La casa capítulo 7 Flashcards
la cara hinchada
the swollen face
obligarla a su hija a secundarla
required her daughter to help her. back her up. support her.
inconfundible
unmistakable
la hija se repusieran de las contusiones
the daughter healed from the contusions
Blanca vivía ajena de esas dudas
Blanca lived without (apart from) those doubts.
el jardin enmarañado
the tangled garden
desdentado
toothless
afirmar
say, affirm, but also ‘un ingenioso mecanismo que la afirmaba a los molares’
por lo tanto
thus
el séquito
the entourage
el carro había sido desarmado
the car had been taken apart.
pares y nones
evens and odds
tal como
such as (such as they were, tal como eran)
se dispuso a gozar
got ready to enjoy
rezongar
grumble
un muladar
a midden, a dump for domestic waste, a pigsty
estropicio y bulla
mess and noise (fuss, boisterousness)
un desatino
a folly
planes descabellados
wild plans (crazy, misbegotten)
hizo ensillar su caballo
he saddled his horse
fifiriche acicalado
high-voiced well groomed person (dandy). In Mex. fifiriche means gaunt
en vilo
in suspense. or suspended, like ‘lo sacó de la confitería prácticamente en vilo’
desposar
marry
la mejor forma de evitar un escándalo era saliéndole al encuentro con una boda
… to meet him at the wedding?
inacabable
endless
despilfarro
a waste, a squandering, an extravagence
pulseras y zarcillos
bracelets and earrings ( tenrdrils ) earring also pendientes
escote
neckline, cleavage
expresión alelada
hazy expression
los de siempre
the usual ones
endererzar
straighten, straighten up
los atrasos del correo
the arrears of the mail
gritos agudos
high pitched screams (agudo:acute, penetrating, sharp, high, searing)
desenfundados
unsheathed
llegaron con los palos desenfundados
arrived with their sticks drawn
embarrando los alfombras con las botas
muddying the carpets with their boots
hasta quedar bizco
until squinting (cross-eyed)
los ampararon
they protected them
amparar
protect, shelter, harbor
truhán
rogue
escoba
broom
escobazos
hits with a broom