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la ilusión
la ilusión
hope
aproximarse
aproximarse
to draw near
el criterio
el criterio
discernment
el criterio
el criterio
judgment
desplazarse
desplazarse
to move
filtrar
filtrar
to leak
el género
el género
genus
el género
el género
gender
el género
el género
kind
la renta
la renta
national debt
la renta
la renta
return
la renta
la renta
interest
la renta
la renta
income
afianzarse
afianzarse
to steady oneself
afianzarse
afianzarse
to become established
el paradero
el paradero
whereabouts
la reforma
la reforma
alteration
la reforma
la reforma
alteration
el fastidio
el fastidio
annoyance
el fastidio
nuisance
citar
to quote
la ostra
shrinking violet
el recital
reading
protagonizar
to star in
la confabulación
conspiracy
la intervención
contribution
la intervención
involvement
instalarse
to settle in
calibrar
to gauge
la formalidad
reliability
el particular
individual
debatirse
to struggle
suscitar
to arouse
echado
lying down
echado
lazy
apurar
to finish
recurrir
to turn to
sujetar
to hold in place
emocionante
thrilling
comentar
to tell
exponer
to expound
exponer
to explain
denunciar
to indicate
denunciar
to reveal
reparar
to notice
reparar
to think about
en cambio
on the other hand
convivir
to live together
casualmente
actually
aguardar
to wait
descomunal
enormous
desaprobar
to reject
exaltar
to arouse
el estudioso
scholar
soberano
tremendous
la colaboración
article
la colaboración
contribution
adjudicarse
to take
adjudicarse
to claim
cobrar
to cash
cobrar
to earn
el abusador
user
sujetar
to fasten
sujetar
to hold
sujetar
to subdue
desigual
uneven
desigual
variable
exaltar
to excite
gracioso
funny
descomunal
colossal
desaprovechar
to waste
calificar
to describe as
verse
to find oneself
redactar
to draw up
precedente
previous
desentenderse
to wash one's hands of
la redacción
editorial office
la redacción
essay
la extenuación
exhaustion
cabal
exact
cabal
complete
la cabalidad
completeness
procurar
to make sure
rebuscado
affected
rebuscado
obscure
bombear
to pump
replicar
to reply
precisar
to establish
arrastrado
wretched
imputar
to charge
encima
on top of that
encimar
to pile up
detenidamente
thoroughly
detenidamente
carefully
la lujuria
lust
el inconveniente
problem
la diligencia
job
actualmente
currently
conveniente
advisable
últimamente
lately
precisar
to need
precisar
to specify
el trayecto
journey
ascender
to promote
el fallo
decision
el fallo
ruling
el expediente
inquiry
contar con
to have
la diligencia
errand
actualmente
nowadays
actualmente
at the moment
el/la fiscal
district attorney
el/la fiscal
prosecutor
genial
witty
genial
fantastic
resultar
to work out
resultar
to work out
coincidir con
to agree with
malacostumbrarse
to become spoiled
malacostumbrar
to spoil
el relajo
laxity
el relajo
mess
desangelado
dreary
desangelado
soulless
peregrino
strange
simpatizar
to get on well together
desplazarse
to travel
incumplir
to breach
ameno
enjoyable
la rendición
profit
la rendición
yield
la rendición
surrender
la tutoría
guardianship
incumplir
to fail to fulfill
la militancia
affiliation
el contratiempo
setback
inédito
unpublished
enrevesado
complex
ignorar
to be ignorant of
el recipiente
container
descomunal
huge
recuperar
to recover
atentar
to make an attempt
atentar
to threaten
el atentado
attack
afrontar
to confront
la denuncia
complaint
reanudar
to renew
cavar
to dig
la polémica
controversy
llegar
to be enough
la calidad
status
redactar
to write
descubrir
to uncover
despegar
to take off
conjugar
to combine
chocar
to annoy
advertir
to warn
el convoy
train
la extensión
expanse
la extensión
area
rubricar
to bring to a close
rubricar
to sign
coincidir
to agree
ajusticiar
to execute
figurar
to appear
desdecir
to not be up to the standard of
el protagonismo
prominence
la diligencia
stagecoach
concretar
to get to the point
concretar
to realize
enhorabuena
congratulations
resistir
to withstand
desarticular
to take apart
el encuentro
meeting
desvivirse
to do anything for
pronunciarse
to declare oneself
por cierto
by the way
el expediente
disciplinary proceedings
el expediente
file
el expediente
record
puntual
detailed
ultimar
to finalize
el verbo
words
el verbo
diction
el verbo
language
disertar
to speak
disertar
to discourse
el acercamiento
reconciliation
el acercamiento
introduction
el acercamiento
approach
el regente
mayor
imperioso
urgent
conforme
happy
desvivirse
to go out of one's way
presuntamente
allegedly
la condescendencia
kindness
el respeto
fear
inédito
unprecedented
el mandato
term
reclutar
to conscript
desdecir
to be unworthy of
asumir
to come to terms with
asumir
to accept
doblegar
to crush
la persecución
pursuit
el profesor
teacher
concertado
state assisted
el/la natural
native
concertado
arranged
la fruición
delight
el parlamento
speech
vociferar
to proclaim boastfully
el reclamo
complaint
el reclamo
attraction
la afianzamiento
consolidation
la afianzamiento
strengthening
inverosímil
implausible
aparentar
to feign
procurar
to try
límite
extreme
la desgracia
misfortune
el trayecto
route
notoriamente
obviously
la intimidad
privacy
decepcionado
disappointed
experimentar
to suffer
experimentar
to experience
la ocurrencia
idea
precipitarse
to hurry
ilusionado
hopeful
corresponder
to repay
la réplica
reply
aproximarse
to approach
ratificar
to ratify
comentar
to comment on
comentar
to talk about
comentar
to discuss
infartante
heart-stopping
neurálgico
crucial
neurálgico
key
casualmente
by chance
desestimar
to disallow
desestimar
to look down on
reclamar
to complain
reclamar
to demand
ofuscado
blinded
consagrado
acclaimed
el inodoro
toilet
ratificar
to confirm
el procuraduría
attorney general's office
la procuraduría
lawyer's office
igualado
disrespectful
entrar
to join
la concentración
gathering
la concentración
mass meeting
la suficiencia
self-satisfaction
la suficiencia
competence
consagrar
to devote
ocasionar
to cause
profundizar
to study in depth
decepcionarse
to be disappointed
decepcionarse
to lose heart
decepcionar
to let down
decepcionar
to disappoint
aproximar
to bring closer
la nota
statement
plantar
to stand up
plantar
to ditch
armar
to assemble
el móvil
motive
vulnerar
to damage
atenerse
to bear in mind
atenerse
to abide by
el relajo
chaos
anegado
flooded
debatirse
to struggle
encubridor
concealing
el encubridor
accessory
contentarse
to be reconciled
contentarse
to reconcile
tantear
to make a fool of
tantear
to swindle
abarcar
to extend over
el diagnóstico
diagnosis
sentenciar
to declare
el ejemplar
copy
reanudar
to resume
el reencuentro
reunion
proporcionar
to provide
proporcionar
to adapt
remover
to bring up
remover
to poke at
remover
to stir
la cavilación
deep thought
la cavilación
pondering
la malicia
suspicion
el encañado
piping
casualmente
coincidentally
encampanar
to leave in the lurch
encampanar
to encourage
pulsear
to arm-wrestle
defraudar
to disappoint
ilusionar
to thrill
transparentar
to be transparent
transparentar
to betray
transparentar
to reveal
agenciar
to wangle
agenciar
to obtain
reconvenir
to counterclaim
inutilizar
to disable
inutilizar
to render useless
filtrarse
to get leaked
encaminarse
to head toward
encaminar
to guide
importante
considerable
la finalidad
purpose
radicar
to lie in
el rescoldo
ember
extenuado
exhausted
la treta
trick
los tumbos
ups and downs
el relajo
commotion
pendiente
pending
la pendencia
fight
la pendencia
quarrel
reconvenir
to reprimand
debatirse
to writhe
encaminar
to direct
encaminar
to direct
destilar
to ooze
destilar
to distil
destilar
to ooze
edificar
to build
estólido
foolish
indigno
unworthy
voluntarioso
willful
la falacia
lie
vacilante
unsteady
hostigar
to pester
hostigar
to be sickly sweet
la índole
type
la índole
nature
el resuello
breather
el resuello
panting
rumorear
to murmur
agolparse
to throng
el obsequio
gift
ignorar
to not know
pretender
to woo
pretender
to claim
pretender
to expect
pretender
to intend
rancio
ancient
habilitar
to equip
consecuente
consistent
efectivamente
indeed
efectivamente
really
violentar
to force
ajustar
to fit
saltear
to sauté
cicatrizar
to heal up
gestionar
to manage
gestionar
to negotiate
el dispositivo
device
corretear
to chase
corretear
to loiter
corretear
to run around
la adecuación
adaptation
la vindicación
revenge
la ruindad
baseness
registrar
to search
el currículum
résumé
el currículum
CV
el borrador
draft
ponderado
praised
cumplido
courteous
ponderar
to praise
destinado
stationed
rancio
long-established
rancio
mellow
la lectura
reading matter
la lectura
reading
la pieza
room
de improviso
unexpectedly
el/la comediante
fraud
la comediante
actress
el/la comediante
actor
la decepción
disappointment
extenuante
exhausting
conciliar
to win
claro
bright
acusar
to acknowledge
acusar
to show signs of
descolgarse
to blurt out
la planta
plan
la planta
staff
el sentido
direction
incorporarse
to report for work
incorporarse
to sit up
la suerte
sort
sincerar
to exculpate
sincerarse
to open up
el decoro
decency
alegar
to argue
aguardar
to wait for
remover
to revive
descolgarse
to fall behind
conforme
as
incorporar
to sit up
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