La Sombra del Viento 3 Flashcards
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el/la diletante
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dilettante, amateur, dabbler
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el margen
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margin
3
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la pedantería
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pedantry
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desmerecer
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to deteriorate, to lose value
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el/la compinche
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buddy, pal
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la polilla
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moth
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predilecto
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favorite
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la fachada
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facade, front
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congelar
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to freeze
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fundirse
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to melt, to merge into
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la efeméride
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important occassion
12
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envalentonar
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to embolden, to encourage
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el contertulio
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companion
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el mozalbete
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lad
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de reojo
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askance, out of the corner of one’s eye
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socarrón
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sarcastic, snide
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el retoño
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sprout; kid
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rugir
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to bellow
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arrastrar
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to drag
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saborear
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to savor, to taste
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el farandulero
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charlatan, show business (also used as an adjective)
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la palabrería
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idle talk
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arquear
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to arch, to bend
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la ceja
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eyebrow
25
glacial
glacial, cold
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fruncir
to gather (sewing); to furrow (brow)
27
el ceño
brow (i.e. forehead)
28
lobuno
wolflike
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la venta
sale
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el billetero
wallet
31
la codicia
greed, avarice
32
airado
angry
33
detenidamente
carefully, thoroughly, at length
34
enfundar
to sheathe, to holster, to put away
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entrever
to make out, to see signs of
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el trato
deal
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aletargado
lethargic
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parafrasear
to paraphrase
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destilar
to distill; to ooze; to exude
40
la oratoria
oratory
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aniquilar
to annihilate
42
la mosca
fly (insect)
43
el deleite
delight (n.)
44
el latinajo
Latin word/expression
45
desvanecer
to dispel, to dissipate, to fade
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el seudónimo
pseudonym
47
velludo
hairy
48
mujerona
big woman
49
bizantino
Byzantine; oversubtle, hairsplitting
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la neblina
mist
