La casa capitulo 10 Flashcards
1
Q
despierto
A
awake
2
Q
reposando en el velero
A
lying in the sailboat
3
Q
reposar
A
rest, lie, repose,
4
Q
manso
A
meek, gentle
5
Q
lastre
A
- Heavy stone or sand, often used as ballast. 2. Person or thing that hinders or stops something.
6
Q
la escobilla
A
the brush
7
Q
alborotarse
A
to fuss, muss, or disturb something. la escobilla se alborotaron sus rizos
8
Q
conformarse
A
conform, toe the line
9
Q
cirios chorreoados
A
dripping candles
10
Q
insólito
A
unusual, uncommon, extraordinary, offbeat
11
Q
un ramo medio marchito
A
a half withered boquet
12
Q
fúnebre
A
funereal
13
Q
marchitar
A
wither
14
Q
deshojararse
A
- Remove the leaves; peel the corn or fruit; 2. consume, exhaust (fall apart)
15
Q
vericuetos
A
twists and turns
16
Q
su recia madurez
A
his/her strong maturity
17
Q
bolsita de gamuza
A
suede pouch
18
Q
gamuza
A
suede
19
Q
musgo
A
moss
20
Q
tupido
A
thick, bushy, shaggy, un tupido matorral
21
Q
contrahecha
A
misshapen
22
Q
enaguas
A
petticoat
23
Q
pisoteado
A
trampled
24
Q
trinchera
A
trench
25
cacerolas renegridas
blackened pans
26
cacerola
saucepan
27
expiación
atonement, redemption
28
la ruma
the pile
29
recogimiento
1. grab a second time; 2. pick up a fallen thing; 3. Gathering or gathering separate or dispersed persons or things; total 24 meanings
30
apuestar
to bet
31
hastiado
jaded
32
agites
shakes
33
maton
bully, thug, goon, hoodlum, bruiser
34
un furgón
a van
35
tiña
1. Lepidopteran insect that damages plants, trees and hivesñ 2. Each of the diseases produced by various parasites in the skin of the skull 3. Misery, scarcity, pettiness.
36
escabullirse
sneak out
37
pésima
apalling, abysmal,
38
apabullar
crush, squash
39
ávidas de un capa de pintura
eager for a coat of paint
40
apelmazada
thick, thickened, crammed full
41
muladar
pigsty (and more)
42
destartalado
ramshackle
43
alhajas
jewelry
44
legar
bequeath
45
refajos
a long flowery skirtk a kind of womans garment, a cloth worn over a petticoat
46
trigales
wheat fields
47
destripar
to gut
48
sobornar
bribe
49
recinto
enclosure
50
cantimplora
water canteen
51
azahares de novia
orange blossoms
52
entró a traicion por alguna rendija
betrayed by some crack
53
encantamiento
enchantment
54
cuenca
basin, watershed, socket
55
sin tener en cuenta
regardless
56
que andaba viendo
what I was seeing
57
beatería
sanctimoniousness
58
mojigatería
sanctimoniousness
59
mojigoto
sanctimonious
60
beato
sanctimonious
61
los burdeles
the brothels
62
grupúsculos
small group, generally of political activists
63
por eso para todos menos para sus partidarios
that's why for all but his supporters
64
para que no se fuera de lengua y los pusiera a todos en evidencia
so that he would not go out of his tongue and put them all in evidence.
65
paladín
paladin, any of the twelve peers of Charlemagne's court
66
furibundo
furious
67
dispuesto a dar la batalla en los foros
willing to do battle on the forums
68
arrasar
sweep, level, raze, obliterate
69
a su costa
at his expense
70
tramar
hatch, concoct, engineer, contrive
71
mermar
deplete, abate, waste away
72
rendir
pay, surrender, lay down, subdue, conquer, defeat
73
apuntalar
shore up, brace, pin, truss
74
carátula
cover, mask
75
inagotable
inexhaustable
76
inconmovible
immovable
77
ninfa
nymph
78
achaque
ailment, infirmity, affliction, weakness
79
acobardarse
cower, flinch, quail
80
el pretexto de velar
the pretext of watching
81
postergar
postpone
82
un cuervo enlutado
a mournful crow
83
cautivar
captivate, enthrall
84
tararear
hum
85
deambular
wander
86
lija
sandpaper, lo frote con lija
87
bálsamo
balm, salve
88
zarandeado
shaken
