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magnitude, reach, importance, significance

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envergadura

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as long as, while

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en tanto que

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determination, tenacity, will power

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el empeño

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secure, strengthen

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afianzar

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call, designate, describe as

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calificar

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enclosed, nestled, embedded

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enclavado

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ravine, gully

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la barranca

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stick, bar

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la tranca

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wait for

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aguardar

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invalid, void, non-existent

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nulo

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be available, have available

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disponer de

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do as you please

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hacer de su capa un sayo

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assumption

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supuesto (n)

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supposed, assumed, alleged, reputed

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supuesto (adj)

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take a step

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dar un paso

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cultivated, carved, engraved

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labrado

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crude

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tosco

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footprint

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la huella

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support, popularity

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el arraigo

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focus on, throw oneself into, headed toward

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abocarse

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prevail, win out

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imponerse

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be advisable, be in someone’s interest

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convenir

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rescue, retrieve

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rescatar

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gather, bring together, collect

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reunir

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temporary, subsitute (n or adj)

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interino

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insist on, fall into debt

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empeñarse

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expense, expenditure

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desembolso

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relief

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el alivio

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settlement

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el asentamiento

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pitiful, humiliating

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penoso

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arrest, capture

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apresar

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pale (v)

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palidecer

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reside, live, make one’s home

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radicar

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set out, set forth, undertake

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emprender

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rent, lease

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arrendar

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take charge, take responsibility

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hacerse cargo

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site, plot, ancestral home, lineage

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el solar

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grant, award

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conceder

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deny

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denegar

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scrimp, bargain

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regatear

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devastating, overwhelming

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aplastante

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to be scarce

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escasear

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cloud (v), mar, spoil

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enturbiar

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reduce, lessen

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mermar

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feasible, viable

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factible

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uproot

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desarraigar

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miss, lose out on, waste

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desaprovechar

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dissolve, dilute

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desleír

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task, job

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faena

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compliments

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requiebros

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courtesy

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gentileza

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shepherd

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mastuerzo

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snoop

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mirón

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brainless, mindless

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descerebrado

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urgently, insistently

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encarecidamente

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unease, misgivings

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desasociego

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pretend, feign

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simular

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shred, crumble

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desmenuzar

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wink (n)

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guiño

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hint, nuance, shade, hue

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el matiz

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algae

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alga

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greenhouse

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invernadero

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famous

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afamado

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face, confront, deal with

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encarar

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laugh (n)

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risa

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grind, mill

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moler

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slip, slide

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resbalar

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claws (n)

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las garras

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fade, dispel, dissipate

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desvanecer

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bandage (v)

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vendar

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rag, cloth

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trapo

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cautious

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cauteloso

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magnitude

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envergadura

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promote, favor

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propiciar

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penalty

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penal

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umpire, referee

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árbitro

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refereeing, arbitration

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arbitraje

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balance, reconciliation

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conciliación

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to reconcile

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conciliar

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to medite, intercede

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mediar

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label, tag

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etiqueta

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pseudonym

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suedónimo

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overvalued, overrated

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sobrevalorado

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fit in, fit together, belong

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encajar

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concur, agree

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concordar

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board, floorboard, plank, counter

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tabla

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according to

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a juicio de

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profit margin

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márgen de ganancias

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helpful, attentive

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servicial

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short cut

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atajo

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setback, relapse

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retroceso

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swamp, bog

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ciénaga

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unpublished

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inédito

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discontinue

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desusar

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train, teach, prepare

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capacitar

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training, continuing education

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capacitación

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affordable

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asequible, razonable, accesible

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supply and demand

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oferta y demanda

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investor

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inversionista

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square foot

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pie cuadrado

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small earthquake

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temblor

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rail (as in railroad)

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riel

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predict

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pronosticar

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lentils

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lentajas

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bonfire, campfire

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fogata, hoguera

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festival, party

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festejo, festividad

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crash, loud noise

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estruendo

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cinamon

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canela

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curl up, crowd together

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apelotonarse

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determine, make a condition of

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conditionar

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put together

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armar

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suitcase

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valija

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article of clothing

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prenda

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begin to get light, wake up

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amanecer

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scare, frighten, shoo away

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espantar

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cabbage

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repollo

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pig

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chancho

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prayer

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rezo, oración, plegaría

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remorse, regret, repentance

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arrepentimiento

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approaching, coming (as adj)

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venidero

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observance

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cumplimiento

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morning (as adv)

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matutina

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look like

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asemejarse, parecer

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sobbing, crying (n)

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llanto

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wish (strong), longing

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anhelo

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knock down, demolish

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derribar

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hide and seek

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escondite

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laziness

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pereza

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gust, burst

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ráfaga

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rainbow

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arco-iris

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to soften

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enternecer

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carelessness, neglect

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descuido

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from so much

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de tanto

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word of mouth

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de boca en boca

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affect, have and affect on, reverberate

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repercurtir

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penetrate

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incursionar

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put down roots, settle down

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arraigar

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rooted, stuck, unshakeable

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arraigado

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confront, face

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afrontar, confrontar, enfrentar

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look like

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asemejar, parecerse

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setback, misfortune

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revés

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strengthen

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afianzar

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establish oneself

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afianzarse

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hold a grudge

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guardar rencor