DOF 3 Flashcards
Respite
Respiro/ Plazo/ Prorroga
Outlaws
Forajidos/ Excluded from the benefit or protection of law
Scroundels
Sinverguenzas
Troupe
Compania/ Grupo
Pantomime
Roman dramatic performance/ Conveyance of a story by bodily and gesticulation movements
Stagnant
Estancado
Clad
Clothed/ Consisting of outerlayers of metal bounded to a core= BLINDADO
Armor
Armadura/ Blindaje
Duly
Debidamente/ Puntualmente/ Promptly
The ceremony duly began at midnight
La ceremonia comenzo debidamente a medianoche
Whinnying
Relinchando/
Atavistic
Recurrence/ reversion to a past style, manner, outlook, approach, or activity.
He was a magnificent atavism, a man so purely primitive that he lacked moral nature
casks
Barrel shaped vessel
strike off
Cortar
defy
Desafiar
blunderbusses
Trabucos/ Firearm with short barrel (canon corto) and flaring muzzle ( boca ensanchada)
Alacrity
Prontitud/ Diligencia= Prompteness in response/ Cheerful readiness
usurers
usureros= One that lends money at exorbitant rate
sans
Sin= Without
whatever else
Cualquier otra cosa
rousing
conmovedor/ stirring/ electrifying
bawdy
Humorously indecent/ Obscene
ply
to use/ layer/ twits together/ bias
grumbles
grunidos/ mutter in discontent
checked suit
traje a cuadros
Jarring
Discorde/ Adverso/ Opuesto= Discordant surprise
protruded
sobresalio (acento o)
Straits
Estrecheces= narrow space/ diffuculty/
Dreary
Triste/ monotono= discoragement/ doesn’t provide cheer, comfort, or interest
maecenas
mecenas= Generous patron
crackpot
chiflado/ excentrico= wildly foolish notions
Dogged
Obstinado/ terco= marked by stubborn determination
lifeline
cuerda a la salida/ ayuda/ mano amiga.
idyllic
Idilico= pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity
foremost
Principal
halt
Detener= To cease marching or jorneying
Idleness
Ociosidad/ Vain/ Nugatory (triviality)/ Inactive/
besmirched
Manchado= To cause harm or damage to the purity, luster (lustre), or beauty
gouging
Ranurado= Overcharge/ Soak/ Sting (picadura)
to make sport with them
divertirse con ellas
Tinctures
Tinturas
enliven
Animar= To give life or spirit
gowned
Vestido= Dress
peepholes
Mirillas= Hole
slit
Abertura= A long narrow cut
lard
Manteca de cerdo= Semisolid fat from pork fat
stifle
Sofocar= To withold from circulation or expression
wafted