La casa capitulo 9 Flashcards
(75 cards)
1
Q
de trocha angosta
A
narrow gauge
2
Q
sujertarse
A
hold on
3
Q
desgreñado
A
disheveled
4
Q
un hondo suspiro líquido
A
a deep liquid sigh
5
Q
asomar
A
show, peep, poke out, Alba comenzó a asomar su minúscula humanidad
6
Q
un colodor
A
a strainer
7
Q
infundio
A
lie, hoax, false news, rumor
8
Q
repollos
A
cabbages
9
Q
abrasar
A
sear
10
Q
anacoreta
A
anchorite, a religious recluse
11
Q
allegados
A
relatives
12
Q
enmendar
A
amend, rectify
13
Q
perseguidos
A
persecuted
14
Q
mecedora
A
rocking chair
15
Q
para tal fin
A
for that end (to that end?)
16
Q
raudal
A
torrent, flood
17
Q
se ponian mustias
A
they were withered (got withered)
18
Q
agachar
A
duck, hunker
19
Q
frondosidad
A
lushness
20
Q
sobras
A
leftovers, surpluses
21
Q
predilecto
A
favorite
22
Q
claraboya
A
skylight
23
Q
tranca
A
a bar, a thick strong stick. Also, drunk.
24
Q
felpudo
A
doormat
25
apolillado
moth-eaten
26
cejas
eyebrows
27
emparentado
related
28
escobillón
swab
29
dándole de comer
feeding him
30
loco de remate
crazy
31
ella sostenía que habiá que dosificar la lectura
she maintained that the reading had to be proportioned
32
manguera
hose, firehose
33
trashumante
migratory
34
pordiosero
beggar
35
alfileres
pins
36
comitiva
retinue
37
coetáneos
contemporaries
38
rozar
touch, rub, chafe
39
cosquillar
tickle
40
que removía en su alma
that stirred in her soul
41
dispendioso
wasteful
42
ensortijado
curly, kinky
43
ollas
pots
44
respingos
winces (respingo=a startle?)
45
fisgoneo
snooping
46
tirabuzón
corkscrew
47
súbito
sudden
48
ella terminó haciendo clases
she ended up making classes
49
jerarquías
hierarchies
50
sobro
surplus, spare
51
poltrona
easy chair
52
apodar
dub, nickname, label
53
se turnaron
they took turns
54
ametralladores
machine gunners
55
abarcar
encompass, embrace, include
56
pelotudos
assholes
57
desmañado
clumsy, left handed,
58
repostero
pastry chef, kitchen?, aguardaba en el repostero
59
vitrinas abarrotadas
crowded display cases
60
abaratar
cheapen
61
abarrotar
cram, overstock
62
repisa
shelf, ledge
63
butaca
armchair
64
conciliábulos
councils
65
apabullante
overwhelming
66
atorar
jam, obstruct
67
torbellino
whirlwind
68
tartamudeando
stuttering
69
rogar
pray, petition
70
saldar
pay off, liquidate
71
imperdible
safety pin
72
pataleta
tantrum
73
asperjar, aspersiones
sprinkles
74
agua bendita
holy water
75
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