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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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  1. 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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  1. [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

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the folly

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baldeaban los pisos con estropajos

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washed (away) the floors with scouring pads

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agazapado

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squatting

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la prebenda

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  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

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ravings

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roncha

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  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

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harbor (give asylum to )

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asequible

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achievable

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púas

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spikes, barbs, barbed wire:alembra? de púas

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se le extraviaba la mirada

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her gaze was straying

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suprimir

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suppress, delete, cancel: se habian suprimido (the food rations)

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presupuesto

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budget

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despretigiar

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discredit

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cesantes

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unemployed

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soberbio

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suberb, proud, arrogant, m. can mean suberb, f. does not, it seems.

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soberbia

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pride, arrogance

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luciérnagas

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fireflies

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en su fuero interno

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internally

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allanamiento

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trespassing, squatting. laying flat. also, raid (raid the house)

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allanar

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flatten, raid

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arrear

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drive (drive a person or thing to do something), stimulate

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arreando con la gente

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driving people

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desparramado

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scattered, spread, la gente desparramada

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prófugo

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fugitive

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desventurado

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hapless, unfortunate, unlucky, timid

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claveles

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carnations

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apiñarse

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crowd, pack, jam

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furgón

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van

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desgarrado

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torn, clawed, ripped

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hincar

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  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

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a rake

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achaques

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aches and pains, weakness of age. see achacar: blame or impute a defect to someone.

57
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enflaquecer

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thin

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enajenado

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alienated

59
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cuán gastado estaba

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how spent he was

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un fardo

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a bale, a package, a mess (un lío) of clothing and other things.

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un flamante salvoconducto

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a brand new (shining) safe-conduct

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flamante

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shining, brand new

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desazón

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uneasiness, discomfort

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roce

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touch (de rozar, rub)

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atajar

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head off, tackle, intercept: ella no pudo atajar un grito (could not supress a scream)

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transeúntes

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passers-by

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encubrir

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cover up, hide, conceal, mask, cloak, gloss over

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el que al hierro mata no puede morir a sombrerazos

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he who kills with iron cannot die with hats?

69
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chatarra

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scrap, junk metal

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desgañitarse

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  1. to go hoarse (enroquecer); 2. Straining violently by yelling or yelling.
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se le hacía trizas

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was shredded

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mortaja

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burial shroud

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pasmosa

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astonishing

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aliciente

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incentive

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despilfarro

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waste

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sacando cuentas

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taking account

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culatazos

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blows with the butt of a firearm

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irrumpir

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burst (into his house)

79
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hoguera

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bonfire

80
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atropello

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1) run over 2) mistake. es un atropello!

81
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abatido

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dejected, depressed

82
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costillas

A

ribs

La Casa de los Espiritus (13 decks)

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