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it is set

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está ambientada

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tragedy

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tragedia

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oppression

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opresión

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a widow

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una viuda

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from the second husband

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del marido segundo

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servant/maid

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criado/a

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the poet

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el poeta

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playwrite

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dramaturgo/a

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to be in mourning

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estar de luto

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to wear black

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vestirse de negro

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to collapse

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desmayarse

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to ring the bells

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doblar las campanas

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the stage curtain

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el telón

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the catholic church

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la iglesia católica

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social realism

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el realismo social

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bossy (f)

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mandona

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“fingers like five hooks”

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“dedos como cinco ganzúas”

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poverty

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pobreza

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domineering

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dominante

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tyrant (f)

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tirana

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“cold smile”

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“sonrisa fría”

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snobbish

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creída

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to spy

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espiar

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to obey

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obedecer

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envy

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envidio

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beggar woman

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mendiga

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to spit

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escupiar

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a social divide

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una división social

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the poor

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los pobres

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authority

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autoridad

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to exert her authority

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ejercer su autoridad

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to look down your nose at

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mirar por encima del hombro

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scorn/ distaste

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el desprecio

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demonstrate

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demostrar

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power

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el poder

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closed

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cerrado/a

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hunger

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hambruna

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repressive

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represivo/a

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a hit of the stick

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un golpe de bastón

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a mutual hatred

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un odio mutuo

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to repress

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reprimir

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to cry

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llorar

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bitter (f)

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amargada

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“poisoned tongues”

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“el veneno de sus lenguas”

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“this cursed village without a river”

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“este maldito pueblo sin río”

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poisoned

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envenenada

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the fan

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el abanico

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rebellious

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rebelde

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to defy/ challenge

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desafiar

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sour

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agria

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colourful

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colorido

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to reject

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rechazar

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“eight years of mourning”

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“ocho años que dure el luto”

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to cling on to traditions

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aferrarse a las tradiciones

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to rule over

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regir (ie)

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“bricked up”

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“tapiado con ladrillos”

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unhappy

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infeliz

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to suffocate (2)

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sofocar

asfixiar

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pessimistic

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pesimista

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very sad/ gloomy/ melancholy

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melancólico

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to be resigned (accepting that things are difficult)

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estar resignada

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submissive (f)

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sumisa

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63
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“needle and thread for females. whip and mule for man”

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“hilo y aguja para las hembras. látigo y mula para el varón”

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“strong like an oak tree”

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“fuerte como un roble”

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scold/ yell at

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regañar

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mass

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misa

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to threaten

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amenazar

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to restrain

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sujetar

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to judge

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juzcar

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outsiders

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forasteros

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“they lick their fingers” (get excited)

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“se chupan los dedos”

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gossipy

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chismoso/a

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a gossip

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un chisme

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a maiden/ virgin

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una donacella

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to behave

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portarse

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a moral crusade

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una cruzada moralista

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a state of denial

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un estado de negación

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“You serve me and I pay you. Nothing more!”

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“Me sirves y te pago. ¡Nada mas!”

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others

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los demás

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mean (f)

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mezquina

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stingy

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tacaña

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a martyr

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una mártir

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“without feeling”

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“sin fe”

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patriarchal

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patriarcal

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to delude yourself

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engañarse

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to gossip

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chismear

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to be full of gossip

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chismorrear

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old fashioned/ backward

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retrógrado/a

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“its all a terrible repetition”

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“todo es una terrible repetición”

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weak

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débil

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depressed

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deprimido/a

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“he married someone richer than me”

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“se casó con otra que tenía más que yo”

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housewife

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ama de casa

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“a submissive dog (bitch) that feeds them”

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“una perra sumisa que les dé de comer”

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to flee

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huir de

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to become independent

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independizarse

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to run away from

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escaparse de

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to rise up against

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emanciparse

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to pacify

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pacificar

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to rot away (2)

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podrirse

pudrirse

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to feel trapped

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sentirse atrapadas

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imprisoned

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encarcelada

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to refuse

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negarse (ie)

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to be lifeless

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estar desganado/a

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to surrender

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rendirse

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“she has dreams”

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“tiene ilusión”

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hope

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esperanza

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to be a catch

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ser un buen partido

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“he comes for the money”

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“viene por el dinero”

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sickly/ of bad health (f)

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enfermiza

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“he’s the best-looking lad for miles around”

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“es el mejor tipo de todos estos contornos”

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to court/ be the suitor of (2)

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pretender

cortejar

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cheerful/ lively

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alegre

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full of life

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llena de vida

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“money can do anything!”

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“¡El dinero lo puede todo!”

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the envy

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la envidia

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dowry

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la dote

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to wither

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marchitarse

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emotional

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emocional

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passionate (f)

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apasionada

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expressive (f)

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expresiva

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to surround

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rodear

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to long for/ yearn for (a thing to happen)

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anhelar

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desires

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deseas

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to reflect

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reflejar

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domination

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dominación

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authoritative (f)

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autoritaria

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to be desperate

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estar desesparado/a

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prison (2)

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cárcel

prisión

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brutal

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brutal

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pitiless (f)

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despiadada

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prisoners

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prisioneras

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quotations (2)

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citas

citaciones

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to underline

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subrayar

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to highlight

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destacar

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granddaughters

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nietas

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to sympathise

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simpatizar

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to inflict

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infligir

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mad/ nutty/ bonkers

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chiflada

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to yearn for/ long for (a person)

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añorar

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an analogy

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una analogia

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a metaphor

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una metáfora

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TV series

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una telenovela

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TV soap

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culebrón

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the genre

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el género

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the type of print

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el tipo de imprenta

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prayer

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la oración

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holy mother

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madre bendita

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it becomes more dramatic

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se va dramatizando

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middle classes

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las clases medias

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a tragedy

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una tragedia

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to be repressed/ marginalised/ outcast

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estar marginado/a

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glamorous

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glamuroso/a

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naive

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ingenuo/a

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daring

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atrevido/a

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quiet

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callado/a

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brave

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valiente

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effective

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eficaz

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realisticness

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verosimilitud

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manipulator

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manipulador

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charming

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carismático

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to be charming

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tener carisma

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a false sense of security

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una sensación falso de seguridad

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to witness/ see

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presenciar

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pity

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piedad

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to despise

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despreciar

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nosy

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entremetido/a

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to sew

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coser

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to weave

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tejer

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jealousy

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la envidia

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similarities

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semejanzas

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