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acantilado
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acariciar
To caress
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acurrucarse
To curl up
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adivinar
to guess
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afán
diligence, desire
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aguarder = esperar
to wait for
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agujero
hole
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ahogarse
to drown, suffocate
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alba
dawn
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con alborozo
with sheer joy
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alma
soul
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amanecer
sunrise
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amparar = cobijar
to shelter, protect
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anacrónico
anachronistic
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analfabeto
illiterate
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anhelar
to desire vehemently
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apoderarse de
to seize control of
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apurar
to hasten
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arrastrar
to drag
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arrodillarse
to kneel
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arrojar =lanzar = echar
to throw, hurl
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arroyo
stream, brook
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arruinar
to ruin, spoil, bankrupt
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atar
to tie up
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atardecer
sunset
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atemorizar
to frighten
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atreverse a
to dare to
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atónito
amazed, astonished
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buen/mal augurio
good/bad omen
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avergonzado
ashamed, embarrassed
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azahar
orange blossom
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balbucear
to stammer
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barajar
to consider other possibilities (also to shuffle cards)
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bullicio
noise, hustle and bustle
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cauaidad
coincidence, chance
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caudaloso
plentiful
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ciel
sky, heaven
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cigueña
stork
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cólera, la
anger
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contemplar
to contemplate
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crepùsculo
twilight or dusk
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en cuclillas
to squat, crouch
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cuna
cradle
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dleitarse
to delight in
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deleite
placer
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desamparado
forsaken, abandoned
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pasar desapercebido
to go unnoticed
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desazón
anxiety, uneasiness
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desgraciado
wretched
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deslumbarar
to dazzle
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despedirse de
to say goodbye
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desperezarse
to stretch
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disculpar
to excuse
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disfrazado
disguised, dressed up
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disimular
to pretend, conceal
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don
talent, gift
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dueño
owner
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embriaguez
drunkeness
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empeñ**** en
to insist, persist
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enaguas
petticoat
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enamorarse de alguien
to fall in love
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enajenar
to drive crazy, alienate
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endiablado
possessed, perverse
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engañar
to deceive
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enloquecedor
maddening
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enojo
anger
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enrojecer
to blush
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ensimismamiento
self absorption
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evenenado
poisoned
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envidioso
envious
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erguirse
to sit/stand up straight
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erizar
to make stand on end
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esconder
to hide
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a escondidas
secretly
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escudriñar
to scrutinize
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estremecer
to make...tremble
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exigir
to demand
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extenuado
to demand
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fatigar
to tire out
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florecer
to bloom, blossom
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forastero
outsider, stranger
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frotar los ojos
to rub one's eyes
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fusilar=disparar
to shoot, execute
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gemir
to moan
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guiñar
to wink
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hallar(se)
to find (oneself) somewhere
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hallazgo
a great find
87 of 178
hazaña
feat, achievement, prank
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hervidero
swarm, hotbed
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holgazàn
lazybones, layabout
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hosco
sullen, moody
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huérfano
orphan
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huir
to flee
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hundirse
to drown, go under
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hacer ilusión
to be looking forward to
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indagar
to investigate
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ingenioso
ingenious, witty
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inquieto
restless, anxious
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insólito
unheard of, most unusual
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intrépido
intrepid
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inverosìmil
implausible
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irrumpir en
to burst in
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juguetón
playful
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jurar
to swear
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lanzar
to trow, to launch (a record)
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largarse
to get out as fast as possible
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làstima
pity
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a tres leguas
about ten miles
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lejano
far away
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pedir limosna
to beg
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llamativo
striking, eye-catching
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maldecir
to curse
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malvado
wicked
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manso
smooth, gentle, calm
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manzana
block of houses (or apple)
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marchitar
to wither or fade away
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mayordomo
butler
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mendigo
beggar
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menosprecio
contempt
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mezquino
stingy, miserly
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misericordia
mercy
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mugriento
filthy
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oración
prayer (sentence)
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ombligo
bellybutton, center
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a orillas de
on the shores, bank of
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oscurecer
to get dark
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padecer
to suffer
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parir
to give birth to
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parpadear
to blink, bat your eyelashes
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pecado
sin
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en la penumbra
in semidarkness
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piedad
piety, devotion, mercy
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pisotear
to trample over
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plegaria
humble and fervent begging
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potenciar
to strengthen, promote
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praderas
meadows, prairies
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privarse de algo
to deprive oneself of
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puñetazo
punch
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querella
dispute
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rabia
rage
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rasgos
traits
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recelo
suspicion, distrust, fear
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a regañadientes
relunctantly, grudgingly
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relàmpago
lightening
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rememorar = recordar
to remember
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resplandor
radiance, brilliant light
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resbalar
to slip, skid
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rezar
to pray
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risueño
cheerful, provokes joy
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rodear
to surround
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rozar
to brush past
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rumbo
in the direction of
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sacudir
to shake out
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saltimbanqui
acrobat
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santiguarse
to cross one-self
155 of 178
senbrar
to sow seeds
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semejante
such, similar
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sigiloso
quiet
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soberbio
proud, mighty
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sobresalto
something that startles
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soñoliento/ somnoliento
sleepy
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sordomudo
deaf and dumb
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susurrar
to whisper
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tartamudear
to stutter
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temporal/tempestad
storm, rainy spell
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tinieblas
darkness, shadows
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torpeza
blunder, clumsiness
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tragar
to swallow
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tropezar con
to stumple upon
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tumbarse
to lie down
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turbar
to disturb, unsettle
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valeroso
brave, noble
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varón
male (hembra - female)
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venturoso
happy, fortunate
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viuda
widow
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yacer
to be lying, reclining
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zambullirse
to plunge in, immerse oneself
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zozobra
anxiety
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Card 2

Front

To caress

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acariciar

Card 3

Front

To curl up

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Card 4

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to guess

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Card 5

Front

diligence, desire

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