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140 días
     1. n. plural of día
141 entonces
     1. conj. then, next, thereupon, at that time, at that point
           Desde entonces, siempre he tenido cuidado. - Since then I've always been careful.
           Entonces, el ladrón se fue. - After that, the thief left.
     2. conj. then, therefore, so, thus
           Estaba lloviendo antes, entonces de seguro viniste con paraguas, ¿no?. - It was raining before, so you certainly came in with an umbrella, didn't you?.
142 madre
     1. n-f. mother
     2. n-f. (figuratively) mother (source or origin)
     3. n-f. (Christianity) mother (nun)
     4. n-f. (hydrology) riverbed
     5. n-f. dregs (of a drink)
143 decir
     1. v. to say, to tell
           Es un mentiroso. Nunca dice la verdad. - He's a liar. He never tells the truth.
           ¿Qué te dijeron? - What did they tell you?
     2. v. to suggest
     3. v. to show; to demonstrate
144 cosas
     1. n. plural of cosa
     2. v. informal second-person singular present subjunctive of coser
145 mejor
     1. adj. better
     2. adj. better off
     3. adj. improved
     4. adj. (definite) best
     5. adj. (definite) top, highest, finest (e.g. highest quality, highest bidder, top of one's class, in top form, finest food and wine, finest hotel, etc.)
146 hizo
     1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of hacer
147 cómo
     1. adv. (interrogative) how?
     2. interj. (interrogative) sorry? what? (expressing surprise or asking to repeat)
     3. n-m. how
148 unos
     1. art. masculine plural of un
     2. det. plural of uno: some, a few
     3. det. (with a specific time) about, approximately
     4. pron. plural of uno: some, a few
149 iba
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of ir
150 hace
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of hacer
     2. prep. ago (Note: unlike in English, hace precedes the number.)
           Él nos visitó hace tres años. - He visited us three years ago.
           Lo compré hace poco. - I bought it not long ago.
           Mi padre y yo no nos hablamos desde hace un año. - My father and I don't talk since one year ago.
151 hombres
     1. n. plural of hombre
152 nunca  ©
     1. adv. never
           Nunca he probado la langosta. (I've never tasted lobster.)
     2. adv. ever
           Estamos mejor que nunca. (We're better than ever.)
153 casi  ©
     1. adv. almost
154 lado  ©
     1. n-m. side
           a ambos lados - on both sides / on either side
     2. n-m. face
155 otros
     1. det. masculine plural of otro
     2. interj. masculine plural of otro
     3. pron. plural of otro
156 cosa  ©
     1. n-f. thing (object, concept)
     2. n-f. (informal) thing (living being or creature)
           cosas hermosas - pretty little things
     3. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of coser
157 os
     1. pron. you, to you, for you; dative and accusative of vosotros
158 ante
     1. prep. in front of, before
           Tengo que comparecer ante el juez. - I have to appear before the judge.
     2. prep. against, compared to
     3. n-m. elk
     4. n-m. suede
159 medio
     1. adj. half (of or related to one of two equal divisions of a whole)
           media hora - half hour
           media manzana - half an apple
     2. adj. (inexact) half (of or related to any large proportion of a whole)
           Medio Nueva York fue a los toros. - Half of New York went to the bullfight.
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