La casa capítulo 5

Question 1

intercalar (intercalabar)

Answer 1

intersperse

Question 2

embaucar

Answer 2

dupe, trick, fool

Question 3

padecer

Answer 3

suffer, endure, undergo

Question 4

azucenas

Answer 4

lilies

Question 5

suplicio

Answer 5

torture, torment. But suplicar means pray, pray for, appeal for

Question 6

tenuo

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faint, weak (tenuous)

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trapo

Answer 7

cloth, rag

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aulas

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classrooms

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el porte

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the bearing, manner, comportment,

Question 10

soberbio

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superb, proud, arrogant

Question 11

en tono de chanza

Answer 11

in a joking tone

Question 12

afiñarsele la cintura

Answer 12

tighten the waist (belt?)

Question 13

corpiño

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bodice

Question 14

bochornoso

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sultry, stifling, muggy, stuffy

Question 15

precipitar

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1. Dislodge, throw or knock down from a high place.; 2. Cause the acceleration of some events; 3. Exposing or inciting someone to spiritual or temporal ruin.

Question 16

umbral

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threshold

Question 17

pulguiento

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flea (de pulga)

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indagar

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inquire, investigate, ascertain

Question 19

sablazo

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blast, poke with a saber, ask for money, thrust, sablazos=blades los rayos del sol cruzaban como sablazos los picos de la codillera 1 Golpe cortante dado con el filo o con la punta de un sable. 2 Herida hecha con el filo o la punta de un sable. 3 Acción de conseguir dinero pidiéndolo con habilidad o insistencia y sin intención de devolverlo. “siempre que viene a verme y se pone tan amable es que quiere pegarme un sablazo .” 4 Estocada.

Question 20

crepitar

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crackle produciendo un leve crepitar

Question 21

bostezar

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yawn (n: bostezo)

Question 22

madera encerada

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waxed wood

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cera

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wax

Question 24

perdurar

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endure, last

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escabechar

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marinade (n:escabeche)

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arrebatar

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snatched. arrebatado: snatched up.

Question 27

trastornar

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unsettle, upset, disburb, disorder los trastronos de modernismo un trastorno do zapatos de raso (jumble of satin shoes) el embarazo la estaba trastonando

Question 28

trinchar

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carve (the meat)

Question 29

ademán

Answer 29

gesture, motion, wave

Question 30

su raída sotana

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his threadbare cassock

Question 31

internarse

Answer 31

go into

Question 32

desbordar

Answer 32

overflow, flood

Question 33

desvencijadas

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rickety

Question 34

abastecer

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supply, provide. para abastecer a todas las familias

Question 35

faroles

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lanterns, lamps (lighthouse!)

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balde

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bucket, pail

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tarros

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jars

Question 38

trastienda

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back room (of a tienda)

Question 39

bambalinas

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backstage

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teatro de gira

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touring theatre

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almirantes

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admirals

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peluca

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wig

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descomedimiento

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discomfort

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se subió las mangas

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rolled up his sleeves

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desvalida

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helpless

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te echamos de menos

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we miss you

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ella ocultaba apenas llegaban

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she hid as soon as they arrived

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hosco

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sullen, surly era tímido y hosco y torpe en el trato

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torpe

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clumsly, awkward, bumbling

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torpe en el trato

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awkward in dealing

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retundos

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resounding

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paliza

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beating, thrashing, drubbing, flogging

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rotundos palizas

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resounding beatings

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liceo

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high school

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rasguear

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strum, plunk

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asueto

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holiday, vacation

Question 57

mueca

Answer 57

grin, grimace

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vislumbrar

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glimpse, perceive

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alborotar

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disturb

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abalanzar

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pounce

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vaho

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mist

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enjuto

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lean, dry, spare, skinny

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acuarelas

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watercolors

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faenas

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chores, tasks

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reventar

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burst, break

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reptanar

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crawl

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atrancar

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bar, block, clog

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grieta

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crack

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aletear

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flap, flutter

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relinchar

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neigh

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desbocar

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run wild

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despachurrar

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squash despachurrrando los nidos de los gorriones despacho is office

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aplastar

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smash, squash, overwhelm,aplastandolo bajo un montana de escombros

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escombro(s)

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rubbish, debris

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se fue encima de el

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went next to him (on top of?)

Question 76

congoja

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grief, anguish ella divinó la causa de su congoja.

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rescatar

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rescue

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entablillar

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splint

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a tientas

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groping

Question 80

desatarse

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untie, loosen, unleash

Question 81

zafarrancho

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brawl

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hablar

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speak

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gérmenes

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germs

Question 84

vericuetos

Answer 84

twists and turns

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los vericuetos de la administracion public

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twists and turns of public administration

Question 86

manjares

Answer 86

delicacies

Question 87

erizar

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bristle

Question 88

camposanto

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cemetery

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hacia las vista gorda

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threw a blind eye?

Question 90

soldar

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weld, solder, braze, (fuse the bones?)

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bajo un alero

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under the eaves

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apurarse

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hurry

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estival

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summer, summery

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espejismo

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mirage

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rebasar

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exceed, overtake

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comisuras

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where body parts meet, las comisuras de la boca

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acunar

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cradle había nacido para acunar hijos ajenos

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vajilla

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crockery

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perecer

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perish

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enfrascar

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bottle up

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predicar

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preach como predicó el Nazareno

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rezongar

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grumble, gripe esperó que terminara de rezongar she waited for him to quit grumbling rezongaba como un letan’ia

Question 103

media humanidad sumida en un destripadero de metralla

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half humanity submerged in a shrapnel gutter

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regadero

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watering can

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columpiar

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swing Alli estuvo un dia y una noche columpiándose contra el cielo

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desmayos

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fainting, swoon, le valieran de nada los desmayos a la vista de la sangre. fainting at the sight of blood was of no use to him.

Question 107

cacharros

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pottery

Question 108

arcilla

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clay

Question 109

el torno

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the lathe

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pesebre

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manger

Question 111

no daba abasto

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could not cope porque no daba abasto con los pedidos couldn´t keep up with the requests.

Question 112

sobaco

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armpit

Question 113

prófugo

Answer 113

fugitive