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1
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el analfabetismo

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illiteracy

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Segunda República Española

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Second Spanish Republic

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el estamento

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social class

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heredar

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to inherit

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codiciado/a

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sought after

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la mendiga

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beggar

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sangre

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blood

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el apellido

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surname

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la viuda

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widow

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el pretendiente

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suitor

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letanías

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litanies; short, one-phrase prayers

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solícito/a

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caring, attentive

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honrado/a

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honourable

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el castigo corporal

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physical punishment

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la criada

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female servant

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el matrimonio

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marriage

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el abanico

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fan

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colorido/a

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colourful

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lorquiano/a

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relating to the works of Lorca

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cortejar

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to “woo”, to court

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el noviazgo

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courtship

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el pedido de mano

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proposal

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el ajuar

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trousseau

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el matriarcado

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matriarchy

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las tareas domésticas

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household chores

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el hilo

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thread

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la aguja

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needle

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el látigo

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whip

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la mula

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mule, horse

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el varón

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male, man

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el chisme

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gossip

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un niño fuera del matrimonio

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a child out of wedlock

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ilegítimo

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illegitimate

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el/la amante

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lover

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la aventura

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love affair

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primordial

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fundamental, essential

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la reja

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a window with bars

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un anillo de diamantes

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a diamond ring

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un anillo de perlas

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a pearl ring

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las lágrimas

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tears

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influencia morisca

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Moorish influence

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la canción de amor

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love song

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un mal augurio

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a bad omen

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la infidelidad

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infidelity, adultery

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fallecer

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to pass away

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velar

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to hold a vigil/wake

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enterrar

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to bury

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rezar

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to pray

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el/la vecino/a

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neighbour

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el velatorio

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wake

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dar los pésames

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to express condolences

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vestir de luto

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to wear mourning clothes

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el cuerpo

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body

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el luto

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mourning (period)

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las lloronas

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people paid to cry at wakes

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romper el luto

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to break the mourning

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jugar un papel

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to play a role

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siglo XX

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20th century

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el conservadurismo

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conservatism

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60
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La Semana Santa

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a Holy Week, ending on Easter Sunday, which celebrates the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ

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Jesucristo

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Jesus Christ

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los responsos

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prayers for the dead, funeral orations

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la orilla del mar

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seashore

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la oveja

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sheep

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el bastón

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cane, walking stick

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comportarse

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to behave

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malintencionadamente

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maliciously

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ser pretendindo/a

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to be courted for marriage

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regalar

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to gift, to give a present to

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la herencia

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inheritance

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maquillado/a

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made up, wearing make up

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el padastro

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step-father

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la madrugada

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the early hours of the morning

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sentir vergüenza

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to feel embarrassment

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encarar

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to confront

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negar

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to deny

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desafiar

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to challenge

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prevenir

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to warn

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el retrato

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portrait

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furioso/a

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furious

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gastar una broma a

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to play a trick on

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ahuyentar

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to chase away

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83
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la mano férrea

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iron fist

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84
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ocultar

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to hide

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85
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castigar

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to punish

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86
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agarrar

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to grab, clutch

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desobedecer

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to disobey

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el golpe

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a hit, strike

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golpear

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to hit, strike

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asustar

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to scare

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91
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el semental

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stallion

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92
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aconsejar

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to advise

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luchar

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to fight

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demente

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insane

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el corral

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animal pen

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partir en dos

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to break in two

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la escopeta

A

gun

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el disparo

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gunshot

99
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estar celoso de

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to be jealous of

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adinerado/a

A

wealthy

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enviudar

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to be widowed

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la obstinación

A

stubborness

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el “qué dirán”

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literal meaning “what they will say”; rumours and gossip

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escrutinio

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scrutiny

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la hipocresía

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hypocrisy

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(el/la) hipócrita

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hypocrite, hypocritical

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las mentiras

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lies

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el defecto fatal

A

fatal flaw

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sofocado/a

A

suffocated

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la pareja

A

partner

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la demencia

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dementia

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amor fraternal

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sisterly love

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un edad de merecer

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at an age ready to have a lover

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suicidarse

A

to commit suicide

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la autoridad

A

authority

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la represión

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repression

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totalitario/a

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totalitarian

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dictadora

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dictator

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la autoritaria

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authoritarian

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buscar venganza

A

to seek revenge

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la prisión

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prison

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la falta de

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the lack of

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la tristeza

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sadness

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la angustia

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anguish

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experimentar

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to experience

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cumplir/lograr

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to achieve

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el tañido

A

toll (bell toll)

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maltratar

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to abuse

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el encierro

A

confinement

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la libertad

A

freedom, liberty

131
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encarcelado/a

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incarcerated

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acto de desafío

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act of defiance

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lucha interior

A

inner struggle

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volverse, hacerse

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to become

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el amanecer

A

dawn

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es derivado/a de

A

is derived from

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la nobleza

A

nobility

138
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sin piedad

A

without mercy

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evitar

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to avoid

140
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la pureza

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purity

141
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la virginidad

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virginity

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a toda costa

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at all costs

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simbolizar

A

to symbolise

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dominante

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controlling

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mandona

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bossy

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tiránico/a

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tyrannical

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la limpieza

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cleanliness

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el dominio

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dominance

149
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el/la gobernante

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ruler

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vivaz

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lively

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aborrecer

A

to hate

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susteno

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sustenance (food support)

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el/la informante/confidente

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informer

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el puente

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bridge

155
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de dos caras

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two-faced

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espíritu libre

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free spirit

157
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rebelarse

A

to rebel

158
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heredar

A

to inherit

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la dote

A

dowry

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enfermizo/a

A

sickly

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flaco/a

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skinny

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poco atractivo

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unattractive

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engañar(se)

A

to deceive, to cheat

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sugerir

A

to suggest

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ingenuo/a

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naïve

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maldito/a

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cursed

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pobrecillo/a

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poor thing

168
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esperanza

A

hope

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destino

A

destiny/fate

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hablador(a)

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talkative

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pesimista

A

pessimistic

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atormentado/a

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tormented

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malvado/a

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wicked

174
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enfrentarse a

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to confront, to face

175
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disparar

A

to shoot

176
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una joroba

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hump (deformity)

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alcanzar

A

to reach

178
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discutir

A

to argue

179
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inadecuado/a

A

unsuitable

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el gañán

A

farm labourer

181
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trastornado/a

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unhinged

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la locura

A

madness

183
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soñar con

A

to dream about

184
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adinerado/a

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wealthy

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apenar

A

to sadden

186
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el/la amante

A

lover

187
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el estatus social

A

social status

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el/la vecino/a

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neighbour

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perdonar

A

to forgive

190
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la trama

A

plot

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quebrantar

A

to break a rule

192
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devorar

A

to devour

193
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reprimido/a

A

repressed

194
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omnipresente

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omnipresent

195
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omnipotente

A

omnipotent

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de poca confianza

A

untrustworthy

197
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el público

A

audience

198
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defecto fatal/fatídico

A

fatal flaw

199
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el enfoque

A

focus

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la secuencia de los sucesos

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sequence of events

201
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la cita

A

quote

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la tragedia

A

tragedy

203
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la unidad

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unity

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la reclusión

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confinement

205
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contribuir a

A

to contribute to

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conflicto

A

conflict, clash

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fuera del escenario

A

offstage

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establecer

A

to establish

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la trama se espesa

A

the plot thickens

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vibrante

A

vibrant

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lenguaje coloquial

A

colloquial language

212
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rebelde

A

rebellious

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presagiar

A

to foreshadow

214
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aumentar la tensión

A

to increase/heighten the tension

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el diálogo

A

dialogue

216
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la imagen auditiva

A

auditory image

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saciar su sed

A

to quench her thirst

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el deterioro/el empeoramiento

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deterioration

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inmaculado

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spotless

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la interpretación

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interpretation

221
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la metáfora

A

metaphor

222
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el ambiente

A

atmosphere

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la yegua

A

mare (female horse)

224
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el semental

A

stallion

225
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ligeramente azuladas

A

slightly bluish

226
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estándares dobles

A

double standards

227
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a sus espaldas

A

behind her back

228
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la figura retórica

A

figure of speech

229
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donde se establece la obra

A

where the play is set

230
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se colgó

A

hung herself

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suicidio por ahorcamiento

A

suicide by hanging

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