Immigration A2 Flashcards

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1
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To take in

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Acoger

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To contribute

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Aportar

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To support

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Apoyar

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To risk (oneself)

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Arriesgarse

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Political asylum

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El asilo político

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Boom

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El auge

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To look for

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Buscar

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To report

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Denunciar

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Human rights

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Los derechos humanos

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Adrift

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A la deriva

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Collapse

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El derrumbe

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To waste

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Despilfarrar

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Boat

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La embarcación

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To push

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Empujar

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To enrich

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Enriquecer

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Lack

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La escasez

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To choose

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Escoger

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Hope

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La esperanza

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19
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Foreigner

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El extranjero

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Brain drain

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La fuga de cerebros

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To earn a living

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Ganarse la vida

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To need

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Hacer falta

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To find

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Hallar

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Hospitality sector

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La hostelería

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Equality

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La igualdad

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Illegal immigrant

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El inmigrante irregular

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27
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To retire

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Jubilarse

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28
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Workforce

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La mano de obra

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To provide for

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Mantener a

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30
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To leave

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Marcharse

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Black market

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El mercado sumergido

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To suffer

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Padecer

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33
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To pay taxes

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Pagar impuestos

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34
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A host country

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Un país receptor

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35
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Boat used by immigrants

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La patera

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36
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Work permit/residency permit

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El permiso de trabajo/de residencia

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37
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To head to

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Poner rumbo a

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38
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Spokesperson

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El/la portavoz

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39
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Coming from

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Procedente de

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40
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To take away

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Quitar

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41
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To carry out

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Realizar

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42
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To take refuge

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Refugiarse

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43
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Refugee

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Refugiado/a

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44
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To rerun

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Regresar

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45
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To rescue

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Rescatar

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46
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Social security

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La seguridad social

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47
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To survive

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Sobrevivir

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48
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Birth rate

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La tasa de natalidad

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49
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To relocate/to move

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Trasladarse

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50
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Wall/border

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La valla

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51
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Despite

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A pesar de

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52
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To have just (done something)

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Acabar de

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53
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To show gratitude for

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Agradecer

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54
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To feed

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Alimentar

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55
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To yearn

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Anhelar

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56
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Ancestry

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La ascendencia

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57
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Quality of life

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La calidad de vida

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58
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To change

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Cambiar

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59
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Census

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El censo

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60
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Citizenship

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La ciudadanía

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61
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Colonies

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Las colonias

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62
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To share

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Compartir

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63
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To live with

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Convivir

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64
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To grow up

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Crecer

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65
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To leave

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Dejar

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Destination

A

El destino

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To spread

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Difundir

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To head

A

Dirigir

69
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Stability

A

La estabilidad

70
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To break out

A

Estallar

71
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Lack of

A

La falta de

72
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Training

A

La formación

73
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To earn

A

Ganar

74
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War

A

La guerrilla

75
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Hunger

A

El hambre

76
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To flee

A

Huir

77
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To increase

A

Incrementar

78
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Links with

A

Los lazos con

79
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Freedom

A

La libertad

80
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To make ends meet

A

Llegar a fin de mes

81
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To fight

A

Luchar

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To improve

A

Mejorar

83
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Spanish-speaking world

A

El mundo hispánico

84
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To be born

A

Nacer

85
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Wave/surge/flood of

A

La oleada de

86
Q

To stay

A

Permanecer

87
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To try your luck

A

Probar suerte

88
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Post/position

A

El puesto

89
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To strengthen/to reinforce

A

Reforzar

90
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To live

A

Residir

91
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To return

A

Retornar

92
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The Castro revolution

A

La revolución castrista

93
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Wealth

A

La riqueza

94
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To save

A

Salvar

95
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To carry on/to follow

A

Seguir

96
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To highlight

A

Señalar

97
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European Union

A

La Unión Europea

98
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To travel

A

Viajar

99
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To camp out

A

Acampar

100
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To accept/to embrace

A

Acoger

101
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To go deep into

A

Adentrar

102
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To drown

A

Ahogarse

103
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To arrest

A

Apresar

104
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Support

A

El arraigo

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Arrival

A

El arribo

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Legal advice

A

El asesoramiento jurídico

107
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Native

A

Autóctono

108
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To help

A

Auxiliar

109
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To look for

A

Buscar

110
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To fall

A

Caer

111
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Refuge centre

A

El centro de asistencia

112
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To get

A

Conseguir

113
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Smuggler

A

El contrabandista

114
Q

To cross

A

Cruzar

115
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To look after

A

Cuidar

116
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To deport

A

Deportar

117
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Rights

A

Los derechos

118
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To discover

A

Descubrir

119
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To arrest

A

Detener

120
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To register

A

Empadronar

121
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To head/to lead

A

Encabezar

122
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The Straits (of Gibraltar)

A

El estrecho

123
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To avoid

A

Evadir

124
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To die

A

Fallecer

125
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To sign

A

Firmar

126
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Civil servant

A

El funcionario

127
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To hit

A

Golpear

128
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To shout

A

Gritar

129
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Injured person

A

El herido

130
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To sink

A

Hundir

131
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Equality

A

La igualdad

132
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Immigrants without any documents/papers

A

Los indocumentados

133
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To enter

A

Ingresar

134
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To invest

A

Invertir

135
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To achieve

A

Lograr

136
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Nevertheless

A

No obstante

137
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Western

A

Occidental

138
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To pay

A

Pagar

139
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The native population

A

La población autóctona

140
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Poverty

A

La pobreza

141
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Policy/politics

A

La política

142
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To start, to set in motion

A

Poner en marcha

143
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The Press

A

La prensa

144
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Gross Domestic Product

A

El producto interior bruto

145
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To resort to

A

Recurrir

146
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To legalise

A

Regularizar

147
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Remittances (money)

A

Las remesas

148
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Risk

A

El riesgo

149
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Survivor

A

El sobreviviente

150
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Suspicious

A

Sospechoso

151
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The rate of

A

La tasa de

152
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To land

A

Tocar tierra

153
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Trafficker

A

El traficante

154
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To process (paperwork)

A

Tramitar

155
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To carry

A

Transportar

156
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To move

A

Trasladar

157
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Treatment/agreement

A

El trato

158
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Journey

A

La travesía/el trayecto

159
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Threshold

A

El umbral

160
Q

To get together

A

Unirse