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La casa capitulo 12 Flashcards

1
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cómputos

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calculations

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a yeyo

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a faint

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morisqueta

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action (or facial expression, a grimace) of trying to trick or mock someone. Not in rae, but in google.

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prender

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turn on, take, get, nab

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inusitado

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unusual

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despedezar

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tear, shred

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alborozado

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exhiliarated, merry

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la algarabía

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the hubbub

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valioso

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valuable

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indiscutido

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undisputed

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trazar

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to plot

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12
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estrepitosamente

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loudly

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se llevó a cabo

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was carried out

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14
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destinar

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assigned (allocate?)

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mejor destinamos ese dinero a comprar la cena

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best to assign that money to buy dinner

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cargo

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position

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sortear

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1) raffle, draw, toss, vote 2)avoid (a difficult thing)

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las trampas

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the traps

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mansedumbre

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meekness

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manchón

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spot, blemish (el único manchón en su tranquilidad era Blanca)

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21
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desempeñar

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perform the duties of an office, perform a role in an play

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aunque meta la pata

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even if you screw up

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angustia

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distress, anguish

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maña

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1) skill, ability (Destreza, habilidad) 2)artifice or cunning

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astucio

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cunning

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solterón

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old bachelor

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conminar

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command (with threat)

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estrago

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havoc, ruin, destruction. time began to destroy her with its destruction.

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rictus

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facial expression indicating determination or determined state of mind.

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aturdimiento

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daze, bewilderment

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betún

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bitumen, shoe polish

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premura

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haste: en la premura por acaparar productos

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acaparar

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hoard: en la premura por acaparar productos

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repuestos

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spare parts: desaparacieron los repuestos de las cocinas

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acezante

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desirous, anxious.

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acezar

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1)pant 2)feel desire

37
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cundir

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1)occupy or fill 2) spread (like a liquid): el ódio cundían inexorablamente

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agasajar

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entertain, feast, lionize

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jorobar

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tease, bother, annoy: él abandanó la idea de jorobarlo dentro de la ley

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fastidiar

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annoy

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escamotear

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sneak up on, hide away,

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argucias

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tricks, sophistry, subtlety

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perecible

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perishable

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antojar

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crave, traigo quantas cajas se me antojen, I bring as many boxes as they want?

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metraleta

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machine gun

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pericia

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expertise, levantaron sin ninguna pericia la carpa

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huraño

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shy

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prescindir

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dispense with, leave off, put aside, hasta que ella pudo prescindir de las drogas

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alentar

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encourage: Él no la alentó

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turbado

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troubled

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los puso al día

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brought them up to date

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alfeñique

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weakling (also, a kind of pasta with sugar)

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un lío

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a mess, hassle, fuss, bundle, scrape, ruckus

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vilipendiado

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reviled

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roñoso

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grimy

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ademanes

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gestures

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ni lo sueñes

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don´t even dream about it.

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fatídico

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fateful, eso dia fatídico

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furibundo

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furious

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la cabeza gacha

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the head down

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escarbar

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scratch, scrape: los perros escarbaban entre la porquería

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deslavado

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washed out: la propaganda que la lluvia habia deslavado

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atochar

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to fill something up, stuff,

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rebaño

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flock

65
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no daba abasto

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could not cope

66
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pitonisa

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fortuneteller

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