La casa capitulo 9 Flashcards by Leo Tohill

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de trocha angosta

A

narrow gauge

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sujertarse

A

hold on

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desgreñado

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disheveled

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un hondo suspiro líquido

A

a deep liquid sigh

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asomar

A

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

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un colodor

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a strainer

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infundio

A

lie, hoax, false news, rumor

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repollos

A

cabbages

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abrasar

A

sear

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anacoreta

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anchorite, a religious recluse

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allegados

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relatives

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enmendar

A

amend, rectify

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perseguidos

A

persecuted

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mecedora

A

rocking chair

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para tal fin

A

for that end (to that end?)

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raudal

A

torrent, flood

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se ponian mustias

A

they were withered (got withered)

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agachar

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duck, hunker

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frondosidad

A

lushness

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sobras

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leftovers, surpluses

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predilecto

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favorite

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claraboya

A

skylight

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tranca

A

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

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felpudo

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doormat

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apolillado

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moth-eaten

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cejas

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eyebrows

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emparentado

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related

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escobillón

A

swab

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dándole de comer

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feeding him

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loco de remate

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crazy

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ella sostenía que habiá que dosificar la lectura

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she maintained that the reading had to be proportioned

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manguera

A

hose, firehose

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trashumante

A

migratory

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pordiosero

A

beggar

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alfileres

A

pins

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comitiva

A

retinue

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coetáneos

A

contemporaries

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rozar

A

touch, rub, chafe

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cosquillar

A

tickle

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que removía en su alma

A

that stirred in her soul

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dispendioso

A

wasteful

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ensortijado

A

curly, kinky

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ollas

A

pots

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respingos

A

winces (respingo=a startle?)

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fisgoneo

A

snooping

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tirabuzón

A

corkscrew

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súbito

A

sudden

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ella terminó haciendo clases

A

she ended up making classes

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jerarquías

A

hierarchies

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sobro

A

surplus, spare

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poltrona

A

easy chair

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apodar

A

dub, nickname, label

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se turnaron

A

they took turns

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ametralladores

A

machine gunners

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abarcar

A

encompass, embrace, include

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pelotudos

A

assholes

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desmañado

A

clumsy, left handed,

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repostero

A

pastry chef, kitchen?, aguardaba en el repostero

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vitrinas abarrotadas

A

crowded display cases

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abaratar

A

cheapen

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abarrotar

A

cram, overstock

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repisa

A

shelf, ledge

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butaca

A

armchair

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conciliábulos

A

councils

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apabullante

A

overwhelming

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atorar

A

jam, obstruct

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torbellino

A

whirlwind

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tartamudeando

A

stuttering

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rogar

A

pray, petition

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saldar

A

pay off, liquidate

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imperdible

A

safety pin

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pataleta

A

tantrum

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asperjar, aspersiones

A

sprinkles

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agua bendita

A

holy water

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trancar

A

Cerrar una puerta con una tranca o un cerrojo