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307 Cards in this Set
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el promontorio
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the promontory
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sigiloso
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secretive
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el barco
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the boat
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la arboladura
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the mast
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la ballena
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the whale
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varado
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aground
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quitar
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to remove
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los matorrales de sargazos
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the clumps of seaweed
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los filamentos de medusas
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the jellyfish tentacles
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cardúmenes
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shoals of fish
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ahogado
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drowned man
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enterrar
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to bury
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desenterrar
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to dig up
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la arena
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the sand
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la alarma
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the alarm
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la casualidad
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the coincidence
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cargar
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to load
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notar
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to notice
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conocidos
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known
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a la deriva
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adrift
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los huesos
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the bones
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metido
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put in
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tender
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to lay
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el suelo
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the ground
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apenas
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scarcely
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caber
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to fit
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la facultad
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the faculty
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creciendo
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growing
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la naturaleza
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the nature
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la forma
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the shape
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revestida
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covered
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la coraza
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the shell
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rémora
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remora
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lodo
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mud
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ajeno
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of others
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tablas
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boards
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piedras
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stones
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desperdigadas
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scattered
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el extremo
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the extreme
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cabo
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cape
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desértico
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desert-like
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escasa
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small
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temor
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fear
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causando
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causing
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tirar
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to throw
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los acantilados
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the cliffs
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manso
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calm
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pródigo
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extravagant
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bastar
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to be enough
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averiguar
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to find out
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faltar
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to be lacking
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tapones de esparto
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swabs of grass
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desenredar
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to untangle
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el cabello
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the hair
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los abrojos submarinos
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the underwater rocks
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raspar
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to scrape
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fierros de desescamar pescados
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tools for scaling fish
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la vegetación
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the vegetation
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océanos
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oceans
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remotos
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remote
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profundas
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deep
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piltrafas
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scraps
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navegado
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sailed
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laberintos
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labyrinths
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coral
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coral
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sobrellevar
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to bear
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altivez
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haughtiness
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el semblante
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the countenance
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solitario
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lonely
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la catadura
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the appearance
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sórdida
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sordid
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menesteroso
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needy, poor
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fluviales
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fluvial
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conciencia
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conciousness
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aliento
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breath
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viril
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virile
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armado
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armed
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jamás
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never
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sino
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except, but
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sólida
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solid
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para velarlo
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to use for his wake
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camisas dominicales
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Sunday shirts
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corpulentos
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corpulent
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mejor plantado
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best looking
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fascindadas
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fascinated
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desproporción
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disproportion
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hermosura
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beauty
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pedazo
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piece
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vela cangreja
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boom sail
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bramante
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corn
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dignidad
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dignity
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coser
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to sew
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contemplando
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contemplating
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puntada
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stitch
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tenaz
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tenacious
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el Caribe
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the Caribbean
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ansioso
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impatient
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magnífico
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magnificent
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anchas
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broad
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el techo
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the roof
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firme
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firm
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el bastidor
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the frame
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cuadernas maestras
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midship frames
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pernos de hierro
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iron bolts
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autoridad
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authority
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empeño
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pawning
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brotar
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to spout
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manantiales
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springs
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áridas
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arid
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sembrar
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to sow
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comparar
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to compare
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capaces
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capable
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repudiar
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to condemn
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el fondo
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the bottom
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los seres
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the beings
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escuálidos
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emaciated
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mezquinos
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mean
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extraviadas
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lost
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dédalos
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mazes
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fantasía
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fantasy
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pasión
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passion
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compasión
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compassion
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suspiró
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sighed
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mantuverse
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to support oneself
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charol
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patent leather
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vana
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vain
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el lienzo
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the cloth
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resultar
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to turn out to be
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escaso
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limited
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cosidos
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stictching
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estrechos
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narrow
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ocultas
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hidden
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los botones
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the buttons
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adelgazarse
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to lessen
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los silbidos
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the whistles
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el sopor
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the drowsiness
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raspado
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scraped
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la barba
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the beard
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reprimir
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to repress
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el estremecimiento
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the shudder
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resignarse
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to resign oneself
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infeliz
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unhappy
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descomunal
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enormous
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estorbar
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to bother
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condenado
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condemned
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descalabrarse
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to hurt one's head
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los travesaños
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the crossbeams
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permanecer
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to say
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tiernas
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soft
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buey de mar
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sea lion
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resistente
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resistant
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suplicar
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to appeal to
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recostado
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reclined
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los talones
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the heels
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escaldas
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scalded
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vergüenza
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shame
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desbaratar
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to ruin
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acaso
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perhaps
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siquiera
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even if
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susurrar
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to whisper
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bobo
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fool
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el amanecer
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the dawn
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tapar
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to cover
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indefenso
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defenseless
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grietas
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cracks
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asentarse
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to settle down
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los suspiros
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the sighs
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los lamentos
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the moans
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desvalido
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destitute
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servicial
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attentive, helpful
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noticia
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news
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el vacío
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the void
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júbilo
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joy
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bendito sea Dios
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thank goodness
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aspavientos
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furious gesticulations
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frivolidades
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frivolities
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tortuosas
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torturous
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averiguaciones
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investigations
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estorbo
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nuisance
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intruso
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intruder
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prender
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to arrest
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bravo
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brave
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improvisar
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to improvise
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angarillas
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handbarrow
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trinquetes
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foremasts
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botavaras
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gaffs
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amarrar
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to moor
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carlingas de altura
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rigging
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resistir
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to resist
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encandenar
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to chain up
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los tobillos
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the ankles
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el ancla
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the anchor
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buque mercante
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trading vessel
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fondear
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to anchor
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tropiezos
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set-backs
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ciegos
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blind
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los buzos
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the divers
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nostalgia
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nostalgia
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corrientes
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currents
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orilla
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shore
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apresurarse
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to hurry
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ocurrir
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to happen
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gallinas
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hens
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picoteando
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pecking
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amuletos
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amulets
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arcones
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large chests
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escapularios
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scapulars
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abrocharse
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to struggle
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pulsera de orientación
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wrist compass
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ahí
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there
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difunto
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deceased
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subir
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to come up
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hígado
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liver
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suspicacias
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suspicions
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rezongar
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to grumble
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ferretería
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hardware store
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altar
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altar
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forastero
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stranger
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estoperoles
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nails
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caldereta
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small cauldron
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masticar
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to chew
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los tiburones
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the sharks
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tripotando
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piling on
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reliquias
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relics
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pacotilla
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venture
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tropezar
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to trip
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despotricar
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to rant on
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semejante
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similar
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alboroto
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din
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al garete
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drifting
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fiambre
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corpse
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mierda
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crap
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mortificada
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mortified
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indolencia
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indolence
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quizás
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perhaps
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impresionado
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impressed
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guacamaya
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macaw
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arcabuz
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arquebus
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caníbales
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cannibals
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sábalo
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shad
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botines
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plunders
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sietemesino
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premature by (two months)
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rocallosas
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stony
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cuchillo
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knife
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avergonzado
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ashamed
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discreto
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discreet
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ahogarse
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to drown
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en serio
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seriously
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el áncora
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the anchor
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galeón
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galleon
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el cuello
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the neck
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trastabillado
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staggered
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porquería
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filth
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amargas
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bitter
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minuciosas
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thorough
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temiendo
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fearing
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cansarse
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to get tired
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soñar
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to dream
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estremecerse
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to shudder
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los tuétanos
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marrows
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la sinceridad
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the sincerity
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los funerales
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the funerals
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espléndidos
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splendid
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concebirse
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to conceive
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expósito
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exposed
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huérfano
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orphan
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elegir
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to elect
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los habitantes
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the inhabitants
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marineros
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sailors
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el llanto
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the crying
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la certeza
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the certainty
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el rumbo
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the course
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el palo mayor
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the mainmast
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fáulas
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fables
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sirenas
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sirens (mythology)
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disputarse
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to dispute
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el privilegio
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the privilege
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pendiente
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pending
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escarpada
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steep
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la desolación
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the desolation
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aridez
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dryness
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la estrechez
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the narrowness
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esplendor
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splendor
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soltar
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to let go of
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retener
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to retain
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demorar
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to delay
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la caída
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the fall
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el abismo
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the abyss
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necesidad
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necessity
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fachadas
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facades
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eternizar
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to make last forever
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el espinazo
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teh spine
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excavando
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excavating
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venturosos
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fortunate
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sofocados
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suffocated
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altamar
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high seas
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bajar
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to lower
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alcázar
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fortress
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uniforme de gala
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dress uniform
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astrolabio
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astrolabe
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estrella polar
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pole star
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ristra
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string
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medallas
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medals
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señalando
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signalling
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horizonte
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horizon
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girar
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to turn
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los girasoles
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the sunflowers
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