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La casa capítulo 6 Flashcards

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bastón

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walking stick, un grueso bastón de plata

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contundente

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overwhelming, devestating, como un contundente argumento

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fastidio

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nuisance, bother, annoyance,

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arisco

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rude, surly, cantankerous

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insobornable

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unbearable

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mala gana

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reluctantly, unwillingly, lo me de un beso de tan mala gana

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una bofetada

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a slap

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echar de menos

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missed, sicken for, mi mujer no echaba de menos lo refinamientos de la ciudad

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adiestrar

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train, se limitó a adiestrar un par de cocineras

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caritativa

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charitable, benevolent, era una mujer caritativa

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suprimir

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suppress, delete, cancel, suprimí el systema de papelitos rosados

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genio

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genius, temper. mi mal genio

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pestillo

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latch, bolt. Un dia Clara hizo poner un pestillo a la puerta de su habitacion.

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mañas

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tricks, trickery, a pesar de todos mis mañas

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cabalgando

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riding, bestride

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vesícula

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vesicle, bladder

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al gaznate

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to the throat,

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asediar

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besiege, recuerdo que empezaba asediarla al caer de la noche

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cojear

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limp, me iba cojeando al baño

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halagar

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flatter, please, coax, butter up

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colmar

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fill up, shower, heap, plaster, pelt, lo intenté todo, de colmarla de halagos

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apremios

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constraints,

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agobiar

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overwhelm, oppress, overburden, el mal humor con que la agobiaba durante el dia

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taladrar

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drill, bore, taladré un agujero en la pared del baño

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argamas
mortar, preferí a tapiarlo con argamasa
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estragos
havoc, destruction, el tiempo y el terremoto hicieron estragos en mi virilidad
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la grupa
the rump, la grupa de mi caballo
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achicar
reduce
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encoger
shrink
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esmalte
enamel, era el unico hombre que se pusiera esmalte brillante en las uñas
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escudar
to shield, escudo de armas de su familia
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alcachofas
artichokes, comer las alcachofas con pinzas
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merodear
prowl, hang around, él había visto las chinchillas merodeando por su propiedad
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roedores
rodents
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bocanada
puff, whiff, mouthful, el perfume de las flores que subía en grandes bocanadas desde el jardín
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conmover
move, touch, shake, stir, pierce, thrill,
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aleta
fin, negocios de aletas de tiburónes
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desechar
discard, reject,
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enseguida
immediately, promptly
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asomar
show, poke out, put out, ella asomaba las piernas por la ventana
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al galán
gallant, hubiera atrapado al galán mas solicitado del región
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extrañar
miss, find strange,
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arreboladas
Conjunto de nubes enrojecidas por los rayos del sol. flustered, la joven con las mejillas arreboladas
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arrebolar
Poner de color de arrebol perhaps also, to rave about something.
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arrebol
!) reddish color like of clouds illuminated by the sun | 2) the hem (perhaps) of the skirt of a charra (a kind of clothing outfit)
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rafága
a gust, a blast, un rafága de frescura
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fornido
well built, beefy, strapping, chunky, stout, Jaime era alto, fornido, tímido, y estudioso.
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agotar
exhaust, deplete, use up, be exhausting
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dificultar
hinder, esto dificultado su trato con la gente
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procurar
procure, attempt, él procuraba inutilmente disimular
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disimular
hide, cover, conceal, él procuraba inutilmente disimular
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huraño
shy, aloof, el era huraño
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recio
tough, un hombre recio, a tough man
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sonajera
rattle, inarticulate sound,
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patán
lout, oaf, clod, contra su destino de patán
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taimado
sly, devious, deep
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apuesto
handsome, dashing, dapper,
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no podía menos que notar que
couldn't help but notice that
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suplicante
imploring, beseeching
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desenfado
abandon, lo hacía con un desenfado
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tramitaciones
producedures, transactions
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avispado
clever, antes que otro mas avispado se quedera con la heredera
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agazapar
grab
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agazapdo
squatting
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avistar
(to) sight
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mecir
rock, la brisa mecía suavamente las cañas
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un recodo
a bend, turn, twist, en un recodo de paisaje
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paisaje
landscape, scene
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zampar
polish off, walk in (entrar), le zampó su version
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deprimente
depressing
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fusta
whip, su fusta de jinete
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arrebato
rapture, fury, gust, otros insultos inventados en el arrebato del moment
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testarudo
strong headed
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alboroto
disturbance, rampage
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ocioso
leisure, useless
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patán
lout, pero no con un patán
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enderezar
straighten, Apenas Clara pudo enderezarse
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tumefacta
swollen, Apoyó su cara tumefacta en el pecho de ese hombre
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bramar
roar, howl, bellow, rage, bluster,
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recelo
suspicion, mistrust, misgiving, los inquilinos me miraban con recelo
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agria
sour, tart, acrid, acidic, la comida me parecía agria
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zarandar
shake, agareé el muchacho y lo zarandeé
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aserradero
sawmill
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boscosa
wooded
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apretada
tight, apretadas filas
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galpon
shed, los chatos galpones del aserradero
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castañear
chatter (the sound), me castañeaban los dientes de impaciencia
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aserrín
sawdust
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antojo
whim, fancy, pude observarlo a mi antojo
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aporrear
club, bludgeon, pound, beat, thump, no sentía los dolores de mis viejos huesos aporreados
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rebanar
slice, le rebano limpiamente tres dedos de la mano derecha
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mareado
dizzy, seasick,
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desmayar
faint, creí que iba a desmayar
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arcadas
retching, no pude evitar las arcadas

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