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quick, without delay

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prompt

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question or query about service

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query

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they listen, take them seriously and act

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responsive to complains

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wiilling to understand and help

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accomodating

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called me with an answer to my query

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got back to me

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100%perfect

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impeccable

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willing and happy to do things for you

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obliging

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poor quality (of service and goods)

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shoddy

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not supportive, unwilling to work together

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uncooperative

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number which are waiting to be dealt with

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backlog

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phone number when you can get help if you need it

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help line

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bajo garantia

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under guarantee/ warranty

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sitio securo (web)

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secure site

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politica de privacidad

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privacy policy

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transacciones seguras

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safe transactions

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goods will be sent at once

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immediate dispatch

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covering the world country

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nationwide

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form with your personal details and date of arrival

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landing card

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forms showing how much money and what goods are you carrying

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customs declaration form

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certificado de vacunacion

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vaccination certificate

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reglas sobre quien puede entrar en un pais y durante cuanto tiempo

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entry restrictions

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checks aleatorios

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spot checks/random checks

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perros droga

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sniffer dogs

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pasar aduanas

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clear customs

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la parte del aeropuerto donde entras por primera vez en un pais

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port of entry

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asilo politico

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political asylum

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migrantes q entra un pais buscando trabajo

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economic migrants

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formal world for an illegal action

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offences

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multa fija q se paga por una accion ilegal determinado

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fixed penalty

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multa q se puede pagar ene l sitio y lugar de la ofensa

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on-the-spot fine

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alcoholimetro

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breathalyser

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dar testimonio firmado en la policia

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make a statement

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orden de registro

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search warrant

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poder para parar a la gente y revisarla en la calle

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stop-and-search

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fuerzas de seguridad

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security forces

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policia que es mas como soldados q policias civiles

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paramilitary police

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persona que apoya una idea o partido, partidario

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adherent of

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alguien q ha cambiado de creencias, convert to

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convert (to)

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fanatico, alguien con unas creencias muy fuertes

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fanatic (fanaticism)

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radical, alguien q cree q deberia haber un cambio politico extremo

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radical

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(disapproving) alguien q se opone a un nuevo cambio de ideas, reaccionario

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reactionary

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(disap) intolerante, fanatico, recista. alguien con fuertes creencias poco razonables, q piens q una persona on otras creencias está equivocada

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bigot

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erradicar

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eradicate

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postular

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postulate

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escoltar, hacer pasar

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usher in

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creible

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credible

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credulo

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credulous

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credibilidad

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credence (give/add/lend)

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ingenuo, inocente, q se cree cosas q no son verdad

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gullible

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ingenuo

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ingenuous

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implausible

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implausible

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atribuir, asignar

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ascribe or attribute

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uno de los ppios en los q se basa una creencia , dogma doctrina

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tenet

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alguien es inclinado a exagerar

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take something with a pinch of salt

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humor de celebracion

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celebratory mood

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renovacion

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renewal

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supersticioso

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superstitious

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penitencia a rrepentimiento, acciones para hacer ver q t arrpientes

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penance

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no comer durante un periodo de tiempo largo, ayuno

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fasting

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extremely colourful and exaggerated, llamativo, ostentoso, extravagante

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flamboyant

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serious, heavy and sad, sombrio, serio

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sombre

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respect and remembers officially, commemorar

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commemorates

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extravagancia

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flamboyance

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Renacimiento

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Renaissance

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Victoriano

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Victorian

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infanteria

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infantry

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caballeria

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cavalry

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cuadriga, carro

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chariot

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diligencia

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stagecoat

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siervo, sierva

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serf

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bufon

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jester

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juglador, trovador

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minstrel

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asaltante de caminos, bandoleros

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highwayman

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se definie como el minimo estandar absoluto, llamado linea de pobreza (poverty line) a menudo

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absolute poverty

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significa q eres pobre en relacion a los de tu alrededor

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relative poverty

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significa q eres pobre si tienes menos dineroq la linea de pobreza d tu pais

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income poverty

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tiene en cuenta otros factores como esperanza de vida, malnutricion infantil y analfabetismo, falta d agua y comida

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human poverty

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instalaciones sanitarias

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sanitation

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el valor total de todos los bienes y servicios de un pais en un año, excluyendo lo recibido de fuera

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Gross Domestic Product GDP

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gross national product es GDP mas dinero ganado por compañias extranjeras basadas en ese pais

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GNP

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reducir el nivel de pobreza

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poverty alleviation

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devolver el dinero q se debe de prestamos

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debt servicing

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esperanza de vida

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life expectancy

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el estado de ser extremadamente pobre, penuria miseria

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penury

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tener el ingreso de una persona extremadamente pobre

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living on or bellow the breadline

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empobrecido

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impoverished

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indigente, desamparado

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destitute

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tener el suficiente dinero para vivir sin sufrir

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living from hand to mouth

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no ha habido mucho dinero

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money has been tight

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legislacion

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legislation

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votantes, electores

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constituents (as a group constituency)

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grupos de interest q intentan influenciar a los miembros del parlamento

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lobbies lobby

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corporaciones, sociedad anonima

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corporations

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ministros

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ministers

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funcionarios

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civil servants

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la gente q lobby

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lobbyist

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presupuesto anual

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annual budget

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formal requests often signeed bty a lot of people

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petitions

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bajada de impuestos

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tax concessions

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productores de productos

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producers

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centralizado

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centralised

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con mucho apoyo monetario

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well-funded

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separado, no centralizado

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fragmented

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amigos de la tierra

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Friends of the Earth

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gente q ha pagado las tasas de membresia

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paid-up members

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crupo de accion contra la pobreza infantil

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Child Poverty ACtion Group

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quejas sobre trato injusto, querella

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grievances

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gente enviada para hablar x un grupo, diputado

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deputations

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oponerse, argumentar contrargumentar

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counter

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pedir poyo, recurso, apelacion

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appeal to

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llevar una ley a un final oficial, abolir, derogar

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to abrogate a law/Treaty

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romper las reglas de una forma q no se considera dañina

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to bend the law/rules

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romper la ley, desobedecer

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to contravene a law

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infringir los derechos de alguien

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to infringe someone’s rights

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to make an official appeal

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to lodge an appeal (Recurso, apelacion)

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anular un veredicto

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to uphold/overturn a veredict

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poner obstaculos en el curso de la justicia

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to pervert the course of justice

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invalidar una decision, condena

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to quash a decision/conviction

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establecer un precedente

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to set a precedent

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dar la custodya

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to award/grant custody

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anular una ley

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to annul an agreement/law

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malversacion de fondos

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embezzlement

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malversador

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embezzler

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vender comprar acciones ilegalmente pq tienes conocimiento interno

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insider trading/dealing

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sustraccion temporal del vehiculo, conducir alrededor en un vehiculo robado

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joyriding

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blanqueo de dinero

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money laundry

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perjurio

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perjury

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violacion de la propiedad

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trespass

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imputable, procesble

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indictable

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reglamentarios

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statutory (rights)

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discrecional

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discretionary (power)

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forma de disuadir a la gente por sus efectos negaticos

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deterrent (effect)

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luchar una guerra usando aviones

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aerial warfare

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aniqilacion nuclear

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nuclear annihilation

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sentimiento total de disgusto hacia

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revulsion against

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logar los objetivos

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gaining their ends

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luchar una guerra

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to wage war

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hostilidades

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hostilities

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derrotar completamente

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to rout

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tropas q mantienen la paz

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peacekeeping troops

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observador internacional

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international observer

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dispositivo incendiario

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incendiary device

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guerra biologica

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germ/biological warfare

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reales projectos de desarrollo alentadores y duraderos

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encourage real and lasting development projects

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signos alentadores

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encouraging signs

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recuperarse de un largo decline

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recovering from a long decline

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crecimiento economico logrado

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achieved economic growth

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dinero para el desarrollo q se la da a regiones pobres

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development grants

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desarrollo sostenible

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sustainable development

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between two or more countries to establish a free trade area where commerce in goods and services can be conducted across their common borders, without tariffs or hindrances but (in contrast to a common market) capital or labor may not move freely. Member countries usually impose a uniform tariff (called common external tariff) on trade with non-member countries.

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free trade agreements

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restriciones injustas

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restrictive practices

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guerra comercial

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trade wars

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sanciones

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sanctions

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embargo

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embargoes

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union monetaria

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monetary union

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entrar en recesion

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go into recession

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economia muy afectada por la guerra

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war-torn economy

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economia en mal estado

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ailing economies

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gran caida de los precios

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slump in prices

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medidas fiscales

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fiscal measures

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pelado de dinero

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broke/skint

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tener un monton de dinero

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be rolling in it

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corto de dinero

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strapped for cash

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un solo pago de gran cantidad

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lump sum

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seguros combinados q pagan despues d un tiempo

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endowment

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indemnizacion por despido, jubilacion

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golden handshake

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dinero ahorrado durante muchos años

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life-savings

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combinacion de stock y acciones de diferentes clases

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share portfolios

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acusacion, condenacion

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indictment

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