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1
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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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18
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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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20
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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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24
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to digest

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digerir

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25
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on duty

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de turno

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26
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bananas

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guineos

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27
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thrown

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arrojado

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28
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to slide

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deslizarse

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29
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to moan

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gemir

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to crumble

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desmoronarse

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joint

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antro

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32
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swimming pool

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alberca

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33
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ebb

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menguante

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34
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(prison) bars

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rejas

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fences

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cercos

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36
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bladder

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vejiga

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37
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hook

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anzuelo

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38
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ambush

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emboscada

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39
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junk

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trastos

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40
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frightened

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amedrentado

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summery

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veraniegas

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42
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high trill

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trino agudo

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43
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whistles

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silbidos

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44
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string of words

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retahíla

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45
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food shortage

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escasez de alimentos

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46
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events

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acontecimientos

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47
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to numb

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entumecer

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48
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beaten down

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abatido/a

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diminished

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disminuido

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raise

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alzar

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51
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pruning

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podando

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communion rail

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comulgatorio

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appropriate

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apropiado

54
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backstitch

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pespunte

55
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waning

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menguando

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joy

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regocijo

57
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go to

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acudir a

58
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pregnant

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preñada

59
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thumb

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pulgar

60
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cutout

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recorte

61
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to hoard

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acaparar

62
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ice bucket

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cubeta de hielo

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stench

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hedor

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to drag

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arrastrar

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to shoot

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fusilar

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to encourage

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alentar

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suffered

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padecido

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in contempt

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en desacato

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to appear (e.g. in front of a judge)

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comparecer

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freshness

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lozanía

71
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to overtake

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rebasar

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to be enough

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bastar

73
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impudence

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desparpajo

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to squeeze

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apretar

75
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the lawsuit

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el pleito

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poppy

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amapola

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starlet

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vedette

78
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property

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inmueble

79
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bad streak

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mala racha

80
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self-assured

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desparpajada

81
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to disguise it

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disimularlo

82
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stunning

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despampanante

83
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to extend

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extenderse

84
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to expatiate

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explayarse

85
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chattering

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cotorreando

86
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to one side

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a un costado

87
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to manage

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gestionar

88
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busily, industriously

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afanosamente

89
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tasty

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gustosa

90
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trip over the same stone

A

tropezar con la misma piedra

91
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dilemma

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disyuntiva

92
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errands

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recados

93
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helpless, forlorn

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desamparado

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to (make something) burst

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reventar

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to fill

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colmar

96
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to lack

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carecer

97
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lacking

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carente

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absent-mindedness

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despiste

99
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dissimulation

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disimulo

100
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priest

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sacerdote

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bribery

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soborno

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crying

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llanto

103
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swollen

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hinchado

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raid

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redada

105
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brewing

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fraguando

106
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cloying

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empalagoso

107
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crazy

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alocado

108
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to ride

A

cabalgar

109
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boar

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verraco

110
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tenacious remorse

A

remordimiento tenaz

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contempt

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desprecio

112
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stonecutter

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cantero

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to cross

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atravesar

114
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to disrupt

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desbaratar

115
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to hesitate

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vacilar

116
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to swallow

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tragarse

117
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prayers

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plegarias

118
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secure the beams

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asegurar las vigas

119
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squeaky hinges

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chirriantes bisagras

120
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rescue

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rescate

121
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to clear up

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despejarse

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creepy

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espeluznante

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flames

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llamas

124
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to take heart

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cobrar animos

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