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46 Cards in this Set
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En cuanto acaba el himno
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AS SOON AS the anthem ends
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Esposar
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to handcuff
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Gruesa
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thick. In this case, it will be gruesas alfombras – thick carpets
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Terciopelo
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velvet
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Los seres queridos
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the loved ones
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El regazo
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the lap (like what you get when you sit down)
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Hace cosa de un año
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about a year or so ago
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Seguramente
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probably. Yes, I know you thought it meant certainly, which it can. It can mean certainly, but it can also mean probably. Here it means probably.
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El canje
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the exchange, trade
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No me molesto en sugerir
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I don’t bother to suggest
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El combustible
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the fuel
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El comercio
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the trading
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No pude evitar lo que . . .
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I couldn’t help what . . .
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Tendrás que evitarlo . . .
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you will have to help it (as in, I can’t help it, yes you can help it).
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Da igual lo que pase
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it doesn’t matter what happens
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Whatever you see on the screen
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da igual lo que veas (note: subjunctive) en pantalla
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La competición está mucho más allá de mis habilidades
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the competition is far beyond my abilities
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Chaval
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kid, boy, girl, young person
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Rendirse
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we’ve seen this before. To surrender, to yield, to give up, exhaust, tire out. Conjugates like this in the present tense: me rindo I give up. Note the ei.
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Además, no es propio de mí
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besides, it’s not in my nature (remember: propio means own, as in “my own, his own”). It’s an adjective, not a verb. It’s not “to own,” but “my own car.”
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Me da igual que seamos ricos
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I don’t care if we’re rich
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Lo intentarás de verdad de la buena?
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You’ll really, really try? This idiom isn’t found anywhere else that I can find, except on a blog which tells this same story, in Spanish, from Prim’s point of view, and it repeats this sentence. I can’t find this phrasing in any dictionary, though.
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El cojín
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the cushion, the sofa pillow
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Al fin y al cabo
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this idiom means “after all,” or “in the end,”
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A lo largo de
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over the course of, or along
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Talkative
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hablador
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Un trato
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a trade, a deal
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Guardar silencio
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to keep quiet
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No perderé de vista a
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I’ll keep my eye on . . .
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Oprimir
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to oppress, to press, to squeeze
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En pleno vuelo
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in flight
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La insignia
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the pin, badge, distinctive button or insignia, mark of honor
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¿vale?
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Okay? Alright?
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Puede que
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there might be
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Hacerte con
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idiom: to get your hands on
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Una maza
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a mace, like the old weapon
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Con pinzos
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spiked
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Hasta un arco endeble
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EVEN a weak bow. Note how HASTA= even. Endeble means weak, fleeble, and flimsy. Fragile. Flaccid. Forceless.
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Un paraje
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a place, a spot
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Cantos rodados
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boulders
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Una mordedura
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a bite, una mordedura de serpiente = snake bite
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Hacerse un ovillo
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idiom meaning: to curl up into a ball
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Una hoguera
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a bonfire. Any blaze produced by burning things heaped together
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Decepcionante
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disappointing; anticlimactic
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Empiezo a asustarme
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I begin to panic
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Desplazar
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to move, to displace, to take the place of, to replace. NOTE: reflexively, desplazarse=to travel. This is how it’s used in this chapter.
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