ángeles en el cielo raso Flashcards

1
Q

hebillas

A

buckles

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2
Q

melindrosamente

A

finicky, squeamish,

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3
Q

encaje

A

lace

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4
Q

arrimar

A

lean (in), get close, move up

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5
Q

manicomio

A

mental hospital, madhouse

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6
Q

se calaban por las hendeduras

A

squashed through the cracks

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7
Q

el sol se colaba por las orillas

A

the sun streaked in at the edges

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8
Q

Charamanbiche

A

son of a bitch

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9
Q

arrojarse

A

throw, plunge

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10
Q

embaldosado

A

tiled

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11
Q

colarse

A

jump the queue, seep, gatecrash

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12
Q

el tufo

A

the stink

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13
Q

croar

A

croak

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14
Q

sapo

A

toad

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15
Q

aceitunes

A

olives

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16
Q

hornilla

A

burner (of a stove)

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17
Q

roncar

A

snore

18
Q

el dintel

A

the lintel

19
Q

guirnaldas

A

garlands

20
Q

tiestos de barro

A

clay pots

21
Q

trenzada

A

braided

22
Q

deshilachada

A

frayed

23
Q

estropeado

A

spoiled, damaged, ruined

24
Q

aterronada

A

lumpy

25
Q

aullido

A

howl

26
Q

regatear

A

bargain

27
Q

embaucar

A

trick, fool

28
Q

gangas

A

bargains

29
Q

rala

A

thin: la sangre todavía está rala

30
Q

garboso

A

jaunty, graceful: un paso garboso

31
Q

de bruces

A

headlong, face downward

32
Q

sobaquera

A

shoulder strap

33
Q

manosearse

A

grope

34
Q

manoplas

A

mittens, brass knuckles

35
Q

gavetas

A

drawers

36
Q

tambalear

A

stagger

37
Q

cielo raso

A

ceiling

38
Q

según

A

as, according: según crecía mi vocabulario

39
Q

brotar

A

sprout le brotaron lagrimas

40
Q

boca de riego para incendios

A

fire hydrant

41
Q

se pasaba diciéndome

A

she kept telling melindrosamente