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1
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un guarro

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a pig

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grosero

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rude, bad-mannered, vulgar, crude

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un disfraz

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disguise

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enfocar

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to focus

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invertir

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to invest

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despedir

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to dismiss (work)

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despedirse

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to say goodbye to someone

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agradecer

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to thank

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to get annoyed (x3)

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enfadarse, enojarse, cabrearse

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to annoy (x5)

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enfadar. enojar, cabrear, molestar, fastidiar

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to investigate (x3)

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averiguar, investigar, indagar

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comprobar

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to check

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enterar

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to inform; find out

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entregar

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to deliver

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entregarse

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to turn/hand oneself in

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disparate

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foolish remark(s)

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(to say) foolish remarks (x3)

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disparate, tonterías, chorradas

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encargarse (de algo)

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to take care of something

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to hurry (x5)

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apresurar(se), acelerar, apurar(se). correr, darse prisa

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to find (x2)

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encontrar, hallar

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to become (x2)

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volverse, hacerse

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to be in a fix (mess) (x2)

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estar en un aprieto, (lío)

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jactarse

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to boast

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tutear

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to be informal with someone (i.e. use ‘tu’ not ‘usted’)

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rescatar

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to rescue

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un zorro

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a fox

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un lobo

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a wolf

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un trato

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a deal (Hay trato? - do we have a deal?)

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to ruin (x2)

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arruinar, estropear

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formar parte de

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to be a part of

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to fail (x3)

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suspender (exams); fracasar, fallar

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manchar

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to stain

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suspender

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to fail (exams) (opposite = aprobar)

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to manage (to do something) (x5)

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apanarse(las), arreglárselas,hacérselas,lograr,

manejárselas.

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las huellas

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fingerprints

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las pruebas

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evidence

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una muestra adn

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DNA sample

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equivocarse

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to be wrong, get it wrong

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39
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(no hay) cobertura

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(no phone) signal (reception)

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estar a salvo

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to be safe

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sano y salvo

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safe and sound

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42
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atascar

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to get jammed up

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43
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una sugerencia

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a suggestion

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44
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tumbarse

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to lie down

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45
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una espada

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a sword

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46
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un escudo

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a shield

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vagar

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to wander

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48
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despegar

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to take off (plane)

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aterrizar

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to land (plane)

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50
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protagonizar películas

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to star in movies

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rodar películas

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to shoot movies

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52
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un preso

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a prisoner

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53
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palabrota

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swear word

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palabrería

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empty talk, empty words

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55
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una corazonada

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a hunch

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ir de juerga (las juergas)

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to party, go on a binge

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la madrugada

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early morning

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58
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madrugador(a)

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early riser

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59
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el amanecer

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dawn (la salida del sol)

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el atardecer

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sunset (la puesta del sol)

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61
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una beca

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scholarship

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62
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estar famélico

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to be starving

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63
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estar molido

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to be shattered (moler to crush,grind)

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64
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estar agotado

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to be exhausted

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65
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desenmascarar

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to unmask, expose

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66
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(un) esnob

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(n) a snob (adj) snobish

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67
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alienigenas

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aliens

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68
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estar destrozado

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to be dead beat

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69
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estar hecho polvo

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to be dead beat

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70
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saqueadores

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looters

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71
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un payaso

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a clown

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72
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divisas

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hard currency/foreign currency

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73
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los celos

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jealousy

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74
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el vientre

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belly (+ womb) (also la panza/ la barriga)

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la cosecha (cosechar)

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the harvest (to harvest)

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76
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ahorcar (se)

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to hang (oneself)

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77
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los primos; sobrinos; nietos

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cousins; nephews/nieces; grandchildren

78
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vigilar

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to watch, keep an eye on

79
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retar

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to challenge (un reto - a challenge)

80
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ser diestro/ zurdo

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to be right/ left handed

81
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envenenar

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to poison ( un veneno - a poison}

82
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un estercolero

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dung heap (i.e. a shit hole - place/town)

83
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estiércol

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dung, animal droppings

84
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pasado mañana

A

the day after tomorrow

85
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una seta

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mushroom ( also un champiñón)

86
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el tiempo se agota

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time is running out

87
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un presupuesto modesto

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a modest budget

88
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envalentonar

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to give courage to

89
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envalentonarse

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to boast/ brag ( jactarse)

90
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una encrucijada

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crossroads ( los cruces de caminos)

91
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halagar

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to flatter

92
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sentirse halagado por algo

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to feel flattered

93
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ajetreado

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busy (ocupado)

94
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estar en desacuerdo

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no estar de acuerdo

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de acuerdo a (con)

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according to

96
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acallar

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to silence; shut (someone) up

97
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tramar

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to hatch ( a plot) (Que tramas? what r u up to?)

98
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valioso/ valiente

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valuable/ brave

99
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fijarse ( en algo)

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to pay attention to something; notice

100
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holgazanear

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to chill out

101
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rastrear

A

to trace ( a phone number)

102
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allanamiento

A

breaking and entering

103
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allanamiento de morada

A

police raid/ search

104
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el guisqui

A

whisky

105
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yonqui

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drug addict/ junkie (drogadicto)

106
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un(a) yogui

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yogi

107
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esfumarse

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to fade away; melt away

108
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masajear

A

to massage

109
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apenas

A

barely, hardly ( apenas sabía leer)

110
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espeluznar

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horrifying, hair-raising

111
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caducar

A

to expire (la fecha de caducidad - expiry date)

112
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confiado

A

trusted; confident ( confiable - trustworthy)

113
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(dar) el pésame

A

condolences

114
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un atracador

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robber (atracar - to rob/hold up - un atraco - robbery)

115
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una careta

A

mask

116
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actualizar

A

to update (bring up to date)

117
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un imán

A

magnet

118
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un cazarrecompensas

A

bounty hunter

119
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deletrear

A

to spell

120
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disparatado

A

ridiculous

121
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apodo

A

nickname

122
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aguantar (syn x3)

A

to put up with/ bear/stand something - soportar

tolerar, resistir

123
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raciocinar

A

to reason (raciocinio - the power of reason)

124
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ser un moroso/a

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a person in debt

125
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la estadística es una chorrada

A

statistics are bullshit

126
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un abusón

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a bully

127
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un lameculos

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brownnose (lamer - to lick)

128
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estar forrado

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to be loaded

129
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ser agarrado (syn)

A

a scrooge (ser raton)

130
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cazar

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to hunt (una cacería - a hunt)

131
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cotillear (syn x3)

A

to gossip - (chismear, contar chismes, chismorrear)

132
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rastrear

A

to search for/find clues

133
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acariciar

A

to caress, stroke

134
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to melt/ freeze/ ice/ ice cream

A

fundirse, derretir/ congelar(se), helar/ hielo/ helado

135
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flirtear (syn)

A

to flirt - (coquetear)

136
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fichar

A

to recruit

137
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enriqueciar

A

to get rich/ richer

138
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perdóname, te lo suplico

A

forgive me, I beg you

139
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delatar a alguien

A

to turn someone in (to the police/ teacher etc)

140
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bisabuelo

A

great grandfather

141
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tatarabuelo

A

great great grandfather

142
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una herencia

A

inheritance

143
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una jerarquía

A

hierarchy

144
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lo arrinconé

A

I cornered him

145
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chivatazo

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a tip-off (to police/teacher etc) chivarse to grass on

chivato/a - police informer

146
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los camellos

A

drug dealers

147
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ricacho/a

A

really rich

148
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un ricachón

A

stinking rich

149
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los esbirros

A

henchmen

150
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los artificieros

A

the bomb squad

151
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encender/ apagar/ reiniciar (ordenador)

A

to turn on/ turn off/ re start

152
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estoy superliado

A

I’m really busy

153
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un tiquismiquis

A

fusspot

154
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un tirachinas

A

a catapult

155
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espabilar(se)

A

to wake up

156
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el revés

A

inside out, the other side

157
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pico

cierra el pico

A

beak of a bird

shut up

158
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tapar (Lo pudieron tapar?)

A

to cover up (could they have covered it up?)

159
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me da repelús

me da escalofríos

A

it gives me the creeps

160
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incluso
(se puede aguantar días en el bosque, incluso herido)
(era atónito incluso furioso)

A

even/as well as

161
Q

un marcapasos

A

a pacemaker

162
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ir al calabozo

A

to get thrown in the cells

163
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estar en apuros

A

estar en un aprieto

164
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(me lo tomo como) un cumplido

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(I’ll take it as) a compliment

165
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estoy reventado

A

I’m shattered

reventar - to burst, pop

166
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orinar/mear

A

to pee/piss

167
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no me lo trago

A

I don’t buy it (don’t believe you)

tragar - to swallow

168
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aguardar (aguarde aqui)

A

to wait (for) - (wait here!)

169
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un cartera

A

wallet

170
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un carterista

A

pick pocket

171
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estar (dado) de bajo (coger la baja)

A

to be off sick/ take sick leave

172
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registrar

han registado la casa

A

to search

173
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que alivio!

A

what a relief

174
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aleatorio

A

random (al azar)

175
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borde (ponerse borde con alguien)

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to be rude(vulgar/stroppy) with someone

176
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el papeleo

A

the paperwork

177
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periodicucho

A

a cheap rag (newspaper)

178
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chiflar (me chiflan los videojuegos)

A

to really like

179
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plantar (me dejo plantado)

A

she stood me up/ ditched me

me dio plantón

180
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una emboscada

A

ambush

181
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un rasguño

A

a scatch (es solo un rasguño)

182
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un donnadie

A

a nobody

183
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un santiamén

A

in a jiffy

184
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unas cosillas (tengo que hacer unas cosillas)

A

a few things (to do)

185
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hinchar

A

to inflate (las rodillas hinchadas - swollen)

186
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magullado

A

bruised (las rodillas magulladas)

187
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filtrar

A

to leak (information)

188
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los cascos (las auriculares)

A

headphones (earbuds)

189
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deshacerse

A

to get rid of

190
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a regañadientes

A

reluctantly

Spanish Vocabulary (5 decks)

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