General Vocab 1 Flashcards

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Oppression of the weak

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Opresión de los débiles

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A hobby

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Una afición

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A very controversial issue

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Un asunto muy polémico

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A hidden agenda

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Una agenda oculta / un interés oculto

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Democratically elected

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Elegido democráticamente

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Since (as)

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Puesto que / ya que

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Therefore

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Por tanto / por lo tanto / por consiguiente

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Dizzy

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Mareado

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In the short term

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A corto plazo

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In the long term

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A largo plazo

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Throughout

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A lo largo de

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Shipwrecked

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Naufragio

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Shipwrecked person

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Náufrago

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Greatly

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Altamente

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Mud

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Barro / lodo

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The worst on record (in human memory)

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El peor desde que el hombre tiene memoria

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Severe damage

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Estragos / serios daños

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Entombed / buried

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Sepultado / enterrado

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Debris

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Escombros / fragmentos

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Balance

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Saldo

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20
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The economy collapsed

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La economía se vino abajo / se derrumbó

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Apparently

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Por lo visto / al parecer / aparentemente

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Overloaded

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Sobrecargado

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Cautious

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Cauto

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Instead of… (In place of…)

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En lugar de

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Backing

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Respaldo

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With the backing of the government

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Con el respaldo del gobierno

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27
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Will to live

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Ganas de vivir

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28
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To bring into force

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Entrar en vigor

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29
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Training (military)

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Adiestramiento

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30
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A case study

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Un estudio específico / un caso práctico

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31
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At the same time / simultaneously

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A la vez

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Drop by drop

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Gota a gota

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33
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An abyss

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Un abismo

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34
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A rear-view mirror

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Un espejo retrovisor

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35
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Villian / very bad person

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Un villano

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36
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A hero

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Un héroe

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37
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Keep it!

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¡Quédatelo!

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38
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Pride

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El orgullo

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39
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The man is proud

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El hombre es orgulloso (soberbio)

El hombre está orgulloso (satisfecho)

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Notorious

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Bien conocido (connotaciones negativas)

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Extremely

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Extremadamente

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Powerful

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Poderoso

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Allegedly

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Presuntamente / supuestamente

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A smuggler

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Un contrabandista

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Ironically

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Irónicamente

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Risky

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Arriesgado

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At the height of his power

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En al apogeo de su poder

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He was genuinely ideological

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Era genuinamente ideológico

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Naive

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Ingenuo

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Essentially

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Esencialmente

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“Silver or lead” (bribe or bullets - saying of Pablo Escobar)

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Plata o plomo

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Countless people

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personas Innumerables

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Cornered

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Acorralado

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He was a master of public relations

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Era maestro de las relaciones publicas

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A visionary

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Un visionario

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Infrastructure

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Infraestructura

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Counter-productive

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Contraproducente

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Extortion

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Extorsión

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The death penalty

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La pena de muerte

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Eight out of ten cats

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Ocho de cada diez gatos

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Secrecy

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Clandestinidad

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Commitment / engagement

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Compromiso

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Everyday life

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La vida cotidiana

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An assembly

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Una asamblea

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Self-determination

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Autodeterminación

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A truce

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Una tregua

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Pointlessly

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Inútilmente

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Flight (i.e. escape)

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Huida

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To be honest…

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Para ser sincero…/ A decir verdad

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A hostage

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Un rehén

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A debrief

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Un debrief

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Written accent

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Una tilde

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A gaze / look

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Una mirada

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The shore

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La orilla

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Death bed

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Un lecho de muerte

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Businessman

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Empresario

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The Treasury

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La hacienda pública

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Aforementioned

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Antes mencionado

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Previous

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Previas

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Bank branch

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Sucursal bancaria

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Apparently / seemingly

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Aparentemente / por lo visto / al parecer

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Early childhood

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La infancia precoz

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Cynicism

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El cinismo

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Agression

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La agresividad

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A cradle

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Una cuna

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Early diagnosis

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Diagnóstico precoz

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A psychiatrist

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Un psiquiatra

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Renown / reputation

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Renombre

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Cruelty

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La crueldad

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Greed

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Avaricia

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Greedy

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Avaro

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Proud

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Orgulloso

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Pride

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Orgullo

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Goodness

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Bondad

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Evil

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Maldad / malevolencia

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A settlement (place)

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Asentamiento

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Unexpected

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Inesperado

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Specifically / more precisely

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Concretamente

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An existential threat

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Una amenaza existencial

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Events

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Acontecimientos

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Nevertheless

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No obstante