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La casa As Flashcards

1
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a su costa

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at his expense

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a yeyo

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a faint

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abaratar

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cheapen

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abarcar

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encompass, embrace, include

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abarrotar

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cram, overstock

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abasto

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supply

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abatido

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dejected, depressed

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abofetear

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slap

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abrasar

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sear

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acantilado

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cliff

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acaparar

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hoard: en la premura por acaparar productos

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acezantes

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accents (google says accented, or accelerating). las calles llenaron de ciclistas acezantes (rushing cyclists)

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acezar

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1)pant 2)feel desire (but what about rushing, accelerating like acezantes?)

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acezar

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pant, same as jadera

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achaque

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ailment, infirmity, affliction, weakness

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achaques

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aches and pains

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achicar

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reduce

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acierto

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success, bulls-eye, right guess

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acobardarse

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cower, flinch, quail

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acongojarse

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grieve,feel distressed

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acreedor

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creditor

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adelantar

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advance,overtake,pass,…

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ademanes

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gestures

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ademas yo que fui quien hizo

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what’s more, I was the one who made

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adiestrar

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train, se limitó a adiestrar un par de cocineras

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adoquines

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cobblestones

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afán

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eagerness

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afanar

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sneak,but also work hard at

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afanes

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toil,eagerness

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aferrar

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hang on, grapple

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afirmar

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say, affirm, but also ‘un ingenioso mecanismo que la afirmaba a los molares’

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afónico

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muted, quiet,

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agachado

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crouching

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agachar

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duck, hunker

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agasajar

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entertain, feast, lionize

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agazapado

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squatting

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agazapar

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crouch in hiding, lurk

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agazapar

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hide, be on the lookout, crouch hiding

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agazapado

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squatting, lurking in hiding

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agazapado

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squatting,lurking,crouching in hiding

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agites

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shakes

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agobiante

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oppressive, overwhelming

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agobiar

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overwhelm, burden, oppress

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agobiar

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overwhelm, oppress, overburden, el mal humor con que la agobiaba durante el dia

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agotar

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exhaust, deplete, use up, be exhausting

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agria

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sour, tart, acrid, acidic, la comida me parecía agria

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agrietar

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crack

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48
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agua bendita

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holy water

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49
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al galán

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gallant, hubiera atrapado al galán mas solicitado del región

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al gaznate

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to the throat,

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51
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alaridos

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howls, yells

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52
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alborotar

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disturb

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alborotarse

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to fuss, muss, or disturb something. la escobilla se alborotaron sus rizos

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alboroto

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disturbance, rampage

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alborozado

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exhiliarated, merry

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alcachofas

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artichokes, comer las alcachofas con pinzas

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alentar

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encourage: Él no la alentó

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aleta

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fin, negocios de aletas de tiburónes

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alfarería

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pottery

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alféizar

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ledge, windowsill

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alfeñique

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weakling (also, a kind of pasta with sugar)

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alfileres

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pins

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alhajas

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jewelry

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alhajas

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jewelry

65
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aliciente

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incentive

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allanamiento

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1) a flattening 2) a raid 3) compliant with orders

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allanar

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flatten, raid

68
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allegados

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relatives

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alpargata

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espadrille

70
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altibajos

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ups and downs

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alumbramiento

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delivery (birth)

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alzada

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raised

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alzar

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raise, hoist, lift

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ametralladores

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machine gunners

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amodorrado

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sleepy, drowsy

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amontar

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Run away or take to the mountains

77
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amparar

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protect, shelter, harbor

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anacoreta

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anchorite, a religious recluse

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anaquel

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shelf

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andurrial

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out of the way place, roadless

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angustia

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distress, anguish

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anhelo

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yearning, longing

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anhelos

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yearnings,desires, cravings

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añicos

A

smithereens

85
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antaño

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yesteryear

86
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antojar

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crave, traigo quantas cajas se me antojen, I bring as many boxes as they want?

87
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antojo

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whim, fancy, pude observarlo a mi antojo

88
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antropófago

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cannibal

89
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apabullante

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overwhelming

90
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apabullar

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1)bully 2)overwhelm

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apaciblemente

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gently

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apalear

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beat, thrash, bludgeon: este es como apalear arena al mar:like shoveling sand into the sea

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apelmazada

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caked

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apiade

A

take pity

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apiñarse

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crowd, pack, jam

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apodar

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dub, nickname, label

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apolillado

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moth-eaten

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aporrear

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club, bludgeon, pound, beat, thump, no sentía los dolores de mis viejos huesos aporreados

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apremios

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constraints,

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apretada

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tight, apretadas filas

101
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apretado

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tight,pressed, constrained

102
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apuestar

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to bet

103
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apuesto

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handsome, dashing, dapper,

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apuntalar

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shore up, brace, pin, truss

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apurar

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hurry

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apuros

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trouble,problem,hurry, plight, hardship

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arcadas

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retching

108
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arcadas

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retching, no pude evitar las arcadas

109
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ardir

A

burn

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argamasa

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mortar, preferí a tapiarlo con argamasa

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argucias

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tricks, sophistry, subtlety

112
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argüir

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argue

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arisco

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rude, surly, cantankerous

114
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arrasar

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sweep, level, raze, obliterate. (vs. abrasar, to sear/braise)

115
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arreando con la gente

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driving people

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arrear

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drive (drive a person or thing to do something)

117
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arrebatar

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snatch,take,grab

118
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arrebato

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rapture, fury, gust, otros insultos inventados en el arrebato del moment

119
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arrebato

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rapture,fury,gust

120
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arrebol

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flush, la joven con las mejillas arreboladas

121
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arreboladas

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flustered, la joven con las mejillas arreboladas

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arrebolar

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rave, la joven con las mejillas arreboladas

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arrimar

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snuggle, bring close: la guardia privada estaba arrimando las muebles

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arrullar

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lull, sing a lullaby. from the sounds of pigeons and turtledoves

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artilugio

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contraption, gadget, gimmick, ruse, hickey, doodah (artifice?)

126
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asediar

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besiege, recuerdo que empezaba asediarla al caer de la noche

127
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asequible

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affordable, available, accesible. una embajada asequible

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aserradero

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sawmill

129
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aserrín

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sawdust

130
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asilar

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harbor (give asylum to )

131
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asomar

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show, peep, poke out, Alba comenzó a asomar su minúscula humanidad

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asomar

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show, poke out, put out, ella asomaba las piernas por la ventana

133
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asombro

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astonishment

134
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aspersiones

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sprinkles

135
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astucio

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cunning

136
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asunto

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matter, affair, thing

137
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atadas

A

tied

138
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atadito

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little bundle

139
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atajar

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head off, tackle, intercept: ella no pudo atajar un grito (could not supress a scream)

140
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atiborrarse

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gorge, cram full

141
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atochar

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to fill something up, stuff,

142
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atorar

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jam, obstruct

143
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atrasada

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overdue,belated, backward

144
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atrasado

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overdue (like library books, or out-of-date magazines)

145
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atropelladamente

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run over, helter-skelter

146
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atropello

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1) run over 2) mistake. es un atropello!

147
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atroz

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atrocious

148
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aturdido

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stunned, fuddled, confused

149
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aturdimiento

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daze, bewilderment

150
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aunque meta la pata

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even if you screw up

151
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auspiciador

A

sponsor

152
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avecinar

A

approach

153
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avergonzado

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ashamed

154
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ávidas de un capa de pintura

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eager for a coat of paint

155
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avispado

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clever, antes que otro mas avispado se quedera con la heredera

156
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avistar

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(to) sight

157
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azahares de novia

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orange blossoms (very questionable translation)

158
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azotar

A

whip, spank

159
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azulejos

A

tiles

La Casa de los Espiritus (13 decks)

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