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Fogoso

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Fiery / spirited / high-spirited

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Ensalzar

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To Praise

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Pegar un bote

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Jump/jolt/bump

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Lodo

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Sludge

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Arcilla

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Clay

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Jugos de bayas

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Berry juice

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Vides

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Vines

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Alabanzas

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Praise

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Arrasar

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Raze/demolish

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Colmena

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Hive

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Honda

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Sling/slingshot

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Acribillar con preguntas

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To pepper/ pester with questions

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Hacer piña

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Unite/stand as one

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Con pestillo

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[locked] with latch or bolt.

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Hecho un ovillo

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Curled up in a ball

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Moteado

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Spotted / speckled

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Ponchera

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Punch bowl

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Adrede

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Intentionally

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Indultar

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To pardon

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Chapotear

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To splash/splash around/ paddle

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Bellotas

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Acorns

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Sacos de arpillera

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Burlap bags/ sacks

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silvestre

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Wild

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Punzada

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Prick/twinge

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Pasar por alto

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Overlook/gloss over

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Propiciar

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Promote, foster / favour

propiciarse - win/earn/gain/attain

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Aventajar

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Overtake

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Dar tumbos

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Stumble / lurch / stagger

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Agradar

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To please / like / attract

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Hacer el/la chulito/a

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Do yourself up and look pretty (not 100%if this is right)

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Manjar

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Delicacy / delicious or exquisite / feast or banquet

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Rencoroso

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Resentful

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Una tolva

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A hopper

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Arroparse

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To tuck in / cover up or wrap up

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Mechones

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Locks of hair

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Resplandecer

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Shine / gleam / radiate

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Aferrarse

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Cling to / hang onto/ take refuge in

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Celeste

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Light/sky blue

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Echarse flores

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Brag about oneself

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Esbelto

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Slim/slender

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Implacable

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Relentless/ ruthless or unsparing

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Comadreja

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Weasel

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Revoltear

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Fly around / hover / swarm / flutter / circle

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Apretón

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Squeeze / crush / hug or handshake

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Castañatear

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Chatter (teeth)

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Torniquete

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Tourniquet (Cord or tight bandage to stop blood flow)

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Difuminar

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Blur (TV picture)

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El alba

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Dawn / daybreak

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Penumbra

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Shadows / semi darkness. (N.b. Arropado por…-under cover of darkness.

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Desollar

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To skin / flay / rip to shreds.

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Embrollar

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Confuse, tangle or complicate / +se - get entangled in / mixed up in

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Travesaño

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Rung/step

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Atisbo

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Shadow or trace (of doubt) or glimmer (of light)

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Colcha

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Bedspread

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Correa

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Strap / leash ( also tiene poca correa - to have a short fuse.)

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Enfurrañarse

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Get angry/ get cross / go into a mood

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Zarrapastroso

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Scruffy (person) shabby (clothes)

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57
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Crude or coarse

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Tosco

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Versar sobre

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To be about / deal with

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Regodearse

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Take pleasure in or delight in / gloat over. (Negative connotation: in regodeo - perverse pleasure)

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Estridente

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Strident (grating sounds)

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Flash/sparkle or shimmer of light

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Destello

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Sawdust

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Serrín

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Rubble, debris, wreckage

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Escombros

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Sosiego

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Calm

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Stream or brook

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Arroyo

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Resound / boom (sound)

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Retumbar

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To sense / know intuitively

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Intuir

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Enderezar

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To stand upright, straighten (object) raise, erect (building) straighten up, sit up straight (person) also sort out, straighten out (situation)

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Overly decorated / overly elaborate / ornate

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Recargado

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Visitor chair

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Confidente

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Hazaña

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Great feat or deed

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Tempano [de hielo]

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Ice floe / Iceberg (used as similee to say someone is cold)

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Aporrear

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Beat / pound (golpear repetidamente)

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Gasa

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Muslin/ gauze / chiffon

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Pulla

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Nasty comment / cutting remark

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En diferido

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Recorded / pre-recorded (television)

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To be in the know

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Estar en el ajo

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Henchir (eg con orgullo)

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Hinchar (to swell) (eg with pride)

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La fiesta no tiene parangón

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The party is like nothing I have ever experienced (literally doesn’t have a comparison).

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Empeñarse en

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Insist on / endeavour to

81
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Dejar tirado

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Leave stranded

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Vertiginoso

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Que causa vértigo (dizzying)

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Veta

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Seam or streak / vein or grain (in mineral like gold)

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Beaver

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Castor

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Hornilla

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Stove / ring / hob

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Prieto

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Tight fitting / tight / skinny

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Agrietado/a

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Cracked

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Ointment

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Ungüento

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Manca

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One armed / amputee

90
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Hosco

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Surly / sullen, unsociable (person) gloomy, unwelcoming (place)

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Rojo chillón

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Garish, flashy red (too much)

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Hálito

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Breath or gentle breeze

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Ramillete

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Small bunch / bouquet

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Cabbage

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Col

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Bocanada

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Gasp, puff or [-de aire]- gust, breath of fresh air.

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Hojalata

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Tin plate

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Brebaje

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Concoction or mixture

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Barreño

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Tub / washbowl

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Encaramar

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To climb up (e.g. wall)

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Sacudirse

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Shake off / get rid of (also specifically shake off water / dry oneself)

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Doormat

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Felpudo

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My heart skipped a beat

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Me dio un vuelco el corazón (normally dar un vuelco - Turn around, turn over, knock over)

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Undermine

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Socavar

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Asesores

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Consultants / advisors

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Lapel / flap / book cover

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Solapa

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Indemne

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Unharmed / unhurt

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Estar prendado

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To be fascinated / captivated / enchanted or won over by

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Dar un respingo

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To jump (sobresalto) (similar to pegar / dar un bote)

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Peleón

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Aggressive or colloquial for rough/cheap (eg rough wine)

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Cháchara

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Chatter / small talk

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Racket / uproar

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Alboroto

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Bocina

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Horn / siren

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En tromba

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Like a whirlwind (eg entro en tromba)

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Cernir

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To sift (cernirse also to loom over)

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Body hair or fuzz

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Vello

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Tirabuzones

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Spirals (of hair)

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Cotorras

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Parrot (un loro) or a chatterbox

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Uñas postizas

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Fake nails

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Vasallaje

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Servitude or homage

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Bocetos

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Sketch or outline

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Ataviar(se)

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To wear (but it is used when redwing to very elegant clothes)

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Armiño

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Stoat

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Efluvios

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Outpour or outflow (eg of optimism)

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Amañar

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To fix or rig

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Volcarse

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Fall over / overturn or capsize or throw oneself into (e.g. a project)

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Menjunje

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Cosmético o medicamento formado por la mezcla de varios ingredientes

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Exabrupto

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Harsh remark

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Grietas

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Crack or crevice

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Choza

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Hut or shack

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Cochambrosa

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Filthy

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Bufar

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Snort

132
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In on go

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De un tirón

133
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Pelo encanecido

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Grey hair

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Banderola

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Banner / small flag

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Turba

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Turf / peat or a mob of people

136
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Dresser / dressing table

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Tocador

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Sinsonte

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Mockingbird

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Trecho

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(E.g el trecho entre un sitio y otro) Distance / stretch / section

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Cañería

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Plumbing or pipework.

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Chichón

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Bump or lump

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Verdugón

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Welt

142
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Desmenuzar

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To shread / crumble or analyse thorougly

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Tunda

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Shearing / beating or thrashing

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Dar arcadas

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To heave (vomit)

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Jarabe

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Syrup (medical)

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Resquebrajar

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To crack, split or weaken

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Llevar a cuestas

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Carry the weight of / bear the responsibility of

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Encimera

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Countertop (kitchen)

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A tientas

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Blindly, groping (eg andar a tientas)

150
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Ventisca

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Blizzard / flurry

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Represalia

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Reprisal / retaliation

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Amainar

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To die down / ease of

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Montículo

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Mound / hump

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Adoquines

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Cobblestones / paving stones (adoquín also colloquial for blockhead)

155
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Sub machine gun / tommy gun

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Metralleta

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Contraventanas

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Shutters

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Sarampión

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Measles

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Paria

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An outcast / social outcast

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Jumpsuit, overalls

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Un mono

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Malla

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Mesh, net, netting or tights / leggings.

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Achicharrar

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Burn or scorch

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Tiritar

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Shiver or tremble

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Brizna

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Blade or strand of thread (small quantity)

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Ascua

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Ember

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Armería

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Gunsmith or armoury

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Baluarte

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Bastion

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A caress / flattery

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Carantoña

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Trinar

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To sing (birds)

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Scrutinise/examine

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Escudriñar

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Un bucle

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A ringlet or curl of hair

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Arce

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Maple tree

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An alibi

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Una coartada

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Rocking chair

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Mecedora

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Eneldo

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Dill

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Plasmar

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Embody, capture or express

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Con esmero

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With care or trouble, painstakingly

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Biased

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Sesgado

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Desquiciar

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Drive to despair

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Vislumbrar

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To make out or discern / glimpse or envisage

180
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Enfundar

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To holster / put away

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Franja

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Stripe, band or border, fringe or strip of land

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Marfil

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Ivory or enamel

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Metraje

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Running time / duration

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Tapón de rosca

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Screw cap

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Drain

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Sumidero

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Alentador

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Encouraging / cheering

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Bochornoso (calor)

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Muggy, close, sticky, stuffy or oppressive, stifling heat

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Arañar

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Scratch or scrape

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Enclenque

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Sickly, weak

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Roedor

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Rodent

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Refilón

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At a glance / with half an eye

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Cerbatana

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Blowpipe/peashooter

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Rebanar

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To slice or to slit, cut

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Soplete

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Blowtorch

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Barranco

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Cliff, ravine or canyon or drop,incline

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Guijarro

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Pebble

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Traspié

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Stumble / slip also (informal) for a slip-up

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