Chapters 6-10 Flashcards
1
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El quehacer
A
The chore
2
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Un período seco
A
The dry period
3
Q
Llegar a revelar
A
To reveal
4
Q
El indicio
A
The sign, clue, indicator
5
Q
Estancado/a
A
Stagnant, at a standstill
6
Q
Irse
A
To go, leave
7
Q
Irse a la cama
A
To go to bed
8
Q
Despedirse
A
To say good-bye
9
Q
La propiedad
A
The correctness, propriety
10
Q
El rumbo
A
The direction
11
Q
Asumir
A
To assume, suppose
12
Q
Sagaz
A
Clever, sharp
13
Q
El aspecto
A
The appearance
14
Q
Cálido/a
A
Warm
15
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Acogedor, acogedora
A
Cozy, friendly, warm
16
Q
Soler
A
To tend to
17
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Suelen ser
A
They usually are
18
Q
Soler
A
To used to
19
Q
Solíamos irnos de vacaciones a Los Ángeles.
A
We used to go on vacation to Los Angeles.
20
Q
Solía estudiar francés.
A
I used to study French.
21
Q
Templar
A
To cool off, to warm up, to calm, to moderate
22
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Interrumpir
A
To interrupt
23
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La sequía
A
The drought
24
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Alegrarse
A
To be happy
25
Anteayer
The day before yesterday
26
Yo debía saber esto.
I should know this.
27
El marido
The husband
28
Sigue siendo…
He continues to be…
He’s still…
29
Secamente
Curtly
30
El contestó secamente.
He answered curtly.
31
—Adiós—se despidió Ruiz.
“Bye”, Ruiz bid farewell.
32
La comisaría
The police station
33
La casucha
The shack
34
El despacho
The office
35
Después de todo…
After all…
36
La dependencia
The branch, office
37
El puesto
The post
38
Nunca sucedía nada.
Nothing ever happens.
39
Suceder
To happen
40
Entrar a
To enter
41
Según…
Just as…
42
Según abrió la puerta…
Just as he opened the door…
43
El timbre
The ring, bell
44
Inundar
To flood
45
Darse cuenta de que
To realize that
46
Dar cuenta de algo
To give an account of
47
El contestador del teléfono
The answering machine
48
No ha dejado de sonar.
It hasn’t stopped ringing.
49
Atender
To look after, to attend to
50
No he atendido.
I haven’t been attending (to it).
51
Rascarse
To scratch oneself
52
El está todo lo bien que puede estar.
He is as well as can be expected.
53
Chiflado/a
Crazy
54
Sano/a
Healthy
55
Tocar la puerta
To knock on the door
56
Vacío/a
Empty
57
Menos mal
Good thing!
58
Ocurrirse(le)
To occur to oneself
59
Acordarse de
To remember
60
Me acuerdo
I remember
61
Acordar
To agree on
62
No estarás sugiriendo…
You’re not suggesting…
63
Los forasteros
The strangers
64
No puede haber sido nadie del pueblo.
It couldn’t have been anyone from the village.
65
El basurero municipal
The garbage dump
66
No pierdes nada por preguntar.
It doesn’t hurt to ask.
(Lit.) You can’t lose anything by asking.
67
Perder
To lose
68
Perderse
To get lost
69
A juzgar por…
Judging by…
70
La prensa
The press, media
71
Sugerir
To suggest
72
Sugiero que te vayas a dormir ya.
I suggest that you go to bed now.
73
Rodeado/a
Surrounded
74
Ruiz le dijo a Dalí que bajase de la tarima para hablar con él.
Ruiz told Dali to come down from the platform to speak with him.
75
El micrófono
The microphone
76
La periodista
The photographer
77
El cable
The cable, wire
78
Apretujar
To squash
79
Apretujarse
To squeeze together
80
Decidir
To decide
81
Decidirse
To make up one’s mind
82
La forma
The way
83
Del otro lado
On the other side
84
La masa
The mass, masses
85
Subir
To go up
86
Subirse
To climb onto, to go up
87
Especie
Type, kind
88
La tarima
The platform
89
La altura
The height, altitude, level
90
El predicador
The preacher
91
Descubrir
To discover, uncover
92
El encargado
The person in charge
93
Recuperar
To recover
94
El encargado de recuperar el cuadro
The person in charge of recovering the painting
95
Se volvieron hacia dónde estaba Ruiz.
They turned around to face where Ruiz was.
96
El fotógrafo
The photographer
97
Disparar
To shoot (a picture, photo)
98
Llevarse
To take, to take with, to steal
99
Me llevo una mano a los ojos.
I put my hand over my eyes.
100
Evitar
To avoid
101
Quedar ciego
To be blinded
102
El fulgor
The flash
103
El hombro
The shoulder
104
La misericordia
The mercy, compassion
105
Conseguir
To achieve, to get
106
Atravesar
To go through, to cross
107
Ni siquiera
Not even
108
Tomarse
To take, to have
109
Ni siquiera se tomó el trabajo de escuchar las preguntas.
He didn’t bother listening to any questions.
110
Detenerse
To stop (oneself)
111
Frente a
In front of, facing, opposite
112
Bajarse
To get down, to come down
113
Tomar
To take
114
Bajar
To lower, to come down
115
Detener
To stop, to arrest
116
Una vez
When, once
117
Imaginarse
To imagine, guess
118
El circo
The circus
119
La metáfora
The metaphor
120
Deje de…
Stop…
Quit…
121
Veo que he conseguido hacerlo enojar.
I see that I have made you angry.
122
Recorrer
To move about
123
La mirada
The look
124
Verse
To look, seem
125
Amenazador
Threatening
126
Un animal de peluche
Stuffed animal
127
De pronto
Suddenly
128
El asunto
The issue, matter
129
Volverse
To become
130
Posarse
To settle, to come down on
131
Posar
To lay down, to put down
132
Amenazar
To threaten
133
La presión
The pressure
134
La amenaza
The threat
135
Imaginar
To invent
136
El pasillo
The hall
137
Revisar
To review
138
Antes de
Before
139
Empezar a
140
Meterse
To get in, to get into, to hassle, bother someone
141
Seguir
To still be
142
El salón
The living room
143
Apenas
Barely, hardly
144
Sabotear
To sabotage
145
Retorcer
To twist
146
Tocar
To touch
147
La burocracia policial
The police bureaucracy
148
Pasarse
To pass, to exceed, to spend
149
El gesto
The gesture
150
El agotamiento
Exhaustion, depletion
151
Condicionar
To influence, condition
152
El espacio
The space
153
La suposición
The assumption
154
Pesado/a
Heavy
155
Cargar
To carry
156
Seguramente
Probably
157
El tamaño
The size
158
Como para
To
159
Como para levarlo
To take it.
160
Cuyo, cuya, cuyos, cuyas
Whose
161
Una camioneta cuyas huellas en la arena habían desaparecido
A van whose tracks in the sand had disappeared
162
La marea
The tide
163
La casualidad
The chance
164
Anotar
To note down
165
La circulación
The movement
166
Meter
To put in, to give (a yell, lecture)
167
Pasar
To pass, to have been through, to go by
