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overthrow

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derrocar, derrumbar, deponer

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raid

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allanamiento, redada

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restore

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restaurar, restituir

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to defeat

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derrotar

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to break up, disperse

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disgregar

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to hinder, obstruct; to strike up

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trabar

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to gag, muzzle

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amordazar

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garnish, adornment

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guarnición

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to strip, divest, rob

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despojar

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to fill to the brim, to fulfil

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colmar

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to banish, exile, dismiss

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desterrar

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blowing up, crazy idea (colloquial)

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voladura

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execution by firing squad

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fusilamiento

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beforehand

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de antemano

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surgical

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quirúrgico

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executioner, tormentor

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verdugo (also means balaclava, lash)

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to skin; criticise harshly

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despellejar

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hostage

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rehén (pl. rehenes)

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to forge, harden

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fraguar (also to think up, conceive, fabricar), forjar, endurecerse

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irrigation ditch

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acequia

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reprisal (revenge), retaliation

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represalia

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to untie, loosen, spark off

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desatar, desamarrar, aflojar, desencadenar (unleash)

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injury, wound, graze

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lastimadura

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ending, top, final touch

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remate, desenlace (ending)

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to end, conclude, finish off (kill); to top

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rematar, clausurar, apurar, culminar

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climax

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colofón

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grand finale

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la apoteosis

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bloody, fierce, bitter

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encarnizado

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to make cruel, enrage; to fight fiercely

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encarnizar

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sample, sampling

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muestreo

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to overthrow, exceed, break through

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desbordar, rebosar (overflow)

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frightening, terrifying, hideous

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espantoso, escalofriante, espeluznante, horripilante, pavoroso, estremecedor

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to surface, rise to the surface

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aflorar, asomar (to come out), brotar (to arise)

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to dive, scuba dive

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bucear

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lacustrine (of a lake)

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lacustre

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to pile up, mount up

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apilar, amontonar, hacinar (to heap)

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heading, statement

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enunciado

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to throw, produce, spew out

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arrojar

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39
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to carpet

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alfombrar

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to stammer, babble, mumble

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balbucear

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to subdue, submit (a proposal)

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someter

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to subdue, conquer, subjugate

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avasallar, sojuzgar, oprimir, conquistar, subyugar, vencer (defeat)

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to clear up, clarify

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esclarecer, aclarar, despejar, dilucidar

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to stab

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apuñalar, acuchillar, rajar, dar una puñalada a

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seedbed, hotbed

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semillero, vivero (breeding ground)

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shake, beat

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sacudir

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to scorch, burn, char

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calcinar

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to climb, scale; climb the social ladder

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trepar

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to pave, to surface

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pavimentar

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freeze

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congelar

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a blow from the butt of a gun

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culatazo

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damaging, devastating, fulminant (sudden and fatal)

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fulminante

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ineptitude, incompetence

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inepcia, la ineptitud

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to atrophy

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atrofiarse

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to shoot down, take down, demolish

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abatir, derribar (bring down), derrumbar (demolish)

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to annihilate

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aniquilar

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to undertake, embark on

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emprender, acometer, lanzarse, llevar a cabo

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amazement, surprise

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asombro, estupefacción, estupor, sobrecogedor (awe, shocking, horrible)

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customs tariffs

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aranceles aduaneros

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foreign, stranger

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foráneo, advenedizo, alienígena, extrajero, ajeno forastero (strange)

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evil, villain

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malvado

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to defraud, swindle, con

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estafar

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stateless, stateless person

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apátrida

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overwhelming

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abrumador, apabullante, aplastante, arrollador, avasallador

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ill-fated

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infausto, aciago, funesto

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damage, ruin

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estrago

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investigate, enquire into

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indagar, averiguar, investigar, interpelar (to question)

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ruthless, heartless

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despiadado, desalmado, implacable

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to take place, occur

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acontecer, acaecer, sobrevenir, pasar, ocurrir

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kidnapping, hijacking

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secuestro, prendimiento (capture)

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power, wealth

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poderío, dominio, poder, potencia

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criminal (adj.)

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delictivo, malhechor (adj. or n.)

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gloomy, dark, dismal; sinister shady

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tenebroso, fúnebre, lóbrego

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crime against humanity

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crimen de lesa humanidad

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erect, raise, build

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erigir, alzar, edificar, levantar

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to step on, trample

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pisotear, patear (stamp on), aplastar (crush)

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to cover with a hood

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encapuchar

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to drag, pull

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arrastrar

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to take root

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arraigar, enraizar

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unsteady, shaky

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vacilante, tambaleante

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hesitant

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vacilante, titubeante, dubitativo

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demential, senile, crazy

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demencial, descabellado, disparatado

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to promote, foster; lead to

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propiciar (create favourable atmosphere for), posibilitar, propulsar (propel, promote)

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den, dump, dive; cave (poetic)

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antro, tugurio (hovel)

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snatch, grab, take away

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arrebatar

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plea, appeal, prayer

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ruego, súplica (plea)

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possessed; wicked, evil

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endemoniado, poseído

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unpredictable, unforeseeable

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imprevisible, insospechado

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fortuitous

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fortuito, aleatorio

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inhabitant, denizen

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morador, habitante, poblador

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ashes (of a body)

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cenizas

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helpless, defenceless

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desamparado, vulnerable, desvalido, inerme, desprotegido

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abandonment, neglect, helplessness

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desamparo

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protection, refuge

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amparo, refugio

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barely, hardly; as soon as

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apenas

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rebuild, repair

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recomponer, reconstruir, remediar, reparar

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meticulously, thoroughly

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minuciosamente, exhaustivamente, diligentemente

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exemplary (serve as a warning), enlightening, instructive (educational)

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aleccionador

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confirm, verify, establish, validate

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constatar, cerciorarse (make sure), verificar, dar validez a

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entrust, hand over, commend

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encomendar, otorgar (to grant)

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same old, well-known

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consabido

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trade union

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sindicato, sindicatoria

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cleverly, skilfully, craftily

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mañosamente

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false, apocryphal

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apócrifo

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