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acquiesce

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aceptar (a regañadientes)

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airtight

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Hermético

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albeit

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aunque, si bien 8conjunción formal)

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amass

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amasar, acumular, atesorar

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amiss

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tomarse algo a mal, ir mal

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attest

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atestiguar

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avid

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ávido, ansioso

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banner

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poster

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Barrage

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barrera, presa, dique / descarga (artillería) / lluvia, descarga (de preguntas)

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bedevilled (with)

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estar plagado de

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beguiling

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seductor

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Bestow

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Otorgar o conceder (un regalo, derecho, un honor)

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bicker

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reñir

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blistering

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abrazador, feroz

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bluster

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fanfarronear

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Botch up

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Estropear

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Bountitul

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Mucho, abundante, basto, generoso.

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bowdlerize

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censurar

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breakthrough

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avance científico

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brush off

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hacer caso omiso

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Bungle

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Echar a perder, “cargarla”

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canny, shrewd

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astuto, abusado

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commuter

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persona que viaja diaria del trabajo a la casa

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compel

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obligar; despertar (una inquietud, “gusanito”)

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compelling

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convincente; absorbente

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daredevil

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temerario

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deceptively

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engañosamente

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deprive

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privar, quitar

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despair

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desesperación, desesperarse

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disrupt

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quebrar, desordenar, irrumpir

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distaste

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repugnancia

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distraught

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turbado, enloquecido

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embed

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empotrar, enclavar

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endearing

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atrayente, simpático

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entrench

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atrincherar

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epitomize

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personificar, personificación (actuación)

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Fiery

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ardiente, apasionado, encendido, fogoso

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fight off

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rechazar, ahuyentar, sobreponerse a ( un pleito)

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Fling, flung, flung

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Arrojar / aventura amorosa, idilio

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Fruitless

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Infructífero

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gnaw

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roer; consumir poco a poco

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hatred

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odio

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Herald

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Anuncio ( oficial) ; anunciar, proclamar / señal (de que algo sucederá )

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hoard

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tesoro, provisión / acumular

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hog

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cerdo / acaparar

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interwine

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entrelazar, entrelazarse

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juggle

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malavarear

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junk

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baratijas

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lest

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para que no (conjunción formal)

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littered with

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lleno de

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Lump

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Grumo, bulto, mazacote

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meager

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miserable, escaso, ´pobre

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merciless

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despiadado

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mere

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no mas de

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merely

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solo, simplemente, nada mas

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namely

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a saber; el clual es…:

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oats

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avena

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ogle

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comerse con los ojos, mirar con lujuria

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olfacation

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olfato

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Pervade

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Impregnar (obj, sub)

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plaster

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tapizar

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quirk

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peculiaridad; excentricidad, rareza

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quirk

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manía, rareza, extraña coincidencia

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quirk of fate

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capricho del destino

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rapt

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absorto, ensimismado; totalmente emocionado

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relinquished

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retirar, retirarse

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rye

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centeno

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Sashay

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Caminar (paseándose, bobeando)

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saunter

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pasearse

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scent

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aroma, fragancia, perfume

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sheer

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puro, transparente / Vertical (acantilado)

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shuffle

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Aleatorio, barajear / arrastrar los pies.

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sigh

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suspiro, suspirar

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slapdash

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chapucero; descuidado

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slapdash

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descuidado

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sleek

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Elegante; pulcro

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Snare

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Cachar, atrapar ; trampa

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snicker

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reirse (por detrás)

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snide

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sarcástico

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sore

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enfadado, ardido, adolorido

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squirm

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retorserce ( como gusano o serpiente)

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stifling

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agobiente, sofocante

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stretch

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estirarse, estirar; elástico / tramo estrecho

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Strike out

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Recomenzar ( algo nuevo, diferente)

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stylish

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con estilo, elegante, a la moda

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surmise

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conjetura; adivinar

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to wince at (with)

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estremeserce ante (algo)

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tousled

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pelo alborotado, despeinado

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trail off

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apagarse

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uncanny

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raro, extraño

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unnerve

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desanimar

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unnerving

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desconcertante

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vivid

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vivo, vigoroso, inteligente

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warly

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con cautela, cautelosamente.

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Whisk

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menear / revolver huevos

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wince

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hacer muecas (de dolor)

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winfall

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golpe de suerte

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witty

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ingenioso, ocurrente

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Wobble

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Meneo; menearse, tambalearse

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wring out

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estrujar, escurrir

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