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1
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The poll, survey (study)
The drilling, exploration (boring)
The sounding (nautical)

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El sondeo

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To freeze (to preserve)
To affect with frostbite (medicine)
To freeze prices or salaries
To freeze, suspend (to put on hold)

To freeze (to turn into ice)
To get frostbite (medicine)
To freeze (to feel cold)
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Congelar

Congelarse

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Baseless

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Sin fundamentos

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Adj

Growing

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Creciente

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The eagle

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La Águila

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The bald eagle

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La Águila calva

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The fight

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La pelea

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The coefficient

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El coeficiente

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The IQ

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El coeficiente intelectual

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The organism (biology)
The body (anatomy)
The organization, body, institution  (entity)
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El organismo

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The survey, opinion poll (statistics)

The inquiry, investigation (legal)

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La encuesta

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The acceptance (formal) (act of accepting)
The acceptance, approval (endorsement)
The success, popularity (triumph)
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La aceptación

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Adjective
reflex, reflexive

The reflection (triumph) (manifestation)
The glint, gleam (sparkle)
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reflejo/a

El reflejo

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The disenchantment, disillusionment, disappointment (letdown)

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El desencanto

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Adjective
satisfied (pleased)
full (sated)
self-satisfied (smug)

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satisfecho/a

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To assure, guarantee (to promise)
To secure (to fasten) 
To insure (to provide insurance)

To make sure, check (to ensure)

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Asegurar

Asegurarse

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Transitive Verb Phrase
To need, be necessary (to require)
To miss (to long for) (Latin America)

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Hacer falta

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Adjective

bloody

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Cruento/a

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To disappoint, let down (to disenchant)

To lose heart, become disappointed (to become disenchanted)

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Descepcionar

Decepcionarse

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To poll, take a poll of, survey

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Encuestar

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To confide (to tell)
To entrust with, put in charge, trust (to put into someone's care)
To trust, be confident (to have confidence; used with "en")

To be overconfident, be too sure of oneself (to be too confident)
To confide in (to put your trust in)

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Confiar

Confiarse

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To award, allocate, ascribe (to award)

To appoint, designate, assign (to name)

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Asignar

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To corrupt (to pervert)
To make go bad, spoil, rot (to make putrid)
To bribe (to buy off)

To go bad, rot (to decay)
To become corrupted (to become ruined)

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Corromper

Corromperse

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To spread, broadcast, issue, disseminate (to circulate)
To diffuse, give off (physics)

To spread (to circulate)
To become diffused (to disseminate)
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Difundir

Difundirse

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To claim, allege (legal)
To cite a reason, put forward a reason or excuse, to plead an excuse or reason (to adduce)
To argue (to quarrel) Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
To complain, gripe (to protest) (Latin America)

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Alegrar

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The time (herb)

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El tomillo

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To advertise (to advertise)
To promote (to give a promotion to)

To promote oneself, make a name for oneself, be promoted (to establish a reputation)
To work one’s way up (to work one’s way up)

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Promocionar

Promocionarse

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To restrict, limit (to regulate)

To restrict oneself, limit oneself (to confine oneself)

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Restringir

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The foundation, basis (origin)
The grounds, reason (motive)
The foundation (architecture)

The fundamentals, basics (principles)

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El Fundamiento

Los fundamientos

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To entail, involve, imply, bring, carry (to require)
To bear (to put up with)
To lead to (to bring about; used with “a”) (Panama) (Venezuela)

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Conllevar

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Phrase
honestly, really (used to express annoyance)
but anyway (but in any case)

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pero bueno

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Adjective
full (complete)
full of (literary) (having a great amount; used with “de”)
the middle of, broad daylight (used for emphasis)

The plenary, plenary session, plenary meeting (meeting)
The strike (bowling)
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pleno/a

El pleno

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To scatter, spread, strew (to disperse)
To spread, disseminate (to divulge)
To amuse (to entertain)

To spread, be spread out, be scattered (to be dispersed)
To spread (to be disseminated)
To amuse oneself, relax (to entertain oneself)

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Esparcir

Esparcirse

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The bald eagle

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El Águila calva

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To enter (accounting)
To count (to tally)
To take into account, to count (to include in a total)
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Contabilizar

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To poison (to administer poison) (to corrupt)
To sour (to embitter)

To poison oneself deliberately, poison oneself accidentally (to ingest poison)

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Envenenar

Envenenarse

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The wing of a bird, bat, insect (anatomy)
The wing (aviation) (section of building) (faction)
The brim (part of hat)
The flank, wing (military)
The eaves (part of roof)
The leaf (part of a table)

The winger, wing (player)

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La ala

El/La ala

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The arrow, dart (projectile)
The arrow  (symbol)
The spire (architecture)
A

La flecha

39
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The claw, talon (of an animal)
The hand, paw (figurative) (anatomy)
The spirit (enthusiasm)

The clutches (power)
The rags (ugly clothing) (Mexico)
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La garra

Las garras

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The branch (botany) (division)

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La rama

41
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To get worse, deteriorate, worsen (to decline)
To make worse, worsen (to aggravate)

To worsen (to decline)

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Empeorar

Empeorarse

42
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The wrestling, all-in wrestling, freestyle wrestling (sport)

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la lucha libre

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To play the lead in, star in, have the leading role in (film and theater)
To be involved in, be responsible for (to be part of)

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Protagonizar

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To throw, hurl (to fling)
To produce (to generate)
To spew out lava or ash, belch out smoke (to emit)
To throw out (to cast out)
To vomit, throw up (to puke)

To fling oneself, hurl oneself, jump (to fling oneself)

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Arrojar

Arrojarse

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To knock down, kick down, knock over, demolish (to topple)
To cut down, fell (to chop down a tree) (Latin America) To waste, bump off, do in (to kill) (Colombia)

To lie down, stretch out (to recline)

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Tumbar

Tumbarse

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To challenge, dare (to invite to participate)
To defy (to confront)
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Desafiar

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The challenge, difficult task

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El reto

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To smash (to smash) (legal)
To bend (to make curved)
To off (to kill) (Central America)
To go bankrupt, fail (to ruin a business)

To break, crack (to break)

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Quebrar

Quebrarse

49
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The network

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La cadena

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To give, grant, award a prize (to bestow)

To admit, concede (to acknowledge)

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Conceder

51
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The media coverage
The insurance coverage
The hedge (finance)
The coverage, signal (telecommunications)
The cover (protection)
The coating, covering (culinary)
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La cobertura

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To study, take, do (education)
To send off (to dispatch)
To deal with, process (to handle)

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Cursar

53
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To grant, confer a title or authority, award a prize, to give (to bestow)
To execute (legal)
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Otorgar

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To propose, put forward, suggest, propound (to set forth)
To propose, put forward, recommend, nominate (to endorse)

To set out to, put one´s mind to, resolve, aim to, decide to (to intend)

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Proponer

Proponerse

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Adverb

perhaps (maybe)

A

acaso

56
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The myth (fable) (imaginary person or thing)
The legend (legendary person or thing)
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El mito

57
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The humidity (weather)
The damp, dampness (slight presence of water)
A

La humidad

58
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The Gaurani (member of a South American indigenous people)

The Gaurani (language)
the gaurani (currency)

Adjective
Gaurani

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El guaraní
La guaraní

El guarani

Gaurani

59
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The female (biology)
The woman, female, young girl (person)
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La hembra

60
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The young, litter of dogs, brood of birds, baby (offspring)

The breeding, rearing (raising of animals)

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La cria

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To finish, finish off, use up, exhaust (to consume all of)
To rush, expedite (to demand haste) (Latin America)
To put pressure on, push (to compel)
To embarrass (to cause embarrassment)

To hurry, hurry up, get a move on (to be in a hurry) (Latin America)

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Apurar

Apurarse

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to enter, go in, come in, get in, go into, come into, get into (to gain access to)
To join (to become a member of)
To enter (to begin studying at)
To be admitted to, go into (to be hospitalized at)
To go to, be sent to (to be taken to jail)
To go into, go on to, get into, log into (computing) (Latin America) (Spain)
To come into money, come in (to flow into)
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Ingresar

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The clearing of trees, leveling (act of clearing)

The leveled ground (leveled area)

A

El desmonte

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Adjective
predatory

The predator (animal)

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depredador

El/La depredador

65
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The key (concept)
The code, password (security access)
The clef (music)
A

La clave

66
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“one step at a time”

A

“vamos por partes”

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To reach, catch, catch up with (to get to)
To reach (to rise to)
To be enough (to be sufficient)

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Alcanzar

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