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Gabriel Garcia Marquez vocabulary > La increible y triste historia de la candida Erendira y su abuela desalmada: Spanish-English > Flashcards

La increible y triste historia de la candida Erendira y su abuela desalmada: Spanish-English Flashcards

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arca/baúl

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chest/trunk (wooden box)

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riada

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flood

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abanico

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fan (to keep cool)

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consuelo

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consolation

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huérfano

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orphan

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varicela

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chicken pox

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locuaz

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talkative

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aferrarse

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to cling to

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al azar

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at random

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impavidez

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composure/undauntedness

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quebrar

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to go broke/bankrupt

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áspero/rugoso

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rough

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tirante/tenso

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tight/taut

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martillo

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hammer/gavel

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púrpura

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purple

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chaleco

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waistcoat

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lienzo

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canvas (for painting)

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lechuza/búho

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owl

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cisne

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swan

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ombligo

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belly button

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llama

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flame

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malvado

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wicked/evil

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podar

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to prune

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telaraña

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cobweb/spiderweb

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sollozar

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to sob

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candado

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padlock

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bobo

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idiot

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perplejo

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perplexed

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arrasar (con)

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to flatten/to crush

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embestir

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to charge (like a bull)

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ajeno

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alien/foreign/belonging to someone else

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horqueta/horcón

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pitchfork

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yermo/páramo

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wasteland

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avestruz

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ostrich

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delirar

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to rave/to be delirious

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serrín

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sawdust

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costado

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side (person or building)

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atropellar

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to run over

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lodo

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mud

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balsa

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raft

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jaula

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cage

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demorar/retrasar

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to delay

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partida

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departure

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chillar

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to shriek/to scream

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chivato/soplón

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snitch

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alfiler/imperdible

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pin

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carcajada

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guffaw

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estallar

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to burst/to blow up

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estremecerse

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to shiver/to tremble/to shudder

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carpa

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marquee

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medusa

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jellyfish

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latón

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brass

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vaina

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sheath

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girasol

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sunflower

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gemir

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to moan/to groan/to whine

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semejante (a)

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similar (to)

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arrecife

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reef

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terco

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stubborn

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muela

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molar (tooth)

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tijereta

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earwig

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tenderete/puesto

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market stall

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trueno

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thunderclap

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marfil

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ivory

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loro

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parrot

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marmól

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marble

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fulgor

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brightness/brilliance (of light)

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colmillo

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canine (tooth)/fang/tusk

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cohete

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rocket

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manso

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docile

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contraer

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to contract/to shrink

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ametralladora

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machine gun

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amarrar/atar

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to tie up

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ruibarbo

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rhubarb

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alborotar

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to disrupt/to agitate

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labrar

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to cultivate/to work land

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curandero

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witch doctor

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lona

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tarpaulin

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sopor

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sleepiness

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ardilla

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squirrel

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leñador

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lumberjack

Gabriel Garcia Marquez vocabulary (1 decks)

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