Chapter 5 Flashcards
callejon
alley, alleyway
rezongar
complain, grumble
incorporar
add; sit up straight
pata
leg, paw
globo
balloon
apartar
move, move away
manojo
handful, fistful
saquito
tea bag
puñado
handful
duende
goblin
erguir
straighten, prick up
remar
row
mirada de soslayo
leer, sidelong glance
orilla
edge, bank, shore
hechizo
spell
custodiar
guard
como de costumbre
as usual
chapucero
sloppy, botched
transeuntes
passer-by, pedestrian
corriente
ordinary, common; current
corretear
run about
carpa de circo
circus tent
broche
clasp, brooch
caldero
cauldron
peltre
pewter (alloy of tin and lead)
juego de redomas
set of phials
escoba
broomstick
atascar
block, hold up
torniquete
turnsite (bramka-metro)
muchedumbre
crowd
carecer
lack
chorrear
drip, leak, spurt
mugriento
filthy
destartalado
rundown
jerez
sherry
cantinero
barman
nuez
walnut
murmullo
babbling, murmur
charlar
chat, talk
equipo
equipment, team
acaparar
accumulate, hoard
hierbajo
weed
torbellino
whirwind
paso
step
contemplar
contemplate, stare at
abovedado
vaulted, arched
adoquin
cobblestone
cobre
copper
plegable
foldable
rotulo
sign
regordete
chubby, plump
ulular
hoot, howl
pardo
brown; dull
castaño
brown, chestnut
mas veloz
the fastest
escaparate
store windown
bazo
spleen
murcielago
bat
anguila
eel
tambaleante
unsteady, woobly
frasco
jar, bottle
alzar
erect, conceal, tower
bronce
bronze
pulido
polished
camesi
crimson
dorado
gold-colored
codicia
greed, avarice
marmol
marble
centenar
hundered, zillion
lentes
glasses, spectacles
carbon
charcoal
antorcha
torch
bifurcacion
fork (split in the road)
escoser
burn, annoy
rafaga
gust, burst
estruendo
bang, racket
ola
wave
monticulo
mound, hump
fondo
bottom, depths
succionar
suckle, suck out
trayectoria
trajectory, path
libra
pound
malva
mauve (pale bluish purple)
estar de pie
stand
escabel
footstool
largo
lenght, long
prender
fasten, pin, attach to
forrado
devious; cover
hedor
bad odor, stench
pasado
past (huevos pasados- rotten eggs)
barril
barrel
colmillo
canine, fang
garra
claw, paw
surtido
selection, range, stock
aspereza
roughness
cojin
cushion
larguircho
lanky, gangling
comezon
itch, unease
picar
itch, sting, bite, nibble
penumbra
dimly lit
sauce
willow
caoba
auburn, chestnut; mahogany
velado
veiled, hidden, blurred
roble
oak
diestro
right-handed
zurdo
left-handed
axila
armpit, underarm
fosas nasales
nostrils
haya
beech
arce
maple
ebano
ebony
acebo
holly
chispa
spark
vitorear
cheer, acclaim
embalar
pakc up (papel de embalar- wrapping paper)
emprender
set out on
espeso
thick
sencillamente
simply (sencillamente se tu mismo- simply be yourself)