Vargas L-5 Esquinas pp 63-97 Flashcards by Scott Otteman

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cohibido

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inhibited

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cebada

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barley

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comisaría

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police station

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copetudo/a

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haughty, stuck up; tufted, crested

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reñido/a

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at odds, on bad terms, hard-fought

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penalista

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criminal lawyer

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dilecto/a

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beloved

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terno

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3-piece suit

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atajar

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to put a stop to; to take a shortcut

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aposentado

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lodged

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fraguar

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to forge, conceive, think up

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honda

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sling; catapault

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mazamorra

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milky maize pudding

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careta

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mask

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cola de caballo

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horsetail

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atusarse

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to preen oneself

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bicoca

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bargain

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gacetillero

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hack, gossip columnist

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prender

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to attach, pin, fasten

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graznar

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to caw, to squawk

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el rondín

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mouth organ (harmonica); guard or watchman

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estrafalario/a

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eccentric, bizarre, outlandish

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a rajatabla

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strictly, to the letter

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esbirro

A

henchman, killer, minion

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sepelio

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burial

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bragueta

A

zipper

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forajido

A

outlaw, fugitive

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pichula

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prick, cock

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trasero

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rear, backside, buttocks

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progenitor

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father or mother

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apartar

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to avert (one’s eyes); to move out of the way

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tirria

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dislike

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arrimarse

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to move up against; move closer to

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achaques

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ailments

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disco rayado

A

broken record

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de baja monta

A

third-rate, low-rate, of little importance

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tablilla

A

splint

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turbio/a

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cloudy, murky, turbid

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atracador

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mugger

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tramar

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to plot, to weave

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el bache

A

pothole

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bardo; barda

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bard; cover

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el boite

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nightclub

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conchabado/a

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hired-out, employed

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resentido/a

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sore

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saltar la liebre

A

cat come out of the bag

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angurriento

A

greediness

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codicia

A

greed

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jaranista

A

party animal

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linaza

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linseed