Chapter 1 Flashcards
(106 cards)
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Ostensiblemente
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Apparently, seemingly
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Enhebrar
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To thread
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El umbral
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Threshold, sill
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Los goznes
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Hinges
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Inverosímil
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Improbable, incredible, unearthly
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La lámina
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Sheet, plate
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Encallarse
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To harden, be covered with callouses
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La lente
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Lens
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Cadavérico
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Corpse-like
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Interpelar
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Formally question
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Cernir
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Sift
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Volcado
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Dumped
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Consentido
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Spoiled, indulged
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Mimado
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Spoiled, indulged
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Extraviado
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Lost, missing
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La espesura
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Thickness, density, dirtiness
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Perrera
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Kennel, doghouse
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Derribada
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Laid, fallen down
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La tenaza
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Pincers, forceps
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El escozor
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Smart, stinging, grief
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Vaivén
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Sway, see-saw
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El oleaje
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Surge, surf
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Costra
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Crust, scab
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Ensordecedor
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Deafening
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La baranda
Rail, railing
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La sentina
Cesspit, bilge
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Angosto
Narrow
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La escotilla
Sheet
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El timón
Rudder, helm
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Trepar
Climb, clamber, scale
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Plagado
Punished, castigated
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Herrumbroso
Rusty
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El contorno
Contour, outline, skyline
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Escorar
Heel over, list, shake up
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Aflorar
To emerge
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La guirnalda
Wreath, garland
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Asolar
To devastate, ruin
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Desgranar
To flail, thresh
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La guirnalda
Tinsel, garland, wreath
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Cobre
Copper
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Amparar
To protect, shelter, take under wings
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Amparado
Sheltered
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Cabizbajo
Glum, dispirited, dejected, depressed, downcast
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Espejismo
Mirage, smoke and mirrors, illusion
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Acallar
To drown out, mute, quiet, silence, quash
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Andanzas
Wanderings, antics
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Alba
Sunrise, dawn, break of dawn
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Azorado
Embarrassed, harried, in a fluster, in a flutter, in shame
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Desperezarse
To stretch oneself
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Acuarela
Watercolour
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La cornisa
Ledge, cornice
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Sesgado
Askew, skewed, angled, slanted
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Rasgo
Feature, trait, character trait
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Rapaz
Predatory, wolfish
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La cúpula
Dome
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Acuchillar
To stab, knife
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La cúspide
Peak, pinnacle, cusp, crest
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Tramar
To be up to, weave, engineer, lot, scheme, cook up
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El gremio
The guild
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La cofradía
Fraternity, guild
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Atisbar
To glimpse, peep
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Pariente
Relative, kin, relation
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Destilar
Distil, exude
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Lecho de muerte
Deathbed
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El lecho
Bed, bottom of sea, river or lake
65
Una odisea
Heroic story
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Escindir
To hive off, sever, splinter, rift, split
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Repiquetear
To rattle, peal, ring of bell
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El sortilegio
Spell
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Rendirse
Capitulate, surrender
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Partícipe
Participant, sharer
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Artilugio
Gadget, contraption
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El dardo
Dart
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La peonza
Top
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Pertrechado
Armed
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Pertrechar
To equip, arm
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Casta
Breed, race
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Adujar
To coil, bind, wrap, twist
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Capitanear
To captain, lead
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Efluvio
Outpour, spill out quickly
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Persa
Persian
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Parentesco
Relationship, kinship
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Decimonómico
Nineteenth century, outdated
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Fular
Scarf, cravat
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Forrado
Lined
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Forrar
To line, pad
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Mariposón
Flirt, philanderer
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Pedantería
Metriculousness, rigidity
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Desmerecer
To be unworthy of, deteriorate, go off
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Porte
Carriage, bearing, demeanour
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Sonoridad
Sonority, richness or fullness of tone
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La tertulia
Social, salon, social circle
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Polilla
Clothes moth
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Predilecto
Favourite
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Pelagatos
Nobody special, regular person
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Envalentonar
To embolden, encourage, strengthen
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Contertulio
Fellow member
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Mozalbete
Stripling
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Sabandija
Bug, insect, louse
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El retoño
Sprout, offshoot
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Caucho
Rubber
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Farandulera
Trickster, crook, swindler
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La codicia
Greediness, lust
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Aletargado
Heavy, torpid
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Oratoria
Art of public speaking
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Aniquilar
To annihilate, wipe out, destroy
