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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

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mortar, preferí a tapiarlo con argamasa

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estragos

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havoc, destruction, el tiempo y el terremoto hicieron estragos en mi virilidad

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la grupa

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the rump, la grupa de mi caballo

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achicar

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reduce

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encoger

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shrink

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esmalte

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enamel, era el unico hombre que se pusiera esmalte brillante en las uñas

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escudar

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to shield, escudo de armas de su familia

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alcachofas

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artichokes, comer las alcachofas con pinzas

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merodear

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prowl, hang around, él había visto las chinchillas merodeando por su propiedad

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roedores

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rodents

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bocanada

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puff, whiff, mouthful, el perfume de las flores que subía en grandes bocanadas desde el jardín

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conmover

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move, touch, shake, stir, pierce, thrill,

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aleta

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fin, negocios de aletas de tiburónes

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desechar

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discard, reject,

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enseguida

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immediately, promptly

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asomar

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show, poke out, put out, ella asomaba las piernas por la ventana

41
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al galán

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gallant, hubiera atrapado al galán mas solicitado del región

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extrañar

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miss, find strange,

43
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arreboladas

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Conjunto de nubes enrojecidas por los rayos del sol.

flustered, la joven con las mejillas arreboladas

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arrebolar

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Poner de color de arrebol

perhaps also, to rave about something.

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arrebol

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!) reddish color like of clouds illuminated by the sun

2) the hem (perhaps) of the skirt of a charra (a kind of clothing outfit)

46
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rafága

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a gust, a blast, un rafága de frescura

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fornido

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well built, beefy, strapping, chunky, stout, Jaime era alto, fornido, tímido, y estudioso.

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agotar

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exhaust, deplete, use up, be exhausting

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dificultar

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hinder, esto dificultado su trato con la gente

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procurar

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procure, attempt, él procuraba inutilmente disimular

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disimular

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hide, cover, conceal, él procuraba inutilmente disimular

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huraño

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shy, aloof, el era huraño

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recio

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tough, un hombre recio, a tough man

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sonajera

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rattle, inarticulate sound,

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patán

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lout, oaf, clod, contra su destino de patán

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taimado

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sly, devious, deep

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apuesto

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handsome, dashing, dapper,

58
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no podía menos que notar que

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couldn’t help but notice that

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suplicante

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imploring, beseeching

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desenfado

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abandon, lo hacía con un desenfado

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tramitaciones

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producedures, transactions

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avispado

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clever, antes que otro mas avispado se quedera con la heredera

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agazapar

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grab

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agazapdo

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squatting

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avistar

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(to) sight

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mecir

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rock, la brisa mecía suavamente las cañas

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un recodo

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a bend, turn, twist, en un recodo de paisaje

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paisaje

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landscape, scene

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zampar

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polish off, walk in (entrar), le zampó su version

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deprimente

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depressing

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fusta

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whip, su fusta de jinete

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arrebato

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rapture, fury, gust, otros insultos inventados en el arrebato del moment

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testarudo

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strong headed

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alboroto

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disturbance, rampage

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ocioso

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leisure, useless

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patán

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lout, pero no con un patán

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enderezar

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straighten, Apenas Clara pudo enderezarse

78
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tumefacta

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swollen, Apoyó su cara tumefacta en el pecho de ese hombre

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bramar

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roar, howl, bellow, rage, bluster,

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recelo

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suspicion, mistrust, misgiving, los inquilinos me miraban con recelo

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agria

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sour, tart, acrid, acidic, la comida me parecía agria

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zarandar

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shake, agareé el muchacho y lo zarandeé

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aserradero

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sawmill

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boscosa

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wooded

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apretada

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tight, apretadas filas

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galpon

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shed, los chatos galpones del aserradero

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castañear

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chatter (the sound), me castañeaban los dientes de impaciencia

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aserrín

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sawdust

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antojo

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whim, fancy, pude observarlo a mi antojo

90
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aporrear

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club, bludgeon, pound, beat, thump, no sentía los dolores de mis viejos huesos aporreados

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rebanar

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slice, le rebano limpiamente tres dedos de la mano derecha

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mareado

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dizzy, seasick,

93
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desmayar

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faint, creí que iba a desmayar

94
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arcadas

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retching, no pude evitar las arcadas

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