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gira en torno
gira en torno
it revolves around
dar de alta
dar de alta
to register
carecer
carecer
to lack
radicar
radicar
to lie in
las especias
las especias
spices
la gota de agua
la gota de agua
droplet of water
rodear
rodear
to surround
a rastras
a rastras
kicking and screaming
retroceder
retroceder
to back up
ciego
ciego
blind
el inhalador
el inhalador
inhaler
orinar
orinar
to urinate
sigiloso
sigiloso
stealthy
sigilosamente
sigilosamente
stealthily
de puntillas
de puntillas
on tiptoes
el asesor
el asesor
advisor
alejar
alejar
to move away from
el/la guardaespaldas
el/la guardaespaldas
bodyguard
bien portado
bien portado
well-dressed
alejado
remote
gestionar
to negotiate
exigente
demanding
toser
to cough
arrepentirse
to regret (it)
no hace falta que
it's not necessary to
no hace falta
there's no need
encallar
to fail
a partir de ahora
from now on
indiscutible
indisputable
desvanecer
to fade
desvanecer
to dispel
acariciar
to pet
el sinfín
vast number
el dispositivo
device
el ensayo
rehearsal
el juguete
toy
el vidrio
glass
conmover
to move
agarrar
to grab
voltea a ver
he turns to see
prever
to foresee
abanicar
to fan
el abanico
variety
el abanico
range
insoportable
unbearable
colocar
to place
la médula
marrow
el cirujano
surgeon
degustar
to taste
el/la mozárabe
Mozarab
la maceta
flowerpot
el abono
fertilizer
pulverizar
to spray
regar
to water
los calzoncillos
underpants
el calcetín
sock
la cloaca
sewer
el pedo
fart
gastar
to use
a toda máquina
full throttle
la abeja
bee
el zumbido
buzz
sobrar
to be left over
detrás de
after
el quiste
cyst
en cuanto a
with regard to
convertirse
to become
desplazar
to move
el transbordo
transfer
experimentar
to experience
perturbar
to disturb
perturbar
to disrupt
el ladrillo
brick
la solicitud
request
desplomarse
to collapse
discutible
debatable
apreciar
to appreciate
por lo tanto
therefore
la fábrica
factory
comunicar
to connect
acceder
to access
espabilarse
to wake up
la pantomima
farce
antojarse
to feel like
sagrado
holy
morder
to bite
cotidiano
daily
el cohete
rocket
apuntar
to make a note of
dar un salto
to jump
la sobremesa
after-dinner conversation
sublevar
to stir up to rebellion
alucinar
to hallucinate
alucinar
to be out of one's mind
cachondear
to pet
se trata de
it's about
acordarse
to remember
adivinar
to predict
la calavera
skull
lanzar
to throw
la claraboya
skylight
probar suerte
to try one's luck
a diferencia de
unlike
preocupar
to bother
pringoso
sticky
pringoso
greasy
la corriente
trend
patinar
to skate
aguantar
to put up with
el dramaturgo
playwright
el trabalenguas
tongue twister
encomendar
to entrust
repartir
to distribute
el virrey
viceroy
hundir
to sink
amistoso
friendly
la tripulación
crew
vigente
in force
relanzar
to relaunch
judío
Jewish
el judío
Jew
el pabellón
pavilion
pálido
pale
la burbuja
bubble
la ventura
happiness
teñido
dyed
el tejido
fabric
el trasfondo
background
la potestad
authority
el bucle
loop
los auriculares
headphones
adinerado
wealthy
el ganchillo
crochet hook
deducir
to deduce
por defecto
by default
pijo
preppy
el pizarrón
blackboard
la seriedad
seriousness
el mercadeo
marketing
el hecho de que
the fact that
autóctono
indigenous
la advertencia
warning
el juicio
trial
el/la carterista
pickpocket
parecido
similar
el musulmán
Muslim
la bañera
bathtub
callejear
to wander the streets
desprender
to detach
el presupuesto
budget
gastar
to spend
dañino
harmful
la bollería
bakery
intervenir
to intervene
preocupar
to worry
recaudar
to collect
quienes
whoever
el mundillo
world
las dotes
talent
nada que ver
nothing to see
nada que ver
nothing to do
enseguida
immediately
cotorrear
to chatter
gozar
to enjoy oneself
solicitar
to request
lo antes posible
as soon as possible
cuanto antes
as soon as possible
diría que
I'd say
disputar
to compete for
dejar de ser
to stop being
lograr
to manage to
hasta que
until
seguir
to follow
me puse a
I started
de inmediato
immediately
de golpe
suddenly
estar pendiente de
to keep an eye on
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