La Sombra del Viento 7 Flashcards
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ignoto
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unknown, obscure
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el/la adalid
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champion, leader
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el/la pelagatos (keep s in singular)
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nobody, unimportant person
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manosear
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to handle, to touch
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el pergamino
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parchment
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musitar
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to mumble, to mutter
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cortés
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polite, courteous
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acechar
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to stalk, to watch, to spy on
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la índole
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nature; kind, sort, type
10
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decoroso
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decent, decorous
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el efebo
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youth (literary)
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el lumpen
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underclass (n.)
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el escepticismo
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skepticism
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el sucedáneo
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substitute
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garabatear
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to scribble, to scrawl
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pasmoso
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astonishing, amazing
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plasmar
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to give expression to, to capture (i.e. in writing)
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la sintaxis
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syntax
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accidentado
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rough, uneven, rugged
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el razonamiento
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reasoning
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en ciernes
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budding (musician, writer, etc.)
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desvanecerse
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to faint; to disperse/vanish/fade
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el artilugio
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gadget, contraption
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el latón
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brass
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lucir
to wear, to sport, to show off; to shine, to look; to show (progress)
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la derrota
defeat
27
el anhelo
desire, longing
28
degustar
to taste
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hábil
skillful, clever, competent
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meditabundo
pensive
31
dilatar
to dilate, to expand, to prolong
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sorber
to sip
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sangrar
to bleed
34
la trampa
trap, snare
35
la mazmorra
dungeon
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la fosa
pit, ditch
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pegajoso
sticky; catchy (song); clingy (person)
38
a lo mejor
maybe, perhaps, might
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las entrañas
entrails, bowels
40
apurar
to finish off (food)
41
inmutarse
to get upset, to bat an eyelid
42
hacer caso
to take notice of (someone); to listen to (what someone says)
43
retirar
to remove, to clear away
44
el aliento
breath
45
el empedrado
paving, pavement
46
inerte
inert
47
ámbar
amber
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la telaraña
spiderweb
49
cojear
to limp, to hobble
50
insinuarse
to emerge, to become apparent
