Capituo 2

Question 1

no se afane

Answer 1

stay calm, don´t worry

Question 2

comprobó adormilado

Answer 2

he sleepily checked (checked sleepy)

Question 3

aportar

Answer 3

contribute, arrive at port, arrive perhaps by chance

Question 4

había alcanzado a hacer declaraciones

Answer 4

had managed to say anything

Question 5

redactor judicial

Answer 5

crime reporter. lit. judicial editor

Question 6

escueta

Answer 6

concise, short, bare, stark

Question 7

conmocíon

Answer 7

shock, commotion,

Question 8

certera

Answer 8

accurate

Question 9

superviviencia

Answer 9

survival

Question 10

desahogar

Answer 10

unburden, vent

Question 11

rendir

Answer 11

pay, surrender, lay down, yield, conquer. irr. rindo, rindes, rinde, rendimos, rinden. pret. rendí, rendiste, rendío

Question 12

ileso

Answer 12

unscathed

Question 13

carambola

Answer 13

1. fruit (called starfruit) of the carambolo (starfruit) plant. 2. certain play techniques in billiards. 3. lucky coincidence.

Question 14

desatar

Answer 14

untie, loosen, unleash

Question 15

recrudecir

Answer 15

flare up, intensify

Question 16

secuaces

Answer 16

minions, henchmen,

Question 17

vigente

Answer 17

valid, in force, active

Question 18

nadie pagó el atentado

Answer 18

nobody paid for the attack

Question 19

una noticia perra

Answer 19

awful news

Question 20

en vilo

Answer 20

1. unstable, without physical support; 2.With indecision, restlessness and anxiety.

Question 21

temerario

Answer 21

reckless

Question 22

las dos horas de actualización en el tema

Answer 22

the two hours finding out about the events

Question 23

se habia desentendido pos completo del narcotráfico

Answer 23

he had ignored completely the issue of drug trafficking (desentender=disregard)

Question 24

secuestradores

Answer 24

kidnappers

Question 25

secuestrades

Answer 25

kidnapped

Question 26

una fonda de arrieros

Answer 26

a roadside inn (a muleteer inn)

Question 27

despejar

Answer 27

clear (away)

Question 28

una pendiente pronunciada y agreste

Answer 28

a steep and rough slope

Question 29

llevado a rastras

Answer 29

dragged away

Question 30

escayolado

Answer 30

plastered (in a cast)

Question 31

esguince

Answer 31

sprain, twist

Question 32

adiestrada

Answer 32

trained

Question 33

timo

Answer 33

scam, swindle, racket, sting

Question 34

recoveco

Answer 34

1. round and round in an alley, hallways, etc; 2. nook

Question 35

empate

Answer 35

tie, draw, dead heat

Question 36

remanso

Answer 36

Calming or pacifying. backwater, still waters

Question 37

primo hermano doble

Answer 37

double first cousin

Question 38

eso me pasó por dármelas de genio

Answer 38

that happenned because I wanted to pass myself off as a genius

Question 39

angustiada

Answer 39

distraught

Question 40

angustia

Answer 40

anguish, distress, angst, agony

Question 41

sin saber a qué atenerse

Answer 41

without knowing what to expect

Question 42

atenerse

Answer 42

abide, keep, go by

Question 43

abrumado

Answer 43

1. burdened with a heavy weight. overwhelmed

Question 44

padecer

Answer 44

suffer

Question 45

eslabón

Answer 45

link (of a chain, or of events/actions)

Question 46

descorazonadora

Answer 46

disheartening

Question 47

trató de esbozar

Answer 47

tried to outline

Question 48

esbozar

Answer 48

sketch out, rough out. syn. bosquejar

Question 49

gestion

Answer 49

effort, conduct, management, arrangement

Question 50

con semejante patrimonio

Answer 50

with this kind of (such) a heritage

Question 51

vislumbrar

Answer 51

glimpse

Question 52

plantear

Answer 52

pose, present, propose