La Sombra del Viento 2 Flashcards
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boquiabierto
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speechless, dumbstruck
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salpicar
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to splash, to pepper, to taint
3
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la docena
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dozen
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el gremio
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union, guild
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la cofradía
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brotherhood, guild, association
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deambular
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to wander
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los entresijos
A
ins and outs, hidden details
8
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el lomo
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spine (of a book)
9
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tentar
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to feel (for something); to tempt
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atisbar
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to discern, to make out
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la decena
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set of ten
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catalogar
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to catalog, to classify as
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el muro
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wall
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susurrar
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to whisper, to murmur
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destilar
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to ooze, to drip, to exude (figurative)
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hojear
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to leaf through
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el estante
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shelf
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hechicero
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bewitching
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descomponerse
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to stop working; to decompose
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escindirse
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to split; to break away, to be divided
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repiquetear
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(of a bell) to ring/peal
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antojarse
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to feel like; to have a craving for
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el túnel
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tunnel
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el sortilegio
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spell, charm
25
el rumor
murmur, buzz; rumor
26
el tejado
roof
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rendirse
to give up, to give in, to surrender
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el/la partícipe
participant
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el artilugio
gadget, contraption
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escaso
scarce, limited
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el dardo
dart
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el peonza
spinning top
33
pertrechar
to provide, to supply, to equip
34
la linterna
flashlight
35
la brújula
compass
36
denominarse
to be called
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célebre
famous
38
hacerse con
to seize, to get hold of
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sonarle
to be/sound familiar
40
aducir
to adduce, to put forward
41
capitanear
to captain, to command, to lead
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la pipa
pipe
43
desprender
to give off
44
el efluvio
emanation
45
el linaje
lineage
46
parentesco
kinship
47
pese a
in spite of, despite
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decimonónico
nineteenth-century
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turbio
murky, shady, blurred
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forrado
loaded, rich (colloquial)
