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bastar
to be enough
pintor
painter
ha de
has to, must
indica
indicates
felizmente
happily, luckily
alegremente
gladly, happily, cheerfully
echar
to throw, cast
el olvido
oblivion
validez
validity
caracterizo
characterised
preferentemente
preferably
calamidade
calamity
rostro
face
cinico
cynical
temerosa
fearful
sórdido
sordid
vergüenza
shame
taller
workshop
una escolta policial
a police escort
vergonzoso
shameful
inofensiva
inoffensive, harmless
pernicioso
pernicious
se acabó
it’s finished, it’s over
siga
continue
destilando
distilling
veneno
poison
contrarrestar
counteract
recurir
to recur
anónimos
anonymous
maledicencia
maledicence
bajeza
baseness
lamentar
to lament, regret
aprovechar
to take advantage of
liquidando
liquidating
quejar
to complain
obligar
to force, oblige
asunto
matter, affair, case
prever
to foresee, anticipate
un bledo
a damn
cualidad
quality
advertir
to warn
mezquino
mean, stingy, petty
perfido
false
desprovisto
devoid
sutil
subtle
tropezar
to trip (on)
sugerida
suggested
sugerir
to suggest
la soberbia
the pride, arrogance
inesperado
unexpected
la bondad
the goodness
la abnegación
selflessness, self denial, abnegation
la policía
the police
desesperar
despair
soportable
bearable
sino
otherwise
reconfortante
comforting
sutilísimo
very subtle
demostrativo
demonstrative
entero
whole, entire
cadáver
corpse
levemente
slightly
ternura
tenderness
murmurar
to murmur
compadecerse
to sympathize, pity
cansancio
tiredness, fatigue
oscuramente
darkly
vanidoso, vano
vain
acudir
come to the rescue, turn up, (come)
(los) demás
the rest
el relato
the report, story
dispuesto
ready, disposed
firmemente
firmly
ganas
desire
ganar
to win
anda
go, run along
perder
to lose, miss
esperanza
hope
célebre
celebrity
los lectores
the readers
me anima
it encourages me
la débil
the weak
podrá
will be able
apenas
barely
pena
grief, penalty
considero
considered
inútiles
useless, pointless
revela
reveals
innecesario/a
unnecessary
gritos
screams
la necia
the fool
cuadro
painting
insoportable
unbearable
sólido
solid
arquitecturado
arquitectured
tela
fabric, cloth
escena
scene
sugería
suggested
soledad
loneliness
fijó
fixed, permanent
secundario
secondary
desconocida
unknown
en apariencia
in appearance
plano
level
en cambio
instead
fijamente
fixedly
aislada
isolated
invencible
invincible
angustioso
distressing
disponer
to dispose
clausurar
close down
pintar
to paint
invadir
to invade
obra
work
resuelta
resolved
resolver
to resolve
multitud
crowd, mob, multitude
planeado
planned
probable
probable
encuentro
encounter
minuciosamente
thoroughly, minutely, meticulously
la dificultad (mayor)
the (greatest) difficulty
envidia
envy
mujeriego
womanizer
resignar(se)
to resign
ajena
alien, foreign
desgraciadamente
unfortunately
condenado
condemned
imprevista
unexpected, unforeseen, unnanounced
intimo
intimate
repentina
sudden
atolondramiento
giddy
solía
used to
propósito
purpose
expuesto
exposed
la certeza
the certainty
exagerar
to exxagerate
seguramente
surely
quemar
to burn
vacilar
to hesitate
encerrar
enclose
justamente
justly
valdrá
will be worth
rasgo
trait
referente
concerning
temar
to fear
mera
mere
sectas
sects
cofradías
brotherhoods
gremios
guilds
conjuntos
sets, ensembles
bichos
vermin
bicho
bug
cantidad
amount, quantity
habrá
will have
desagradable
unpleasant, disgusting
guiña
wink
torcer, tuerce
to twist
girar
rotate, spin, revolve, turn
gesto
gesture
huir
run away
espantado
frightened, scared
deprimido
depressed
parecido
appeared, like, similar
aparecer
to appear
acentuados
accentuated
deformados
deformed
caricaturizados
caricatured
produjo
produced
sentimiento
feeling
culpable
guilty
ridicula
ridiculous
malhadados
ill fated
soporto
bear, endure
repugnantes
disgusting
verdadero
true, real
desengaño
disillusion
unió
united
tuza
riff raff
el consultorio
consulting room, office
oculta
hidden
me revienta
pisses me off
emplear
to employ, use
el artículo determinado
the definitive article
el partido
the match, game
deporte
sport
equipo
team
la séptima
the seventh
extrañado
surprised
sostuve
sustained, held
ingenuidad
naivety
chifladura
crackpot
congreso
congress
presidido
presided over
sonrisa
smile
despectiva
derogatory, disparaging, contemptuos
reconocida
recognised
escritorio
desk
cajón
drawer
una carta
a letter
cortesía
courtesy
últimamente
lately
renombre
renown
raíz
root
meter
to put
el manicomio
the mental hospital
atentamente
attentatively
encierro
confinemente
elogiar
to praise
traje
suit
culmino
culminated
fina
fine
limpisimos
very clean
damas
ladies
caballeros
gentlemen
aseado
neat
hubiera
would have, had
fondo
bottom, background
a fondo
thoroughly
cirujano
surgeon
manejar
to handle, (drive)
bisturi
scalpel
entablillado
splinted
la pata
the leg
cirugía
surgery
juicios
judgements
mediocre
mediocre
consejo
tip, advice, counsel
apartado
seperated
apartar
to set aside
actos
acts
extenso
extensive
alegato
plea
la ceguera
the blindness
encargado
in charge, manager
ensayo
essay, rehearsal, test, trial, attempt
descartar
to discard
encandilado
dazzled
la timidez
the shyness
gozosamente
joyfully
impedir
to prevent, impede
encandilamiento
dazzle
semejante
similar
recurrir, apelar
to appeal
tercero
third
ventaja
(ad)vantage
desdeñaba
disdained
inverso
inverse, reverse
por azar
by chance
azar
random
previamente
previously
desechar
to discard
establecido
established
descabellada
far fetched
exponer
to expose
parezca
seem
reflexionar
to reflect
estrato
strata
minorías
minorities
desconocido
unknown
librería
bookshop
attribuir
to attribute
encuentros
encounters
aficionada
amateur
espiritismo
spiritualism
temida
feared
tecnica
technique
introducir
to introduce
suelen
usually
librada
liberated, waged, fought
lotería
lottery
el premio
the award
jornada
working day
desesperanza
hopelessness
interminable
endless
locuaz
talkative
risueño
smiling
sumamente
extremely, highly
contestaba
answered
bruscamente
abruptly
entrevista
interview
malograr
to spoil, ruin
reprochar
to reproach
groseramente
rudely
una consulta
query, consultation
juzgar
to judge
irreflexiva
thoughtless
fracasado
bottled
amargura
bitterness
entablar
enter into
fructíferos
fruitful
estribar
to stir
vincular
link
alejado
away from, remote
esencia
essence
choque
shock
vinculaciones
entailments
ajetreo
hustle
efectivo/a, eficaz
effective
expresionismo
expressionism
superrealismo
superrealism
atacar
to attack
teóricamente
theoretically
analizar
to analyse
fríamente
coldly
jarro
jug
desaliento
discouragement, dismay
requerir
to require
amistad
friendship
inservible
useless
antemano
beforehand
la cerradura
the lock
enrevesada
convoluted
el ajedrez
chess
reemplazar
to replace, supersede
desalentadore
discouraging
barajar
shuffle
la vereda
the sidewalk, path
amontar
to pile (up)
revolver
to stir
confusamente
confusedly
surgir
to rise
íntegro
whole
elaborada
elaborated
desechado
discarded
suelto/a
loose
rompecabezas
jigsaw, puzzle
razonamiento
reasoning
atinar
to hit
marcha
march
suponer
to suppose, assume
durar
to last
vacilar
to hesitate
gusano
worm
ciego/a
blind
torpe
clumsy
desproporcionado
disproportionate
audaz
bold
pronunció
pronounced
abarcar
to encompass
el cartel
sign
sencillez
simplicity
al cabo
after
irremediablemente
hopelessly
sonrojó
blushed
revistas
journals
diarios
magazines
desafortunada
unlucky
atropelladamente
hastily
casualidad
chance
referente
concerning
aflojar
to loosen up, slacken
vertiginosamente
dizzily
el colmo
limit, height, the last straw
presuntuosas
presumptuos
llanto
crying, weeping
eficaz
effective
apresuradamente
hurriedly
inútiles
useless
rehacer
to redo
obedecer
to obey
mudo/a
mute
agarrar
to grab, grip, grasp
lentitud
slowness
arrepentir(se)
to regret, repent
reflexiones
reflections
verdadero/a
truely, real
sintiendo
feeling
acaso
perhaps
conveniencias
conveniences
desesperado
desperate
indeciso
undecided
vaga
vague
aumentar
to increase
malestar
discomfort, malaise
torturar
to torture
factible
feasible
cuyo/a
whose, which
inadvertido
unnoticed
facilitar
to facilitate
tranquilamente
calmly
previsto
predicted, provided
húmedo
humid
bienestar
wellbeing
experimentar
to experience
ligera
light, slight
enterado
heard, aware, learned
a menos
unless
gestión
negotiation
me animó
it encouraged me
de modo
so
hierro
iron
vigilar
to watch over
golpe
blow
de golpe
sunddenly
inferir
to infer
ralear
to become thin, sparse
pesar
to weigh
gobernar
to govern
separar
to seperate
trastornada
deranged, upset
ida
going
breve
brief
consistir
to consist
aferrar
to cling, grasp
latía
beat
latir
to beat
oscura
dark
vasta
vast
intuir
to sense
desencadenar
to trigger
parado
stopped
restaba
remain
permanecer
to stay, remain
subterráneo
underground
aparición
apparition
rigor férreo
iron rigor
inusitada
unusual
poseído
possessed
viril
virile
desprovista
bereft
crecido
grown up
arrastrar
to drag
una rama
a branch
apretar
to tighten, squeeze, push
escrutar
to scrutinise
lejano
far, distant
de perfil
profile, side face
aparentar
to pretend
sugeria
suggested
canas
grey hair
indefinido
undefined
arrugas
wrinkles
arrugado/a
wrinkled
precisar
to specify, pin down
definitiva
definitive
ramita
twig
trazar
to trace
dibujar
to draw
dibujos
drawings
reflexionar
to reflect
esfuerzo
effort
perplejidad
perplexity
por lo pronto
for now
me enfurecí
I got mad
elogiado
praised
amargado
embittered
andar
to walk
aprension
apprehension
asco
disgust
inescrutable
inscrutable
apretado/a
tight, pressed
firmeza
firmness
impacientar(me)
irritate
secamente
dryly, sharply, shortly
verdaderamente
truely
sonámbulo
sleepwalker
astros
stars
elogiable
praiseworthy
dureza
hardness
ablandar
to soften
puente
bridge
transitorio
transient
colgar
to hang (up)
colgado
strung up, hung up
abismo
abyss
laguna
lagoon
lagunas
gaps
atendir
to attend
contestar
to answer
oficinesco
clinical
vuelco
upset
el tube
the tube (telephone)
imprecisión
vagueness
perturbar
to disturb
emocionar
to thrill
dura
hard
blando
soft, limp
antipatía
antipathy
soportado
supported
envidioso
envious, jealous
simpatía
sympathy
mediante
through, by means of
codicia
greed
la petulancia
the petulance
la avidez
the greed
constar
to consist, feature, be known, be on record, evident
enorgullecer
to make proud
enorgullezco
I am proud
una muestra
sample
albergar
to harbour
desprecio
contempt
abolido
abolished
transitoriamente
temporarily
ausente
absent
creyente
believer
anonadado
stunned
resuelto
resolved, decided
posterior
later, subsequent
sombras
shades, shadows
grabar
to record
grabado
recorded
ácido
acid
un mucamo
a maid
polaco
polish
estantes
shelves
tamaño
size
opuesto
opposite
flaco
thin, skinny
anormal
abnormal
ligero
light
valorizar
valorize
valorar
to value
soltero/a
single
ansiar
to crave, yearn
saque
serve
abstraído
abstracted
apuro
hurry
la estancia
the residence, stay
inconscientemente
unconsciously
zozobra
capsize
despecho
spite
brusquedad
suddenness
resentimientos
hard feelings
sucesivamente
succesively
advertido
warned
casada/o
married
sinvergüenza
shamelessness
delante
infront
víboras
vipers
en primer término
in the first place
oficinesca
clerical
creíble
credible
excluir
to exclude
vaguedades
vague details
comprometar
to compromise
por tanto
so, therefore
por lo tanto
therefore, thus
un indicio
indication
de pertenecia
belonging
duradero
durable, enduring
respetuosamente
respectfully
novedoso
newfounded
forzosamente
necesarily
corregido
corrected
corrigió
he/she corrected
recalcando
emphasising
encoger(se)
to shrink
enrevesado
convoluted
motivos
motives
mendigo
begar
mezquina
petty
sobrellevar
endure
usuaria
user, reader
derrumbar
to overthrow, collapse
derrumba
collapse
procedimiento
procedure, process
engorroso
cumbersome
rogar, rezar, orar
to pray, beg
alentar
to encourage
al parecer
apparently
placer
pleasure
intermediario
intermediary
una costumbre
a custom
huida
escape
desbordante
overflowing
fealdad
ugliness
feroces
ferocious
alimentar
to feed
alimentado
fed
certificar
to certify
disminuir
to dimish
riesgo
risk
atormentar
to torment
la visita
the visit
cuchichear
to whisper
burlar
to outwit
renacer
be reborn
temblores
trembles, tremors
alegría
joy
paisaje
scenery, landscape
neblinoso
foggy
vislumbrar
to glimpse
retirar
to withdraw
minucioso
thorough
tenazmente
daggedly
interponer
to interject, interpose
tutear
familiarity
tutearme
take on a first name basis
muro
wall
vidrio
glass
efusiones
effusions
a medida
as, custom, tailored, tailor made
atroces
atrocious, heinous
la contestación
reply
pisotear
to trample
risa
laughter
acertar
hit, guess, find
acertaba
was right
estrujar
to squeeze
gemir
to moan
fósforo, cerilla
match
reciente
recent
fugaz
fog, fleeting
leve
slight
asombrar
to amaze, astonish, astound
asombrado
amazed
engañar
to deceive, cheat
un resorte
a spring
sacudir
to shake off
sequedad
dryness
abatido
dejected
al rato
later
asombro
astonishment
seriamente
seriously
tontería
silliness, foolishness, nuisance
rememorar
to reminisce
taller
workshop
trajo
I brought
torturantes
torturuos
desenfrenado
rampant
acometir
to rush
me acometía
it rushed me
fingir
to pretend
púdica
modest
cortejo
courtship
desfilar
to parade, march past
atroz
atrocious
ingenuo
naive
chiquillo
kid
pudor
modesty
vestir(me)
to dress
rumiar
ruminate
aprensiones
apprehensions
tenazas
tongs
retorcir
to twist
forzar
to force
sentido
sense
pasajero
passenger
tenue
tenuous, faint
desesperadamente
desperately
imprecisa
imprecise
fugaces
fleeting
comunidad
community
causar
to cause
distanciamientos
distancing
consolidar
to consolidate
agravar
to aggravate
la veracidad
the veracity
rehuir
to shun
al final
in the end
argüir
argue
el vínculo
the bond
sobrevener
to supervene
enloquecer
to get mad
destello
flash
el biombo
the screen
arrepentimiento
repentance
tiernamente
tenderly
vengativo
vengeful
duro
hard
resto
rest
desconsuelo
grief
sumamente
extremely
sospechoso
suspicious
calificada
qualified
inestables
unstable
tempestuoso
stormy
sombrío
gloomy
envolver
to wrap
enredar
to tangle
trama
plot
retorcidos
twisted
perdido
lost
habrá
there will be
te habrá parecido
it would have seemed to you
acostumbrado
used to
demostrar
to demonstrate
atender
to attend
puerilidad
childishness
autoriza
authorised
abatida
downcast
comprometedora
compromising
deprimir
to depress
enamorar
to inspire love
crear
to create
releer
to re-read
atraer
to attract
complejo
complex
casar
to marry
dilucidar
to elucidate
aparente
apparent
anterior
previous
el puerto
port
solamente, únicamente
solely
admitir
to admit
cuplable
guilty
concluir
to conclude
por otro lado
on the other hand
proseguir, perseguir
to pursue
óptima
optimal
aclarar
to clarify
aplastar, triturar
to crush
implacable
relentless, ruthless, unrelenting
demuestra
demonstrates
aprendiz
apprentice
indagado
inquired
indagar
to inquire, investigate, ascertain
el mando
the command
la voluntad
the will
herido/a
injury, wound
asegurar
to assure
sordamente
deafly
hundir
to sink
inmunda
unclean, filthy
someter(se)
to submit, subject, bring under, (undergo)
rencor
bad blood, resentment
el puente (levadizo)
(draw) bridge
aniquilación
annihilation
alelado
stunned
feo
ugly
incapaces
incapable
atributos
attributes
despreciable
despicable
tentación
temptation
emborrachar
to get drunk
descender
to descend
muelles
quays, docks, pier, springs
tentar
to tempt
facilidad
ease, easiness, facility
simulacro
simulation
solidez
solidity
rascacielos
skyscrapers
acorazados
battleships
tanques
tanks
prisiones
prisons
fantasmagoria
phantasmagoria
arrojar
to throw
apego
attachment
resultar
to result
borde
edge, rim, border
agotar
to deplete, exhaust
inventario
inventory
rodar
to roll
madrugada
early morning
estupefacto
dumbfounded
despavorido
aghast, terrified
citado
aforementioned
instantánea
snapshot
trampa
trap
acontecimiento
event, happening
gallo
crow, rooster
pájaro
bird
estanque
pond
el mago
wizard
chillido
screech
áspero
rough
la tumba
the grave
bañado
bathed
sudor
to sweat
condenar
to condemn
escatimar
to spare, skimp
arma
weapon
vasallos
vassals
infieles
faithless
momentaneamente
momentarily
traicionado
betrayed
traicionar
to betray
enlodar
muddy, to cover in mud
valija
pouch, suitcase
paisanos
peasants
mangas
sleeves
tarro
jar
ausencia
absence
entregar
to deliver, hand
sorna
sarcasm
subterfugio
subterfuge
descargar
to unload, discharge, download
represalia
retaliation, reprisal
escurridiza
elusive
abúlico
lacking, apathetic
boquilla
nozzle
malvada
wicked, evil
miope
myopic, shortsighted
indispuesta
indisposed
género
gender
instantáneamente
instantly
maldecir
to curse
acostar
to lay down
recostar
to lie down
distraer
to distract
chistes
jokes
censo
census
idioteces
nonsense
elogio, alabanza
praise
pavadas
silly things
bisabuelo/a
great grandfather, grandmother
objeto
object
torpemente
awkwardly
el deber
the duty
dudoso
doubtful
malignidad
malignancy
en ruso
in russian
diéresis
umlaut
imprevistamente, inesperadamente
unexpectedly
millares
thousands
depistar
to mislead
agotador
exhausting, grueling, strenuos
disimular
to dissimulate, hide, conceal
fidelidad
fidelity
entristecer
to sadden
quiromanica
palmistry
estadísticas
statistics
la cría
the baby
el conejo
the rabbit
revientar
to bust