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1
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Imán

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magnet

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Arrastrar

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to drag

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Pregonar

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to trumpet

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Áspero

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rough

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Desaforada

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outrageous

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Prevenir

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to prevent

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Ensanchar

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to widen

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Desmedrado

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stunted

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Empeñar

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to pawn; to oblige; to begin

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Empeñarse

Empeñarse en

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to go into debt; to insist, persist

to be bent on, to engage in battle

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Armadura

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armour

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Cascote

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rubble

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Rizo

Rizar

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curl

to curl

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Catalejo

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spyglass

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Asomarse

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to look, to lean, to peek out

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Asomar

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to begin to appear or be seen

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Siquiera

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even

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extraviarse

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to get lost or mislaid; to go astray

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pantano

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swamp

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enlace

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link

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fiera

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beast

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azote

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scourge

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adiestrar

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to train

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puño

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fist

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apretado

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tight

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brújula

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compass

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contraer una insolación

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to get heat stroke

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encono

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bitterness

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amedrentar p. 11

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to intimidate

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descomunal

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huge

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derribar

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to shoot down

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agarrar

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to grab

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estragar

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to ravage

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husmear

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to sniff

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zarpazo final

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final blow

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asombroso

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amazing

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pelagra

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pellagra

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escorbuto

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scurvy

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lúgubre

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lugubrious; looking or sounding sad and dismal

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chaleco

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vest

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patinado.

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(of a metal) having a green or brown film produced by oxidation.
having a gloss or sheen resulting from age or polishing.

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terciopelo

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velvet

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enredado

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tangled up

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percance

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mishap

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arrancar

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to tear

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sofocante

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suffocating

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chorrear

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to squirt

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sien

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temple

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derretir

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to melt

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cinabrio

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cinnabar

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no le hizo caso

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ignored him

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cazuela

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casserole

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embudo

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funnel

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colador

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strainer

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atanor

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athanor - In alchemy, an athanor is a furnace used to provide a uniform and constant heat for alchemical digestion.

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probeta

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test tube

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huevo filosófico

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The philosophical egg is the alchemical symbol of the whole, where the hermaphrodite is formed

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alambique

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still; An alembic is an alchemical still consisting of two vessels connected by a tube, used for distilling.

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Zósimo

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Zósimo de Panópolis was an Egyptian or Greek alchemist and Gnostic mystic of the late 3rd and early 4th centuries.

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apunte

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note

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cortejar

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to court

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azogue

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quicksilver

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fundir

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to melt

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raspadura

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abrasion

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oropimente

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orpiment; a bright yellow mineral consisting of arsenic trisulphide, formerly used as a dye and artist’s pigment

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azufre

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sulfur

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ricino

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castor bean

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azaroso

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random

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manteca de cerdo

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lard

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chicharrón

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pork rind

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ensordecedor

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deafening

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pregonero

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crier

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hallazgo

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finding

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nascianceno

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Turkish

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carpa

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tent

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repuesto

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replacement

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encia

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gum

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mejilla

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cheek

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fláccido

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flaccid

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marchito

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marchito

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estremecer

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to shake

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pavor

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dread

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engastado

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set

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dominio pleno

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full domain

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alborozo

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joy

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postiza

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fake

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siembra

A

sowing

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menuda

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petite

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susurro

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whisper

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pollerines de olán

A

Skirt

Ruffle or strip of folded fabric that adorn some feminine garments.

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encalar

A

whitewash

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arcones

A

chests

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abastecerse

A

stock up, supply

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trampa

A

trap

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aturdidor

A

stunner

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holgazán

A

idle

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sortilegio

A

sortilege -the practice of foretelling the future from a card or other item drawn at random from a collection

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echar

A

to throw

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desmontar

A

to disassemble

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trocha

A

guage

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caimanes

A

alligators

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cañonazos

A

cannon shots

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paja

A

straw

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emprender

A

to undertake

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pantano

A

swamp

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dotó de

A

equipped with

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desmonte

A

clearance

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pedregosa

A

stony

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asar

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roast

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venado

A

deer

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de modo que

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so that

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aplazar

A

to postpone

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guacamaya

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macaw

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almizcle

A

musk

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áspero

A

rough

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blando

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soft

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abrumado

A

overwhelmed

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hundirse

A

to sink

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humeante

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smoky

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pesadumbre

A

grief

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tenue

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faint

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agobiados

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burdened

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trocha

A

guage

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pasmado

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stunned

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rodeado de helechos

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surrounded by ferns

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volteado a estribor

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turned to starboard

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piltrafas

A

rubbish

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escuálidas

A

squalid

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velamen

A

sail

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jarcias

A

rigging

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una tersa coraza de rémora petrificada y musgo tierno

A

a smooth shell of petrified remora and tender moss

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enclavado

A

nailed

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vedado

A

forbidden

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sigiloso

A

secrative

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apretado

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tight

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ímpetu

A

momentum

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travieso

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naughty

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costillar

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ribs

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insalvable

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insurmountable

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adentrarse

A

enter

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plantearse

A

arise

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carajo

A

shit

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febriles

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feverish

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veleidad

A

fickleness

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enredar

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to tangle

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maraña

A

tangçe

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contratiempo

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setback

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cuartito del fondo

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back room

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iniciales

A

initials

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hisopo

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hyssop

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alocadas

A

crazy

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novelerías

A

novelties

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tomar al pie de la letra

A

to take literally

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soleada

A

dunny

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el conjuro

A

the spell

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desarraigo

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uprooting

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a la deriva

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adrift

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barrer

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to sweep

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hirsuto

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hirsute, hairy

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voluntarioso

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willful

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comprobar

A

to check

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retraído

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withdrawn

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derrumbarse

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to collapse

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fogon

A

stove

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despedazar

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to tear

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quimérico

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chimeric, hoped for but illusory or impossible to achieve.

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a sacar cuentas

A

to do accounts

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peletón

A

platoon

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pífanos

A

fifes

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sonaja

A

rattle

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pregonar

A

to trumpet, hawk

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alborotada

A

rowdy

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loro

A

parrot

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pandereta

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tamborine

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amaestrado

A

performing

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emplasto

A

plaster

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insólita

A

unusual

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aturdido

A

stunned

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saltimbanquis

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acrobats

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malabarista

A

juggler

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aliento

A

breath

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estiércol

A

manure

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se abrió paso

A

made his way

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empujones

A

jostling

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atónito

A

astonished

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charco de alquitrán

A

puddle of tar

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la aflicción

A

grief

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médanos

A

dunes

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peludo

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furry

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cabeza rapada

A

skinhead

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tobillo

A

ankle

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crespúsculo

A

twilight

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se atrevió

A

he dared

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témpano

A

iceberg

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apartarse

A

to pull away

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hincharse de

A

sell with

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embriagado

A

drunk

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toque de rebato

A

wake up call

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estampido

A

boom

200
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fogón

A

stove

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chamusquina

A

singe

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someter sometían

A

to submit

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hierros al rojo vivo

A

red hot irons

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vergonzoso

A

shameful

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estribaciones

A

foothills

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desahogo

A

relief

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remordimiento

A

remorse

208
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cabo

A

end, cape, body

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tirabuzón

A

corkscrew

210
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escobilla de pelos

A

hair brush

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en la punta

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at the tip

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hachuela de destazar

A

chopping hachet

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cohete

A

rocket

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