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Alzar

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To raise, lift, hoist, hold up

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El escudo

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Shield

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El halcón

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Hawk

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El contubernio

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Conspiracy

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El alcoba

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Bedroom

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Las trazas

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Traces, plot, layout

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El galán

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Beau, gallant, squire

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Los esbozos

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Blanks

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El esbozo

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Outline

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Mecanografiar

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Type

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Las garras

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Claws

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El cancerbero

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Keeper

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Lírico

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Lyrical, lyric

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Embelesado

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Spellbound

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El duende

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Elf, goblin, leprechaun

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El pedrusco

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The boulder

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Embalar

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Pack, package, wrap, bale

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La contraportada

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Back cover

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Lirismo

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Lyricism, sentimentalism

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La faja

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Girdle

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Los canelones

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Cannelloni

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Subsanar

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To correct

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Antojar

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To crave

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La quartilla

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Page

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El tambor

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Drum

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Tregua

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Truce

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Avispero

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Wasps’ nest

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Parsimonia

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Parsimony, tardiness

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Contigua

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Contiguous, adjacent

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Prender

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To catch, turn on, take, arrest, capture

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Atronadora

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Thunderous, deafening

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Bobadas

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Twaddle, tripe

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Hincar

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To sink, drive, thrust

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Corretear

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Scamper, pursue, run around

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Mortecina

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Dim

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Marchita

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Withered

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Plomizo

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Leaden, sullen

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Presagiar

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Foreshadow, portend, foretell, forebode, omen

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La eclosión

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Hatching

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La atalaya

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Watchtower

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Otear

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Scan, glimpse, look over, spy on

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Varado

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Stranded, aground

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Losa

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Slab, paving stone, flagstone

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Obstinada

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Stubborn

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Letargo

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Lethargy

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La butaca

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Armchair

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Escalfado

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Poached

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Un cosquilleo

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Tickling, titillation

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Sendos

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One each

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Rebosante

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Overflowing, brimming

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Semblante

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Face, countenance

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Risueño

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Smiling

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Imperturbable

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Imperturbable, unflappable, impassive

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Hechizada

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Spellbound

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La bóveda

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Dome

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Reclutar

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Recruit, enlist, raise, conscript

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Sepultar

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To bury

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Bravata

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Bravado

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Encoger

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Shrink, contract, constrict

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Emprender

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Undertake, start, launch, take up

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El talante

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Mood, will

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Socarrón

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Cunning

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Un tramposo

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Cheat, trickster, fiddler

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Naipes

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Cards

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Habladurías

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Gossip

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La tiniebla

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Darkness

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Harapientos

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Ragged

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La mugre

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Grime

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El hollín

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Soot

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Apretujar

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Squeeze, hug

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Podrido

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Rotten

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Un atajo

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Shortcut

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Represalia

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Reprisal

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Fantasmal

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Ghostly, spooky

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Apestoso

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Stinky

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Rastrear

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Track, trace, trail

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Fundir

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To melt

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Noria

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Treadmill

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Las casetas

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Booths

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Vidente

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Clairvoyant

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Guarida

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Lair, den, haunt

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Lúgubre

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Dismal, mournful, dark, forbidding

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Rendija

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Loophole, aperture

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Un quinqué

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Oil lamp

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El laúdano

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Laudanum

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Fugazmente

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Briefly

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Despedazar

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Tear, shred

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Astilla

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Splinter

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Catedrático

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Professor

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La velada

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Evening

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Elogiar

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To praise, command

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La barraca

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Shack

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Tendido

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Lying, lay, laid

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Una gabardina

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Raincoat

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Ajado

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Tousled

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Una asta

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Pole

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Compinches

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Buddies

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Embaucador

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Trickster

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La rapiña

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Robbery

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Secuaces

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Followers, henchmen, minions

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Paradero

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Whereabouts

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El festejo

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The celebration

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Codicioso

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Greedy

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El ladrillo

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A brick

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Onanismo

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Self abuse

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Labrar

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To work, carve, shape, fashion

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El obispo

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Bishop

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Trapecero

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Blunderer

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El burro

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Donkey

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Santurrones

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Sanctimonious

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Sabandijas

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Vermin

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Matones

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Bullies, thugs, goons

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Escoria

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Slag, scum, dross

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Atavío

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Attire, dress, apparel

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Desempeñar

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Play, perform, discharge, act

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Fulgurante

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Aglow

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Morbosidad

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Morbidity, incidence

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Alumbrar

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To light up

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Mezquindad

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Meanness, pettiness, shabbiness

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Longanizas

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Sausage

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Ventanuco

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Small window

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Los estertores

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Rattles

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Pecado

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Sin, sinfulness, offense

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Las perras

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Bitches

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Vaivenes

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Ups and downs

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Afán

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Eagerness, toil, hard work

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El coro

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Choir

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El rellano

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Landing

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Displicencia

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Indifference, peevishness

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El obsequio

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Gift, present

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La solapa

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Lapel

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Paladear

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To relish

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El amasijo

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Tangle

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Escalinatas

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Staircase

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Acaudalado

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Wealthy

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Alcurnia

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Lineage, ancestry

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Macilento

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Sickly

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La mazmorra

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Dungeon

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Esparcir

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Spread, scatter, sprinkle

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Acaudalar

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To amass

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Mear

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To piss, pee, piddle