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Literary Terms from Translations Flashcards

1
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clergy

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pastor

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clerk

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empleador de banco

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mourner

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doliente

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doornail

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clavo de la puerta

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coffin

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ataúd

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business partners

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socios

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an assign (legal representative)

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cesionario

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executor (person who carries out the will)

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albacea

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bargain

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ganga

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ironmongery

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ferretería

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crowds

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algomeraciones de personas

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bishop

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obispo

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buque

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ship

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pormenores

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details

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ingrato

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unpleasant

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fasts

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ayunas

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augurio/presagio

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omen

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estragos

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injuries

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soñoliento

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drowsy

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benighted

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ignorante

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sopor

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stupor

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bell tolls

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dobles

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respiración pedregosa/áspera

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heavy breathing (with difficulty)

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difunto

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departed

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Sexton (someone who looks after church and graveyard)

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sacristán

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morose/sullen

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taciturno/malhumorado

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undertaker

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director de funeraria

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gross-grained (meaning difficult, uncooperative, unaccomodating)

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poco cooperativo/difícil/ poco complaciente

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abbey

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abadía

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implicitely/unquestioningly (believed)

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incondicionalmente

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gravedigger

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sepulturero(a)/ enterrador(a)

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graveyard

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cementerio

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surrounded by

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rodeado por

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emblem

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emblema

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surly

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hosco

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wicker

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mimbre

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waistcoat

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chaleco

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scowl

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el ceño fruncido

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malice

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malicia

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to fling

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lanzar/arrojar

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snorting

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resoplar

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42
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to miss (a throw)

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errar

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43
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apron

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delantal

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44
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let drip

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derramar

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dió crédito a la acusación

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believed it

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lock away (someone)

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condenar/encarcelar

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The sun filled him with gladness

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El sol le alegró

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devoid of

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deprovista de

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betwitchment/charm

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embrujo

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hills

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colinas

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51
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cigarettte butts

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colillas

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organised group/party (travel)

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una comitiva

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barren (landscape)

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baldías

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prejudice/bitterness

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prejuicio

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ugliness

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fealdad

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56
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(information) helpdesk

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ventanilla

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apprehension

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aprensión

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wariness

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recelo

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friendly/comforting/welcoming

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acogedor/a

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resentment

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resentimiento

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shortage

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escasez

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take over

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apoderar

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pastures

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pastos/dehesas

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hedges

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matorrales/setos

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mountain slope

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ladera

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unknown

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ignoto

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complexion (face)

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tez

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lattice

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celosía

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to see (beginning with D)

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devisar

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70
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I had the time to see

a_______ a ver

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alcancé a ver

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She looked happy

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Se la veía alegre

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mutter

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mascullir/murmurar

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wither

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marchitar

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bestow

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conferir

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stalls (theatre)

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gradas

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parchment

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pergamino

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beg

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rogar

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resonate

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resonar

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intermission (e.g. in a play)

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intermitencia

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uproot

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desarraigar

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shore

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orilla

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cast (throw)

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arrojar

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83
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‘pull’ something over

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arrasar

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84
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door hinges

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goznes/bisagras

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85
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dispair

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desesperación

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86
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handmuffs/mittens

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manguitas/manoplas

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87
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attorney

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albacea

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88
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miller/mill

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molinero/mill

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upset

Beginning with M

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molesto

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surrounding something

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sobre

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draw/brandish (weapon)

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desenfundar

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arrange/plan/organise (people)

Beginning with D

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disponer

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93
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event

formal beginning with A

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acontecimiento

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94
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continue

formal beginning with P

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proseguir

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95
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by default

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por defecto

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bell tower

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campanario

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off-white/milky colour

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blanquecino

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dismount (animal)

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apear

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La ponzoña

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poison

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aniquilar

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annihilate

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señuelo

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bait/lure

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rendir

A

give up/surrender

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la alberca

A

pool

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destonar

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be off key

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el zumbido

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rumble

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estar sin un duro/sin blanca

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be broke

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una cómoda

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dresser

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torpemente

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clumsily

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destallar

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to flash

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hacerse añicos

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to break into pieces

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toparse con

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fall into/stumble

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la casera

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land lady

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el nudillo

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knuckles

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raspado

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scraped

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smeared with blood

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manchado de sangre

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inservible

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broken beyond repair

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Inclinado

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slanted

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andrajos

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rags

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las plantillas de zapato

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sole of shoes

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STD

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ETS

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desgarrado

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ripped/torn

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Asset

A

recurso

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advent (of something)

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llegada de (algo)

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make a profit of

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sacar provecho de

125
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Sharing economy

A

Economía colaborativa

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velar

A

watch over

127
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dique

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dyke/dam

128
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impreciso

e.g al fondo a los objetos los veía impreciso

A

elusive

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hereje

A

non-believer

130
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unas alforjas

A

saddlebags

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los cántaros de leche

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pitchers of milk

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el terraplén

A

slope/bank

133
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los juncos

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reed/cane

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el vaho

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steam/cloud

135
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Un morrión/casco

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helmet

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El coraza/peto

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breastplate

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los pliegues

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folds

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las tocas/la toquilla

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headdress/veil

139
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recortar en el horizonte

A

outline the horizon

140
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una alabarda

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pike

141
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el puente levadizo

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drawbridge

142
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estar de bruces

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to be face down

143
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spread

A

extender

144
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cáñamo

A

hemp

145
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acaparar

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hog/hoard/accumulate

146
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shrivelled

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encojido

147
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risueño

A

smiling/beaming

148
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sagaz

A

clever

149
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reposado

A

soothing

150
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avariento

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greedy

151
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mezquino

A

stingy/tight-fisted

152
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endiablada

A

nasty

153
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una argolla

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shackle

154
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deal with

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tratar

155
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incidentally

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secundariamente/parcialmente

156
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planners

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organizadores

157
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devote to

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dedicar a

158
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a decir verdad

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admittedly/truthfully

159
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threat

A

amenaza

160
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slackening

A

aflojamiento

161
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suspicion

A

desconfianza

162
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betray

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traicionar

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to revoke (a law)

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revocar

164
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enthusiasts

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aficionados

165
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insurrectionary (somebody who rebels violently)

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inserreccional/ revolucionario

166
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in light of

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ante

167
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el ruiseñor

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nightingale

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ivory

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marfil

169
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encina

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holm oak/evergreen oak

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terreno

A

land

171
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teniente

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lieutenant

172
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un coronel

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a colonel

173
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military regiment

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regimiento

174
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infantry/on foot soldier

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infantería

175
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under the comand

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bajo el mando de

176
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what became of me

A

lo que fue de mi

177
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a broom

A

una escoba

178
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doorframe

A

marco de la puerta

179
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resurrect

A

resucitar

180
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through

A

a través de

181
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complejidad

A

complexity

182
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subsistir

A

survive

183
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nimiedad

A

triviality

184
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stir

A

remover

185
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matorral

A

thorn bush

186
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brillo/resplandar

A

gleam

187
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blossom

A

floración

188
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to bear

A

aguantar/ soportar

189
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to be stretched

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estar estirados

190
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sullen ( d_______)

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deprimente

191
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murmur

A

murmullo

192
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madreselva

A

woodbine/honeysuckle

193
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bullicio

A

racket/noise/din

194
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rosado

A

pink coloured

195
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tejer

A

weave

196
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guirnalda

A

wreath

197
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aflicción

A

sorrow

198
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nefasto/adusto

A

grim

199
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encender/prender

A

to light a fire

200
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a bordo

A

on board

201
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aborrecimiento

A

loathing/hatred

202
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injured

A

heridos

203
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pirómanos

A

pyromaniacs

204
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hazard

A

riesgo

205
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remolcar

A

to tow

206
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fiordo

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fjord

207
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engulfed

A

envuelto

208
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in flames

A

en llamas

209
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encierro

A

running of the bulls

210
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corrida de toros

A

bullfighting

211
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embody

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encarnar

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eclipse/embody/surpass

A

eclipsar

213
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dejar mucho que desear

A

leave much to be desired

214
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poner en tela de juicio

A

put into question

215
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panzudo

A

pot-bellied

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bujía

A

wax candle

217
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veguero

A

cigar

218
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con disimulo

A

discreetly

219
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tinder/fuel

A

leña

220
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scurry

A

apurarse

221
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crumble (food/wood)

A

desmenuzarse/desmigajarse

222
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sodden

A

empapado

223
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fechoría/felonía

A

misdeed/crime

224
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anidar

A

dwell/nest

225
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secuela

A

consequences

226
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(practicando la) mendicidad

A

begging

227
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apenas

A

hardly/barely

228
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empeño

A

determination/tenacity

229
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carestía

A

lack of

230
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endeble

A

unstable/wobbly/rickety

231
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comedimiento

A

control/restraint

232
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una barraca

A

shack

233
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adobe

A

sun-dried brick

234
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un dispensario

A

pharmacy

235
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asentamiento

A

settlement

236
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cauce

A

riverbed

237
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cochambroso/a

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filthy

238
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merodear

A

prowl/lurk

239
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contratiempo

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setback

240
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continencia

A

moderation

C2 Vocab (20 decks)

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