La casa capítulo 7 Flashcards by Leo Tohill

la cara hinchada

the swollen face

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obligarla a su hija a secundarla

required her daughter to help her. back her up. support her.

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inconfundible

unmistakable

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la hija se repusieran de las contusiones

the daughter healed from the contusions

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Blanca vivía ajena de esas dudas

Blanca lived without (apart from) those doubts.

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el jardin enmarañado

the tangled garden

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desdentado

toothless

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afirmar

say, affirm, but also ‘un ingenioso mecanismo que la afirmaba a los molares’

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por lo tanto

thus

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el séquito

the entourage

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el carro había sido desarmado

the car had been taken apart.

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pares y nones

evens and odds

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tal como

such as (such as they were, tal como eran)

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se dispuso a gozar

got ready to enjoy

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rezongar

grumble

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un muladar

a midden, a dump for domestic waste, a pigsty

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estropicio y bulla

mess and noise (fuss, boisterousness)

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un desatino

a folly

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planes descabellados

wild plans (crazy, misbegotten)

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hizo ensillar su caballo

he saddled his horse

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fifiriche acicalado

high-voiced well groomed person (dandy). In Mex. fifiriche means gaunt

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en vilo

in suspense. or suspended, like ‘lo sacó de la confitería prácticamente en vilo’

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desposar

marry

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la mejor forma de evitar un escándalo era saliéndole al encuentro con una boda

… to meet him at the wedding?

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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

tirar

throw, pull, cast

pollerara

skirts (from pollo)

dolor ajeno

other's pain

puesto que

since, being as,

un rebaño

a flock

encarnar

embody

el respaldo de

the backing of

chiflar

1) hiss, whistle, 2)quickly drink alchohol, much more

él hacía caso

he was listening (paid attention to?)

él hacía caso omiso de

ignored

bonificación

bonus

cicatrizar

scar

cicatriza

healing

atadito

little bundle

rumiar

ruminate

nefastas

disastrous

tengo la coronazada de que no se va a elevar

I have the crown? that it will not rise. (the dirigible)

abofetear

slap

salchicha

sausage

bajarian las ventas de su brebaje

sales of the brew (potion, beverage) would drop

auspiciador

sponsor

no estaba dispuesto a permitirlo

was not willing to permit it.

emparedados

sandwiches

bocadilla

sandwiches

bocadillo

snack

atadas

tied

destripadero

gutter

pasadero de gente

people walk, (pasadero = passage)

ella aflojaba su vigilencia

she loosened up her vigilence

vetusta

old, ancient

tufillo

whiff

una papada

a dewlap

remilgos

picky, squeamishness, primness

desplegar

deploy

brazos en jarra

arms akimbo

extraviar

mislead, misdirect, lose, misplace

extraviados

lost

la palabra golpó a Pedro como un bofetón

the word hit Pedro like a slap

una oleado de alivio sacudio a Nicolás

a wave of relief shook Nicolás

sus sentimients dieron un brusco viraje

his feelings took a sharp turn

él tuvo que recurrir todo su tacto

he had to draw on all his tact, draw on, appeal

escabullir

sneak, reflexive sneak away

desvalida

helpless

embetunar

to tar (betún) (or thrust?)

agobiar

overwhelm, burden, oppress

con su manita enana

with his little hand (dwarf)

tellurica

of the earth

anaquel

shelf

cimiento

foundation

demacrada

emaciated

atropelladamente

run over, helter-skelter

ella no llevaba la cuenta

she didn't keep count

cobrar

charge, receive, collect

estaba pálido como un sudario

was pale as a sheet (shround)

sábana

sheet

en vez de irse en pedazos por el desagüe

instead of leaving in pieces down the drain

procedió a soltar los correas de Amanda

proceeded to undo Amandas straps

melena

mane

el dolor atenzó su vientre

the pain pinched her belly

pavoroso

dreadful

hizo ademán de retirse

he made to withdraw, ademán gesture

ella mucho falta la hace

she really needs it

él la retuvo de un hombro

he held her by one shoulder (retener=hold back, keep, detain)

no hacía ningun amago de visitarla

did not make any attempt to visit her (amagar=threaten)

puesto que

since