Class Reading #2 Flashcards
(244 cards)
1
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el camarote
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cabin (on board a ship)
2
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to ingrain
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arraigar
3
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to go into a period of mourning
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enlutarse
4
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destartalado, -a
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tacky, ramshackle
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la comidilla
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gossip
6
Q
pan comido
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a piece of cake
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exigir
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to exact, demand, require
8
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el vedado
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preserve, reserve of land set aside
9
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to investigate, inquire into
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indagar
10
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to liberate, free, rescue
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librar
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well
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el pozo
12
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desplegar
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to display, show; to reveal
13
Q
desterrar
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to banish, exile
14
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to rout, defeat
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derrotar
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descolgar
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to take down, to take off the hook
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to throw down the gauntlet
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arrojar el guante
17
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el avestruz
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ostrich
18
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pretender
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to pretend; to try, claim
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puesto que
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inasmuch as
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to train
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adiestrar
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la política/táctica del avestruz
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burying one’s head in the sand
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to make blush
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ruborizar
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debate, controversy
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la polémica
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alentar
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to encourage
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el antojo
whim, fancy
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silly thing, crazy idea
el disparate
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a partir de
beginning with, from
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inasmuch as
puesto que
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la polémica
debate, controversy
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necio, -a
fatuous, foolish; vacuous
31
desaprensivo, -a
unscrupulous, immoral
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to close down, to gag
clausurar
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ahunyentar
to drive away
34
englobar
to include, encompass
35
erudite, learned
enterado, -a
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pulir
to polish
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to fit in, accommodate
caber
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prohibition, court injunction
el entredicho
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guard, convoy, escort
el escolta
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el recelo
mistrust, misgiving, suspicion
41
reverse; embarrassing incident, contretemps; check
el contratiempo
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to ease up, relax
suavizar
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a regañadientes
reluctantly, grudgingly
44
to knock down, to run over
atropellar
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but, however
empero
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el entredicho
prohibition, court injunction
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kinship
el compadrazgo
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whereabouts
el paradero
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to exact, demand, require
exigir
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enterado, -a
erudite, learned
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to pretend; to try, claim
pretender
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ruborizar
to make blush
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el anticipo
advance payment
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mistrust, misgiving, suspicion
el recelo
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To disquiet, to trouble, to disturb
inquietar
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preserve, reserve of land set aside
el vedado
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recaudar
to raise, collect
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encauzar
to channel
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emocionar
to excite, thrill, stir
60
to negotiate;
to arrange, work out
agenciar
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to flatter
halagar
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obcecado, -a
obdurate, stubborn
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nosy person, meddler
el/la entrometida
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to channel
encauzar
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to blind, dazzle
deslumbrar
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las sobras
leftovers (food)
67
1. to tax (con impuestos)
2. to worsen (agravar)
gravar
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dotar
to endow, outfit
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el paradero
whereabouts
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sprout, offshoot, scion
el retoño
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el lema
slogan, motto
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to renovate, to renew
renovar
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to include, encompass
englobar
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la elisión
omission
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la lacra
scar; bad habit
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suavizar
to ease up, relax
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la consecución
achievement, attainment, realization (de un deseo)
78
enlutarse
to go into a period of mourning
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hogwash, rubbish
la bazofia
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to polish
pulir
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crafty, cunning, devious (negative connotations)
solapado, -a
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atiborrar
to stuff, pack, or cram (with food)
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obdurate, stubborn
obcecado, -a
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encomiar
to commend, praise, extol
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la superficie
surface
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entrometerse
to meddle, interfere
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temple
la sien
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a piece of cake
pan comido
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prescindir
to dispense with, put aside
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to coax, wheedle, cajole
engatusar
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el óbice
obstacle, impediment
92
la pacotilla
trash, rubbish
93
indagar
to investigate, inquire into
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adiestrar
to train
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nuance, shade
el matiz
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rozar
to graze, rub, chafe
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to stuff, pack, or cram (with food)
atiborrar
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el/la transeúnte
transient, passer-by
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surface
la superficie
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to raise, collect
recaudar
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la hambruna
famine
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self-sufficiency
la autosuficiencia
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slogan, motto
el lema
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la liviandad
lightness, frivolity
lewdness
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el chivo expiatorio
scapegoat
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enquistar
to enclose, seal off, confine
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el percance
accident, misfortune
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a cargo de
in charge of
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compassion, mercifulness
la misericordia
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to supply, provide, stock
abastacer
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to exceed; to be left, to be more than enough
sobrar
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gravar
1. to tax (con impuestos)
2. to worsen (agravar)
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tacky, ramshackle
destartalado, -a
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womanizer
el mujeriego
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la misericordia
compassion, mercifulness
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halagar
to flatter
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to be booming
estar en auge
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arraigar
to ingrain
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to display, show; to reveal
desplegar
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el contratiempo
reverse; embarrassing incident, contretemps; check
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stash, hoard (of contraband goods)
el alijo
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as well as
así como
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pisotear
to trample on
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fatuous, foolish; vacuous
necio, -a
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añorar
to yearn, long for, crave
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boom
el auge
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burying one's head in the sand
la política/táctica del avestruz
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el matiz
nuance, shade
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el destierro
banishment, exile
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scar; bad habit
la lacra
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desengañar
to disillusion, to disabuse
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to disillusion, to disabuse
desengañar
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la bazofia
hogwash, rubbish
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empero
but, however
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el/la entrometida
nosy person, meddler
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to throw
arrojar
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regañar
to argue; to complain, grumble
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cabin (on board a ship)
el camarote
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to graze, rub, chafe
rozar
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soportar
to bear, put up with
*aguantar*
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scapegoat
el chivo expiatorio
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wide open
abierto de par en par
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banishment, exile
el destierro
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estar en auge
to be booming
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embezzlement, improper use of funds
la malversación
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to drive away
ahunyentar
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la sien
temple
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deslumbrar
to blind, dazzle
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to deliver, convey
entregar
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gossip
la comidilla
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el compadrazgo
kinship
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arrojar
to throw
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el alijo
stash, hoard (of contraband goods)
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el disparate
silly thing, crazy idea
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sobrar
to exceed; to be left, to be more than enough
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la autosuficiencia
self-sufficiency
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decoy, lure, bait
la añagaza
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to enclose, seal off, confine
enquistar
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ruborizarse
to blush
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to yearn, long for, crave
añorar
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to trample on
pisotear
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idóneo, -a
suitable
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to argue; to complain, grumble
regañar
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amargarse
to become bitter
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encarecer
to raise the price
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leftovers (food)
las sobras
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solapado, -a
crafty, cunning, devious (negative connotations)
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quizas, tal vez, perhaps
acaso
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la litigación, el litigio
lawsuit
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la malversación
embezzlement, improper use of funds
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cabal (adj.)
1. upright, honest (honrado)
2. exact (exacto); complete (completo)
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trash, rubbish
la pacotilla
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acaso
quizas, tal vez, perhaps
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inclination, disposition, nature
la índole
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el retoño
sprout, offshoot, scion
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famine
la hambruna
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librar
to liberate, free, rescue
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clausurar
to close down, to gag
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lawsuit
la litigación, el litigio
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transient, passer-by
el/la transeúnte
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así como
as well as
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to dispense with, put aside
prescindir
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entrometerse
to meddle, to interfere
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accident, misfortune
el percance
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1. upright, honest (honrado)
2. exact (exacto); complete (completo)
cabal (adj.)
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to take down, to take off the hook
descolgar
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lightness, frivolity
lewdness
la liviandad
188
engatusar
to coax, wheedle, cajole
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to bear, put up with
*aguantar*
soportar
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achievement, attainment, realization (de un deseo)
la consecución
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to encourage
alentar
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to man, supply with men
tripular
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to commend, praise, extol
encomiar
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rastrear
to track, trail
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saquear
to sack, plunder, pillage
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advance payment
el anticipo
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beginning with, from
a partir de
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hubris
el orgullo desmesurado
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entregar
to deliver, convey
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el mujeriego
womanizer
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to endow, outfit
dotar
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to sponsor, support
auspiciar
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el escolta
guard, convoy, escort
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to sack, plunder, pillage
saquear
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la plática
chat, discourse, talk
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renovar
to renovate, to renew
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anxiety
el desvelo
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to meddle, interfere
entrometerse
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derrotar
to rout, defeat
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to banish, exile
desterrar
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achacar
to blame
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inquietar
To disquiet, to trouble, to disturb
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el pozo
well
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obstacle, impediment
el óbice
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el desvelo
anxiety
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to blame
achacar
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suitable
idóneo, -a
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anhelar
to desire, yearn for
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professor
el catedrático
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abastacer
to supply, provide, stock
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to raise the price
encarecer
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arrojar el guante
to throw down the gauntlet
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abierto de par en par
wide open
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to blush
ruborizarse
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el orgullo desmesurado
hubris
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el catedrático
professor
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chat, discourse, talk
la plática
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reluctantly, grudgingly
a regañadientes
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la añagaza
decoy, lure, bait
230
caber
to fit in, accommodate
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to meddle, to interfere
entrometerse
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to track, trail
rastrear
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la índole
inclination, disposition, nature
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agenciar
to negotiate;
to arrange, work out
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ostrich
el avestruz
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omission
la elisión
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to excite, thrill, stir
emocionar
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in charge of
a cargo de
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tripular
to man, supply with men
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auspiciar
to sponsor, support
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unscrupulous, immoral
desaprensivo, -a
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to become bitter
amargarse
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el auge
boom
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atropellar
to knock down, to run over
