Me hierve la sangre
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It makes my blood boil
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Enfadarse con alguien
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Fall out with someone
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Despertar entusiasmo
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Drum up
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Gastado
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Shabby
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Crin
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Mane
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Tranquilo y despreocupado
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Laid-back
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No picante
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Mild
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Serie de tv
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Serial
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Cubierta
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Deck
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Desfiladero, cañón
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Gorge
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Estar mejorando
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To be on the mend
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Parecerse a alguien (familia)
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Take after
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Rellenito
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Plump
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A granel
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Bulk
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Rallador
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Grater
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Subir (arreglos ropa)
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Take up
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Tacaño
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Mean, stingy, tight-fisted
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Caballa
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Mackerel
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Maquinista
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Engine driver
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Derretirse
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Thaw / Melt
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Nuez moscada
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Nutmeg
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Remodelar, reorganizar
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Reshuffle
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Marcha
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Gear - To engage first / second gear - To shift / change gear
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Hacer las paces con alguien
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Make it up
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Hebilla
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Buckle
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Agujereado
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Leaky
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Tonto, bobo
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Daft - He is daft in the head.
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Tren de mercancía
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Freight train /freit/
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Soltarse, caerse
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Come off
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Empollar, memorizar
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Cram
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Llovizna
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Drizzle
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Abatido
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Dejected
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Como dos gotas de agua
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Like two peas in a pod
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Que conserva su belleza natural.
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Unspoiled / unspoilt
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Vegetación
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Greenery
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Sauce
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Willow
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Pago único
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"Lump sum
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Pecas
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Freckles
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Tallo
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Stalk
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Febril competitividad
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Rat race
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Vehemente, enardecedor
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Rousing - A rousing speech / cheer / reception
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Cuadros escoceses
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Tartan
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Controlador aéreo
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Traffic air controller
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Muelle, dársena, puerto
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Dock, docks
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Estúpido, tarado
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Brainless
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Azafrán
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Turmeric
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Serie de televisión
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Serial
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Embarcadero, paseo con juegos sobre un muelle
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Pier /pi?/
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Abrasador, infernal
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Scorching
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Zarpar
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To set sail
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Velero, yate
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Yacht
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Capaz
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Able
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Mofeta
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Skunk
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Día de las elecciones
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Polling day
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Cascar, desportillar
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Chip
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Sencillo
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Understated
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Declarado, abierto
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Overt
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Ridículo, absurdo
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"Ludicrous / a ludicrous new regulation -- Preposterous
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Cala
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Cove
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Relajante
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Soothing - She’s such a soothing person
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Agujetas
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Stiffness // I am stiff
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Diseccionar
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Dissect
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Paracaidismo acrobático
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Skydiving
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Acantilado
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Cliff
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Habladurías
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Idle chatter
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Una puñalada trapera
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"A stab in the back
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Enchufe
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Power point
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Da lo mismo / Tanto monta
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"It is as broad as it is long
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Entrada, cuota inicial
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Down payment
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Pelo castaño rojizo
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Auburn hair
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Poderoso, imponente, enorme.
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Mighty - The mighty Mississippi river.
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Bacalao
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Cod
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Bote de remos
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Rowboat / rowing boat
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Langostinos
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Shrimps
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Una buena suma
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Tidy sum / amount
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Pasar por alto
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Pass over
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El dinero no puede comprar la felicidad
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Money can't buy happiness
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Hacer señas a un taxi / aclamar
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Hail
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Revisor
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Ticket inspector
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Disquete
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Floppy disk
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Broma sin gracia
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Flat joke
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A cuadros
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Checked
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Pelo al rape
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Crew–cut
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Recogedor
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Dust-pan
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Críticas muy favorables
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Rave reviews
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Bajar (arreglos ropa)
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Let down
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Tenso
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Edgy
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Contienda, enemistad
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Feud / fju:d/
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Compartimento
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Compartment
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Sin igual.
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Unsurpassed (opportunity, beauty, quality)
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Centro electoral
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Polling station
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Desalentador, sobrecogedor
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Daunting
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¡Fue un desmadre!
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It was a blast
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Participación, acción
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Share
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Nervioso, tenso
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Uptight - Relax! You're getting too uptight about it.
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Patentar
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Patent /'pætnt/
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Plegable
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Folding
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Probarse ropa
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Try on
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Boya
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Buoy
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Cubierta
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Deck
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Estar casi seguro
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To have a shrewd idea- I have a shrewd idea of where she's gone.
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Amargo
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Bitter
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Capaz
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Able
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Golpe de suerte
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Stroke of luck
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Perder los estribos
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Fly off the handle
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Intensificar, aumentar
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Heighten
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Asediar
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Plague
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Tolerante
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Broad-minded
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Roble
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Oak
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Bulto, chichón
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Lump
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De raya diplomática
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Pinstriped
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Descontrolado (crecimiento ciudad)
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Sprawling
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Digno de confianza
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Trustworthy, reliable
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Batería descargada
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Flat battery
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Ácido
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Sour
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Neumáticos
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Tyres / tires
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Hacer naufragar
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Wreck
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Quedarse corto
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Fall short
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Frenético
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Hectic
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Tartamudear
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Stummer, stutter
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Neblinoso, brumoso, calima
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Hazy
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Cabina de votación
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Polling booth
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Quemadura de sol
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Sunburn
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Puenting
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Bungee-jumping
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Parada de taxis
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Taxi rank
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Transatlántico
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Ocean liner
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Cascada
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Waterfall
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Marcha (coche)
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Gear - To engage first gear. // to shift / change gear.
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Avasallador
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Pushy
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Despensa
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Pantry / larder
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Desaliñado
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Scruffy / untidy– looking / messy–looking
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Esguinzar
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Sprain |