Vocab from prelims texts Flashcards by Isabella Craig

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wax

A

la cera

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a mass/block/lump/pile

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una mole

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lightning

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un rayo/ un relámpago

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stonecutting/masonry/quarrying

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la cantería

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formerly/in the past

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antaño

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a spell

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un sortilegio/hechizo

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exhausting

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agotante

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ambition/objective/aim

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una pretensión

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to suggest/hint at (or evoke/remind of)

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sugerir

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the art of conjuring tricks

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la prestidigitación

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deceitful/lying (synonym for mentiroso)

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embustero

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accidental/by chance/coincidental

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fortuito

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a stoat/an ermine

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un armiño

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rainy

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pluvioso

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tools (or props for stage)

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la utilería

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to confine/lock up

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emparedar

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lycanthropy (turning into a wolf)

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la licantropía

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a miracle worker

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un taumaturgo/ una taumaturga

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same-old/ well known

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consabido

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a dressmaker/seamstress

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una costurera

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to make an appeal/plead/call upon

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invocar/implorar/rogar

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to make x soft/to give x a soft texture

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amelcochar

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a nightingale

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un ruiseñor

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the intertwining of

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el entrelazamiento de

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promiscuity

la promiscuidad

insatiable/unstoppable/excessive

desenfrenado

disconcerting/upsetting/unsettling

desconcertante

rocky/stony

pétreo/a

a batch (cooking) or a cohort/group (people)

une hornada

clear/unambiguous/unequivocal

inequívoco

exceptional/unusual/rare

inhabitual

subtle/unnoticed

inadvertido

elation/exaltation

la exaltación

to assume/presuppose

presuponer

reliable/trustworthy

fidedigno

marvellously

prodigiosamente

suffering from x

aquejado de

cloak/cape

un manto

paw/foot/claw

las garras

inkwell/cartridge holder

un tintero

the unbelief in something

el descreimiento

trick/scheme

una artimaña

dreamlike/relating to dreams

onírico

a praise/compliment

un elogio

man of letters/woman of letters

literato/a

to praise

loar/alabar

mean/stingy/tight-fisted

mezquino

charm/spell/incantation

un ensalmo

the recounting of

el recuento de

validity

la vigencia

golden

áureo/a

sane/rational

cuerdo/a

gifted/talented/equipped

dotado

to promote/foster/favour (or cause/contribute to)

propiciar

fertile

fecundo

timelessness

la intemporalidad

meticulous/thorough

minucioso

a comparison

un cotejo

classiness/elegance

la apostura

intersection/crossroads

la encrucijada

to record/confirm in writing

consignar