Chap 1: Expulsados Flashcards
pelonas
treeless
a medida que
as
escaseaba (escasear)
became scarce (be in short supply, dwindle)
padecer
endure, suffer, bear, undergo
conserje
janitor
dotados
equipped, endowed
ronca
threatening
clavando
fixing
relucientes
shining
adolorida
grieved
agachada
bent
echarían tanto de menos (echar de menos)
miss as much (miss)
acariciaba
carressing
acaban (acabar)
end (finish, conclude, defeat)
forzosamente
forcibly
permanecer
to remain, stay, abide
rodaron (rodar)
rolled (roll, wheel, roll along)
frunció (fruncir)
pursed (knit, contract, pucker, gather)
empuño (empuñar)
clutched (clutch, grasp, grip)
asomé (asomar)
peeped (stick out, show, peep out)
eché de menos
I missed
alcachofas
artichokes
cedieron (ceder)
gave way (concede, admit, yield, grant)
llanuras
plains
escabrosas
harsh
gocé (gozar)
enjoyed (enjoy, take, joy)
liebres
hares
aterrizar (aterrizar)
landing (land, touch down, alight)
alegó (alegar)
claimed (allege, plead, argued)
nopales
prickly peears
trenzados
braided, entwined
asustadas
frightened
trayecto
distance
semejando
resembling
orugas
catepillars
alzándose (alzar)
rising (lift, raise, elevate)
a gatas
on hands and knees
gotas
drops