Cien años de soledad - Vocabulary Flashcards
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Imán
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magnet
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Arrastrar
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to drag
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Pregonar
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to trumpet
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Áspero
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rough
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Desaforada
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outrageous
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Prevenir
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to prevent
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Ensanchar
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to widen
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Desmedrado
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stunted
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Empeñar
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to pawn; to oblige; to begin
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Empeñarse
Empeñarse en
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to go into debt; to insist, persist
to be bent on, to engage in battle
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Armadura
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armour
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Cascote
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rubble
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Rizo
Rizar
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curl
to curl
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Catalejo
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spyglass
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Asomarse
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to look, to lean, to peek out
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Asomar
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to begin to appear or be seen
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Siquiera
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even
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extraviarse
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to get lost or mislaid; to go astray
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pantano
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swamp
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enlace
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link
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fiera
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beast
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azote
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scourge
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adiestrar
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to train
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puño
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fist
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apretado
tight
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brújula
compass
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contraer una insolación
to get heat stroke
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encono
bitterness
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amedrentar p. 11
to intimidate
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descomunal
huge
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derribar
to shoot down
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agarrar
to grab
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estragar
to ravage
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husmear
to sniff
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zarpazo final
final blow
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asombroso
amazing
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pelagra
pellagra
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escorbuto
scurvy
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lúgubre
lugubrious; looking or sounding sad and dismal
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chaleco
vest
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patinado.
(of a metal) having a green or brown film produced by oxidation.
having a gloss or sheen resulting from age or polishing.
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terciopelo
velvet
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enredado
tangled up
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percance
mishap
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arrancar
to tear
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sofocante
suffocating
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chorrear
to squirt
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sien
temple
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derretir
to melt
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cinabrio
cinnabar
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no le hizo caso
ignored him
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cazuela
casserole
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embudo
funnel
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colador
strainer
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atanor
athanor - In alchemy, an athanor is a furnace used to provide a uniform and constant heat for alchemical digestion.
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probeta
test tube
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huevo filosófico
The philosophical egg is the alchemical symbol of the whole, where the hermaphrodite is formed
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alambique
still; An alembic is an alchemical still consisting of two vessels connected by a tube, used for distilling.
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Zósimo
Zósimo de Panópolis was an Egyptian or Greek alchemist and Gnostic mystic of the late 3rd and early 4th centuries.
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apunte
note
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cortejar
to court
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azogue
quicksilver
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fundir
to melt
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raspadura
abrasion
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oropimente
orpiment; a bright yellow mineral consisting of arsenic trisulphide, formerly used as a dye and artist's pigment
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azufre
sulfur
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ricino
castor bean
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azaroso
random
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manteca de cerdo
lard
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chicharrón
pork rind
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ensordecedor
deafening
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pregonero
crier
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hallazgo
finding
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nascianceno
Turkish
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carpa
tent
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repuesto
replacement
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encia
gum
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mejilla
cheek
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fláccido
flaccid
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marchito
marchito
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estremecer
to shake
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pavor
dread
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engastado
set
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dominio pleno
full domain
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alborozo
joy
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postiza
fake
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siembra
sowing
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menuda
petite
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susurro
whisper
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pollerines de olán
Skirt
| Ruffle or strip of folded fabric that adorn some feminine garments.
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encalar
whitewash
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arcones
chests
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abastecerse
stock up, supply
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trampa
trap
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aturdidor
stunner
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holgazán
idle
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sortilegio
sortilege -the practice of foretelling the future from a card or other item drawn at random from a collection
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echar
to throw
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desmontar
to disassemble
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trocha
guage
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caimanes
alligators
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cañonazos
cannon shots
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paja
straw
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emprender
to undertake
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pantano
swamp
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dotó de
equipped with
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desmonte
clearance
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pedregosa
stony
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asar
roast
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venado
deer
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de modo que
so that
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aplazar
to postpone
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guacamaya
macaw
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almizcle
musk
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áspero
rough
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blando
soft
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abrumado
overwhelmed
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hundirse
to sink
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humeante
smoky
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pesadumbre
grief
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tenue
faint
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agobiados
burdened
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trocha
guage
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pasmado
stunned
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rodeado de helechos
surrounded by ferns
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volteado a estribor
turned to starboard
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piltrafas
rubbish
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escuálidas
squalid
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velamen
sail
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jarcias
rigging
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una tersa coraza de rémora petrificada y musgo tierno
a smooth shell of petrified remora and tender moss
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enclavado
nailed
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vedado
forbidden
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sigiloso
secrative
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apretado
tight
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ímpetu
momentum
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travieso
naughty
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costillar
ribs
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insalvable
insurmountable
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adentrarse
enter
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plantearse
arise
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carajo
shit
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febriles
feverish
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veleidad
fickleness
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enredar
to tangle
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maraña
tangçe
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contratiempo
setback
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cuartito del fondo
back room
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iniciales
initials
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hisopo
hyssop
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alocadas
crazy
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novelerías
novelties
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tomar al pie de la letra
to take literally
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soleada
dunny
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el conjuro
the spell
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desarraigo
uprooting
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a la deriva
adrift
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barrer
to sweep
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hirsuto
hirsute, hairy
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voluntarioso
willful
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comprobar
to check
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retraído
withdrawn
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derrumbarse
to collapse
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fogon
stove
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despedazar
to tear
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quimérico
chimeric, hoped for but illusory or impossible to achieve.
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a sacar cuentas
to do accounts
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peletón
platoon
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pífanos
fifes
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sonaja
rattle
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pregonar
to trumpet, hawk
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alborotada
rowdy
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loro
parrot
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pandereta
tamborine
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amaestrado
performing
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emplasto
plaster
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insólita
unusual
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aturdido
stunned
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saltimbanquis
acrobats
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malabarista
juggler
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aliento
breath
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estiércol
manure
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se abrió paso
made his way
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empujones
jostling
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atónito
astonished
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charco de alquitrán
puddle of tar
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la aflicción
grief
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médanos
dunes
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peludo
furry
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cabeza rapada
skinhead
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tobillo
ankle
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crespúsculo
twilight
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se atrevió
he dared
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témpano
iceberg
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apartarse
to pull away
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hincharse de
sell with
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embriagado
drunk
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toque de rebato
wake up call
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estampido
boom
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fogón
stove
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chamusquina
singe
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someter sometían
to submit
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hierros al rojo vivo
red hot irons
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vergonzoso
shameful
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estribaciones
foothills
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desahogo
relief
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remordimiento
remorse
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cabo
end, cape, body
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tirabuzón
corkscrew
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escobilla de pelos
hair brush
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en la punta
at the tip
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hachuela de destazar
chopping hachet
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cohete
rocket
