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Ostensiblemente

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Apparently, seemingly

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Enhebrar

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To thread

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El umbral

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Threshold, sill

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Los goznes

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Hinges

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Inverosímil

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Improbable, incredible, unearthly

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La lámina

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Sheet, plate

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Encallarse

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To harden, be covered with callouses

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La lente

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Lens

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Cadavérico

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Corpse-like

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Interpelar

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Formally question

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Cernir

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Sift

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Volcado

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Dumped

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Consentido

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Spoiled, indulged

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Mimado

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Spoiled, indulged

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Extraviado

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Lost, missing

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La espesura

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Thickness, density, dirtiness

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Perrera

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Kennel, doghouse

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Derribada

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Laid, fallen down

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La tenaza

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Pincers, forceps

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El escozor

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Smart, stinging, grief

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Vaivén

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Sway, see-saw

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El oleaje

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Surge, surf

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Costra

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Crust, scab

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Ensordecedor

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Deafening

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La baranda

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Rail, railing

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La sentina

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Cesspit, bilge

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Angosto

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Narrow

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La escotilla

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Sheet

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El timón

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Rudder, helm

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Trepar

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Climb, clamber, scale

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Plagado

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Punished, castigated

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Herrumbroso

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Rusty

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El contorno

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Contour, outline, skyline

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Escorar

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Heel over, list, shake up

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Aflorar

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To emerge

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La guirnalda

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Wreath, garland

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Asolar

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To devastate, ruin

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Desgranar

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To flail, thresh

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La guirnalda

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Tinsel, garland, wreath

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Cobre

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Copper

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Amparar

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To protect, shelter, take under wings

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Amparado

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Sheltered

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Cabizbajo

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Glum, dispirited, dejected, depressed, downcast

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Espejismo

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Mirage, smoke and mirrors, illusion

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Acallar

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To drown out, mute, quiet, silence, quash

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Andanzas

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Wanderings, antics

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Alba

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Sunrise, dawn, break of dawn

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Azorado

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Embarrassed, harried, in a fluster, in a flutter, in shame

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Desperezarse

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To stretch oneself

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Acuarela

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Watercolour

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La cornisa

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Ledge, cornice

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Sesgado

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Askew, skewed, angled, slanted

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Rasgo

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Feature, trait, character trait

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Rapaz

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Predatory, wolfish

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La cúpula

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Dome

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Acuchillar

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To stab, knife

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La cúspide

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Peak, pinnacle, cusp, crest

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Tramar

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To be up to, weave, engineer, lot, scheme, cook up

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El gremio

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The guild

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La cofradía

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Fraternity, guild

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Atisbar

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To glimpse, peep

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Pariente

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Relative, kin, relation

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Destilar

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Distil, exude

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Lecho de muerte

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Deathbed

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El lecho

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Bed, bottom of sea, river or lake

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Una odisea

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Heroic story

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Escindir

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To hive off, sever, splinter, rift, split

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Repiquetear

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To rattle, peal, ring of bell

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El sortilegio

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Spell

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Rendirse

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Capitulate, surrender

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Partícipe

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Participant, sharer

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Artilugio

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Gadget, contraption

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El dardo

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Dart

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La peonza

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Top

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Pertrechado

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Armed

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Pertrechar

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To equip, arm

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Casta

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Breed, race

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Adujar

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To coil, bind, wrap, twist

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Capitanear

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To captain, lead

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Efluvio

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Outpour, spill out quickly

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Persa

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Persian

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Parentesco

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Relationship, kinship

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Decimonómico

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Nineteenth century, outdated

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Fular

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Scarf, cravat

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Forrado

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Lined

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Forrar

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To line, pad

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Mariposón

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Flirt, philanderer

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Pedantería

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Metriculousness, rigidity

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Desmerecer

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To be unworthy of, deteriorate, go off

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Porte

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Carriage, bearing, demeanour

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Sonoridad

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Sonority, richness or fullness of tone

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La tertulia

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Social, salon, social circle

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Polilla

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Clothes moth

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Predilecto

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Favourite

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Pelagatos

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Nobody special, regular person

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Envalentonar

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To embolden, encourage, strengthen

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Contertulio

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Fellow member

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Mozalbete

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Stripling

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Sabandija

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Bug, insect, louse

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El retoño

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Sprout, offshoot

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Caucho

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Rubber

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Farandulera

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Trickster, crook, swindler

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La codicia

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Greediness, lust

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Aletargado

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Heavy, torpid

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Oratoria

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Art of public speaking

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Aniquilar

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To annihilate, wipe out, destroy

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