La casa capitulo 9 Flashcards

1
Q

de trocha angosta

A

narrow gauge

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2
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sujertarse

A

hold on

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3
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desgreñado

A

disheveled

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4
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un hondo suspiro líquido

A

a deep liquid sigh

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5
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asomar

A

show, peep, poke out, Alba comenzó a asomar su minúscula humanidad

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6
Q

un colodor

A

a strainer

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7
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infundio

A

lie, hoax, false news, rumor

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8
Q

repollos

A

cabbages

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9
Q

abrasar

A

sear

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10
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anacoreta

A

anchorite, a religious recluse

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11
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allegados

A

relatives

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12
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enmendar

A

amend, rectify

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13
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perseguidos

A

persecuted

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14
Q

mecedora

A

rocking chair

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15
Q

para tal fin

A

for that end (to that end?)

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16
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raudal

A

torrent, flood

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17
Q

se ponian mustias

A

they were withered (got withered)

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18
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agachar

A

duck, hunker

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19
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frondosidad

A

lushness

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20
Q

sobras

A

leftovers, surpluses

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21
Q

predilecto

A

favorite

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22
Q

claraboya

A

skylight

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23
Q

tranca

A

a bar, a thick strong stick. Also, drunk.

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24
Q

felpudo

A

doormat

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25
Q

apolillado

A

moth-eaten

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26
Q

cejas

A

eyebrows

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27
Q

emparentado

A

related

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28
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escobillón

A

swab

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29
Q

dándole de comer

A

feeding him

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30
Q

loco de remate

A

crazy

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31
Q

ella sostenía que habiá que dosificar la lectura

A

she maintained that the reading had to be proportioned

32
Q

manguera

A

hose, firehose

33
Q

trashumante

A

migratory

34
Q

pordiosero

A

beggar

35
Q

alfileres

A

pins

36
Q

comitiva

A

retinue

37
Q

coetáneos

A

contemporaries

38
Q

rozar

A

touch, rub, chafe

39
Q

cosquillar

A

tickle

40
Q

que removía en su alma

A

that stirred in her soul

41
Q

dispendioso

A

wasteful

42
Q

ensortijado

A

curly, kinky

43
Q

ollas

A

pots

44
Q

respingos

A

winces (respingo=a startle?)

45
Q

fisgoneo

A

snooping

46
Q

tirabuzón

A

corkscrew

47
Q

súbito

A

sudden

48
Q

ella terminó haciendo clases

A

she ended up making classes

49
Q

jerarquías

A

hierarchies

50
Q

sobro

A

surplus, spare

51
Q

poltrona

A

easy chair

52
Q

apodar

A

dub, nickname, label

53
Q

se turnaron

A

they took turns

54
Q

ametralladores

A

machine gunners

55
Q

abarcar

A

encompass, embrace, include

56
Q

pelotudos

A

assholes

57
Q

desmañado

A

clumsy, left handed,

58
Q

repostero

A

pastry chef, kitchen?, aguardaba en el repostero

59
Q

vitrinas abarrotadas

A

crowded display cases

60
Q

abaratar

A

cheapen

61
Q

abarrotar

A

cram, overstock

62
Q

repisa

A

shelf, ledge

63
Q

butaca

A

armchair

64
Q

conciliábulos

A

councils

65
Q

apabullante

A

overwhelming

66
Q

atorar

A

jam, obstruct

67
Q

torbellino

A

whirlwind

68
Q

tartamudeando

A

stuttering

69
Q

rogar

A

pray, petition

70
Q

saldar

A

pay off, liquidate

71
Q

imperdible

A

safety pin

72
Q

pataleta

A

tantrum

73
Q

asperjar, aspersiones

A

sprinkles

74
Q

agua bendita

A

holy water

75
Q

trancar

A

Cerrar una puerta con una tranca o un cerrojo