Chapter 5 Flashcards by Zofia Kostrzewa

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callejon

A

alley, alleyway

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rezongar

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complain, grumble

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incorporar

A

add; sit up straight

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pata

A

leg, paw

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globo

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balloon

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apartar

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move, move away

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manojo

A

handful, fistful

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saquito

A

tea bag

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puñado

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handful

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duende

A

goblin

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erguir

A

straighten, prick up

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remar

A

row

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mirada de soslayo

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leer, sidelong glance

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orilla

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edge, bank, shore

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hechizo

A

spell

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custodiar

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guard

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como de costumbre

A

as usual

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chapucero

A

sloppy, botched

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transeuntes

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passer-by, pedestrian

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corriente

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ordinary, common; current

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corretear

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run about

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carpa de circo

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circus tent

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broche

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clasp, brooch

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caldero

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cauldron

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peltre

pewter (alloy of tin and lead)

juego de redomas

set of phials

escoba

broomstick

atascar

block, hold up

torniquete

turnsite (bramka-metro)

muchedumbre

crowd

carecer

lack

chorrear

drip, leak, spurt

mugriento

filthy

destartalado

rundown

jerez

sherry

cantinero

barman

nuez

walnut

murmullo

babbling, murmur

charlar

chat, talk

equipo

equipment, team

acaparar

accumulate, hoard

hierbajo

weed

torbellino

whirwind

paso

step

contemplar

contemplate, stare at

abovedado

vaulted, arched

adoquin

cobblestone

cobre

copper

plegable

foldable

rotulo

sign

regordete

chubby, plump

ulular

hoot, howl

pardo

brown; dull

castaño

brown, chestnut

mas veloz

the fastest

escaparate

store windown

bazo

spleen

murcielago

bat

anguila

eel

tambaleante

unsteady, woobly

frasco

jar, bottle

alzar

erect, conceal, tower

bronce

bronze

pulido

polished

camesi

crimson

dorado

gold-colored

codicia

greed, avarice

marmol

marble

centenar

hundered, zillion

lentes

glasses, spectacles

carbon

charcoal

antorcha

torch

bifurcacion

fork (split in the road)

escoser

burn, annoy

rafaga

gust, burst

estruendo

bang, racket

ola

wave

monticulo

mound, hump

fondo

bottom, depths

succionar

suckle, suck out

trayectoria

trajectory, path

libra

pound

malva

mauve (pale bluish purple)

estar de pie

stand

escabel

footstool

largo

lenght, long

prender

fasten, pin, attach to

forrado

devious; cover

hedor

bad odor, stench

pasado

past (huevos pasados- rotten eggs)

barril

barrel

colmillo

canine, fang

garra

claw, paw

surtido

selection, range, stock

aspereza

roughness

cojin

cushion

larguircho

lanky, gangling

comezon

itch, unease

picar

itch, sting, bite, nibble

penumbra

dimly lit

sauce

willow

caoba

auburn, chestnut; mahogany

velado

veiled, hidden, blurred

roble

oak

diestro

right-handed

zurdo

left-handed

axila

armpit, underarm

fosas nasales

nostrils

haya

beech

arce

maple

ebano

ebony

acebo

holly

chispa

spark

vitorear

cheer, acclaim

embalar

pakc up (papel de embalar- wrapping paper)

emprender

set out on

espeso

thick

sencillamente

simply (sencillamente se tu mismo- simply be yourself)