From these 32 words, as many per round as you like — up to all of them: first what is due today, then new ones. First you choose, then you fill the gap, then you write it yourself. Mistakes come back again shortly.
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Echar is the verb Spanish reaches for whenever something is put somewhere with a movement. Echar la llave is to lock the door: the key is thrown at it. From there the family runs a long way — echar una manois to lend a handechar a correris to break into a runechar de menosis to miss somebodyechar la culpais to lay the blame English has no verb that stretches that far, so there is no rule to carry across: each one is met as a phrase. They are all short and all common, and the door is the one to start with.
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desplomarseto collapseVerbB1
Puede desplomarse por el calor.He may collapse in the heat.
sangrarto bleedVerbB1
La mano no deja de sangrar.The hand will not stop bleeding.
huirto get away, to fleeVerbB1
Los dos consiguieron huir por el patio.The two of them got away across the yard.
rescatarto rescueVerbB1
Lograron rescatar a todos los vecinos.They managed to rescue all the neighbours.
sustraerto take without permissionVerbB1
Alguien pudo sustraer la cartera en la cola.Somebody managed to take the wallet in the queue.
identificarto identifyVerbB1
No pudo identificar a nadie en las fotos.He could not identify anybody in the photographs.
