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127 Cards in this Set
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atuendo
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attire
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nitido
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shining
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arañar
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scrape, scrabble
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cartel
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poster
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impresora
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printer
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chorro de tinta
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ink jet
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código
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code (law or computer)
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garita
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bus wait kiosk
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harapiento
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tattered
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aro
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hoop earring
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decepción
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disappointment
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ir con rumbo a
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heading for
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caminar sin rumbo
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wander around
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rumbo
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course, direction (lots of expressions with this word: poner, tomar, mantener, perder, corregir)
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quedar en tablas
hacer tablas |
end in stalemate
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jauría
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pack of dogs
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muñón
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stump (of a body part)
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sabañón
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chilblain
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el goce
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enjoyment, pleasure
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el tufo
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stench
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ametrallar
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shower with shrapnel
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la papada
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double chin
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chorrear
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drip, trickle
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baba
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slime, slobber
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quebradizo
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fragile
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rebotar
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bounce
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tugurio
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hovel
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desalentar
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discourage
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ilusionarse
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to get excited
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en lontananza
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in the distance, background
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friolento
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sensitive to cold
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el trámite
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paperwork, step in a routine
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el boliche
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grocery (L Am.)
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desabrida
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tasteless
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no augurar nada bien
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doesn't augur well
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gabán
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overcoat
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ruiseñor
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nightengale
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opaca
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opaique
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derrochar
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to squander, throw away (money)
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vaho
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vapor
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friega
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massage
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rozar
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brush by, rub against
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dar un rodeo
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make a detour
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enguillir
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gobble up
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porvenir
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future
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cincelado
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chiselled
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encía
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gum (part of mouth)
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chirla
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clam or mussel
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brotar
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to sprout
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asaz
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exceedingly (antiquated and humorous)
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riña
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fight
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pitar
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puff
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cachuzo inglés
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broken English
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chapucero
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bungling, shoddy
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fraguar
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to forge (metal)
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apenarse
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get embarrassed, saddened
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cavilar
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mope
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tironear
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tug at, jerk
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pocilga
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pigsty
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altillo
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loft attic
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araña
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chandelier OR spider
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batracio
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amphibian
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trabar
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fasten
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veda
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ban
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acicatear
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spur on
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ensañar
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irritate
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hamacar
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to rock
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un modelo
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a line or phrase (like a pickup line)
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desgranar
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to sprout OR to thresh
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piojoso
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lousy
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festejar
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celebrate
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en su estela
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in her wake
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vereda
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steps, pavement
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a su medida
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custom built
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amagando
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showing signs of, as if to
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cernícalo
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kestrel (hawk)
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presa
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prey
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goloso
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sweet tooth
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desenlace
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outcome, denouement
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comba
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curve
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despojar
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strip away
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espiga
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ear
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sin pudor
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without shame
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palanca
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lever
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surcar
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plow, furrow
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tajo
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incision
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desprolijo
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straggling, messy
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aficionado
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amateur
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chapucero
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shoddy
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cavilar
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to ponder, to find subtle excuses
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atesorar
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to amass
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zafarse
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to escape
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vereda
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path, sidewalk
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escarbar
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scratch or scrape
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viruela
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smallpox
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mampostería
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masonry
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el flipper
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pinball machine
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capitoné de raso
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silk brocade
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ristra de guarangadas
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string of profanity
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reventado de
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bursting with
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trabar
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fasten, obstruct
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veda
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ban, prohibition
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mayordomo
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butler
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daga
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dagger
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estar entre dos fuegos
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between a rock and a hard place
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embutido
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cold cured meat
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almena
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battlement
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apestar
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to stink up
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chitrula
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chit of a girl
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capullito
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silk worm pod
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pebete, pebeta
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kid (Cono Sur?)
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amoldar
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adapt to something, get used to it
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no tomó nada bien
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was not at all pleased
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andaba por eso
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I was doing that
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inglés choto
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broken English
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dirigirse a
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to address someone
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entablar una amistad
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strike up a friendship
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níspero
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a fruit (meddlar, quince)
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mendrugo
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crust of stale bread
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consignar
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to state or write down for the record
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apelmazar
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to get squished
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crepar
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to kick the bucket
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campante
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cheerful, unruffled
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rumiar
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to think over
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con rulos
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with curlers or curled hair
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con reflejos
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with highlights
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andar con tapujos
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behave deceitfully
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