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| wall (of a building or fortress) |
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| wall (large defensive or protective wall) |
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| wall (part of a thick wall still standing in ruins) |
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| wall (an outside masonry wall--usually adobe, stucco, or brick to--to enclose a garden or cemetery) |
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| wall, partition (very thin--any material) |
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| to lift (physically move from lower to higher position) |
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| to lift (from lower to higher position--physical) |
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| to raise or lift (common in physics and mechanics) |
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| to raise, lift (when a flag, banner, or sail is lifted by a rope or other device--especially common for the military) |
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| to raise up, straighten (often the body or part of the body such as the head or neck, to an upright or erect position) |
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| to bring (indicates motion toward the speaker) |
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| to take, carry (indicates motion away from the speaker) |
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| to come (indicates motion toward the speaker) |
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| to go (indicates motion away from the speaker) |
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| to beat (the heart's normal beating or pulsating) |
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| to beat (mixing or beating ingredients or materials; can also be a more vigorous heartbeat than latir; can also be to break a record competitively) |
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| to beat (to strike or injure) |
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| to beat (winning in a game or contest) |
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| astonishment, amazement (generic--most cases) |
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| to astonish, amaze (generic term) |
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| to astound, leave speechless, stun (intense state of amazement--can be pleasant or unpleasant) |
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| to astonish, amaze, fill with wonder (positive reaction of awe or wonderment to something beautiful) |
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| pillow (a bed-pillow or a pillow for resting one's head) |
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| pillow (small cushion OR the the plastic or leather pads used to cover seats at sporting events) |
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| cushion, pillow (usually larger) |
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| pillow, cushion (usually smaller) |
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| pretty (applies to that which gives immediate but sometimes superficial pleasure to the senses) |
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| beautiful (that which provides deep pleasure and is capable of stirring the emotions) |
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| beautiful (synonym of hermoso--preferred to refer to the arts and to moral and spiritual beauty as opposed to physical beauty) |
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| pretty (synonymous to bonito in Spain, but has the force of hermoso in Spanish America) |
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| handsome, beautiful (applied to both men and women) |
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| to appear (to come into sight) |
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| to appear at (synonymous with aparecer--usually to appear at something such as a door, window, entrance, etc. for the purpose of looking in or out) |
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| to appear (in front of a legal body or judicial board) |
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| to shriek, screech, scream, shout loudly |
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| to shout, scream, cry out (most common if the message is being communicated to someone very far away) |
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| to make a racket (associated with troublemaking or public disturbace) |
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| to shout or cry out publicly |
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| to announce or advertise publicly |
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| to retard, delay (mental retardation) |
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| to slow down, delay (not mental retardation) |
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| to delay (common in administrative language) |
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| to retard, slow down (voluntary or non-voluntary decrease in speed with which someone or something moves); to postpone or put off |
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| nonsensical act or statement |
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| crazy or insane act or statement |
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| boy (girl), young person (most common for adolescent or teenager) |
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| young person, youth (mostly used in Spain--may refer to a niño or muchacho) |
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| young child, child (any child up to the age of puberty) |
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| child, youngster (common synonym of niño(a) and muchacho(a)) |
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| infant, baby (preferred for the nursing or infant stage) |
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| young person (teenage years) |
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| Heir to the Spanish throne--FALSE COGNATE FOR INFANT! |
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| to die (indicates emotional involvement when used reflexively--more detached when used by itself) |
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| to die, decease (euphemism used in careful, respective speech) |
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| to die or perish, usually in a violent or untimely manner |
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| to expire, die (euphemism focusing on the last moments of one's life) |
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| to kick the bucket--humorous substitute for morir |
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| to search, look closely (for) |
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| to refill, fill (in the blanks) |
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| to go through or over an area |
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| to redo, remake, do over again |
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