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| "La suerte del loro lo tenía sin cuidado." |
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He did not really care about the fate of the parrot.
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| "pues ya los años no le daban para tantos abusos." |
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| "for by now she was too old for such abuses." |
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| "he was carried away by curiosity" |
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| ...los puso a salvo de la compasión. |
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| ...it put them beyond the reach of pity. |
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| Both knew, without agreeing |
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| He felt given away, betrayed. |
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| He, who thought he had heard it all (everything),... |
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| Ella sabía de todo cuanto estaba dicho y justificado en su carta. |
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| She knew everything that was said and justified in su letter. |
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| They didn't quite get over the panic... |
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| It was enough for him to suppose that ... |
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| thoroughly, conscientiously, on purpose |
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(via) trial and error
blindly |
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to overwhelm
to burden, weight down
wear out exhaust |
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to carry, haul, transport
to result in, to cause,
to entail |
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appropriate, suitable, sufficient
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shriek, howl, yell, yelling
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daybreak, break of dawn (literary)
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early stages |
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rowdy, unruly
messy, untidy
excited, unable to wait |
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disrupt, to disturb, unsettle, upset
stir up, to whip up, ruffle [ST's]
incite, to agitate, work up |
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get anxious/frightened, to be/get excited
get upset/angry/unruly/worked up |
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flapping of wings
palpitation |
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breath (respiration)
encouragement
inspiration |
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calm, placid, mild-mannered (person)
mild, gentle, calm (thing) |
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sophistry, false or straw man argument(s),
tricks, ruses |
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attire, dress
trappings, array, gear |
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to spruce up [ST o SO]
put a tilde on |
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to stir up, to incite
to poke or stoke (a fire) |
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| silver wedding anniversary |
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threat (idle)
bravado, big talk |
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| haze, fog, mist, pea soup fog, sea mist |
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cabin (room on a ship)
stateroom |
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red-hot
news (up-to-the-minute) |
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simplicity
gullibility
naivete |
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| dog days, hottest period of the year |
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to give up (on a goal), throw-in-the-towel
give in (abandon principles) |
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confirm, verify
check, test
realize |
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| to collude, conspire with (secretly) |
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anguish, distress
worry, anxiety |
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tray (in a lab)
bucket or pail
ice tray |
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por de pronto, por lo pronto |
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suddenly, all of a sudden
as of now, for now/the moment |
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delay (to), hold up, postpone
to be late, arrive late
to take (a certain amount of) time |
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report, to inform on/against
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announce
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evicted
hopeless, far gone, terminally ill |
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spoil, to ruin, foil
throw into disarray
break up |
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to deny, squash, squelch
to refute, disprove |
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| to tear [ST] apart, to pieces |
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| affront, insult, insolence |
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absurdity, nonsense
inappropriate remark |
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stripped (of adornments)
unprotected, undefended |
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determination, resolution
decision, last word |
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| holy days (10 in the year) |
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public knowledge, common knowledge
public domain |
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bottleneck
traffic jam
jam, or block or holdup |
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covered, bound (book)
filled (tooth) |
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| to clear up, clarify, untangle |
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perspective (or foreshortening)
curved body (of a dancer) |
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to strain or force (a voice)
to encourage or inspire
to make an effort, apply/push yourself |
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| estruendo de las chicharras |
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lost, missing
isolated, secluded
wayward |
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misplace, lose, mislay
get lost
go astray, go off the rails |
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guarantor (person)
surety (SO who sells on credit) |
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| roar, clamor, clash, thunder |
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status
privilege, exemption
jurisdiction, charter, the law |
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war to the death
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humor, mood,
spirits, temper
disposition |
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prevent, block, hamper, hinder, impede
to prevent or stop from (happening) |
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undeserving, unworthy
unbecoming, improper act
despicable, shameful, vile |
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| unarmed, defenseless, helpless |
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| malicious lie, false rumor |
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to fill with, arouse, inspire (sentiment)
instill with |
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ungrateful
thankless, disagreeable (work, taste) |
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| las fisuras de su memoria |
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back (of an animal), lower back (human)
fillet (fish)
spine (book) |
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to shade, to tinge, to tint
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rubbish or trash heap
dung heap |
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haze, imprecise memory
foggy, gloomy, vague |
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suffer, to endure, to put up with
to be worried/concerned |
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equals, similar, on a par
at the same standard |
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binge, spree, out on the town
parade of musicians, procession |
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to herd
look after, supervise |
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| pero lo que le faltaba por la edad le alcanzaba por el carácter y le sobraba por la diligencia. |
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| but what she was deprived of by age she made up for by her character and more than made up for in diligence. |
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| an alarm (to the town, possibly by bell) |
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message
errand
kit, equipment |
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mistrust, distrust
suspicion |
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walk, tour, rounds, route, path
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to get or become difficult
to get or become worse
to diminish |
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reguero de pólvora |
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| fussy, finicky, particular |
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| resentment, rancor, hard feelings |
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perform
yield, produce
defeat, conquer (tire out, exhaust) |
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quit, surrender, give in/up
admit, confess |
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ember
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crack (in a door or shutter)
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chink, weakness |
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to rile up, to irritate, annoy, infuriate
get, or take, [ST] out of proportion |
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sahumerio de cianuro de oro. |
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to settle or cancel a debt
to sort out, straighten out, put an end to
to be over, to result in, end up |
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endure, to bear, cope
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| noble, stately, ancestral |
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| submissive, compliant, obediant |
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sigh
yearn for, to sigh over [SO] |
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to sound out, to ask around
to feel about/around (using the hands)
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| bar for bolting on inside of door/window |
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container/receptacle
junk/rubbish/trash
nuisance/rascal |
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disrupt, upset |
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cost(s), be worth (cost-wise, personally)
to be equal to
to be valid |
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to be good (fit) for, be good at
to work (be good ) for
to make use of, take advantage of |
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stick, rod, cane
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rough track or path
twists and turns, dark corners |
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steering wheel
frill, flounce(s)
flyer |
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entresueño |
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a sleepy voice
intermediate state between awake & asleep
duermevela (light sleep) |
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| zarzuela, operetta, light opera |
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anxiety, uneasiness, jumpiness
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| By this time he could do very little for himself, |
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| Sin embargo, FD no se dejó contagiar... |
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| Nevertheless Fermina Daza did not allow him to infect her |
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crossroads, intersection
dilemma, bind |
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to flood, inundate
drown, sink
become flooded |
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| He commented to him...(made him note...) |
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| They lost precious time reorganizing... |
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| score (of a miece of music) |
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| Lo habia visto an alguna parte... |
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| He had seen him somewhere... |
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| ...whom Dr. Urbino had not even heard of,... |
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| volvía a darle vueltas a la llave.. |
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| would again turn the key of the lock... |
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| sentía que iba perdiendo el sentido de la justicia. |
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| ...he felt himself gradually losing his sense of justice (good judgment). |
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conceal, hide, disguise, cloak
cover up
pretend, bluff, fale |
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to balance (equilibriar)
to rock (back and forth), to swing |
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missing, gone
Revise' la cuenta y hay 100 dolares de menos. |
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| Everything had been put away for safekeeping. |
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separated, moved aside
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"how much she had loved him despite all their doubts."
beyond |
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truce, ceasefire (of shooting or talks)
rest
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urgency, pressure
late fee, surcharge
longing |
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separated or split (into parts)
broke down (into), decomposed
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| display, show (emotion, vanity, grief, etc.) |
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distracted, inattentive
absent-minded, dizzy, scatterbrained |
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rotten, decomposed
corrupt |
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to digress, ramble, get sidetracked
beat around he bush |
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slogans, chants
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| "He knew it was going to rain, and so he let Dr. U. know (made him know) in case it was possible to move up the burial." |
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to break up, disband
to leave (the group); to default, |
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| It was a palace that had seen better days. |
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