GarciaMarquez-Cólera-pp296-318 Flashcards
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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
shut away
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resquicio
crack
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atravesado/a
mean
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carcamal
old geezer
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apolillado/a
decrepit
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estocada
stab; thrust
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berrinchín
tantrum
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yermo
wasteland
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estampida
stampede
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cortejo
entourage; courtship, wooing
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encurtido
pickled product
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banada
slice
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hogaza
larger loaf
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chaleco
vest
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sesgado/a
slanted; biased
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presa de
prey to
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dalia
dahlia (flower)
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humareda
cloud of smoke
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embuste
lie; tall tale
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premura
haste; urgency
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bigotera
mustache cover
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gamuza
shammy leather
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resma
ream
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encabezado
heading
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soplo
blow; puff
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exabrupto
cutting remark
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escollo
pitfall; stumbling block
