Chapter 12 Flashcards

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Pardillo

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Unsophisticated, rustic

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Pauta

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Guideline, pattern

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Pusilánime

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Prude, pushover, whiner, weedy, wimp

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Dimitir

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To step down, resign, stand down

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Endilgar

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Saddle with, dump, pawn off on

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Pésimo

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Appalling, rotten, lousy

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Somantar

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To thrash, punch, beat

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Retrato

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Portrait

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Retratar

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To portray

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Verdoso

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Greenish

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Alférez

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Lieutenant

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Engominado

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Slicked back hair

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Astillero

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Shipyard, boatyard

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La ría

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Estuary

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Perorata

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Spiel

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Declive

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Droop, decline

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La estratagema

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Trick, contrivance

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El cartel

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Poster, signboard

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La coyuntura

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Joint, juncture, moment, occasion

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Matón

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Ruffian, thug

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Un diluvio

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Flood, downpour, shower

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Condolerse

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To condole, sympathise

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Zurrar

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To thrash, trounce

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Zanjar

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To dig

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Osar

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To venture, dare

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Chatarra

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Scrap metal

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Grandullón

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Overgrowth, excessive growth

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Bondadoso

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Kind, gentle

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Obsequiar

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To give away, bestow

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Ficha

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Token, file

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Teorema

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Theorem

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Frotar

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To rub, scratch

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Enzarzar

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To embroil, involve in conflict

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Enzarzarse

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To involve in a dispute, engage

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Morro

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Nose, snout, prow

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El prejuicio

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Prejudice

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Penuria

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Poverty

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Simio

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Ape, monkey

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El chanchullo

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Fiddle, swindle, trickery