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To liven up, come to one’s senses get one’s act together, get a move on

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Espabilar

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Maruja

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Housewife that watches soaps and gossips

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To wear something for the first time

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Estrenar

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Messing around, lack of seriousness

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Cachondeo

Nos pasamos la tarde de cachondeo

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Guys that buy girls drinks but don’t seal the deal

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Pagafantas

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Feel sick from eating too many sweet things

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Empalagar

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Unable to sleep because something keeps you awake

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Desvelar

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As soon as I got up this morning

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Nada más levantarme esta mañana

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I have gone early so that I wouldn’t find a long queue

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He ido temprano por eso de no encontrarme con una cola larga

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I like the action

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Me gusta la actuación

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If the bomba was invented by the Germans, the world would be very different

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Si la bomba era inventado por los Alemanes, el mundo sería muy diferente

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Distract

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Distraer

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Summer camp

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Casel de veranó

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Take notes

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Coger notas

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Mats

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Esterillas

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Pillow

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Almohada

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Before you ask me that

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Antes de que me lo pides

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We demand that salaries are dignified

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Reivindicamos que el salario sea digno

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CAP

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gorra

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he doesn’t like sci-fi movies as much as action movies

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no le gustan tanto las películas de ciencia ficción como las películas de acción

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have a day off work

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tiene un día libre del trabajo

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he reviewed the list of new movies online

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revisó la lista de películas nuevas en línea

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I love that house, which is on sale, by the way

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Me encanta esa casa, que está en venta, por cierto

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I will catch up
(Can also mean keep me updated)

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Me pondré al día
(¿Me puede poner al día?)

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At dawn
Al despuntar En la madrugada
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To blind
Cegar
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To blind
Cegar
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La recua
The train
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Stiff
Tieso
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Shaded
Sombreado
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They tied up their legs
Les ataron los piernas
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Bed sheets
Sábanas
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I couldn’t get a word in
No pude decir ni mu
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The entourage
La comitiva
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What is 'Brumas' in English?
Mists
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What does 'Al amparo de' mean?
In the shelter of ## Footnote Example: Al amparo de la luz (In the shelter of the light)
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What is the meaning of 'Embelesado'?
Spellbound
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What does 'Había tenido lugar' translate to?
Had taken place
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What is the English word for 'cuna'?
Cradle
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What does 'Prensa' refer to?
The press
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What is 'El llanto' in English?
The crying
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What does 'imagen borrosa' mean?
Blurred image
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What is the translation of 'sobrecubierta'?
Jacket (like, for a book)
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What does 'Alcoba' mean?
Bedroom
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What is the English word for 'títeres'?
Puppets
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What does 'Orillas' refer to?
Banks (of a river)
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What is the meaning of 'costura'?
Sewing
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What does 'arrancar' translate to?
Start
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What are 'notas necrológicas'?
Obituaries
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What does 'ejemplares' mean?
Copies
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What is the English translation of 'tozudez'?
Stubbornness
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What does 'alba' refer to?
Dawn
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What is 'el duelo' in English?
The duel
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What does 'una especie de multa' mean?
a kind of fine ## Footnote 'especie' is species, but in this context it's 'kind of'
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What is the translation of 'chispa'?
spark
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What does 'un buen escaso' refer to?
a rare commodity ## Footnote 'escaso' means scarce
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What is the meaning of 'quebrar'?
break
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What does 'hechizar' mean?
to bewitch
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What is the translation of 'averiguar'?
ascertain
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What does 'le ocurrió otro tanto' mean?
the same thing happened to her/him/them
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What is the meaning of 'rincón'?
corner
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What does 'embrujar' mean?
haunted
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What is the translation of 'acertar'?
to get it right
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What does 'anochecer' refer to?
to get dark
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What does 'les prendía fuego' mean?
he set them on fire
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What is the meaning of 'cohibido'?
embarrassed
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What does 'albergar (la esperanza)' mean?
harbor (the hope)
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What is the translation of 'tinieblas'?
darkness
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What does 'pariente' mean?
relative
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What is the meaning of 'incertidumbre'?
uncertainty

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