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59 Cards in this Set
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Quiero recoger los libros para mi hija. |
I want to collect the books for my daughter. |
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envia dinero con western Unión |
send money with Western Union |
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ella enseña en colegio |
She teaches in College |
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permítame por favor. |
Allow me please |
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No tengas miedo. |
Don't be afraid |
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solo mirando |
Just watching |
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Estoy enojado |
I am angry |
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A nosotras nos encantaba la vida en el campo |
We loved country life |
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podíamos ayudar a nuestra comunidad |
we could help our community |
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La agricultura siempre nos interesó |
Agriculture has always interested us. |
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en armonía con el ambiente |
in harmony with the environment |
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No podíamos seguir caminando cuatro horas |
We couldn't keep walking four hours |
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A veces, nos dormíamos en clase porque estábamos muy cansadas. |
Sometimes we fell asleep in class because we were so tired. |
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compraron una casa en la ciudad |
they bought a house in the city |
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y mucho menos dos hermanas |
let alone two sisters |
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El material blando |
The soft material |
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pero a la vez muy dulce. |
but at the same time very sweet. |
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Si teníamos buenas notas en la carrera |
If we had good grades in the DEGREE |
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Y eso nos hacía sentir muy bien |
And that made us feel so good |
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nos motivaba a seguir estudiando. |
motivated us to continue studying. |
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trabajamos muy duro para lograr ese objetivo |
we work very hard to achieve that goal |
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estábamos felices |
we were happy |
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íbamos a volver a nuestra comunidad. |
we were going to return to our community. |
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Mientras no estábamos, la comunidad pasó por momentos difíciles. |
While we were away, the community went through difficult times. |
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paisaje estaba muy afectado |
landscape was badly affected |
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¿cómo lo haríamos? |
How would we do it? |
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Ellos decían: |
They said: |
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que salieron de nuestro pueblo para estudiar |
who left our village to study |
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Han cumplido la promesa de sus padres |
They have kept their parents' promise |
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Ya no estamos solos |
We are no longer alone. |
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Teníamos que ayudarlos |
We had to help them |
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así que empezamos a buscar soluciones para los problemas. |
So we started to look for solutions to the problems. |
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bombear agua |
pump water. |
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La comunidad estaba desesperada |
The community was desperate |
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más de mil metros de altura. |
more than 1,000 metres high. |
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Desde un punto de vista |
From the point of view |
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en el pasado |
in the past |
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Nunca habíamos escuchado |
We had never heard |
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solución basada en la misma naturaleza |
solution based on the same nature |
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y sobre todo |
and above all |
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Esto se hacía cuando había mucha sequía. |
This was done when there was a lot of drought. |
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una manera de cuidar el agua |
a way to take care of water |
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a base de piedras y arcilla |
based on stones and clay |
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Los ancianos nos contaron cómo se hacían en el pasado |
The elders told us how it was done in the past. |
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tenemos que hacer mantenimientos cada año. |
we have to do maintenance every year. |
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En la temporada de lluvia |
In the rainy season |
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el agua se mezclaba con la tierra |
water mixed with soil |
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se convertía en lodo |
turned to mud |
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laguna que no se seca, |
lagoon that does not dry up, |
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ni siquiera en años de sequía severa. |
even in years of severe drought. |
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orgullo. |
Pride |
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Era un orgullo ofrecer una solución |
It was proud to offer a solution. |
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la escasez del agua |
water scarcity |
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Lo hicimos aplicando los conocimientos de nuestra propia cultura |
We did this by applying the knowledge of our own culture. |
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tienen más productos disponibles |
have more products available |
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para la venta. |
for sale |
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encontramos una solución |
we found a solution |
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Todo funcionó tan bien |
Everything worked so well |
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hemos compartido esta experiencia |
we have shared this experience |
