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gravar
gravar
to tax
la moneda
la moneda
currency
estándar
estándar
standard
el mueble
el mueble
piece of furniture
los comestibles
los comestibles
groceries
arriba
arriba
above
el promedio
el promedio
average
el/la gerente
el/la gerente
manager
destinar
destinar
to allocate
ubicar
ubicar
to locate
dar a conocer
dar a conocer
to announce
el manejo
el manejo
operation
la fisura
la fisura
crack
desafiar
desafiar
to challenge
como tal
como tal
as such
pese a
pese a
in spite of
la escisión
la escisión
split
el seno
el seno
breast
pesar
pesar
to weigh
el/la dirigente
leader
el embate
beating
aguantar
to put up with
el desfile
parade
la oleada
wave
cercado
fenced in
el apagón
blackout
la taza
cup
contrariado
annoyed
la escolta
escort
el/la guardaespaldas
bodyguard
en plena
in the middle of
la rueda de prensa
press conference
tras
after
los suministros
supplies
reponer
to replace
a la vez
at the same time
aportar
to contribute
el amanecer
dawn
la inanición
starvation
a estas alturas
by now
el riñón
kidney
la curación
recovery
desviar
to divert
evitar
to prevent
a menudo
often
el ánimo
mood
la sudoración
sweating
reponerse
to recover
el mareo
nausea
el letargo
lethargy
agotarse
to run out
proporcionar
to provide
recurrir
to turn to
el hígado
liver
almacenar
to store
suceder
to happen
cálido
warm
la puesta
setting
la salida del sol
sunrise
ayunar
to fast
dando vueltas
going round and round
la gestión
management
alejarse
to move away
el puesto
post
la falla
fault
tener en cuenta
to keep in mind
leve
slight
el castigo
punishment
asequible
affordable
violar
to violate
detenidamente
carefully
la torpeza
awkwardness
en materia de
in terms of
la junta
board
el/la accionista
stockholder
destronar
to dethrone
la inversión
investment
el acercamiento
approach
tampoco
neither
advertir
to warn
el ruso
Russian
hacia
toward
disuadir
to dissuade
derrocar
to overthrow
cobrar
to become
el trato
deal
malvado
evil
girar
to spin
tramar
to plot
temer
to fear
el verdugo
executioner
la espalda
back
la espada
sword
desenfundar
to uncover
siquiera
even if
la penumbra
half-light
rodear
to surround
derretir
to melt
las habilidades sociales
social skills
derribar
to demolish
escupir
to spit
el ejército
army
congelado
frozen
descifrar
to figure out
el hallazgo
discovery
destacar
to emphasize
el enfriado
cooling
el dispositivo
device
esfumar
to blur
al igual que
just like
la pesadilla
nightmare
crujir
to creak
pero de repente
but suddenly
gélido
icy
la diosa
goddess
arrodillarse
to kneel down
la nube
cloud
apilado
piled up
estrellar
to smash
arrasar
to destroy
el estancamiento
stagnation
estallar
to explode
la burbuja
bubble
atravesar
to cross
la dama
lady
la multitud
crowd
secarse
to dry
escaso
scarce
sonreír
to smile
exigir
to demand
el puente
bridge
acercar
to move closer
la esquina
corner
pecar
to sin
la peluca
wig
el trastorno
disorder
recetar
to prescribe
recomponer
to repair
darse cuenta
to realize
encargarse
to take care of
deprimirse
to get depressed
tan pronto
as soon as
agotador
exhausting
el condado
county
aplazar
to postpone
esconder
to hide
padecer
to suffer from
corpulento
heavyset
voltear
to flip
pegar
to stick
el rato
while
envejecer
to grow old
sordo
deaf
el montero
hunter
la mayúscula
capital letter
manchar
to stain
acaso
perhaps
el jengibre
ginger
atentar
to threaten
apuntar
to aim
incautar
to confiscate
calcinar
to scorch
el suceso
event
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