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To lose one’s train of thought

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Perder el hilo

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Convertible

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Descapotable

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Goosebumps

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Piel de gallina

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Haves and have nots

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Unos tanto y otros tan poco

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Idiot

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Calzonazos

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To be deeply in debt

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Estar empapelados

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Advance payments

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Un adelanto, un anticipo

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To be crazy

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Estar chalado

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Fountain pen

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Una estilográfica

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To encourage (slang)

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Meter caña

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To be lovely, charming

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Ser una bendición, ser un encanto

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Nonsense

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Sandeces

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Let’s go little by little

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Vayamos por partes

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To be envious

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Poner los dientes largos

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To reject

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Hacer ascos

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Don’t even think about it!

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¡ Ni se te ocurra!

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Scared

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Sagrado/a

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Other’s opinions

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El qué dirán

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To sleep (slang)

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Pegar ojo

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To have a high school diploma

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Ser un(a) bachiller

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To have a great time

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Pasarlo pipa

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A slice

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Una loncha, lonchita

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A feast

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Un atracón

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To be a drag

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Ser un plomo

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To be crazy

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Estar de manicomio

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Go, hurry!

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¡Venga!

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Your hands are all over me

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Qué pulpo eres

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I’m exhausted

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Estoy reventado/a

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To be exciting

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Hacer ilusión

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To lend

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Prestar

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To make it through the month (economically)

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Llegar a fin de mes

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To withdraw

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Retirarse

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Military bases

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Bases yanquis

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Shameful

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vergonzante

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No matter what

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Por las buenas o por las malas

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Labor, workforce

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Mano de obra

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To be unemployed

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Irse a/estar en la calle

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To make it (in life)

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Realizarse

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Old maid

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Solterona

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The end is near

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Tener los días contados

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To slow down (car)

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Parar el carro

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Mind your own business!

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Tú a lo tuyo

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To feel like one has made it (in life)

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Sentirse realizada

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Now this!

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¡Lo que faltaba!

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Bodyguard

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Guardaespaldas

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To change political views

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Cambiar de chaqueta

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To daydream

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Pájaros en la cabeza

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Ink

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Tinta

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To get ugly/tough

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Ponerse feo/a

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Reward

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Merecido

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He/she is going to get it (in trouble)

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Ser va a enterar

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To obey

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Hacer caso

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52
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On my own

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Por mi cuenta

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53
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Income

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Ingresos

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Expenses

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Gastos

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55
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Police station

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Comisaría

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56
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Jail

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Presidio

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Suddenly

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De buenas a primeras

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To take care of someone

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Velar

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Grave

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Sobrio/a

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Chastity

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Castidad

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Humility

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Humildad

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Red (politics)

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Ser un “rojo”

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Party

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Un guateque, parcialidad

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To not do anything

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Estar de brazos cruzados

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65
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PDA

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Hacer manitas

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66
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I don’t give a damn!

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¡Me importa un pito

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67
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Up to the eyebrows

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Hasta el gorro

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Fortune teller

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Agorero/a

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To pester someone, to egg someone on

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Calentar la cabeza

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Temper tantrum

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Una perra

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71
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Strike

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Huelga

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72
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Demonstration

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Manifestación

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73
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Police force

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Los grises

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74
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Curse words (p)

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Palabrotas

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75
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Mind your own business!

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¡No se meta!

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To label someone

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Fichar

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To focus

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Centrarse

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It seems that

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Por lo visto

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Errand

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Recado

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By the way

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A propósito

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Snitch

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Chivato

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Power shift

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Cambiar la tortilla

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To get angry (c)

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Cabrearse

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Keep your eyes peeled

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Ojo al parche

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Relief

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Desahogo

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Confusion

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Desconcierto

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To get a boyfriend/girlfriend

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Pescar novio/novia

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To balance the budget

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Salir las cuentas

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Sports cards

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Cromos

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To promote (at work)

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Ascender

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To brag

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Fardar

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To deserve

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Merecer

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To be grounded (discipline)

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Estar castigado

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To persuade me

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Quedar conmigo

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To fight

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Pegarse con

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To wax

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Depilarse

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Bad temper

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Mala leche

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To convince

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Llevar al huerto

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To be left

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Sobrar

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To send/give regards to

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Dar recuerdos

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There’s no comparison

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Dónde va a parar

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To buy a lot of things

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Arramplar

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To put something together

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Armar(se)

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From here to there

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De la ceca a la meca

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To be rude

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Ser un(a) borde

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Maybe another time

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Otra vez será

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To keep thinking about

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Darle vueltas

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Picky

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Quisquilloso/a

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Wax

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Cera

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Don’t exaggerate

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No es para tanto

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To vomit

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Vomitar

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To spend a lot of money

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Tirar la casa por a ventana

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So insistent

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Qué pasado

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Mob, common people

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Gentuza

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Awareness

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Conciencia

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Christmas trip

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Aguinaldo

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Waste ground

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Descampado

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To freeze (expression)

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Quedarse helado/a

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A sermon

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Una bronca

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A failure

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Un fracaso

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Somebody very ugly

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Adefesio

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To speak nonstop

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Soltar el muelle

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To get out

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Coger el portante

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To shake

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Menear

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To accept

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Tragar

126
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He/she dumped me

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Me dejó plantado

127
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To show up

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Presentarse

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Cork

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Corcho

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To struggle economically

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Pasar estrecheces

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Kid

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Nene/a

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To pay in installments

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Pagar a plazos

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Sickly, weak person

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Enclenque

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Piggy bank

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La hucha

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Filth

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Porquería

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To bargain

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Regatear

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Comics

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Tebeos

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To do what one pleases

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Hacer lo que le da la gana

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To go home

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Tirar para casa

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To be expired

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Estar caducados/as

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Infertile

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Estéril

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To plug in

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Enchufar

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He/she has a lot of imagination

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Le vuela la imaginación

143
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Not a word

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Ni una palabra

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Mortal sin

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Pecado mortal

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To die

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Palmar

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To hunt

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Cazar

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To lean out of

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Asomarse

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To be one’s type

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Ser su tipo

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To be worthless

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Ser un cero a la izquierda

150
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To wait for another time

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Dejarlo para otro rato

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To be a pessimistic/negative person

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Ser un cenizo

152
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Conductor

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Director de orquesta

153
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To sign up (for)

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Apuntarse

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Beauty products

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Potingues

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Mourning

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Luto

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Whatever

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Nosequé

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The right way

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Como Dios manda

158
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To be mischievous

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Ser un golfo

159
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To exchange letters

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Cartearse

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God mother

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Madrina

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Gag

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Una mordaza

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A raise

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Aumento de sueldo

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To turn out badly

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Salir rana

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The plague

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La peste

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Someone elegant/handsome

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Un pimpollo

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Dye/highlights

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Tinte/mechas

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To look nice/bad

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Verse bien/mal

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To fool around

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Meter mano

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Gum

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Chicle

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Lizard

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Una lagartija

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To be extremely nervous/anxious

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Tener los nervios de punta

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A walk

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Un garbeo

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To lose it

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Perder la cabeza

174
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To be pregnant

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Estar en estado

175
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Absolutely on time

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Como un clavo

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Student’s desk

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El pupitre

177
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How mischievous!

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¡Qué travieso!

178
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Remote control

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El control remoto

179
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Neighborhood

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La vecindad

180
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Helicopter

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Helicóptero

181
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Cockroach

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La cucaracha

182
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Under the refrigerator

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Debajo del refrigerador

183
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Monster

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El monstruo

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So much noise

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Tanto ruido

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High volume

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A todo volumen

186
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All the more

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Aún más, todavía más

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Not at all

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De ninguna manera

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