chapter 17 span vocab Flashcards
plot
el argumento
author
el/la autor(a)
short story, tale
el cuento
essay
el ensayo
writer
el/la escritor(a)
narration
la narración
narrator
el/la narrador(a)
novel
la novela
mystery novel
la novela de misterio
adventure story
la novel de adventuras
fiction novel
la novela de ficción
novelist
el/la novelista
character
el personaje
main character
el/la protagonista
story, tale
el relato
search
la búsqueda
alibi
la coartada
police station
la comisaría
accomplice
el/la cómplice
statement
la declaración
disappearance
la desaparición
arrest, detention
la detención
sources
las fuentes
bodyguard
el/la guardespaldas
trace, print, handprint, footprint
la huella
person involved
el/la implicado(a)
questioning
el interrogatorio
investigation
la investigación
butler
el mayordomo
millionaire
el/la millonario(a)
mystery
el misterio
clue
la pista
proof, evidence
la prueba
kidnapping
el secuestro
incident
el suceso
witness
el testigo
to clarify
aclarar
to tell (a story)
contar (ue)
to demonstrate
demostrar (ue)
to disguise oneself as
disfrazarse (de)
to sign
firmar
to escape
fugarse
to skin/glance through
hojear
to question
interrogar
to investigate
investigar
to narrate
narrar
to tell (a story)
relatar
to solve a case
resolver un caso
to go out with
salir con
to kidnap
secuestrar
to suspect
sospechar (de)
to suppose
suponer
to link
vincular (a)
as expected
como era de esperar
to help, to lend a hand
echar una mano
cash
en efectivo
to be tired of, fed up with
estar harto/a (de)
to get to the point
ir directo al grano
luckily
por suerte
