Capitulo 4

Question 1

indultar

Answer 1

pardon

Question 2

ventisca

Answer 2

blizzard

Question 3

socarrón

Answer 3

cunning

Question 4

que competer con él

Answer 4

that equalled him

Question 5

insondable

Answer 5

fathomless

Question 6

le echó encima

Answer 6

put him over… in charge of

Question 7

premonitoria

Answer 7

foreboding

Question 8

para conjurar una desgracia de lahumanidad

Answer 8

to conjure away a human tragedy

Question 9

una patente de corso

Answer 9

a license, a letter of marque

Question 10

delación

Answer 10

1. accusation or denunciation; 2. call to accept or reject an inheritence

Question 11

la horca y el garrote

Answer 11

the gallows and the club

Question 12

razon social

Answer 12

trade name, business name

Question 13

se ejerce

Answer 13

it is exerted

Question 14

se ejerce y se padece

Answer 14

one wields it and is wounded by it

Question 15

áulico

Answer 15

courtier, related to the court, translated as hypocrite

Question 16

adulador

Answer 16

flatterer

Question 17

un lider nato

Answer 17

a born leader

Question 18

no estoy en trance de pelear

Answer 18

I´m not ready for fighting

Question 19

disparar

Answer 19

shoot, fire.. a rocket or arm

Question 20

la vaina

Answer 20

1. holster for sharp or pointy things; 2. pod; 3. thing/subject/matter at hand.

Question 21

atropellos

Answer 21

abuses; run-overs;abuses of someone verbally without giving a chance to respond;…

Question 22

atuendos

Answer 22

outfits

Question 23

chamuscada

Answer 23

scorched

Question 24

entrañable

Answer 24

endearing

Question 25

nuera

Answer 25

daughter in law

Question 26

desgarrar

Answer 26

tear, rend, claw at

Question 27

desgarrar

Answer 27

tear apart... tr collapsed

Question 28

amamantar

Answer 28

breast feed

Question 29

estancar

Answer 29

stop the flow or progress of something; tr. stall

Question 30

estancado

Answer 30

stalled, stagnant

Question 31

tozudez

Answer 31

stubborness

Question 32

en primer plano

Answer 32

in the spotlight

Question 33

en segundo plano

Answer 33

in the background

Question 34

edecán

Answer 34

aide

Question 35

en el acto

Answer 35

in the act, without delay, then and there

Question 36

hay que meterle cabeza

Answer 36

We have to put a foot in the door

Question 37

recónditas

Answer 37

hidden;reserved;dark;tr. confidential

Question 38

arrieros

Answer 38

muleteers,

Question 39

fonda de arrieros

Answer 39

truck stop

Question 40

de oro en polvo

Answer 40

worth its weight in gold

Question 41

témpano

Answer 41

iceberg

Question 42

ensanchar

Answer 42

widen, broaden, extend, stretch out

Question 43

asidero

Answer 43

handle, grip

Question 44

empantanar

Answer 44

bog down

Question 45

merodeos

Answer 45

loiterers, prowlers

Question 46

a solicitud suya

Answer 46

at his-your request

Question 47

ínfima

Answer 47

tiny

Question 48

taxativamente

Answer 48

exhaustively, specifically

Question 49

amañar

Answer 49

1. Prepare or arrange something with deception or artifice; (rig, put up); 2. contrive; 3. adapt or accommodate