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hacer falta
hacer falta
to be necessary
acaecer
acaecer
to happen
plasmar
plasmar
to capture
empalagoso
empalagoso
cloying
el crisol
el crisol
melting pot
desencadenar
desencadenar
to trigger
unas cuantas
unas cuantas
a few
hacer que
hacer que
to make
enseguida
enseguida
immediately
ponerse al día
ponerse al día
to catch up
someterse
someterse
to undergo
atender
atender
to deal with
estirar
estirar
to stretch
agachar
agachar
to bend
empinarse
empinarse
to stand on tiptoe
restar
restar
to play down
en caso de que
en caso de que
in the event that
el visto bueno
el visto bueno
approval
presunto
presunto
alleged
el atentado
offence
reivindicar
to claim
acercar
to move closer
alternarse
to take turns
la ligadura
bond
la soltura
ease
los apuntes
notes
ligar
to link
a toda prisa
as quickly as possible
el hito
milestone
encarar
to face up to
agreste
wild
afanoso
arduous
procedente de
coming from
disparatado
ridiculous
asequible
achievable
asequible
affordable
verter
to voice
dictar
to issue
insistir en que
to stress that
es lo que hay
that's how things are
acaudalado
wealthy
conmovedor
moving
dar el visto bueno
to give the go-ahead
estancar
to stall
estanco
watertight
aquejar
to afflict
rodear
to surround
envolver
to envelop
el respaldo
support
atar
to tie down
el relámpago
lightning
dejar que
to let
lejano
distant
y pico
odd
el poemario
book of poems
topar
to run into
sin que
without
impresionar
to make an impression
averiguar
to discover
el escozor
burning
lidiar con
to deal with
meter
to get into
convenir
to be a good idea
ya que
given that
el nudo
knot
quisquilloso
fussy
tomar el pelo
to joke
apuntar
to indicate
carecer
to not have
proporcionar
to provide
la manada
mob
falta poco
it's not long
exponer
to explain
previsible
predictable
el suceso
event
agobiar
to overwhelm
la sabiduría
wisdom
devenir
to become
el lastre
ballast
el lastre
burden
harto
fed up
la vivencia
experience
abonar
to lend weight to
asomar
to stick out
el imán
magnet
embestir
to attack
el/la rehén
hostage
amordazar
to silence
el estímulo
incentive
el estímulo
encouragement
el elogio
praise
desatar
to let loose
aguardar
to await
inabarcable
vast
el malentendido
misunderstanding
fundirse
to merge
descortés
ill-mannered
plenamente
fully
al tanto de
up to date with
presencial
face-to-face
proveer
to supply
proveer
to provide
pactar
to agree
armar
to put together
apelar
to resort to
transcurrir
to go by
menguar
to diminish
el azote
scourge
el despilfarro
squandering
la prensa rosa
celebrity magazines
escueto
concise
por eso
for that reason
el juicio
trial
el alejamiento
distancing
puntualizar
to point out
imprescindible
essential
cada tanto
every now and then
la cábala
conjecture
percibir
to receive
percibir
to perceive
disponer
to arrange
actualizar
to bring up to date
el olfato
sense of smell
profundizar
to study in depth
consciente
aware
espabilar
to get one's act together
latir
to beat
por si
in case
percatar
to realise
por eso
that's why
a menos que
unless
ahora bien
having said that
tal cual
just as
con tal de que
as long as
entorpecer
to hinder
en materia de
regarding
en materia de
in terms of
indagar
to investigate
nada de nada
nothing at all
nada de eso
not at all
por si las moscas
just in case
arrepentirse
to regret (it)
regalar
to give
arengar
to harangue
encargarse
to see to
la huelga
strike
el acercamiento
approach
deshacer
to undo
el fracaso
disaster
largar
to be off
mangonear
to boss around
agobiar
to smother
regir
to control
atrofiar
to atrophy
angustiar
to distress
apuntarse
to be up for it
apuntar
to note down
apuntar
to point out
palmar
to kick the bucket
la lacra
blight
halagador
flattering
patas arriba
upside down
ahuyentar
to frighten off
pillar
to catch
pillar
to get
el pique
rivalry
ligar
to tie up
el machote
tough guy
la capilla
chapel
alardear
to boast
presumir
to presume
la grandeza
greatness
a propósito
deliberately
pudrir
to rot
predecir
to forecast
roer
to nibble at
raer
to scrape
tañer
to ring
yacer
to lie
asir
to grab
erguir
to raise
nomás
just
como quedamos
as we agreed
cómo que
what do you mean
atentar
to threaten
culto
educated
la finalidad
purpose
denominar
to designate
el emisor
speaker
poseer
to possess
aclarar
to clarify
ya que
seeing as
ya que
now that
el rasgo
characteristic
el trastorno
disorder
por mucho que
no matter how much
pese a que
even though
si bien
although
echar mano
to fall back on
resultar
to turn out to be
arrendar
to rent
el/la comensal
guest
meramente
merely
el acontecimiento
event
a medida que
as
costar
to be hard
en principio
in principle
afilado
sharp
agarrar
to grip
la acepción
sense
proveniente de
from
el inmueble
property
rendir
to produce
con tal de que
provided that
a pesar de
in spite of
siempre que
as long as
siempre que
whenever
de modo que
in such a way that
alejar
to keep away
el rechazo
rejection
pillar
to get
a cambio
in return
la añoranza
nostalgia
la tara
defect
el remate
final touch
hallar
to find
el bullicio
hustle and bustle
diluir
to dilute
realizar
to do
surgir
to arise
vencer
to defeat
la torpeza
clumsiness
embalar
to accelerate
conseguir
to get
conseguir
to achieve
inacabable
interminable
agudizar
to exacerbate
agudizar
to aggravate
el anaquel
shelf
cazar
to hunt
arremolinar
to swirl
atropellar
to run over
el atropello
shove
escurrir
to drain
la muchedumbre
crowd
el legado
legacy
la tela
fabric
la plantilla
staff
pionero
pioneering
financiar
to fund
el arqueólogo
archeologist
el historiador
historian
el asentamiento
settlement
despampanante
stunning
retirar
to withdraw
menospreciar
to underestimate
subestimar
to underestimate
franquear
to cross
penoso
pitiful
prestar
to lend
explotar
to exploit
sellar
to stamp
rogar
to beg
asombrar
to amaze
encargar
to order
cotejar
to compare with
acudir
to come
desempeñar
to carry out
percatar
to realize
la cinta
tape
la hoja
sheet
agarrar
to grab
chismoso
gossipy
ligado
linked
la traición
betrayal
el ramo
branch
el padecimiento
ailment
constar
to know for a fact
el pormenor
detail
el comprobante
proof
cursar
to study
nulo
null and void
la pulcritud
neatness
la yema
fingertip
desafinado
out of tune
aleatorio
random
a pesar de
despite
coincidir
to coincide
ralo
sparse
el azabache
jet
el bigote
mustache
descartar
to rule out
brusco
brusque
contar con
to count on
hundir
to sink
chato
flat
atreverse
to dare
más bien
more like
tender
to approach
de tal palo, tal astilla
like father, like son
nada más
as soon as
el celo
zeal
la limosna
charity
despejado
clear
el contubernio
conspiracy
caber
to fit
semejante
similar
acudir
to turn to
embaucar
to trick
ensartar
to reel off
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