Chapter 12 Flashcards

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Pardillo

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Unsophisticated, rustic

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Pauta

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Guideline, pattern

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Pusilánime

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Prude, pushover, whiner, weedy, wimp

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Dimitir

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To step down, resign, stand down

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Endilgar

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Saddle with, dump, pawn off on

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Pésimo

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Appalling, rotten, lousy

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Somantar

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To thrash, punch, beat

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Retrato

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Portrait

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Retratar

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To portray

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Verdoso

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Greenish

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Alférez

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Lieutenant

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Engominado

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Slicked back hair

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Astillero

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Shipyard, boatyard

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La ría

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Estuary

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Perorata

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Spiel

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Declive

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Droop, decline

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La estratagema

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Trick, contrivance

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El cartel

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Poster, signboard

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La coyuntura

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Joint, juncture, moment, occasion

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Matón

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Ruffian, thug

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Un diluvio

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Flood, downpour, shower

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Condolerse

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To condole, sympathise

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Zurrar

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To thrash, trounce

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Zanjar

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Osar
To venture, dare
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Chatarra
Scrap metal
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Grandullón
Overgrowth, excessive growth
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Bondadoso
Kind, gentle
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Obsequiar
To give away, bestow
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Ficha
Token, file
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Teorema
Theorem
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Frotar
To rub, scratch
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Enzarzar
To embroil, involve in conflict
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Enzarzarse
To involve in a dispute, engage
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Morro
Nose, snout, prow
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El prejuicio
Prejudice
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Penuria
Poverty
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Simio
Ape, monkey
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El chanchullo
Fiddle, swindle, trickery