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1
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Correr un riesgo

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To take/run a risk

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2
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Tener mono de

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To have a craving for

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3
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Declararse en huelga

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To down tools

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4
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Muy calentito

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As warm as toast

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5
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Estar armado hasta los dientes

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To be armed to the teeth

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6
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Primero es la obligación que la devoción

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Business before pleasure

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7
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Dinero contante y sonante

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Hard cash

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8
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Ni fu no fa

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To leave cold

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9
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…y cosas por el estilo

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…and the like

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10
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Más vale maña que fuerza

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Better brains than brown

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11
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Tener una carta en la manga

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To have a card up one’s sleeve

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12
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A buen entendedor pocas palabras bastan

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A word to the wise is enough

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13
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No colgar el teléfono

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To hold the line

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14
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Un príncipe azul

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The answer to a maiden’s prayer

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15
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Tener a alguien en la palma de la mano

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To have someone in the palm of one’s hand

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16
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Arriesgarse el cuello

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To risk one’s neck

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17
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Levantársele, tener una erección

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To get it up

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18
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Donde las dan las toman

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Two can play that game

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19
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Cara larga

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A face as long as fiddle

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20
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Atar cabos

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To put two and two together

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21
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Como era de esperar, típico

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True to type

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22
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A cada paso, a cada momento

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At every turn

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23
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Fuera de los caminos trillados, en un sitio muy retirado

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Off the beaten track

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24
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La curiosidad mató al gato

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Curiosity killed the cat

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25
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Estar sin dinero

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To be out of cash

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26
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Ser pan comido

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To be a piece of cake

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27
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Llamarse lo mismo que

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To be named after

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28
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Más alegre que unas pascuas, en las nubes

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Walking on air

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29
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Tener la moral muy alta

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To be in good heart

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30
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De buenas intenciones está empedrado el camino del infierno

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The path/road/way to hell is paved with good intentions

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31
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Poner el grito en el cielo

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To hit the ceiling/the roof

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32
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¿Y eso con qué se come?

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What’s it when it’s at home?

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33
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Más alegre que unas pascuas, en las nubes

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Walking on air

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34
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Tener la moral muy alta

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To be in good heart

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35
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De buenas intenciones está empedrado el camino del infierno

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The path/road/way to hell is paved with good intentions

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36
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Poner el grito en el cielo

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To hit the ceiling/the roof

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37
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¿Y eso con qué se come?

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What’s it when it’s at home?

38
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Tener la vista puesta en (objetivos)

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Set your sights on

39
Q

Huele que apesta

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Smell to high heaven

40
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Hacerle un corte de mangas a alguien

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To put two fingers up at someone

41
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Mala hierba nunca muere

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The devil looks after his own

42
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Pillarse los dedos

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To burn one’s fingers

43
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Sentirse portavelas, carabina

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To feel like a fifth wheel

44
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Dar en el clavo

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To hit the nail on the head

45
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Contener el aliento

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To hold one’s breath

46
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Vivir al día

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To live from day to day

47
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Llegar a las manos

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To come to blows

48
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Coger frío

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To catch a chill

49
Q

Perder los estribos

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To lose control

50
Q

Mala pata

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Hard luck

51
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Llamarle la atención a alguien

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To hit someone in the eye

52
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Darle a alguien un soponcio

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To give someone a fit

53
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Rápido como un rayo

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(as) quick as a flash

54
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Estar allí presente observando

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To be a fly on the wall

55
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Mandar a alguien a dar un paseíto, mandar a alguien a ver si llueve

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To send someone on a fool’s errand

56
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Estar loco de atar, estar más loco que una cabra

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To be as mad as a March hare

57
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Ser inquieto

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To be itchy/itching feet

58
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Importar un carajo

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Not to give a fuck

59
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Dar fruto

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To bear fruit

60
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Tener malas pulgas

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To have a short fuse

61
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Con tu pan te lo comas

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You’ve made your bed and now you must lie in it

62
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La vida no es una cama de rosas

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Life is not a bed of roses

63
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Ande yo caliente y ríase la gente

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Comfort is better than pride

64
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Una solterona

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An old maid

65
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Hacer una colecta

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To pass de hat

66
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Mala opinión

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Low opinion

67
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Tenérsela jugada a alguien

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To have it in for

I think he has it in for me

68
Q

Trabajar con ahínco

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To toil with a will

69
Q

¡Y sanseacabó!

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That’s flat!

70
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No quiero ni oír hablar de eso

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I won’t hear of it

71
Q

Perder la chaveta

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To lose one’s marbles

72
Q

En el fondo

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At heart

73
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Enamorarse perdidamente

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To sweep someone off her/his feet (Swept, swept)

74
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Matar la gallina de los huevos de oro

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To kill the goose that lays the golden egg(s)

75
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Dar algo por sentado

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To take something for granted

76
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Sin pestañear

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Not to bat an eyelash/eyelid/eye

77
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Coquetear, sin inmutarse

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To bat one’s eyes/eyelashes

78
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Nadie está contento con su suerte

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The grass is always greener on the other side

79
Q

Aguantarse

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To grean and bear it

80
Q

Si levantara la cabeza de la tumba

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To turn in one’s grave

81
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Ten cuidado, puede haber gato encerrado

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Beware of Greeks bearing gifts

82
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Tener mano para las plantas

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To have a green thumb/fingers

83
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Deslomarse trabajando

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To work/slog one’s guts out

84
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Adelantarse a los acontecimientos, salir antes de tiempo

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To jump the gun

85
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Estar en guardia

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To be on (one’s) guard

86
Q

Sufrir pérdidas

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To take a bath

87
Q

Caer en saco roto

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To fall on stony ground

88
Q

Quedarse dormido

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To allow the grass to grow under one’s feet

89
Q

Estar a bien con alguien

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To be in good with someone

90
Q

A otro perro con ese hueso

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You can tell that to the marines!

91
Q

Infórmese aquí, razón aquí

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Apply within

92
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Un paquete de alegría

A

A bundle of joy

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