1. Dislodge, throw or knock down from a high place.; 2. Cause the acceleration of some events; 3. Exposing or inciting someone to spiritual or temporal ruin.

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intercalar (intercalabar)

intersperse

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embaucar

dupe, trick, fool

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padecer

suffer, endure, undergo

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azucenas

lilies

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suplicio

torture, torment. But suplicar means pray, pray for, appeal for

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tenuo

faint, weak (tenuous)

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trapo

cloth, rag

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aulas

classrooms

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el porte

the bearing, manner, comportment,

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soberbio

superb, proud, arrogant

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en tono de chanza

in a joking tone

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afiñarsele la cintura

tighten the waist (belt?)

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corpiño

bodice

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bochornoso

sultry, stifling, muggy, stuffy

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precipitar

Dislodge, throw or knock down from a high place.; 2. Cause the acceleration of some events; 3. Exposing or inciting someone to spiritual or temporal ruin.

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umbral

threshold

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pulguiento

flea (de pulga)

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indagar

inquire, investigate, ascertain

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sablazo

blast, poke with a saber, ask for money, thrust, sablazos=blades los rayos del sol cruzaban como sablazos los picos de la codillera 1 Golpe cortante dado con el filo o con la punta de un sable. 2 Herida hecha con el filo o la punta de un sable. 3 Acción de conseguir dinero pidiéndolo con habilidad o insistencia y sin intención de devolverlo. “siempre que viene a verme y se pone tan amable es que quiere pegarme un sablazo .” 4 Estocada.

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crepitar

crackle produciendo un leve crepitar

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bostezar

yawn (n: bostezo)

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madera encerada

waxed wood

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cera

wax

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perdurar

endure, last

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escabechar

marinade (n:escabeche)

arrebatar

snatched. arrebatado: snatched up.

trastornar

unsettle, upset, disburb, disorder los trastronos de modernismo un trastorno do zapatos de raso (jumble of satin shoes) el embarazo la estaba trastonando

trinchar

carve (the meat)

ademán

gesture, motion, wave

su raída sotana

his threadbare cassock

internarse

go into

desbordar

overflow, flood

desvencijadas

rickety

abastecer

supply, provide. para abastecer a todas las familias

faroles

lanterns, lamps (lighthouse!)

balde

bucket, pail

tarros

jars

trastienda

back room (of a tienda)

bambalinas

backstage

teatro de gira

touring theatre

almirantes

admirals

peluca

wig

descomedimiento

discomfort

se subió las mangas

rolled up his sleeves

desvalida

helpless

te echamos de menos

we miss you

ella ocultaba apenas llegaban

she hid as soon as they arrived

hosco

sullen, surly era tímido y hosco y torpe en el trato

torpe

clumsly, awkward, bumbling

torpe en el trato

awkward in dealing

retundos

resounding

paliza

beating, thrashing, drubbing, flogging

rotundos palizas

resounding beatings

liceo

high school

rasguear

strum, plunk

asueto

holiday, vacation

mueca

grin, grimace

vislumbrar

glimpse, perceive

alborotar

disturb

abalanzar

pounce

vaho

mist

enjuto

lean, dry, spare, skinny

acuarelas

watercolors

faenas

chores, tasks

reventar

burst, break

reptanar

crawl

atrancar

bar, block, clog

grieta

crack

aletear

flap, flutter

relinchar

neigh

desbocar

run wild

despachurrar

squash despachurrrando los nidos de los gorriones despacho is office

aplastar

smash, squash, overwhelm,aplastandolo bajo un montana de escombros

escombro(s)

rubbish, debris

se fue encima de el

went next to him (on top of?)

congoja

grief, anguish ella divinó la causa de su congoja.

rescatar

rescue

entablillar

splint

a tientas

groping

desatarse

untie, loosen, unleash

zafarrancho

brawl

hablar

speak

gérmenes

germs

vericuetos

twists and turns

los vericuetos de la administracion public

twists and turns of public administration

manjares

delicacies

erizar

bristle

camposanto

cemetery

hacia las vista gorda

threw a blind eye?

soldar

weld, solder, braze, (fuse the bones?)

bajo un alero

under the eaves

apurarse

hurry

estival

summer, summery

espejismo

mirage

rebasar

exceed, overtake

comisuras

where body parts meet, las comisuras de la boca

acunar

cradle había nacido para acunar hijos ajenos

vajilla

crockery

perecer

perish

enfrascar

bottle up

predicar

preach como predicó el Nazareno

rezongar

grumble, gripe esperó que terminara de rezongar she waited for him to quit grumbling rezongaba como un letan'ia

media humanidad sumida en un destripadero de metralla

half humanity submerged in a shrapnel gutter

regadero

watering can

columpiar

swing Alli estuvo un dia y una noche columpiándose contra el cielo

desmayos

fainting, swoon, le valieran de nada los desmayos a la vista de la sangre. fainting at the sight of blood was of no use to him.

cacharros

pottery

arcilla

clay

el torno

the lathe

pesebre

manger

no daba abasto

could not cope porque no daba abasto con los pedidos couldn´t keep up with the requests.

sobaco

armpit

prófugo

fugitive

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