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gravera
a big hole in the ground or the side of
gravel-pit
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2 a hill, where people have taken away
gravel and sand
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joya
a very valuable, expensive stone,
jewel
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e.g. a diamond
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dar una
to hit someone or something with
kick
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patada
your foot
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limonada
a sweet drink made from lemons
lemonade
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and sugar
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panadero
a person who makes and sells bread
baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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creer
to think that something is real or true
believe
nińera
a woman servant who helps a mother
nursemaid
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with her baby
diamante
a very expensive, bright stone,
diamond
often put in rings, etc.
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hada de
Edith Nesbit's word for a sand-fairy
Psammead
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cavar
to make a hole in the ground arena
dig (past (from a Greek word)
(palabra
tense dug)
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inventada
por E. Nesbit)
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enorme
very, very big
enormous
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arena
very fine, light earth, usually white
sand
feria
a kind of travelling market, where
fair
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or yellow (often found in beaches)
you can buy things, play games,
watch interesting things, etc.
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criado
somebody who works in another
servant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
hada / (adj)
a person or thing which is not real,
fairy
person's house
de hadas
but which in stories does wonderful, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
impossible things
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vicario
a priest, a man of the church
vicar
piel (de
the soft hair on an animal's body
fur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
animal),
desear
to say what you would like to have or do
wish
pelaje
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(usually something which is not possible)
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Ącielos!
words that show you are very surprised
Good
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heavens!
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grava
very small stones
gravel
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