revision Flashcards
‘needle and thread for women. whip and horse for men.’ 1
‘hilo y aguja para las hembras. latigo y mula para el varon’
gossip noun
cotilleo
gossip verb
chismear
‘the sun falls like lead’ 1
‘cae el sol como plomo’
‘to be born a woman is the biggest punishment’ amelia 1
‘nacer mujer es el mayor castigo’
‘striking with her cane’
‘golpeandola con el baston’
antithesis
antítesis
‘because there is a storm in every room’ poncia 3
‘pues hay una tormenta en cada cuarto’
‘ill be what he wants me to be’ adela
‘sere lo que el quiera que sea’
metaphor ‘burning me with their fingertips’ adela 3
‘quemandome con sus dedos de lumbre’
breaks her mothers cane
arrebata el baston a su madre
‘you can hear the bells tolling’ 3
‘se oyen doblar las campanas’
‘the poor are like animals’ bernarda 1
‘los pobres son como los animales’
‘this damn town without rivers, town of wells’
‘este maldito pueblo sin río, pueblo de pozos’
to indicate
se indica
to demonstrate
demostrar
to reveal
revelar
to prove
evidenciar
to exhibit
exponer
to clarify
aclarar
what is nature an extended metaphor for ?
freedom
what is heat a metaphor for?
oppression