Regreso al Dachaid

Question 1

1. un PURO con VITOLA
2. su ardilla REVOLTOSA
3. Marina salió ZUMBANDO (zumbar, literally to buzz eg flies)
4. postizo

Answer 1

1. a CIGAR with a BAND
2. her NAUGHTY squirrel
3. Marina ZOOMED off (what vb literally mean?)
4. alt word for peluca

Question 2

1. festejo (festejar, to celebrate)
2. no hubo quien la apeara del burro
3. apear a algiuen de + apearse del burro + apear = to help get down + apearse = to get out of, to get off
4. a los gemelos no les hacia mucha gracia (hacer gracia)

Answer 2

1. a party, to celebrate something? What verb?
2. and no one had talked her out of it
3. to talk someone out of + to back down + what simple vb mean
4. the twins didn’t find it very funny (vb)

Question 3

1. era una PEGAJOSA, con tanto cariñito y SOBETEO
2. sobetear = sobar/manosear means handle (thing), fondle (person)
3. con quien hiciera falta (hacer falta)
4. todo lo que se le echaba encima

Answer 3

1. she was a CLINGER, with all that affection and TOUCHING
2. verbs where touching word comes from
3. with whoever WAS NEEDED (to be needed/necessary)
4. everything that was thrown at her

Question 4

1. la tabla de salvamento
2. y así quedó decidido (quedar, idea of being left)
3. para que no le REVENTASE la FAJA (a sash, cummerband)
4. La Sota de Bastos + PICAS + DIAMANTES + CARAZONES
5. una baraja

Answer 4

1. the last resort (Regreso a Dachaid)
2. and like that IT WAS decided
3. so that she wouldn’t BURST her CORSET (what else that noun mean?)
4. The JACK of CLUBS + spades + diamonds + hearts
5. a pack of cards

Question 5

1. con sus CALZAS + DE COLORINES (tights)
2. su MELENA corta
3. con su MAZA como CAVERNÍCOLA
4. aunque sólo fuera por el BOCHORNO que (bochornoso)
5. llevaron los anillos COLGADOS AL CUELLO (collar)

Answer 5

1. with his BRIGHTLY-COLOURED + BREECHES (what else)
2. his short LONG-HAIR/MANE
3. with his CLUB like a CAVEMAN
4. although it was only for the EMBARRASSMENT that (embarrassing)
5. they wore the rings HUNG AROUND THE NECK (word for necklace)

Question 6

1. ambos estaban LEVEMENTE inquietos
2. incluso se adornaba con la CONSABIDA gaita
3. había estado DANDO LA MURGA (dar la murga) (murga, a band of street musicians)
4. Elvira DIO UN BRINCO

Answer 6

1. they were both SLIGHTLY worried
2. even decorated herself with the WELL-KNOWN bagpipes
3. had been BEING A PAIN (what does noun mean?)
4. Elvira GAVE A JUMP

Question 7

1. DIO UN TRASPÍES cayendo en brazos de don Leoncio (traspíe/s)
2. la PECHERA de la camisa (bosom)
3. DESGARRÓ + CON su peso (desgarrar)
4. llevándose POR DELANTE botones, OJALES
5. llevarse algo - nab, swipe s.th (idea of taking without permission)

Answer 7

1. STUMBLED falling into the arms of don Leoncio (stumble, slip)
2. the FRONT of the shirt (what else?)
3. it RIPPED + UNDER her weight (vb)
4. making off with buttons AHEAD OF (her), BUTTON-HOLES
5. explain vb in 4.

Question 8

1. no veía tres en un burro (no ver tres en un burro)
2. intentaba subir las calzas de su tía POR LAS MALAS
3. andar A TIENTAS (ie by touch when in the dark)
4. le di un manotazo en la espalda (dar un manotazo)

Answer 8

1. she couldn´t see anything + she was as blind as a bat (vb)
2. trying to pull up the TIGHTS of his aunt THE HARD WAY
3. to walk BLINDLY
4. he GAVE HIM A SLAP+SMACK in the back

Question 9

1. algunos PELOTILLEROS (ie the person eg a brown-nose, a suck-up etc)
2. desde allí, ACURRUCADOS, contemplaron el desastre (acurrucarse)
3. Y, poco a poco, se hizo la oscuridad
4. Quedarse era un poco DE MIEDICAS

Answer 9

1. some BOOTLICKING (ARSE KISSING + SUCKING UP) (also what in noun?)
2. behind there, CURLED UP, they contemplated the disaster (to curl up, to snuggle)
3. And little by little it became dark
4. TO STAY was to be a bit of A SCAREDY-CAT (+ A PUSSY)