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November 25, 2005 / 25 de noviembre, 2005 
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ADVANCED VOCABULARY - NO TRANSLATION:

recelo, m Acción de recelar. 2 Efecto de recelar.

recelar (re- + celar) tr.-prnl. Temer, desconfiar, sospechar: recelo vuestros pasos; -, o recelarse de tu suerte. -2 tr. Poner el caballo frente ( a la yegua) para incitarla a que admita el burro garañó. 

Sus expresiones fueron acogidas con recelo justificado.
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BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE WITH TRANSLATION:

suelo s.m. 1 floor (dentro de casa). 2 ground (fuera de casa). 3 AGR. soil: buen suelo=good soil. 4 territory, land.

SWEH-loh

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BASIC VOCABULARY - Television and Radio - Televisión y Radio

el televisor - television
el canal - channel
el satélite - satellite
las telenovelas - soap operas
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Peru - Are you thinking of going to this magical land?
I have established a listing of tour companies that specialize in Peru. http://www.latinamericalinks.com/peru_tours.htm
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IDIOM (S)

Costar un ojo de la cara.
Spanish - To cost an eye of the face.
English - To cost an arm and a leg.

Puerto franco - Free port
Puerta trasera - Back door
Puesta del sol - sunset
Prender el fuego - To start the fire

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BONUS WORD - TODAY SYNONYMS ARE PRESENTED.

Sinónimos - recelo (fear, suspicion, distrust) desconfianza, sospecha, duda, temor, barrunto, conjetura, suposición

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MODISMO-
(Argentina) - boche - nickname for a german - apodo para un alemán
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PROVERB -

Cierra tu puerta y loa tus vecinos.
Lock your door and keep your neighbors honest. 
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COGNATES

gesture - gesto
giant - gigante
glacial - glacial
globe - globo

http://latinamericalinks.com/spanish_cognates.htm
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ADVANCED PHRASE - no translation

La primera virtud es frenar la lengua, y es casi un dios quien teniendo razón sabe callarse.

Catón de Utica 
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Verb of the Day

pelear v.i. 1 to fight, to brawl. 2 to battle. 3 to quarrel(reñir). 4 to struggle(luchar). 5 to fall out: han peleado = they've fallen out. 
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