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Conversational Spanish I
Exam 3
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
12/03/2007
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el atentado
 Definition
assassination attempt
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el disparo
 Definition
shot
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conducir
 Definition
to lead, drive
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entrenar(se)
 Definition
to train
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estar dispuesto/a a
 Definition
to be prepared / willing to
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la huelga
 Definition
strike
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la manifestación
 Definition
political demonstration
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el/la partidario/a
 Definition
supporter, partisan
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el principio
 Definition
principle, beginning
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la sigla
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acronym
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la tregua
 Definition
truce
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matar
 Definition
to kill
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morir (ue)
 Definition
to die in accidents, wars, etc., a violent death
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mortirse (ue)
 Definition
to die by natural causes or in a figurative sense
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querer (ie) decir
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to mean (animate and inanimate subjects)
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significar
 Definition
to mean (only inanimate subjects)
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pato
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duck
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jocosas
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humorísticas
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un tinte social más acusado
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a pronounced social overtone
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se traducia en
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significaba
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planteamientos
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aquí, reivindicaciones
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alineamiento
 Definition
alignment
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la consecución de
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conseguir
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dirigente
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líder
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se desplazaron
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fueron
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firmar
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to sign
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acribillado
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riddled
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Guardia Civil
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En España, cuerpo de seguridad destinado principalmente a mantener el orden público en las zonas rurales, y a vigilar las fronteras marítimas o terrestres, así como las carreteras y ferrocarriles.
Term
liquida
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mata
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procesados
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acusados
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haber descabezado
 Definition
dejar sin cabeza
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carrera desenfrenada
 Definition
frenzied race
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a la sazón
 Definition
en ese tiempo
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resquebrajarse
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deteriorarse
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álgido
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máximo
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luchadores sindicales
 Definition
union members
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lemas
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slogans
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ikurriña
 Definition
bandera vasca
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puesta en vigor
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instauración
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chapuza
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botched job
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establecimiento
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aquí, cafetería
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escisión
 Definition
división
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ramas
 Definition
organizaciones
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excepción
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emergencia
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heridos
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injured
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empresarios
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dueños de empresas
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engrosar las arcas
 Definition
swell the coffers
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optan por
 Definition
eligen
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plantar cara a
 Definition
resistir
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Argelia
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Algeria
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vías férreas
 Definition
railroad tracks
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recursos
 Definition
resources
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sus cuadros
 Definition
la organización
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hidra
 Definition
monstruo de la mitología griega
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sesgado
 Definition
cortado
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apoderarse de
 Definition
to seize, get control of, take over
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el arma (fem)
 Definition
weapon
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conseguir (i,i)
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to attain, obtain, get, achieve
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ileso/a
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unhurt, unharmed, unscathed
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no tener más remedio que
 Definition
to have no choice but
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las privaciones
 Definition
hardships, deprivation
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la represalia
 Definition
reprisal, retaliation
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la riqueza
 Definition
wealth
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traicionar
 Definition

to betray

 
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aguantar, soportar, tolerar
 Definition
to tolerate, put up with
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soportar, sostener
 Definition
to support physically
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mantener
 Definition
to support economically
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apoyar
 Definition
to support emotionally, ideologically
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el hecho
 Definition
fact
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el dato
 Definition
piece of information, datum, figure
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la fecha
 Definition

date

 
Term
sometimiento
 Definition
subjugation, enslavement
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no estaba al alcance
 Definition
was not available
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resultaron ser
 Definition
turned out to be
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aliada
 Definition
ally
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lealtad
 Definition
loyalty
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se disiparon
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desaparecieron
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emboscada
 Definition
ambush
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apresar
 Definition
to take prisoner
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escaramuza
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skirmish
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apedreado
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stoned
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lanzaron
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launched
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perecío
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was lost, was killed
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huida nocturna de la ciudad
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este hecho histórico es conocido como ¨La noche triste¨
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desahogadamente
 Definition
comfortably
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prestó
 Definition
dio
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