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outline

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bosquejo

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bashful

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penoso, vergonzoso

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steadfast

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firme, resuelto

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nonchalant

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indiferente

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pounce on

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presipitarse sobre

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bequeath

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legar, heredar, transferi

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endure; bear

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tolerar, aguantar

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numb

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entumecer; entorpecido

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bewildered

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aturdido, desconcentrado

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surge

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oleada, oleaje

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afix

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estampar, pegar

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truce

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tregua

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weary

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cansado, abatido

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morsel

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bocado

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pervade

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permearse, penetrarse (permanentemente)

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huckster

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Vendedor callejero, regateador; embustero.

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skyrocket

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crecer, hacer crecer abruptamente

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boost

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estímulo, empuje

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embody

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encarnar

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embodiment

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encarnación

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swell

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oleaje / estupendo, fenomenal / inflar, hinchar

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Dump

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Basurero / dejar, deshacerse de

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chuckle

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reirse con los dientes

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flip

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girar rápidamente

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wicked

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malvado, cluel

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leverage

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influencia

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lump

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fragmento, trozo, bulto, abultamiento / nudo en la garganta

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utter

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completo, puro / pronunciar, emitir

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utterly

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completament, totalmente

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utterance

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Palabras, declaración

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plain

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sencillo, natural, plano, liso /franco, auténtico, claro, evidente / planicie

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ricochet

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rebote

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bleachers

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gradas de estadio, tribuna

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Fond

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cariñoso, encariñable

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rapture

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extasis

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elated

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regocijarse, festejar

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elation

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regocijo

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brisk

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energético, vigoroso

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purr

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ronronear

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ludicrous

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absurdo

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unduly

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exesivamente, demasiado

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insofar as

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en la medida en que

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dubious

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dudoso, sospechoso

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slope

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pendiente, cuesta

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clay

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arcilla

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endow

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dotar, donar fondos

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grant

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conceder, reconocer

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bead

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cuenta / gota de sudor

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coil

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rollo, enrollar, espiral

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drape

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cubrir / cortina

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lavish

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Abundante; espéndido, suntuoso, generoso

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lorry

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camión

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lush

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exuberante, lujoso / borracho

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scrub

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fregar, limpiar / maleza

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buzz

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zumbido

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shred

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triza, hacer trizas

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refurbish

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restaurar

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scrimp

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economizar (ser codo)

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clash

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estruendo, choque; conflicto, enfrentamiento

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decree

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decreto

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deter

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disuadir, impedir, intimidar

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Ubiquitous

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omnipresente

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parlor

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salón recibidor

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pilfer

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robo hormiga

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To recant

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retractarse

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loathe

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aborrecer, repugnar / reacio

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cumbersome

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estorboso

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scrowl

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serio (de semblante) / frincir el seño

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Burgeoning

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Florecer (sub) expandirse rápidamente.

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assess

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calcular, valorar, fijar

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deem

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juzgar / estimar / considerar

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demeanor

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comportamiento, conducta

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fumble

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hurgar / maniobrar torpemente

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feeble

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débil, frágil

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fiddle

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falsificar

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meddle in

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entrometerse en

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slack

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flojo, inactivo

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squirm

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retorcerse

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stow (away)

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guardar algo

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famished

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muerto de hambre

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reverie

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ensueño

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sternly

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severamente

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stern

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severo

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grimace

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hacer una mueca (de desaprobación)

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scent

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olor, aroma, perfume

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pout

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puchero

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whiny

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lloriqueoso, quejumbroso

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whine

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llorido, quejumbre

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squeak

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chillar

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fluster

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poner nervioso,

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sazzling

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deslumbrante

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twitch

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contorsionarse

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embolden

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envalentonar

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chide

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reprender

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flicker

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parpadear

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hiss

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salivar, sisear

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staccato

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entrecortado

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branch out

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expandirse, diversificarse

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stagnate

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estancarse

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cusp

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cúspide

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deluge

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bombardeo; inundación (sub)

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subterfuge

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pretexto, truco (para escapar)

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preclude

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excluir

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reap

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cosechar

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loom

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sugerir amenazadoramente

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bray

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rebuznar

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nefarious

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malvado

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dodge

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esquivar, evadir / gambeta

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warrant

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orden de arresto, orden judicial

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commune

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comunidad, comuna / comulgar

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akin to

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parecido a

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sitcom

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situación cómica

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stake

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estaca, poste / apuesta; apostar, arriesgar

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cramp

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calambre / grapa / limitar, poner trabas

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unveil

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develar; descubrimiento

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amend

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enmendar

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awash

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inundado

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hearsay

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rumor

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better off

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mas cómodo

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coax

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egatusar, elvolver (con halagos o engaños)

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broaden

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ensanchar

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depleted

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reducido

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disposal

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venta, traspaso

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foremost

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por mucho, más destacado, principal

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forge

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forja, herrería; forjar, fraguar (metal)

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hurdle

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valla, obstáculo

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hindsight

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perspectiva

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hind

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posterior, trasera

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hype

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bombardeo publicitario

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lag

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demora; retrasarse

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pay off

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liquidar / dar resultado

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peg

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clavija, gancho / fijar

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plaintiff

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demandante

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protracted

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prolongado

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realm

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reino

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to rook

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estafar

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rock

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roca / arrullar, mecer; mecerse

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rubber

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caucho, goma

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rubble

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escombros

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soar

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elevarse, ascender,remontarse, encumbrarse

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squabble

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reñir, riña, disputa

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allot

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asignar, dar, distribuir, adjudicar

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allocate

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asignar, distribuir, consignar, lotificar

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prone

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propenso; tendencia, inclinación

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err

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errar, hacer mal

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skew

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desajuste, asimetría; bifurcar; distorsionar (de la realidad)

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alas

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desgraciadamente / !ay¡

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barley

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cebada

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convoluted

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revuelto, intrincado, enrevesado

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depleted

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agotar, reducir, mermar ; reducido