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la sacristía

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vestry

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un fajo

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a bundle

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huerto

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orchard/vegetable garden

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rumores

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rumors

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saltamontes

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grasshoppers

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potro

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colt (baby horse)

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desdicha

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misfortune

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parientes

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relatives

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campana

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bell

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badajo

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clapper

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bobo

A

silly

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el monaguillo

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alter boy

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llorar

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to cry

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sin dares cuenta

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without realising

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los pasos

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steps

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hierbas quemadas

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burnt herbs

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la pértiga

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pole

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los cirios

A

candles

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las faenas

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tasks/chores

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alba

A

priest’s white cover dress

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deshilándose

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unravelled

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22
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el cuero rajado

A

cracked leather

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el zapatero

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shoe maker

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el mayor esmero

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the greatest care

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la madrina

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godmother

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ricas mantillas

A

beautiful shawls

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un vocerío

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shouting/clamour

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el padrino

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godfather

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peladillas

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sugared almonds

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revisto

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fully dressed

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enlutada

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dressed in mourning

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32
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algarera

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noisy

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la carcajada

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lough laugh

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partera

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midwife

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saludadora

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quack doctor

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36
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el ombliguito

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umbilical cord

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37
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zagal

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lad

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gracia

A

grace

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39
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un escapulario

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scapular (necklace with portrait of Christ on)

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40
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pérdiz en adobo

A

marinated partridge

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la cabecera (de la mesa)

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the head (of the table)

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42
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el nacimiento

A

birth

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43
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en ayunas

A

fasts (fasting)

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44
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sangriento

A

bloody

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45
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turbiedad

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cloudiness / shadiness

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46
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lana y trigo

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wool and wheat

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47
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con Buenos ojos

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with good eyes

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48
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habladurías

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gossip

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49
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ahuyentar

A

to frighten off / banish

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50
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amuleto

A

lucky charm

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51
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tijerita

A

small scissors

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52
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reconocer

A

to recognise

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53
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desahogarse

A

to rant

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54
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presumes

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you presume

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55
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cubrecorsé enaguas

A

camisole and undershirt

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56
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los semilleros

A

seeds

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57
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languidecía

A

it was languished

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58
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mayoral de labranza

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mayoral tillage

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59
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dañarle

A

to hurt him/it

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60
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la ensalmadora

A

the quack

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61
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clavo y llave

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nail and key

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62
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salió de quintas

A

he escaped military service

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63
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alzaba las cejas

A

he raised his eyebrows

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64
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el proverbio

A

a proverb

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65
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conmovía

A

it moved/stirred

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66
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las estampa

A

prints

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67
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la sotana

A

cassock/soutane (dress that the clergy wears)

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flaco y malcarado

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thin and miserable

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69
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zalemas

A

flattery/persuasion

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70
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fragor

A

clamour

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71
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volteo

A

turn over

72
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reconquista

A

recapture

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piedrecitas

A

little stones

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glera

A

stony ground

75
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diabluras

A

pranks

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lavadero público

A

public washing place

77
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comulgante

A

to take communion

78
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infierno

A

hell

79
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agujero

A

hole

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cenefa encalada

A

whitewashed border

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bolsa de terciopelo

A

a velvet bag

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losas de piedra

A

flagstoe

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lamparilla de aceite

A

little oil lamp

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harapos

A

rags

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cabos de vela

A

end of a candle

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el techo

A

ceiling

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trocitos de estopa

A

pieces of hessian (type of material)

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un rincón

A

corner

89
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camastro de tablas

A

rickety old bed

90
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un ronquido

A

snore

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los estertores

A

rasping breath/death rattle

92
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lo acoja

A

accept him

93
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el hueso de la mandíbula

A

jaw bone

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una estaca

A

stake

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ceiza fría

A

cold ash

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desgraciado

A

unfortunate/unlucky

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desgana

A

unwilling

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desigual

A

unequal

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compasión

A

compassion

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en buen trecho

A

a good stretch/distance

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el agonizante

A

dying

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yendo

A

going

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avisar

A

to notify/warn

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vecinos

A

neighbours

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iría de parte de

A

I/he would go on behalf of

106
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advirtió

A

he warned

107
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choza

A

hut

108
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leña

A

firewood

109
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colchón

A

mattress

110
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cosían/hilaban

A

they were sewing/spinning

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concurrido

A

busy

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atareado

A

busy

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aguzaba

A

it sharpened

114
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revoltoso

A

revolting

115
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el cinto

A

belt

116
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resalbó

A

it stopped

117
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se abalanzaron

A

they jumped on it

118
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verduos

A

tyrants

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el obispo

A

bishop

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la capa pulvial

A

rain layer

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el báculo dorado

A

golden stick

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la confirmación

A

confirmation

123
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habia sido aleccioado

A

he had been taught

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mulas

A

mules

125
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la primera comunión

A

first communion

126
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picardias

A

naughtiness

127
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cómplice

A

accomplice

128
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el hurto

A

theft

129
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puñados de cerezas

A

handfuls of cherries

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el encubrimiento

A

concealment

131
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el mandamiento

A

commandment

132
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estuvo cavilando

A

he was pondering

133
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paños de color violeta

A

violet cloths

134
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almohadón blanco

A

large white pillow

135
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los fieles

A

devotees

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las matracas

A

rattle

137
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campanarios

A

belfry/bell tower

138
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los mazos

A

mallets

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la pez

A

type of grease

140
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la turbación

A

disturbance

141
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el desván

A

attic

142
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golpeaba

A

it hit

143
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los nudillos

A

knuckles

144
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el túmulo funeral

A

funeral mound

145
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difuntos

A

deceased

146
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maderos derribados

A

knocked down timber

147
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piedad

A

pity

148
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sucederle

A

to succeed him

149
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a medida que

A

as

150
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el bisabuelo

A

great gransfather

151
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ya no molía

A

it no longer grinded/milled

152
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rebaño de cabras

A

herd of goats

153
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parieron

A

they gave birth to

154
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un cabritillo

A

a baby goat

155
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crecer

A

to grow

156
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se fue alejando

A

he was moving away

157
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lo encontraba

A

he found it

158
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imberbe aún

A

beardless still

159
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crudezas

A

harshness

160
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mozas

A

girls

161
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plaza

A

square

162
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estanque

A

pond

163
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en cueros

A

naked

164
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escandalizarse

A

to scandalise

165
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de labios afuera

A

pay lip-service (agree without meaning it)

166
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crotoraba

A

it was clattering

167
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le decían bromas

A

they made jokes

168
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halagadora

A

flatterer

169
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mozos solteros

A

single men/bachelors

170
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la hacienda familiar

A

family estate

171
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arrendamientos de pastos

A

leasing of pastures

172
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percibía

A

he got

173
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no era cabal

A

it wasn’t fair

174
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le reprendió ásperamente

A

he rebuked him harshly

175
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gravedad y solidez

A

gravity and strength

176
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pantalón de pana

A

corduroy trousers

177
Q

chaleco remeado

A

flowery vest