aparcero
sharecropper
braceros
day laborers
media hora
half hour
entristeció
saddened
fijamente
intensely, firmly
echó para atrás la cabeza
he threw his head back
pegado
stuck, glued, closed
mudanza
the move, the change
trastes
cooking utensils
palmo a palmo
bit by bit, inch by inch
asiento de atrás
back seat
choza
hut
andando
going
acarrear
carry
capota
hood
amarró
tied
parachoques
bumper
sogas
ropes
abolladuras
nicks
mellas
chips
sujeté
held in place
asas
handles (wings)
cocidos
cooked
cansancio
fatigue, boredom
alejábamos
moved away
nudo
lump, knot
me volví
I turned
ponerse el sol
sunset
rascándose
scratching
cerca
fence
fornido
strong, brawny
gastado
worn out
roídas
gnawed
comejenes
termites
agujereado
full of holes
suelta
released
empapado
soaked
surco
row, grove
deslizó
slipped
nueces
walnut
apuntó
noted
trazaba diseños
traced designs
palito
stick
palidecer
turn pale
alejó
moved away
oliente
smelling
redeaban
surrounding
tragaron
swallowed
parras
branches
tapaban
covered
racimos
clusters, recimes
alzó
raised
sumidos
plugged
manguera
hose
sopa de fideos
noodle soup
humedecidos
moistened
salida del sol
sunrise
magullado
bruised
acostado
in bed
saboreando
savoring
cabizbajo
downcast, crestfallen
froté
rubbed
piel seca
dry skin
alivo
relief
cima
high point
una pendiente
a slope
a eso
at about
entretenían
kept
sobresalté
startled
desde hacía meses
for months
asustado
frightened, fearful
pasar lista
call roll
acercó
approaching
estremecer
shake
brincaban de alegría
jumping for joy
