GarciaMarquez-Cólera-pp296-318 Flashcards by Scott Otteman | Brainscape

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lavativa

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enema

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estreñimiento

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constipation

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frenos; sierras

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braces

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peladura

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scrape

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eclosión

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blooming; hatching; emergence; dawn

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abrigado/a

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sheltered

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ensenada

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cove; inlet

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aliciente

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incentive; inducement

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tétrico/a

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gloomy; dismal

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empedernido/a

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hardened

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atigrado/a

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striped

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resaca

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hangover; undercurrent; backlash

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listón

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strip

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empinarse

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to stand on tiptoes; to rear up

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mustio/a

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wilted; withered

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varonil

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manly

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aventar

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to jostle; to blow air at

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acometer

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to attack; to tackle

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placidez

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placidity; calmness

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sosiego

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calm

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aventarse

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to hurl oneself; to dare; to escape

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regodearse; regodeo

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to gloat over, take delight in; delight, gloating

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reliquia

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relic

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anticuario

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antique dealer

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recluido/a

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shut away

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resquicio

A

crack

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atravesado/a

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mean

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carcamal

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old geezer

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apolillado/a

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decrepit

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estocada

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stab; thrust

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berrinchín

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tantrum

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yermo

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wasteland

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estampida

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stampede

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cortejo

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entourage; courtship, wooing

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encurtido

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pickled product

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banada

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slice

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hogaza

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larger loaf

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chaleco

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vest

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sesgado/a

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slanted; biased

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presa de

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prey to

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dalia

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dahlia (flower)

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humareda

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cloud of smoke

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embuste

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lie; tall tale

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premura

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haste; urgency

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bigotera

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mustache cover

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gamuza

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shammy leather

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resma

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ream

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encabezado

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heading

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soplo

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blow; puff

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exabrupto

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cutting remark

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escollo

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pitfall; stumbling block