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1
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empedernido

A

inveterate

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repostero

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pastry chef

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un apartado

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section / post box

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el pimentón

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paprika

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las migas

A

fried breadcrumbs

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el grito

A

shout (n)

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la grita

A

uproar / disturbance

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la chuche

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sweet / candy

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si mal no recuerdo

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if I remember rightly

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por poco se me olvida

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I almost forgot

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lo tengo en la punta de la lengua

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it´s on the tip of my tongue

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12
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magistral

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masterly

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un timo

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rip off / swindle

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14
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la clase magistral

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master class

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escatimar

A

to skimp on

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el boletín de notas

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report card

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17
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sobado

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worn out

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18
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la papilla

A

baby food

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19
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la lupa

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magnifying glass

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la chamusquina

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singeing or scorching

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21
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un internado

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boarding school

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parvulario

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kindergarten

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no hubo cuatro gatos

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there were very few people

24
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se encarecen los precios

A

prices get higher

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ponerse nervioso

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to get worked up / uptight

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producto interior bruto

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gross domestic product

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llana / aguda

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word stressed on the penultimate / last syllable

28
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la ortografia / grafía

A

spelling

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un vocablo

A

word

30
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acaecer

A

to happen

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de improviso

A

unexpectedly

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soslayar

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to avoid / dodge

33
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desentenderse

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to pretend not to know / wash ones hands of

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despreciar

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to despise / disdain / reject / spurn

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en torno a

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about / around

36
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desdoblar

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to unfold / separate

37
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una mentada

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insult

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nena / nenaza

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little girl / kid

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una verdulera

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fishwife / coarse woman (perj)

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un verdulero

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greengrocer

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reinvindicar

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to claim / demand

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afectivo

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emotional

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precipitadamente

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rashly / hurriedly

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irreflexivamente

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thoughtlessly / unthinkingly

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nombrar

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mention,name, appoint

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el lastre

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burden, ballast

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el patrón

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pattern

48
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postularse

A

to put yourself forward / stand (as a candidate)

49
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con mimo

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with care

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el desconcierto

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confusion, disorder, uncertainty