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Latin American History
La Prodigiosa tarde de Baltazar
48
Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
03/11/2009

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la jaula
Definition
the cage
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la colgo de alero
Definition
he hung it from the eaves
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tuvo que descolgarla
Definition
he had to take it down
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un capuchino
Definition
a capuchin monk
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el cabello parado
Definition
his hair stnading striaght up
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las crines de un mulo
Definition
the mane of a mule
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dando tumbas
Definition
staggering around
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hablando disparates
Definition
making foolish remarks
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trasnocharse
Definition
to stay up all night
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la casa yacia
Definition
the house lay
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el pito de las chicarras
Definition
the whistling of the cicadas
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la cupula de alambre
Definition
the wire dome
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un pasadizo
Definition
a passageway
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ruborizarse
Definition
to turn red
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una pareja de turpiales
Definition
a pair of yellow tailed orioles
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el indice
Definition
the index finger
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los nudillos
Definition
his knuckles
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se lleno de acordes profundos
Definition
filled with deep chords
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las junturas estan soldadas
Definition
the joints are soldered
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ud. no tiene apuros
Definition
you have no urgency
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se encogio de hombros
Definition
he hunched his shoulders
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una casa atiborrada de arneses
Definition
a house stuffed with armor
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un alboroto
Definition
a racket
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decorso candor
Definition
respectable innocence
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apolgarse en la puerta
Definition
to crowd in the doorway
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una gallera
Definition
a cockpit
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su buen cumplimiento
Definition
the good job he did
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un sentimiento de piedad
Definition
a feeling of compassion
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arrastrar los pies
Definition
to drag his feet
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un hombre prevenido
Definition
a well prepared man
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el vano de la puerta
Definition
the doorway
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las pestanas rizadas
Definition
curly eyelashes
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el quieto patetismo
Definition
the quiet pathos
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susurrar
Definition
to whisper
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una expresion exaltada
Definition
an excited expression
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el ronquido de un perro
Definition
the snoring of a dog
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impasible
Definition
impassive, showing no emotion
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para que rabie con gusto
Definition
so he can throw a tantrum with relish
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un animal contagioso
Definition
a contagious animal
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el nino se incorporo
Definition
the child sat up
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tu traste
Definition
your piece of junk
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tu cacharro
Definition
your gadget
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carajo
Definition
vulgar
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hacer un rayo en el cielo
Definition
make a lightning bolt in the sky
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una tanda
Definition
a round of drinks
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los alcarvanes
Definition
the stone curlews
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la cara embadurnada de colorete
Definition
his face smeared with rogue
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despatarrado
Definition
sprawled, his legs flung out
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