La Corte de los Espejos - Capitulo 1 Flashcards
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Carecer
A
To lack
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Silbar
A
To whistle
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Desafinar
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To sing out of tune
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Una mueca
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A grin
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Tararear
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To hum
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El perchero
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The rack ( like for coats)
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Los tirantes
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The suspenders
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Aguardar
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To wait
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Alineada
A
Aligned
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Las herramientas
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The tools
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Tallar
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To shape
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La estanteri’a
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The shelf
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Devanarse los sesos
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To wrack the brains
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Alegre
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Cheerful
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Alargar
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To extend (as in a hand)
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La pieza
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The piece
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Caminar a la pata coja
A
To walk on one leg
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La estancia
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The residence (the place)
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La cadena
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The chain
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Arrancar
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To tear something
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La campana
A
The bell
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Que’ va, …
A
That is, …
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Aprovechar
A
To take advantage of (a situation)
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Al azar
A
At random
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Los listones
The pallets (such as of wood)
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Deslizar
To slide
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Los engranajes
The gear (as in stuff)
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El duende
The elf
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Rumiar
To ruminate
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Una cuchillada
A gash
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Un pun'etazo
A punch
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Nudillos en carne viva
Raw knuckles
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La Escoria
Slag (from industry)
| Scum (literal and figurative)
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Desdichado
Unhappy
| Unfortunate
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Desecho
Culled
| Discarded
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La descendencia
The offspring
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Se lo ha buscado.
He has asked for it.
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El estie'rcol
The manure
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Encajarse
To fit something in a space
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Fiel
Trustworthy
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Trabuco
Catapult
| Blunderbuss
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El atuendo
The attire
| The guise
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El ocaso
The sunset
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Soplar
To blow (as in wind)
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Oscurecer
To darken
| To obscure
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Escurridizos
Elusive
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Esconderse a conciencia
To hide thoroughly
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Ocultar
To hide or conceal something
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Ser menester
To be necessary
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El callejo'n
The alley
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Maloliente
Malodorous
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En sus cabales
Sane
| Literally in his senses
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Vulgar
Crude
| Mundane
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Las grietas
The cracks
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Las alcantarillas
The sewers
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Estancado
Stagnant
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Escasear
To be scarce
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Desten'ida
Faded
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Descalzo
Barefoot
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Empapado
Soggy
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Abrazar
To embrace
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Las cloacas
The sewers
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Un mohi'n
A grimace
