La casa capitulo 11 Flashcards
(50 cards)
1
Q
prevenir
A
prevent, warn, caution
2
Q
majaderia
A
nonsense
3
Q
necio
A
foolish
4
Q
un mano alzada
A
a raised hand
5
Q
alzada
A
raised
6
Q
alzar
A
raise, hoist, lift
7
Q
ineludible
A
inescapable
8
Q
se atrincheró
A
he dug in
9
Q
afónico
A
muted, quiet,
10
Q
mazmorra
A
dungeon
11
Q
adoquines
A
cobblestones
12
Q
el sueño atrasado
A
sleep overdue
13
Q
atrasado
A
overdue (like library books, or out-of-date magazines)
14
Q
cándida
A
candid, naive, gullible
15
Q
se convirtió en la alma de la toma
A
changed in his soul suddently?
16
Q
balde
A
1)pail 2)free (no cost) or in vain, or without motive
17
Q
baldado
A
1)content of a pail 2) very tired 3) tubercular
18
Q
pliego de condiciones
A
specification, articles and conditions
19
Q
rendija
A
crack
20
Q
punzadas
A
stitches, stiching pain
21
Q
otear
A
scan, glimpse, examine
22
Q
registrar
A
register, file, search, inspect
23
Q
ráfaga
A
hail, blast
24
Q
enjuto
A
lean, dry, skinny
25
ralo
thin scraggly
26
divisar
spot, espy, perceive, pick out-of-date
27
acierto
success, bulls-eye, right guess
28
muleta
crutch
29
se había encrespado
had curled
30
empañado
1. diapered; 2. tarnished, blurred, filmy, cloudy
31
empinado
steep
32
arcadas
retching
33
agazapar
hide, be on the lookout, crouch hiding
34
Estar al acecho
be on the lookout
35
la maraña
the tangle
36
descoser
1)rip apart, 2)discreetly discover a secret thing
37
tufillo
whiff
38
desafiar
challenge, defy
39
sustraer
subtract, separate, extract 2) robar fraudulentamente
40
guarida
den
41
contraer
1)tight - put something with another thing 2)celebrate marriage contract, 3)apply general propositions to a particular case, 4, 5..
42
avecinar
approach
43
las pifias
the blunders
44
azotar
whip, spank
45
maniobras
maneuvers
46
atocharse
1. fill up with the atocha (esparto) plant; 2. pressing a sail against its rigging; 3. fill with anything (jam it in)
47
celo
zeal
48
cuchitriles
hovels
49
alféizar
make a ledge, windowsill
50
acezar
pant, same as jadera
