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142 Cards in this Set
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nómina de sueldos
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Payroll
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desidias
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slackness
ex. no soporto se desidias |
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los vericuetos
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"ups and downs, twists and turns of life"
ex. los vericuetos de la vida |
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afán
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eagerness
ex. su afán de aventuras |
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las secuelas
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aftermath, consequence
ex la enfermedad le ha dejado graves secuelas |
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padecer
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to suffer from
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agudo/a
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sharp, acute, high-pitched
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las escotillas
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the hatches, hatchways
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recopilación
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compilation, collection
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sistema de alcantarillado
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sewer system
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el edredón
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quilt
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descarrilado
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derailed
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talonario de cheques
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checkbook
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empalmar
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to splice, overnighter
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hacer pucheros
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to pout
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alambrar
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the fence in/out
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pasmado
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stunned
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pelusa
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lint, fuzz
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quisquilloso/a
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fussy, picky
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contratiempo
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setback
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tahúr
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gambler, cardshop
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desprestigiar
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to discredit
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en bulto
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in bulk
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berrinche
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tantrum
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el escote
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neckline
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bostezar
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to yawn
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escayolar
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to plaster, put in cast
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las muletas
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crutches
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proxeneta
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a pimp
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muérdago
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mistletoe
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los castores
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beavers
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terciopelo
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velvet
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sicario
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hitman
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barajar
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to ponder, shuffle, look at, explain
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las bellotas
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acorns
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caer gordo
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to oppose something or someone
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colado
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a person who does places he/she is not invited without even playing
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cotillear
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to gossip or be curious, eavesdropping
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entrometer
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to "meddle", eavesdrop
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dar la lata
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to bother, annoy
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gorrón/a
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a person who goes somewhere he/she isn't invited w/o even paying
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de cajón
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evident, totally certain
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un gazpacho
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a mess
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un hincha
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a fan of a specific soccer team
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mala pata
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bad luck
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una movida
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a party
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la marcha
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nightlife
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pelas
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money**
cuantas pelas tienes** |
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¡que bobada!
¡que disparate! |
what nonsense!
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un viejo verde
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an old dirty man, creeper
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botellón
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outdoor drinking party
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cabezota
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stubborn person
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casero
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landlord
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chalado
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crazy or nuts
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¡que chorrada!
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what nonsense!
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chiringuito
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a bar, seaside restaurant
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cutre
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cheap, shabby, tacky
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enchufe
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a connection contact who has some kind of power that can help you. An "in".
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estar como una cabra
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completely nuts
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guiri
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foreigner
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botellón
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outdoor drinking party
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cabezota
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stubborn person
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casero
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landlord
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chalado
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crazy or nuts
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¡que chorrada!
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what nonsense!
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chiringuito
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a bar, seaside restaurant
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cutre
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cheap, shabby, tacky
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enchufe
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a connection contact who has some kind of power that can help you. An "in".
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estar como una cabra
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completely nuts
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guiri
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foreigner
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ir a su bola
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do one's own thing
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hortera
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tacky, in bad shape
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chapuza
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shaddy work
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estruendoso/sa
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resounding, massive, deafening
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primicia
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"the first fruit"
ex. conseguimos la primicia del reportaje |
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sumiso
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submissive
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aquejado
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suffering from something
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acogedores
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cozy, warm, friendly
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folclore
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folklore, ruckus
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paseantes
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stroller
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foráneo
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foreign, strange
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la lupa
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magnifying glass
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apresurado
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rushed, hurried
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diminuto
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tiny
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abarcar
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to range, cover, span
ex. la conversación abarcó varios temas |
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entrañable
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a very intimate close friend
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jornada
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work shift
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machacar
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to crush, pound
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las ráfagas
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gusts
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las garras
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claws
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las gradas
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steps, stands
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no seas patán
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don't be such a lout
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arrastrar
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to drag
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las carcajadas
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bursts of laughter
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basta de jarana
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enough fun and games
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alabanzas
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praiseworthy
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caladas
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a drag, puff of a cigarette
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traspasar
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to pierce, go through
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una pájara
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hen, old devil, witch
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taladrar
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to drill
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parrafadas
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lectures, long talks, sermon
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las baladas
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ballads
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una manada
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herd, pack
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achantar(se)
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to intimidate, to back down
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el colofón
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culmination, climax
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los bolos
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"sloshed", broken
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la canalla
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swine, riffraff
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inmutar(se)
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"bat an eyelid", to perturb
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sonoros
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resounding, audible signal
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corroborar
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to corroborate, to confirm or give support
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los corchos
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corks
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los bombos
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drums
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tochos
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weighty tome, wad
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potro/a
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colt
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cojo
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lame
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costoso
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expensive, costly
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bobo
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silly
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frotar
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rub
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sollozar
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to sob
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perecer
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to perish
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el mequetrefe
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"good for nothing"
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hereje
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heretic
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el retrete
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the W.C. bathroom
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"en lo referente a "
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regarding
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estrellar(se)
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to crash
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enfer
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to disease
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ennegrecer
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to blacken
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verter
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to pour
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entes
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entities
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las peleles
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rag dolls
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enclenque
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sickly, weak, rickety
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los rehéns
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hostages
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el jeque
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sheik
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decrecer
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to decrease, decline
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tomar represalias
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to retaliate
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la guindilla
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chilli
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la lejía
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bleach
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tararear
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to hum
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encular
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to bugger
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masqueta
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demo
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ineptitud
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ineptitude, incompetence
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un pupitre
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desk
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