Percy Jackson book 1 Flashcards
(25 cards)
To cram (v)
Study very hard (empollar)
pier (n)
a structure built on posts extending from land out
over water, used as a landing place for ships. (Muelle)
to line (v)
to form a line along (alinear, formar una linea)
shoal (n)
a sandbank in the water, visible at low tide.
murk (n)
darkness; gloom.
nuzzle (v)
To touch or rub with the nose, snout, muzzle, etc.
fin (n)
(aleta) the part on the body of fishes used for movement.
tag (n)
a playground game involving two or more players’ chasing other players in an attempt to “tag” or touch them, usually with a hand. (Pilla-pilla)
to duck (v)
to avoid, or try to escape from (an unpleasant task); dodge
gangbanger (n)
SLANG a member of a street gang
bum (n)
Informal. an incompetent or worthless person. (vago)
street hawker (n)
a person who offers goods for sale by shouting his or her wares in the street or going from door to door, peddler.
pant (v)
to breathe hard and quickly, as after hard work.
makeshift (n)
used temporarily because nothing better is available
tackling into the wind / coming about into the wind
Tacking or coming about is a sailing maneuver by which a sailing vessel, whose desired course is into the wind, turns its bow toward the wind so that the direction from which the wind blows changes from one side to the other, allowing progress in the desired direction.
woozy (adj)
confused; muddled
knapsack (n)
a canvas, nylon, or leather bag for clothes or other supplies, carried on the back by soldiers, hikers, etc.
cluster of leaves
racimo de hojas
dugout canoes (n)
piragua
luau (n)
an outdoor feast of Hawaiian food.
grove (n)
a small wood or forest-like area, usually with no undergrowth. Olive grove (olivar)
wire (n)
a thin, slender, threadlike piece of metal (alambre)
shrew (n)(adj)
a small, mouselike, insect-eating mammal that has a
long, sharp snout.
a woman who is easily angered and has a strong, violent temper.
celery (n)
apio
