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La casa capitulo 10 Flashcards

1
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despierto

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awake

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reposando en el velero

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lying in the sailboat

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reposar

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rest, lie, repose,

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manso

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meek, gentle

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5
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lastre

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  1. Heavy stone or sand, often used as ballast. 2. Person or thing that hinders or stops something.
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la escobilla

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the brush

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alborotarse

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to fuss, muss, or disturb something. la escobilla se alborotaron sus rizos

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conformarse

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conform, toe the line

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9
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cirios chorreoados

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dripping candles

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10
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insólito

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unusual, uncommon, extraordinary, offbeat

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un ramo medio marchito

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a half withered boquet

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fúnebre

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funereal

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13
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marchitar

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wither

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deshojararse

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  1. Remove the leaves; peel the corn or fruit; 2. consume, exhaust (fall apart)
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vericuetos

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twists and turns

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16
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su recia madurez

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his/her strong maturity

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17
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bolsita de gamuza

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suede pouch

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18
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gamuza

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suede

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19
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musgo

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moss

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tupido

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thick, bushy, shaggy, un tupido matorral

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21
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contrahecha

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misshapen

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22
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enaguas

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petticoat

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23
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pisoteado

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trampled

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24
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trinchera

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trench

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25
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cacerolas renegridas

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blackened pans

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26
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cacerola

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saucepan

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27
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expiación

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atonement, redemption

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28
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la ruma

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the pile

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29
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recogimiento

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  1. grab a second time; 2. pick up a fallen thing; 3. Gathering or gathering separate or dispersed persons or things; total 24 meanings
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30
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apuestar

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to bet

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31
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hastiado

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jaded

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32
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agites

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shakes

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33
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maton

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bully, thug, goon, hoodlum, bruiser

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34
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un furgón

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a van

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35
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tiña

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  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.
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36
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escabullirse

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sneak out

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pésima

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apalling, abysmal,

38
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apabullar

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crush, squash

39
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ávidas de un capa de pintura

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eager for a coat of paint

40
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apelmazada

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thick, thickened, crammed full

41
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muladar

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pigsty (and more)

42
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destartalado

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ramshackle

43
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alhajas

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jewelry

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legar

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bequeath

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refajos

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a long flowery skirtk a kind of womans garment, a cloth worn over a petticoat

46
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trigales

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wheat fields

47
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destripar

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to gut

48
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sobornar

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bribe

49
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recinto

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enclosure

50
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cantimplora

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water canteen

51
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azahares de novia

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orange blossoms

52
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entró a traicion por alguna rendija

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betrayed by some crack

53
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encantamiento

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enchantment

54
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cuenca

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basin, watershed, socket

55
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sin tener en cuenta

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regardless

56
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que andaba viendo

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what I was seeing

57
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beatería

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sanctimoniousness

58
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mojigatería

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sanctimoniousness

59
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mojigoto

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sanctimonious

60
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beato

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sanctimonious

61
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los burdeles

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the brothels

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grupúsculos

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small group, generally of political activists

63
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por eso para todos menos para sus partidarios

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that’s why for all but his supporters

64
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para que no se fuera de lengua y los pusiera a todos en evidencia

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so that he would not go out of his tongue and put them all in evidence.

65
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paladín

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paladin, any of the twelve peers of Charlemagne’s court

66
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furibundo

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furious

67
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dispuesto a dar la batalla en los foros

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willing to do battle on the forums

68
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arrasar

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sweep, level, raze, obliterate

69
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a su costa

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at his expense

70
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tramar

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hatch, concoct, engineer, contrive

71
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mermar

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deplete, abate, waste away

72
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rendir

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pay, surrender, lay down, subdue, conquer, defeat

73
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apuntalar

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shore up, brace, pin, truss

74
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carátula

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cover, mask

75
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inagotable

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inexhaustable

76
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inconmovible

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immovable

77
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ninfa

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nymph

78
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achaque

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ailment, infirmity, affliction, weakness

79
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acobardarse

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cower, flinch, quail

80
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el pretexto de velar

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the pretext of watching

81
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postergar

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postpone

82
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un cuervo enlutado

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a mournful crow

83
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cautivar

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captivate, enthrall

84
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tararear

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hum

85
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deambular

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wander

86
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lija

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sandpaper, lo frote con lija

87
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bálsamo

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balm, salve

88
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zarandeado

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shaken

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