Chap 7: Escaramuzas veraniegas Flashcards by Gary Freeman

Q

veraniegas

A

Summertime

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Escaramuzas

A

Skirmish

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parecido

A

Similar

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apurábamos

A

Hurried, finished

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de modo que

A

So

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puñados

A

Handfuls

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guiño

A

Wink

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pulposo

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Pulpy, fleshy

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estrelló

A

Smashed

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rojiza

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Reddish

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disimuladamente.

A

Surreptitiously, disguised

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tras otra

A

After the other

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por alto

A

Overlooked

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presidiendo

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Took a chair, presiding

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despidió

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Said goodbye

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sonrojé

A

Blushed

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tesoros

A

Treasures

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a menudo

A

Often

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buscapleitos

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Troublemaker

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renacuajos

A

Tadpoles

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pececillos

A

Little fish

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embalse

A

Reservoir

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frasco

A

Bottle

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puestecito de venta

A

Selling stall

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Tablas astilladas

splintered boards

habilidad

Skill

carriles

Lanes

arrancó

Uprooted

retrocedimos

Back out

remangamos

Rolled up

apartamos

Separated

aplastadas

Crushed

pululaban

Swarmed

croar

Croaking

ranas

Frogs

al cabo

Finally, at the end

enjambre

Swarm

latía

Beat

recipiente

Container

ahogadamente

Softly

carcajadas

Peals of laughter

brincando

Skipping

barraca

Stall

escaso

Scarce

tijeras de peluquero

Barber's scissors

oxidadas

Rusty

asa

Handle

quebrada

Broken

aceitó

Oiled

inestable

Unstable

pinchándome

Pricking

agujas

Needles

crujía

Creaked

muesca

Nick, groove

torno de banco

Lathe

presión

Pressure

Intenté

Trying

recámara

Bedroom

escudriñé

Scrutinize

mechones

Mops of hair

copete

Crest, wave

flequillos

Bangs

muescas

Nicks, grooves

sarnosos

Mangy

poblaban

Inhabit

reclamarle

Claim, complain

a gritos

Scream at the top of my lungs

cachucha

Cap

estuve pendiente

Estar pendiente = kept an eye on

así que

So, so then

nos dimos por vencidos. Darse por vencidos

Give up

despejada

Clear

aprovechó

Made the most of

cumbre

Peak

tijereteaba,

Snipped