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to beat, overcome, win

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vencer

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winner

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un vencedor

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after [same meaning as después de] [2]

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luego de que / tras

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to contribute

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aportar

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underground [adverb]

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bajo tierra

[adjective is subterráneo]

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surface / area above ground

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la superficie

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to take place

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tener lugar

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to hold [e.g. an event]

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celebrar

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then, next [formal, in DELE document]

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a continuación

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to be clear / to consist of / to be present[when used with ‘en’]

(in DELE document)

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constar

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conducive to [in DELE document]

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conducente[s] a

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nine million, six hundred thousand

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nueve millones seiscientos mil

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hierarchy

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la jerarquía

e.g. una persona de jerarquía — a high-ranking person

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to carry out

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llevar a cabo

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by then / at that time

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por entonces

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to emphasise [2 words]

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enfatizar / recalcar

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to belittle

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menospreciar

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even though

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por más que

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to lend oneself to / to be party to
[reflexive]

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prestarse a

prestar means lend

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to spend

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gastar

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on average

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por término medio

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poverty

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la pobreza

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I feel joy

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siento alegría

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the remainder

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lo restante

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to make disappear (object) / to blur or tone down (image)
desvanacer
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nevertheless
no obstante
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to happen upon (something)
dar con (algo)
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to please [2 words]
complacer / contentar
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Use anything, however small.
Utilice cualquier cosa, por pequeña que sea.
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Claudia threw herself completely into medicine
Claudia se volcó por completo a la medicina
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to get overturned
volcarse
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indispensable
imprescindible
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vigorous, booming
pujante
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to drown/choke [something], to cripple [economically]
ahogar
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He wasn't afraid [in the face of something]
Él no se arredró
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improvement [a specific change or the concept of it] [2 words]
la mejora / el mejoramiento
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shameful
vergonzoso
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few and far between
pocos y distantes entre sí
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carelessness
el descuido
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to fear the worst
temer lo peor
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deadly
mortífero
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to demonstrate, show
demostrar (ue)
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poison (noun)
el veneno
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to poison
envenenar
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to cut the throat of
degollar
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proof, evidence
la prueba(s) [plural often]
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to despise
despreciar
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lawsuit
un pleito
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to attribute something to
achacar algo a
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to bring up (a notion), raise (a notion)
plantear
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The house is for sale
La casa está en venta
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to resist, counter
contrarrestar
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no matter how much... [2 ways]
por más... que [+subj] / por mucho... que [+subj] *Por mucho que insista no le voy a dejar entrar* *Por más que le explico no se entera*
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no matter how (+ adjective/adverb)
por muy... que [+ adj/adv +subj] *A veces hay que ceder, por muy doloroso que sea.*
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meanings of ignorar [2]
to be unaware of / to ignore
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to scowl, frown
fruncir el ceño
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to purse one's lips
fruncir los labios
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As far as regards finances...
En lo que se refiere a las finanzas...
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approach (to problem, subject) [2 nouns]
el enfoque / el planteamiento
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up close
de cerca
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straight hair
pelo liso
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wavy hair
pelo ondulado
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