La casa capitulo 9 Flashcards
de trocha angosta
narrow gauge
sujertarse
hold on
desgreñado
disheveled
un hondo suspiro líquido
a deep liquid sigh
asomar
show, peep, poke out, Alba comenzó a asomar su minúscula humanidad
un colodor
a strainer
infundio
lie, hoax, false news, rumor
repollos
cabbages
abrasar
sear
anacoreta
anchorite, a religious recluse
allegados
relatives
enmendar
amend, rectify
perseguidos
persecuted
mecedora
rocking chair
para tal fin
for that end (to that end?)
raudal
torrent, flood
se ponian mustias
they were withered (got withered)
agachar
duck, hunker
frondosidad
lushness
sobras
leftovers, surpluses
predilecto
favorite
claraboya
skylight
tranca
a bar, a thick strong stick. Also, drunk.
felpudo
doormat
apolillado
moth-eaten
cejas
eyebrows
emparentado
related
escobillón
swab
dándole de comer
feeding him
loco de remate
crazy