The Iron King. Part 3, Chapter 5

Question 1

v.- to mollify

Answer 1

apaciguar

Ej.- He mollified the banker by reporting Marigny’s intentions.

Question 2

n.- sconce

Answer 2

candelabro de pared

Ej.- Lit by huge candles placed in scounces along the walls.

Question 3

n.- upstart

Answer 3

Advenedizo, trepa

Ej.- Debts, … have they ever embarrassed this upstarts?

Question 4

n.-scabbard

Answer 4

vaina, funda

Ej.- Tolomei would draw his sword from its scabbard.

Question 5

v.,n.- gargle

Answer 5

gargara

Ej.- Boccanegra gave a little laugh with a sound of gargling at the bottom of his throat.

Question 6

n.- benediction

Answer 6

bendición

Ej.- Benediction was over in all the churches …

Question 7

n.- rye

Answer 7

centeno

Ej.- … remembered Cressay, the beautiful Marie and the embrace by the field of rye.

Question 8

n.- ell

Answer 8

codo (a former measure of length use mainly for textiles)

Ej.- Take some ells of embroidered cloth and the lace .

Question 9

v.- to deprive

Answer 9

privar (de)

Ej.- “if they are prepared to deprive themselves of this sum, it can only mean that there is twenty times the amount …”

Question 10

v.,n.- endeavour

Answer 10

n.- esfuerzo

v,. esforzarse

Ej.- Marigny was endeavouring to justify his actions.