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in spite of the fact that

to give universal access to

to get out of control

to assert one's authority

to be made sister cities

to be in agreement with

to tear the pages out of

deshojar

to strip the leaves off

el chopo

black poplar

el piloncillo

unrefined brown sugar

at the risk of sounding redundant

to burn on the outside

within someone's reach

to listen to someone's chest

to become impoverished

to check the spread of

with one's back turned

to rub shoulders with

to raise awareness of

in an authoritarian way

to become waterlogged

to remove the scales from

to raise the price of

large earthenware jar

person dressed in rags

smack on the back of the neck

to be an active member

to think of oneself as

to distinguish oneself

poner de patitas en la calle

to kick out

poner de patitas en la calle

to make someone lose their nerve

to learn one's lesson

to grab round the neck

to put in the wrong place

to toss in the air on a blanket

to piss oneself laughing

to understand each other

entenderse

to have an affair with

good with one's hands

share in a lottery ticket

to get some fresh air

to add salt and pepper to

politically committed

el botijo

earthenware drinking jug

game with bottle tops

to write to each other

to hit it out of the park

to smarten oneself up

to be compensated for

full of twists and turns

to take responsibility for

responsabilizarse

to accept responsibility

to be one's responsibility

to become independent

as things are at the moment

hoy por hoy

right now

hoy por hoy

at this moment in time

to provide schooling for

make a stage version of

la ejecución de una hipoteca

to pull the petals off

to deprive oneself of

el punto de ebullición

we have a close relationship

los corridos mexicanos

to make provision for

to apply technology to

to pull somebody's leg

to come under the jurisdiction of

to be the responsibility of

to raise ... awareness

la cinta transportadora

to roll up one's sleeves

la pensión alimenticia

alimony

la pensión alimenticia

National Day of Catalonia

imprudencia al cruzar la calle

a trancas y barrancas

only with great difficulty

to do everything one can

to be out of one's mind

employers' organization

to dig trenches around

el jardín de infancia

nursery school

el jardín de infancia

the twelve days weather predictions

supplies and ammunition

aggravating circumstance

el certificado de defunción

la expectativa de vida

string of firecrackers

hacer juegos malabares

to rise to the surface

to be in keeping with

to take a case in point

to put the evil eye on

to declare one's love

to come to a verbal agreement with

period of temporary employment

la interinidad

temporary nature

el subsidio de desempleo

unemployment compensation

to be up to one's old tricks

volver a las andadas

to relapse

volver a las andadas

to go back to one's old ways

animal rights activist

sensitive to the cold

borrón y cuenta nueva

la coeficiente intelectual

intelligence quotient

la coeficiente intelectual

to confine oneself to

limitarse

to restrict oneself to

to make a fool of oneself

el signo de interrogación

el depósito de cadáveres

mortuary

el depósito de cadáveres

to pull oneself together

to lay the foundations of

to give the coup de grâce to

immediately afterwards

Un clavo saca otro clavo.

One devil drives out another.

Un clavo saca otro clavo.

New love drives out old love.

el feliciano

happy-go-lucky person

dar calabazas

to give the brush-off

to take one's anger out on

to come to terms with

to give expression to

to undermine the authority of

desautorizar

to deny permission for

to not make the most of

to boss people around

to go to a lot of trouble

to conciliate between

to scare the crap out of

to get one's act together

pasar la noche en vela

to have a sleepless night

pasar la noche en vela

to stay awake all night

pasar la noche en vela

to be up all night

arquear

to calculate the tonnage of

to be enough to get by

to immerse oneself in

to take up a lot of room

el trabajo de medio tiempo

to lose one's train of thought

to get out of control

to declare one's support

to want nothing to do with

desentenderse

to wash one's hands of

desentenderse

to pretend not to know

to pay one's respects to

by the unit of measure

garlic and oil dressing

residential development

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