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1
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potenciar

A

boost, potentiate, promote

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descifrar

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to decipher

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liviana

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lightweight

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padecer

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to suffer

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ácaros de polvo

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dust mites

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el moho

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mold

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desencadenar

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unleash/trigger

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atravesar

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pass through

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cuyos

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whose

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notarse

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to show up

“cuyos sintomas empezaron a notarse en EEUU”

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derrumbe

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collapse

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12
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sueldos

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wages/salaries

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13
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los desafíos

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challenges

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“el buen acero aguanta todas las temperaturas”

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“good steel withstands all temperatures”

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las amenazas

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threats

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un atentado

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attack

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17
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salí ilesa

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i left/got out unscathed

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18
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aguerrida

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courageous

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“algo se quebraba en mi”

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“something was breaking in me”

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20
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contagiando

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passing on

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21
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una senda de crecimiento

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path of growth

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22
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acertadamente

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rightly/accurately

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23
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alambres de puas

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barbed wires

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24
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para doblegarnos

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to break us down

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el zumbido de millones de bichos

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the buzzing of millions of bugs

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yo no paré de rascar ni un solo día

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i didn’t stop scratching for a single day

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estimulaba la delación

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stimulated the denouncement

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los rencores

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the resentments/grudges

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para amarrarnos

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to tie us up

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30
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para adelantarlos

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to bring them forward

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31
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coger un teléfono

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to pick up a phone

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32
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fugado

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escaped/fled

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33
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amordazado

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muzzled

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34
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el alarido

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the scream

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35
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un muro

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a wall

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36
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para reclutarnos

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to recruit us

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37
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el referente

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the reference/landmark/benchmark

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38
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desplegar las alas

A

flap your wings

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39
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arrugan la tele flexible

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wrinkle the flexible fabric

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40
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un colchón

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a mattress

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41
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pliegues

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creases

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42
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nos achicamos

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we shrink ourselves

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43
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sensibles

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responsive

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44
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tal y como

A

just as

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45
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me rehúso a ser una grabadora

A

i refuse to be a tape recorder

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46
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apretar el botón

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press the button

47
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sumamente personal

A

highly personal

48
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si te toca cubrir…

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if it’s your turn to cover (a certain journalism story)

49
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si te enteres…

A

if you find out

50
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fosas clandestinas

A

clandestine graves/pits/trenches

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eso me paso a mi

A

this happened to me

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colegiaturas

A

tuition fees

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destartalado

A

ramshackle

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orilla

A

shore, bank, riverside

55
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un cazador al acecho

A

a lurking hunter/ a hunter on the prowl

56
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dichosa

A

joyous, blissful

57
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dicho

A

said ___

58
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manzanilla

A

chamomile

59
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cuadrar

A

to square, to balance

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insólitamente

A

usually

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aplazado

A

deferred, postponed

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absorto

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engrossed/absorbed

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encaramada

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perched

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el peñón

A

rock

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el cogollo

A

heart (of leafy vegetable)

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desperdigar

A

to disperse

67
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el porvenir

A

future

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abuchear

A

to boo

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abucheado

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booed

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inquieta

A

restless

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sonidista

A

sound technician

72
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pelotudo

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jerk

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boludo

A

idiot, jerk

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la terraza

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terrace

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mareada

A

dizzy

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un cerrajero

A

locksmith

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ataduras

A

restraints

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sucios de mierda

A

filthy bastards

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el consorcio

A

consortium

80
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el culo

A

ass

81
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estallar

A

explode

82
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asunto judicial

A

legal case

83
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galardonado

A

prizewinner

84
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secuestradores

A

hijackers

85
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aportar

A

contribute

86
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monaguillos

A

altar boys

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aterrador consuelo de tontos

A

terrifying comfort of fools

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tergiversar

A

misrepresent/distort

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un sinfín

A

a myriad

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la cuasi aniquilación

A

the near annihilation

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sistema vigente

A

existing system

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un déspota inigualable

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an unparalleled despot

93
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un seductor

A

a seducer

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los surcos de su cara

A

the grooves on his face

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y él, afanoso, las rastrilla

A

and he, eagerly, rakes them up

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enfoque

A

approach

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matizado

A

nuanced

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ciego

A

blind

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aletargada

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dormant

100
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rodaje

A

the filming

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vivencias

A

experiences

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arrasar

A

to sweep, to sweep away

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astillada

A

splintered

104
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resquebrar

A

to crack

105
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transcurso

A

course

106
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las caricias

A

caresses

107
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restante

A

remaining, leftover

108
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cuando presintió que algo feo podía pasar

A

when you sensed something ugly might happen

109
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nos van a aparecer preguntas

A

we’re going to have questions

110
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agarrarnos con las dudas

A

to hold on to our doubts

111
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un trámite violento

A

a violent procedure

112
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el menor atisbo de duda

A

the slightest hint of doubt

113
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tenaz

A

tenacious/persistent

114
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modositas y recatadas

A

modest and demure

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