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El Solitario
Vocabulario
65
Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 2
04/05/2011
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Term
estrecha
 Definition
intimate, close (relationship)
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fracasar
 Definition
to fail
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el almohadón
 Definition
the pillow
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a compás de
 Definition
during, while (lit. in time) (with the music)
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aderezado/a (a)
 Definition
set up (as); set
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un agua admirable
 Definition
admirable clarity and purity (quality of a diamond)
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el alfiler
 Definition
the stickpen
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arquearse
 Definition
to bend, curl
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el cocotaje
 Definition
coquette behavior
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de codos
 Definition
leaning on the elbows
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detenerse
 Definition
to linger
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el engarce
 Definition
the setting of precious stones
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erguirse
 Definition
to stand erect (with pride)
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halagar (gu)
 Definition
to flatter
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el halago
 Definition
the flattery
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montar
 Definition
to set (a jewel)
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el montaje
 Definition
the setting (of a jewel)
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no obstar
 Definition
to not be opposed to
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el solitario
 Definition
the solitare diamond
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el suplemento
 Definition
something extra
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el taller
 Definition
the workshop
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enfermizo
 Definition
sickly
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joyero
 Definition
jeweller
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bien que
 Definition
although
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arranque
 Definition
ambition
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habilidad comercial
 Definition
business savvy/sense
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mezquino
 Definition
tiny, small
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exangüe
 Definition
exhausted; pale (dead-like)
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sombreado
 Definition
shady/shaded
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rala
 Definition
sparse
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de origen callejero
 Definition
from the streets
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hábil
 Definition
skilled
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transeúnte
 Definition
passerby
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tos
 Definition
cough
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chispas
 Definition
bits of diamond
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ardor
 Definition
heat
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los sollozos
 Definition
the sobs
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las puntadas al costado
 Definition
the sharp side pains
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hondamente
 Definition
deeply, profoundly, to a great length
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la alhaja
 Definition
jewel, treasure; gem (a trait of a person)
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las veladas
 Definition
evenings
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franquearse
 Definition
to cross (a limit)
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el varón
 Definition
el hombre
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un prendedor
 Definition
a brooch
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demudarse
 Definition
to become agitated
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el velador
 Definition
the nightstand
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bajo llave
 Definition
under lock and key
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reanudar
 Definition
to resume
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"le salían de las órbitas"
 Definition
were jumping out of their sockets
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tartamudear
 Definition
stutter
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desasirse
 Definition
to loosen, to disengage, to give up; to disengage oneself or extricate oneself
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"tratando de desasirse"
 Definition
trying to get free (from the situation)
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cornudo
 Definition
cuckold
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un botín
 Definition
a sock
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la solicitud
 Definition
the attentiveness
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honda
 Definition
profound
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pegajoso
 Definition
sticky (material); clingy (person); catchy (México - song)
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fofo
 Definition
bland
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inerte
 Definition
lifeless
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presuroso
 Definition
quickly, hastily, in a hurry
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la veladora
 Definition
bedside lamp
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el seno
 Definition
the breast
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a flor del
 Definition
at the level of
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hundir
 Definition
to sink
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un clavo
 Definition
a nail (like a hammer and nail)
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