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Un Día en Barcelona Flashcards

1
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gallows, gibbet

support

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una horca

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corset, stays

gossip, busybody

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una cotilla

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to go cold turkey

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estar con el mono

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to strike, strike down

to look daggers at

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fulminar

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a dressing down, telling off, reprimand

(adj : rough, crude etc)

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una bronca

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crude, rough (things)

crude, coarse, uncouth

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tosco

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to slurp

to brainwash

to sniffle, snuffle

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sorber

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5
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plain, simple

skimpy, brief

succinct, concise

frank, curt

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escueto

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5
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to snog, smooch, cover with kisses

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besuquear

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6
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stage fright

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el pánico escénico

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thickness, bulk (noun)

the majority (of a group)

big, well-built, thick-set (adjective)

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grueso

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to grumble, gripe, mutter under one’s breath

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refunfuñar

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8
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of the evening

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vespertino

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8
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the cabin boy

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el grumete

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disagreement

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la desavenencia

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to catch, grap, nab

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pillar

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11
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reserve, modesty

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el recato

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daring, bold

audacious, cheeky

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osado

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thick, congealed, voluptuous

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pastoso

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12
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to fancy, feel like, have a craving for

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antojarse

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12
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jack-of-all-trades, all rounder, odd-job man

joker (in a pack of cards)

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el comodín

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tuxedo, dinner jacket

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el esmoquin

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to stun, bewilder, bother, shock

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aturdir

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infant school, kindergarten etc

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el parvulario

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astounded, taken aback

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patidifuso

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miserable, depressed, contrite

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compungido

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a family lineage

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una cepa

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15
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bigshot, bigwig, boss

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el mandamás

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uneven, rough, bumpy

treacherous, turbulent

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accidentado

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17
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velvety, silky

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aterciopelado

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18
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horn, antler

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el cuerno

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19
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to get tied up

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atarse

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20
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full speed ahead

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a todo trapo

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21
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to simulate, to make something look like

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asemejar

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22
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a picture window

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un ventanal

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22
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sullen (ie face, mien)

arid, dry, lifeless

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adusto

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24
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wrinkle, crease

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la arruga

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terrifying, horrifying, horrific

blood-curdling, hair-raising, spine-chilling

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espeluznante

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27
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thumb

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el pulgar

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28
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to gorge, stuff oneself, gobble

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zamparse

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29
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to pinch (person etc)

reflex : to pinch oneself

to nibble, pick at (food)

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pellizcar

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to lop, prune, trim off

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podar

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31
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to prowl

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merodear

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31
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busy, snowed under, bustling

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ajetreado

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32
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to stretch, stretch out

iron, iron out

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estirar

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33
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to swat at flies (and to get annoyed)

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mosquear

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34
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event, occurrence, happening

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un suceso

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36
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the cheek (part of face)

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la mejilla

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37
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prickly, spiny

with bones (ie fish)

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espinoso

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38
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shady, in the shade

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sombreado

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38
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smooth out, make even, polish

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alisar

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40
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stir up

poke/stoke a fire

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atizar

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41
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come to one’s senses, liven up

wise up, get one’s act together

get a move on, chivvy along

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espabilar

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42
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to deign to, to lower oneself to

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dignarse

43
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hoarse

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ronco

44
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iron (metal)

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hierro

44
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to hammer, drive in

A

clavar

45
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skinny, scrawny, emaciated

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escuálido

46
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to drag, pull, tow

to win over

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arrastrar

47
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palatial

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palaciego

48
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to seize control, take charge of, take over

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apoderarse

49
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to appear (at a place)

to stick out (ie head out of the window)

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asomar

49
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grave, pit, trench, ditch

(also septic tank, nostril, cavity)

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una fosa

50
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lap

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regazo

51
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a scrawl, scribble, doodle

A

un garabato

52
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to take a run up

A

tomar carrerilla

53
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to go full-pelt

A

ir a toda pastilla

55
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to plough through

A

surcar

56
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to shoot up like a beanpole

grow up tall and thin

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estirarse

58
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tacky, cheesy, corny

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cursi

58
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marbles (children’s game)

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la canica

58
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to shake, to rattle, bang about, make a lot of noise with, muck about with

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traquetear

59
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challenging, rebellious, defiant

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desafiante

61
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an incentive

A

un acicate

62
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claw (ie of a cat)

paws, mitts (of a person)

A

la zarpa

64
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(adj) surly, bad-tempered, unsociable

A

hosco

65
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eyebrow

A

la ceja

65
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stutter, stammer

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tartarmudear

67
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brow, forehead, space between eyebrows

A

el ceño

69
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bundle, roll

A

el fajo

70
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great, dog’s bollocks, awesome

A

cojonudo

72
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to alight, get off, get out of car

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apearse

73
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a trap, snare

A

una trampa

74
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to suffer, endure

A

padecer

76
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curve, bend, change of direction

A

el recodo

78
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to frown, knit one’s brow

to purse/pucker one’s lips

A

fruncir

79
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to tear, to rip

to break (a heart)

A

desgarrar

80
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hedge, hedgrow, bushes

A

el seto

81
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a backdrop (literally and figuratively)

A

el telón de fondo

82
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unnoticed, unseen, unperceived

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desapercibido

84
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scorching, burning

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abrasador

85
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key-ring

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el llavero

87
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sullenness, grimness (person), gloominess (weather, place)

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la hosquedad

88
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bright, clever-clogs

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espabilado

89
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hidden, unexplored, out-of-the-way

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recóndito

91
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to whistle, cat-call

blow the whistle, signal

A

pitar

92
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nape, back of the neck

A

la nuca

93
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to settle, resolve

to dig up

A

zanjar

94
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wealthy, rich

A

adinerado

95
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parrot-fashion

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de carrerilla

97
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to untangle

A

desenredar

98
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drowsy, sleepy

A

somnoliento

100
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to sharpen, prick up your ears

A

aguzar

101
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(adj) fucking

bust, buggered

A

jodido

102
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supply, stockpile, store

mustering, gathering

A

el acopio

103
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scintillating, sparkling

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chispeante

104
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to confim, affirm, validate

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constatar

105
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to emerge from, sprout (literally & figuratively)

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brotar

106
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toilet

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el retrete

107
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slenderness, slimness

A

la esbeltez

108
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opponent, rival

A

el contrincante

109
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in spite of everything

A

a pesar de todo

111
Q

set out, set forth

launch

undertake, start

A

emprender

111
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to pack out, fill up (a space)

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abarrotar

112
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railings, fence, bars on a window, grille

A

la verja

113
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purebred, through & through

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de pura cepa

115
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a beam, rafter, girder

A

una viga

116
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entranced, captivated

spellbound, enraptured

A

embelesado

117
Q

a flirtacious remark, amorous comment

A

un piropo

118
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now

let’s see

well, . . .

A

a ver

120
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staunch, steadfast, bitter (ie rivals)

A

acérrimo

122
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calm, placid (person)

gentle, tame (animal)

calm, tranquil (condition)

A

apacible

123
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steep, sheer, precipitous

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escarpado

124
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put away/polish off (food)

knock back (a drink)

get stoned/wasted (drugs)

A

atizarse

125
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to get drunk, to make drunk

to intoxicate

A

embriagarse

126
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a tough guy, beefcake

A

un machote

127
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to put down roots

to take root

A

echar raíces

128
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shameless, cheeky, bare-faced, blatant

A

descarado

129
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to lie, to be lying (particularly human remains)

A

yacer

130
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to disgust

A

asquear

131
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to cause stress to

to stress out

A

estresarse

132
Q

the depths, bowels (of a dark situation, or biologically of a person)

A

las entrañas

133
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swarm, hive

(or crowd, mob)

A

el enjambre

134
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lie, tall-tale, fib

A

un embuste

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