Paul Auster - The New York Trilogy

Question 1

Slip away from someone

Answer 1

Escabullirse de alguien

Escurrirse de alguien

Question 2

Rush hour crowd

Answer 2

Hora punta (en el tren en el libro)

Question 3

Dark alcove

Answer 3

Oscura hornacina

Oscuro nicho

Question 4

It solaced him

Answer 4

Ello le consoló

Question 5

Random, hectic din that seemed to join in with his pulse…

Answer 5

Aleatorio frenético estrépito que parecía estar unido a su pulso…

Question 6

Tuft

Answer 6

Mechón

Question 7

Thoughtfulness

Answer 7

Pensive mood (aire pensativo)

Question 8

Feeble-minded

Answer 8

Tonto, bobo, sin inteligencia, estúpido

Question 9

Painstaking

Answer 9

Meticuloso, cuidadoso

Question 10

Ransak

Answer 10

Rebuscar, registrar

Question 11

Muddle (verb)

Answer 11

Mix up, jumble (objects) desordenar, hacer un lío

Question 12

Irretrievable

Answer 12

Irrecuperable, irremediable, irreparable

Question 13

Intuit (verb)

Answer 13

Intuir, predecir

Question 14

Shrug off

Answer 14

Menospreciar, encogerse de hombros

Question 15

To get drenched

Answer 15

Te empapas (de agua)

Question 16

Embody

Answer 16

Personificar

Question 17

Junk heap

Answer 17

Montón de mierda

Question 18

Reluctantly

Answer 18

Unwillingly ( de mala gana)

Question 19

Clammy

P.e. He stood there in his clammy shoes for an hour an a half.

Answer 19

Weather: humid

Question 20

Prop (verb)
P.e. A large man sat behind the front desk with his sleeves rolled up. One elbow was on the counter, and his head was propped in his open hand.

Answer 20

Sostener, apoyar, apuntalar

Question 21

To flung - fling - fling (verb)

Answer 21

Throw (lanzar, arrojar)

Question 22

How will I reach you?

Answer 22

Como podré contactarte?

Question 23

Speck

Answer 23

Mancha, mota

Question 24

Backtracked in his mind to the beginning of the case

Answer 24

Retrocedió atrás en su mente al principio del caso

Question 25

Altogether

Answer 25

Completamente, totalmente

Question 26

He did not want to run the risk of being brushed off

Answer 26

El no quería correr el riesgo de no ser considerado o tomado en importancia

Question 27

The spell was over and yet his body did not know it

Answer 27

El encantamiento había terminado y todavía su cuerpo no lo sabía

Question 28

Rumpled clothes and a Two-day beard

Answer 28

Ropas arrugadas y una barba de dos días

Question 29

Mutter (verb)

Answer 29

Mascullar, hablar entre dientes, I distinctly utter

Question 30

Oddly

Answer 30

In a peculiar way, it is peculiar that Curiosamente, extrañamente

Question 31

Clutter (verb)

Answer 31

Make messy The books were cluttered everywhere

Question 32

Scatter (verb)

Answer 32

Go in all directions, sprinkle, strew There were a few children’s toys scattered on the floor

Question 33

Frayed

Answer 33

(Fabric: work at edges) (Temper:nerves strained) Auster led him to the living room, gave him a frayed upholstered chair to sit in and then went off to the kitchen to fetch some beer

Question 34

Fetch (verb)

Answer 34

Ir a buscar (go and get:collect)

Question 35

Disquiet (verb)

Answer 35

Trouble, worry

Question 36

It’s of no use to me

Answer 36

No me sirve de nada, no tiene ningún uso para mi

Question 37

The fact that my name has been mixed up in this

Answer 37

El hecho de que mi nombre ha sido confundido/mezclado en todo eso

Question 38

I was about to make some lunch for myself

Answer 38

Estaba a punto de prepararme comida.

Question 39

He could not budge | Budge (verb)

Answer 39

No podía moverse | Moverse, desplazarse

Question 40

I see you’re getting at

Answer 40

Veo a donde quieres llegar

Question 41

He knows beforehand that his chronicler exists

Answer 41

El sabe de antemano que su cronista existe

Question 42

Gullibility

Answer 42

Candidez

Question 43

Scraping off the beard

Answer 43

Rasurarse la barba

Question 44

Lather the face

Answer 44

Enjabonarse la cara

Question 45

Old fart

Answer 45

Vejestorio

Question 46

Hauling

Answer 46

Pulling, transporting, catching (possession or sth similar)

Question 47

Ravaged overcoat

Answer 47

Damage done by time (clothes in this case is referring to)

Question 48

More bluntly

Answer 48

Dicho de forma más directa, o dicho directamente

Question 49

Ponderous

Answer 49

Heavy, tiresome

Question 50

Mentholated toothpick

Answer 50

Mentholated small stick for cleaning teeth

Question 51

Alleyway

Answer 51

Narrow lane between streets

Question 52

Hole up

Answer 52

Take shelter, hide

Question 53

Keep a close watch on sth/somebody

Answer 53

Monitor sb/sth attentively

Question 54

Uppermost

Answer 54

Prominent, highest, on top

Question 55

To make a concession

Answer 55

The provider of the service must make a concession

Question 56

The smell was overpowering

Answer 56

The smell was very strong, overwhelming

Question 57

The true nature of solitude

Answer 57

True nature of being alone

Question 58

It did not seem to make sense

Answer 58

It did not seem to be logical

Question 59

Fading as the night appeared

Answer 59

Become weaker as go along

Question 60

He boarded his funds with maniacal precision

Answer 60

He kept for future his funds with maniacal precision

Question 61

Blank stare

Answer 61

Vacant stare, mirada perdida, mirada ausente

Question 62

Thwart-thwarted-thwarted

Answer 62

Frustrado (stop from happening)

Question 63

For the time being

Answer 63

Temporarily

Question 64

Track down

Answer 64

Locate, hunt for