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La piel del cielo Flashcards

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diestro

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right handed,skillful,dextrous

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fogoso

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spirited

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dicha

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bliss,happiness

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fanfarria

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fanfare, arrogance, boast

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farfullar

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babble,sputter,gibber,mutter

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endeble

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flimsy,feeble

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deslavar

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wash away

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disertar

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discourse, hold forth, make a speech

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la trama

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the plot

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tramar

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hatch,scheme,plan,contrive

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inmutar

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change,alter

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zángano

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lazy, awkward and clumsy person,drone (male honeybee),

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buhardilla

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attic

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aventar

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throw in the air or wind

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pelado

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bare,deprived of its natural covering, skinned, peeled

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petimetre

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fop, dude, buck, one preoccupied with their fashion, style, and appearance

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amolar

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grind (sharpen on a grindstone), hone, thin, annoy, tease,

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apartar

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set aside, separate, withdraw

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cuate

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guy. Sometimes buddy or chum but more often an unknown.

Le pegó un botellazo a un pobre cuate=He hit a poor guy with a bottle.

En tus sueños, cuate= In your dreams, guy.

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alberca

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swimming pool

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sobresalir

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stand out,stick out, excel

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sobresalto

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shock,fright,startle,scare

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sobresaliente

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outstanding, excellent, protruding, conspicuous, leading

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azuzar

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whip,spur on

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mentar

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mention

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sabihonda

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know it all, smart aleck, smart ass

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atorar

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jam, obstruct, clog, choke

Se ha debido atorar en la impresora. It must’ve gotten caught in the printer.

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acechar

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watch,lie in wait, stalk

Él empezó a acechar a los compañeros de clase de su hijo.

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devanar

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wind,unwind a rope,thread,spool

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resorte

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tension spring or other source of energy

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desbarcar

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remove from a position of power or authority. but now I can’t find any definition for this word, or its origin in the book.

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desbaratar

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thwart, wreck, smash, waste

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azorrar

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astonish,embarrass,

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antro

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cave, cavern, den, dump, place of ill repute

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asestar

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strike, fire, deal, thrust,

Preparémonos para asestar el golpe final= we’re getting ready to give the final blow.

Coreen dice que el momento de asestar es muy preciso=Coreen says that the moment to strike is very precise.

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cobrar

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charge,collect,receive,gain

Diablos, podríamos cobrar por sorbo=Hell, we would charge by the sip.

Estoy aquí para cobrar el dinero=I’m here to collect the money.

Los vencedores estaban dispuestos a cobrar=The winners were willing to cash in.

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ultrajar

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outrage,defile, shown contempt for or injure someone

Sería ultrajar el sentido de justicia de la gente = it would outrage the people’s sense of justice.

Seguro que no los vas a ultrajar o profanar…=Surely you won’t defile or desecrate…

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titubear

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hesitate

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motín

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mutiny, riot, uprising

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mugre

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dirt, filth, grime, muck

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zarpar

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set sail, pull anchor,

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bisturí

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scalpel

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desvalido

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helpless,vulnerable

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bóveda

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vault like a vaulted ceiling or burial vault or bank vault

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halagar

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flatter

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zozobar

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capsize, keel over, overturn

El diseño es tal que no puede zozobrar=the design is such that it cannot overturn.

Porque estás a punto de zozobrar=Because you’re at the point of keeling over.

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arrear

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herd, wrangle, round up

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la zaga

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the back, back side, cargo en the rear of a vehicle

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empeño

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endeavor

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arrebatar

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snatch, grab

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atenazar

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grab with pincers

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tenaza

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pincers

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tañer

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toll (a bell), or play an instrument. Ejercer el sentido del tacto

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año bisiesto

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leap year

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milpa

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cornfield

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entrañable

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endearing,intimate,affectionate

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taimado

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devious,sly

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cotejar

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collate,compare

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soberbia

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pride, arrogance.

It seems that the masculine form, soberbio, usually means about the same, but sometimes means excellent, superb.

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cursi

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showy, pretentious

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enojoso

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annoying, irritating, vexing

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asno

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donkey,ass

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revolotear

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flutter, hover, flit

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elote

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corn cob

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recurrir

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resort to, appeal, rely, apply, invoke, more

Tuvieron que recurrir al canibalismo para sobrevivir

Necesitamos más propulsión, porque no podemos recurrir al motor… (can’t rely on the motor)

La misma ley otorga derecho a recurrir dichas decisiones administrativas=The same law provides for the right to appeal such administrative decisions.

Mi hijo no puede recurrir su sentencia=my son cannot appeal his sentence.

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canjear

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exchange, swap

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ensañar

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enrage, infuriate

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reseñar

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review

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ingenuo

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naive, candid, sincere

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refunfuñar

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grumble

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fanfarrón

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braggart

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el gran estallido

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the big bang

73
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esbozar o bosquejar

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outline.

Permítanme esbozar los pilares básicos de esa estrategia.

esbozar una sonrisa

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sarampión

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measles

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hundir

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sink, plunge, wreck, ruin

Mentiste sobre quién estaba intentando hundir la campaña=You lied about who was trying to sink the campaign.

Casi puedo comprender por que me querían hundir=I can almost see why they put me down.

Queríamos hundir barcos, no matar gente.

Legiones enteras para hundir este pueblo=Legions will come to destroy this village.

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zanganear

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go around without work,not wanting to work, like a lazy or awkward person. Stumbling about?

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zafar

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get away, escape

No iban a zafar para siempre=You are not going to get away with this forever.

La única forma de zafar es haciendo lo que te gusta=The only escape is doing what you like.

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extraviar

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mislead,lose,misplace

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