La casa capitulo 13 Flashcards
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despuntaba
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stood out
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despuntar
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- Remove or waste the tip of something; 2. Cut the vain waxes of the hive until reaching the cells where the young are; 3. Said of a plant or a tree: Begin to sprout and grow.; 4. Show sharpness and wit. 5. Get ahead, stand out.
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arrimar
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snuggle, bring close: la guardia privada estaba arrimando las muebles
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sublevar
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revolt, uprise (rise up)
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desencadenar
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trigger, unchain
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avergonzado
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ashamed
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superar
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overcome
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mandatarios derrocados
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toppled leaders
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arder
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- [intr] burn ; [intr] 2. feel a very hot sensation in the body.; 3. Experiencing a very intense passion or feeling
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raso
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satin:un cielo raso
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rendirse
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surrender, give up, submit
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los tiraron de bruces en las pesebreras
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they threw them face down into the cribs
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asombro
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astonishment
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derrocamiento
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noun: the overthrown. derrocar=overthrow, same as derrimar
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regocijado
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exhilirated
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añicos
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smithereens
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la algazara
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the uproar, la algazara de la fiesta
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rondar
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haunt, prowl, patrol, she prowled the kitchen at night
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víveres
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vituals, stores, ration
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comprobar
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check, make sure
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vitorear
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cheer, acclaim:vitoreados por mucha gente
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envalentonado
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emboldened
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las garras
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the claws
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ademas yo que fui quien hizo
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what’s more, I was the one who made
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el desatino
the folly
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baldeaban los pisos con estropajos
washed (away) the floors with scouring pads
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agazapado
squatting
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la prebenda
1. Income attached to a canon or other ecclesiastical office; 2. Any of the old superior ecclesiastical benefits of the cathedral and collegiate churches, such as dignity, canon, ration, etc.; 4. Lucrative and low-labor trade, employment or ministry. (the perks)
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desvarios
ravings
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roncha
1. Small bump that rises in the shape of a bean on the body of an animal. (hives, welts, sores) ; much more
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asilar
harbor (give asylum to )
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asequible
achievable
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púas
spikes, barbs, barbed wire:alembra? de púas
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se le extraviaba la mirada
her gaze was straying
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suprimir
suppress, delete, cancel: se habian suprimido (the food rations)
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presupuesto
budget
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despretigiar
discredit
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cesantes
unemployed
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soberbio
suberb, proud, arrogant, m. can mean suberb, f. does not, it seems.
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soberbia
pride, arrogance
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luciérnagas
fireflies
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en su fuero interno
internally
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allanamiento
trespassing, squatting. laying flat. also, raid (raid the house)
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allanar
flatten, raid
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arrear
drive (drive a person or thing to do something), stimulate
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arreando con la gente
driving people
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desparramado
scattered, spread, la gente desparramada
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prófugo
fugitive
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desventurado
hapless, unfortunate, unlucky, timid
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claveles
carnations
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apiñarse
crowd, pack, jam
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furgón
van
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desgarrado
torn, clawed, ripped
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hincar
1. Insert or nail something in something else. ;2. Support something on something else in order to to nail it; 3. plant a plant; 4. said of a person: stay in a place.5. [prnl] kneel:
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un rastrillo
a rake
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achaques
aches and pains, weakness of age. see achacar: blame or impute a defect to someone.
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enflaquecer
thin
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enajenado
alienated
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cuán gastado estaba
how spent he was
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un fardo
a bale, a package, a mess (un lío) of clothing and other things.
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un flamante salvoconducto
a brand new (shining) safe-conduct
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flamante
shining, brand new
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desazón
uneasiness, discomfort
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roce
touch (de rozar, rub)
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atajar
head off, tackle, intercept: ella no pudo atajar un grito (could not supress a scream)
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transeúntes
passers-by
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encubrir
cover up, hide, conceal, mask, cloak, gloss over
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el que al hierro mata no puede morir a sombrerazos
he who kills with iron cannot die with hats?
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chatarra
scrap, junk metal
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desgañitarse
1. to go hoarse (enroquecer); 2. Straining violently by yelling or yelling.
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se le hacía trizas
was shredded
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mortaja
burial shroud
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pasmosa
astonishing
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aliciente
incentive
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despilfarro
waste
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sacando cuentas
taking account
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culatazos
blows with the butt of a firearm
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irrumpir
burst (into his house)
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hoguera
bonfire
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atropello
1) run over 2) mistake. es un atropello!
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abatido
dejected, depressed
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costillas
ribs
