el pais and books Flashcards

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spare no expense

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botar la casa por la ventana

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despite

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pese a

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growing (adj.)

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creciente

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beautify

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embellecer

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tight

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apretado

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to be sure

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constabar

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lately

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últimamente

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assembly

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ensamblaje

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to face

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hacer frente a

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beautify

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embellecer

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growing

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creciente

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to give away

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obsequiar

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they squeeze

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aprietan

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stallion

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semental

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to sprout (spring, burst forth)

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brotar

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cap

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gorra

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to fan

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abanicar

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chin

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barbilla

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19
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upright

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erguido/a

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to snatch it away

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arrebatárselo

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21
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saddened

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apesadumbrado

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22
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the drink

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trago

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23
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equipment

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pertrechos

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to digest

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digerir

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on duty
de turno
26
bananas
guineos
27
thrown
arrojado
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to slide
deslizarse
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to moan
gemir
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to crumble
desmoronarse
31
joint
antro
32
swimming pool
alberca
33
ebb
menguante
34
(prison) bars
rejas
35
fences
cercos
36
bladder
vejiga
37
hook
anzuelo
38
ambush
emboscada
39
junk
trastos
40
frightened
amedrentado
41
summery
veraniegas
42
high trill
trino agudo
43
whistles
silbidos
44
string of words
retahíla
45
food shortage
escasez de alimentos
46
events
acontecimientos
47
to numb
entumecer
48
beaten down
abatido/a
49
diminished
disminuido
50
raise
alzar
51
pruning
podando
52
communion rail
comulgatorio
53
appropriate
apropiado
54
backstitch
pespunte
55
waning
menguando
56
joy
regocijo
57
go to
acudir a
58
pregnant
preñada
59
thumb
pulgar
60
cutout
recorte
61
to hoard
acaparar
62
ice bucket
cubeta de hielo
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stench
hedor
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to drag
arrastrar
65
to shoot
fusilar
66
to encourage
alentar
67
suffered
padecido
68
in contempt
en desacato
69
to appear (e.g. in front of a judge)
comparecer
70
freshness
lozanía
71
to overtake
rebasar
72
to be enough
bastar
73
impudence
desparpajo
74
to squeeze
apretar
75
the lawsuit
el pleito
76
poppy
amapola
77
starlet
vedette
78
property
inmueble
79
bad streak
mala racha
80
self-assured
desparpajada
81
to disguise it
disimularlo
82
stunning
despampanante
83
to extend
extenderse
84
to expatiate
explayarse
85
chattering
cotorreando
86
to one side
a un costado
87
to manage
gestionar
88
busily, industriously
afanosamente
89
tasty
gustosa
90
trip over the same stone
tropezar con la misma piedra
91
dilemma
disyuntiva
92
errands
recados
93
helpless, forlorn
desamparado
94
to (make something) burst
reventar
95
to fill
colmar
96
to lack
carecer
97
lacking
carente
98
absent-mindedness
despiste
99
dissimulation
disimulo
100
priest
sacerdote
101
bribery
soborno
102
crying (noun)
llanto
103
swollen
hinchado
104
raid
redada
105
brewing
fraguando
106
cloying
empalagoso
107
crazy
alocado
108
to ride
cabalgar
109
boar
verraco
110
tenacious remorse
remordimiento tenaz
111
contempt
desprecio
112
stonecutter
cantero
113
to cross
atravesar
114
to disrupt
desbaratar
115
to hesitate
vacilar
116
to swallow
tragarse
117
prayers
plegarias
118
secure the beams
asegurar las vigas
119
squeaky hinges
chirriantes bisagras
120
rescue
rescate
121
to clear up
despejarse
122
creepy
espeluznante
123
flames
llamas
124
to take heart
cobrar animos
125