La casa capitulo 12

Question 1

cómputos

Answer 1

calculations

Question 2

a yeyo

Answer 2

a faint

Question 3

morisqueta

Answer 3

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

Question 4

prender

Answer 4

turn on, take, get, nab

Question 5

inusitado

Answer 5

unusual

Question 6

despedezar

Answer 6

tear, shred

Question 7

alborozado

Answer 7

exhiliarated, merry

Question 8

la algarabía

Answer 8

the hubbub

Question 9

valioso

Answer 9

valuable

Question 10

indiscutido

Answer 10

undisputed

Question 11

trazar

Answer 11

to plot

Question 12

estrepitosamente

Answer 12

loudly

Question 13

se llevó a cabo

Answer 13

was carried out

Question 14

destinar

Answer 14

assigned (allocate?)

Question 15

mejor destinamos ese dinero a comprar la cena

Answer 15

best to assign that money to buy dinner

Question 16

cargo

Answer 16

position

Question 17

sortear

Answer 17

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

Question 18

las trampas

Answer 18

the traps

Question 19

mansedumbre

Answer 19

meekness

Question 20

manchón

Answer 20

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

Question 21

desempeñar

Answer 21

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

Question 22

aunque meta la pata

Answer 22

even if you screw up

Question 23

angustia

Answer 23

distress, anguish

Question 24

maña

Answer 24

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

Question 25

astucio

Answer 25

cunning

Question 26

solterón

Answer 26

old bachelor

Question 27

conminar

Answer 27

command (with threat)

Question 28

estrago

Answer 28

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

Question 29

rictus

Answer 29

facial expression indicating determination or determined state of mind.

Question 30

aturdimiento

Answer 30

daze, bewilderment

Question 31

betún

Answer 31

bitumen, shoe polish

Question 32

premura

Answer 32

haste: en la premura por acaparar productos

Question 33

acaparar

Answer 33

hoard: en la premura por acaparar productos

Question 34

repuestos

Answer 34

spare parts: desaparacieron los repuestos de las cocinas

Question 35

acezante

Answer 35

desirous, anxious.

Question 36

acezar

Answer 36

1)pant 2)feel desire

Question 37

cundir

Answer 37

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

Question 38

agasajar

Answer 38

entertain, feast, lionize

Question 39

jorobar

Answer 39

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

Question 40

fastidiar

Answer 40

annoy

Question 41

escamotear

Answer 41

sneak up on, hide away,

Question 42

argucias

Answer 42

tricks, sophistry, subtlety

Question 43

perecible

Answer 43

perishable

Question 44

antojar

Answer 44

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

Question 45

metraleta

Answer 45

machine gun

Question 46

pericia

Answer 46

expertise, levantaron sin ninguna pericia la carpa

Question 47

huraño

Answer 47

shy

Question 48

prescindir

Answer 48

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

Question 49

alentar

Answer 49

encourage: Él no la alentó

Question 50

turbado

Answer 50

troubled

Question 51

los puso al día

Answer 51

brought them up to date

Question 52

alfeñique

Answer 52

weakling (also, a kind of pasta with sugar)

Question 53

un lío

Answer 53

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

Question 54

vilipendiado

Answer 54

reviled

Question 55

roñoso

Answer 55

grimy

Question 56

ademanes

Answer 56

gestures

Question 57

ni lo sueñes

Answer 57

don´t even dream about it.

Question 58

fatídico

Answer 58

fateful, eso dia fatídico

Question 59

furibundo

Answer 59

furious

Question 60

la cabeza gacha

Answer 60

the head down

Question 61

escarbar

Answer 61

scratch, scrape: los perros escarbaban entre la porquería

Question 62

deslavado

Answer 62

washed out: la propaganda que la lluvia habia deslavado

Question 63

atochar

Answer 63

to fill something up, stuff,

Question 64

rebaño

Answer 64

flock

Question 65

no daba abasto

Answer 65

could not cope

Question 66

pitonisa

Answer 66

fortuneteller