Vocabulary
second period Reading Explorer 2
UNIT 4ª Great destinations / Grand Central Terminal
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Lake
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Body of water
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Lago
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2
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Tracks
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Racing
circuit, railway line
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Carriles,
pista
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3
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Terminal
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Place where
planes, buses or trains arrives and departure
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Terminal
(autobús, tren)
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4
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Landmark
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Figurative
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Punto de
referencia emblemático
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5
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Apartment
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Place where
people live
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Apartamento
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Coveniently
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Suitably,
handly
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Convenientemente
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Located
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Put, place
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Localizado
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Focal
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(Figurative)
central, important
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Punto focal
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Economic
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Referrring to
the Economy
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Económico
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Features
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Characteristic
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Características
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Ceiling
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Upper limit
of a room
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Techo
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Modernization
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Updating
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Modernización
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Object
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disapprove
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Objetar,
reclamar, no estar de acuerdo
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Threatened
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Under danger
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Amenazado
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Sightseeing
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Tourism
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Hacer turismo
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Commuters
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Somebody who
travels to work everyday
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Persona que
viaja diario entre su hogar y el trabajo
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Percentage
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porcentaje
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Unit 4B Great destinatios /
Postcards from India
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Diverse
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Varied, mad
eup for many different parts
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Diverso
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Impressive
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Having a
strong effect on the mind or emotions
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Impresionante
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Sculptures
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Works of art
created by shaping Stone, Wood, or other materials
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Esculturas
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monuments
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Large
structures built to remind people of famous events or people
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monumentos
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derived
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Developed or
obtained from something else
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Derivado de,
que proviene de
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Cultural
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Related to
the arts, ideas, and customes of a particular society
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Cultural
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Permit
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Allow
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Permitir
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Policy
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Laws,
principles
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Política
(regla)
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Established
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Begun or
created
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Establecido
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sorrounding
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All around
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Rodeado
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Appeal to
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Be attractive
or interesting for (someone)
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Que es de
interés para alguien, que le llama la atención
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Supposedly
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Said to be
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supuestamente
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Preserve
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Protect from
change
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preservar
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Unit 5A Storms / When disaster strikes / The fooding of New Orleans
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Helicopter
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aircraft
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Helicóptero
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Levee
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embankment
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dique
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Flooding
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Big ammount
of wáter on the streets
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Inhundación
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Roof
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The external
top of a house or building
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Azotea
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Resident
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Person who
lives in certain place
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Residente
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Ignore
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Not top ay
attention to it
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Ignorar
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Engineers
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Person who
Works in designing and constructing engines and machinery or structures
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Ingeniero
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Sector
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area
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Sector, área
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Circumstance
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Conditions
which affect what happens in a
particular situation
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Circunstancia
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Expose
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To put in a
dangerous or unpleasant situation in which someone or something might be
affected
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Exponer (a
algún peligro, a la interperie)
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Widespread
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That exists
over a large área
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Extendido
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Distribute
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To deliver to
a number of people
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Distribuir
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Currently
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At present
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Actualmente
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sink
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Move slowly
downward
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Hundir
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Unit 5B / When disaster strikes / Superstom
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Rotate
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Turn on an
axis
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Rotar, girar
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Profesional
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Expert
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Profesional
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Meteorologist
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Weather
forecaster
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Meteorologo
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Humid
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Moist
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Húmedo
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Upward
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Direction: up
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Hacia arriba
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Cycle
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Repeating
secuence
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Ciclo
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Qualify
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That has all
the features necessary to be that thing
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Calificado
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Blame
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Attribute responsability to someone or something
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Culpar
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Forecast
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A prediction
of the weather
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Pronóstico
del tiempo
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Energize
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Revitalize
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Dar energía
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combination
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mixture
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Combinación
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Unit 6A / Reef encounters / Coral reefs /Cities beneath the sea
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Reef
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Ecosystem
formed by coral
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Arrecife
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Generation
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Group of
living things of similar age
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Generación
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Shallow
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The opposite
of deep
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Poco profundo
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Briliant
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That shine
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Brillante
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source
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The place
from something comes from
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Fuente,
origen
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negative
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The opposite of
possitive
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Negativo
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Consume
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Eat, use up
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Consumir
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Jewelry
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Accessories
with jewels
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Joyería
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Pollution
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Contamination
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Contaminación
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Conservation
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Taking care
of the invironment
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Conservar,
preservar
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creatue
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Living things
that are not plants
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Creatura
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Unit 6B /Reef encounters / The truth about sharks / Shark attack!
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Bite
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Cut with
teeth
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Morder
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Horror
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Terror
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Horror,
terror
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Confusion
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Chaos, act of
confusing
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Confusión
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Categorize
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Classify
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Clasificar,
ordenar
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Fact
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Truth,
reality
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Hecho
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Inaccurate
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Not correct
enough, wrong
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Inexacto o
equivocado
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Arrange
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Put in order,
Schedule
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Ordenar,
distribuir
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Comprehend
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Understand
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Comprender
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Hypothesis
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Theory,
proposition
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Hipótesis
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gather
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Collect,
accumulate
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reunir
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