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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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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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To retire

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Jubilarse

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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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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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To pay taxes

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Pagar impuestos

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A host country

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Un país receptor

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Boat used by immigrants

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La patera

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Work permit / residency permit

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El permiso de trabajo / de residencia

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To head to

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Poner rumbo a

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Spokesperson

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El/ la portavoz

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Coming from

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Procedente de

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To take away

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Quitar

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To carry out

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Realizar

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To take refuge

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Refugiarse

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Refugee

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Refugiado/a

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To return

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Regresar

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To rescue

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Rescatar

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Social security

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La seguridad social

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To survive

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Sobrevivir

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Birth rate

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La tasa de natalidad

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To relocate / to move

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Trasladarse

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Wall / border

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La valla

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Despite

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A pesar de

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To have just (done something)

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Acabar de

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To show gratitude for

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Agradecer

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To feed

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Alimentar

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To yearn

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Anhelar

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Ancestry

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La ascendencia

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Quality of life

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La calidad de vida

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To change

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Cambiar

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Census

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El censo

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Citizenship

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La ciudadanía

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Colonies

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Las colonias

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To share

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Compartir

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To live with

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Convivir

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To grow up

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Crecer

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To leave

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Dejar

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Destination

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El destino

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67
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To spread

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Difundir

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To head

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Dirigir

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Stability

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La estabilidad

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To break out

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Estallar

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Lack of

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La falta de

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Training

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La formación

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To earn

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Ganar

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War

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La guerrilla

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Hunger

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El hambre

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To flee

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Huir

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To increase

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Incrementar

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Links with

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Los lazos con

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Freedom

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La libertad

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To make ends meet

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Llegar a fin de mes

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To fight

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Luchar

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82
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To improve

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Mejorar

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83
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Spanish-speaking world

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El mundo hispánico

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To be born

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Nacer

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Wave / surge / flood of

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La oleada de

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To stay

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Permanecer

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87
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To try your luck

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Probar suerte

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Post/ posición

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El puesto

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89
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To strengthen / to reinforce

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Reforzar

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To live

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Residir

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To return

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Retornar

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The Castro revolution

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La revolución castrista

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Wealth

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La riqueza

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To save

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Salvar

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To carry on / to follow

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Seguir

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To highlight

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Señalar

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European Union

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La Unión Europea

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To camp out

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Acampar

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To accept / embrace

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Acoger

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To go deep into

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Adentrar

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To drown

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Ahogarse

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To arrest

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Apresar

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Support

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El arraigo

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Arrival

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El arribo

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Legal advice

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El asesoramiento jurídico

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Native

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Autóctono

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To help

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Auxiliar

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To look for

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Buscar

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To fall

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Caer

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Refugee centre

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El centro de asistencia

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To get

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Conseguir

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Smuggler

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El contrabandista

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To cross

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Cruzar

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To look after

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Cuidar

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To deport

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Deportar

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Rights

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Los derechos

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To discover

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Descubrir

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To arrest

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Detener

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To register

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Empadronar

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To head/ to lead

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Encabezar

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The Straits (of Gibraltar)

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El estrecho

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To avoid

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Evadir

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To die

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Fallecer

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To sign

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Firmar

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Civil servant

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El funcionario

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To hit

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Golpear

127
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To shout

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Gritar

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Injured person

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El herido

129
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To sink

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Hundir

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Equality

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La igualdad

131
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Immigrants without any documents / papers

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Los indocumentados

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To enter

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Ingresar

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To invest

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Invertir

134
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To achieve

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Lograr

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Nevertheless

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No obstante

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Western

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Occidental

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To pay

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Pagar

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The native population

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La población autóctona

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Poverty

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La pobreza

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Policy / politics

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La política

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To start / to set in motion

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Poner en marcha

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The Press

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La prensa

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Gross Domestic Product

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El producto interior bruto

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To resort to

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Recurrir

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To legalise

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Regularizar

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Remittances (money)

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Las remesas

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Survivor

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El sobreviviente

148
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Suspicious

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Sospecho

149
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To land

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Tocar tierra

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Trafficker

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El traficante

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To process (paperwork)

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Tramitar

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To carry

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Transportar

153
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To move

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Trasladar

154
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Treatment / agreement

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El trato

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Journey

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La travesía / el trayecto

156
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Threshold

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El umbral

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To get together

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Unirse

158
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Embassys

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Embajadas

159
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To bring together

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Acercar

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To drive / boost

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Impulsar

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Common names

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Denominaciones habituales

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To balance / regularise

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Regularizar

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To go to / to attend

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Acudir

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Pocket version (eg of a guide book etc)

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Versiones de bolsillo

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To allow them to function

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Facilitar su manejo

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Courts

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Juzgados

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Small businesses / shops

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Comercios

168
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To collect

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Recoger

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Legal regulations

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La normativa legal

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Which regulate

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Que regula

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Edited

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Editada

172
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Duties / obligations

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Los deberes

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Subsaharian

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Subsaharianos

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Rescued

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Rescatadas

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Vessel / boat / ship

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Embarcación

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Transferred / relocated

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Trasladadas

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Internment facilities

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Centros de Internamiento de Extranjeros (CIE)

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Fishing boat

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Pesquero

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She went into labour

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Se puso de parto

180
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Crew members

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Tripulantes

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Placard

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La pancarta

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‘No human being is ilegal’

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‘Ningún ser humano es ilegal’

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Flags / banners

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Banderas

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They break the law

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Violan la ley

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Unsustainable

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Insostenible

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Smugglers / ‘coyotes’

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Los coyotes

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Loads of money

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Un montón de dinero

188
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Extravagant / enormous

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Exorbitantes

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It refuses

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Se niegue

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Quota (eg amount of refugees / immigrants a country should welcome each year)

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Cuota

191
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It is not fair nor reasonable

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No es justo ni razonable

192
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Innocent people

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Los inocentes

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Costly

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Costoso

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Etc

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Etcétera

195
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Whatever it be

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Lo que sea

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An immigrant who moves from a poor country for economic reasons and better opportunities. (Could be legal or illegal)

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Los migrantes económicos

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To push

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Empujar

198
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To risk their life

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Arriesgar su vida

199
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Dangerous measures

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Medidos peligrosos 
(Utilizando)
200
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A burden / burdensome

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Una carga

Eg. Al país receptor

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Administrative processes

A

Los procedimientos administrativos

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To register

A

Inscribir

203
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Bulgarian immigrants

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Los inmigrantes búlgaros

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Glossary (eg in a book)

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Glosarios

205
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Translations

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Traducciones

206
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General advice

A

Consejo general

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Football league

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La liga de fútbol

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Dangerous

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Arriesgado

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Journey

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Travesía

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Homegrown

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Oriundo

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Dangerous trip

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Riesgoso viaje

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Coach / trainer

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Entrenador

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You are focused

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Te focalizas

214
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Ball (eg. Football)

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La pelota

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Debió

A

He had the duty of …

From ‘deber’

216
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He swam

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Cruzó a nado

217
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A prosecutor

A

Un fiscal

218
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Temporary residence card / green card

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Permiso de residencia temporario

219
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To deport

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Deportar

220
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Young men

A

Muchachos

221
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Hispanic gang

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La pandilla hispana

222
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To eradicate

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Erradicar

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