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Latin American Short Story
Axolotl
106
Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
03/24/2009
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Term
un axolotl
 Definition
adult tadpole, salamander
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el azar
 Definition
chance, luck
Term
la cola
 Definition
the tail
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un pavorreal
 Definition
a peacock
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la invernada
 Definition
the winter
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soslayar
 Definition
to dodge
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inesperadamente
 Definition
unexpectedly
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provistos de branquias
 Definition
equipped with gills
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un batracio
 Definition
batrachian, related to frogs and toads
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un genero
 Definition
a genus (type)
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amblistoma
 Definition
amblystoma (tiger salamander)
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el rostro
 Definition
the face
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el cartel
 Definition
the sign
Term
una sequia
 Definition
a drought
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comestible
 Definition
edible
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el higado de bacalao
 Definition
cod liver
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perplejo
 Definition
perplexed
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apoyarse
 Definition
to learn
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seguia uniendonos
 Definition
continued uniting us
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me habia bastado
 Definition
it had been enough for me
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detenerse
 Definition
to stop
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una burbuja
 Definition
a bubble
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amontonarse
 Definition
to pile up
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mezquino
 Definition
miserable
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angosto
 Definition
narrow
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el piso de piedra
 Definition
the stone floor
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el musgo
 Definition
the moss
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turbado
 Definition
disturbed
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avergonzado
 Definition
ashamed
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una impudicia
 Definition
an indecent act
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asomarse
 Definition
to appear (look through the glass)
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aglomerado
 Definition
piled up
Term
aislar, aisle
 Definition
I picked one out
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el cristal lechoso
 Definition
milk glass
Term
un lagarto
 Definition
a lizard
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el lomo
 Definition
the back
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una aleta
 Definition
a fin
Term
las patas
 Definition
the feets
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una finura
 Definition
a fineness
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sutilisima
 Definition
extremely subtle
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los menudos dedos
 Definition
the tiny fingers
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las unas
 Definition
the fingernails
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un orificio
 Definition
an orifice, opening
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una cabeza de alfiler
 Definition
a pinhead
Term
carente
 Definition
lacking
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el punto aureo
 Definition
the golden dot
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rodear
 Definition
to surround
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una estatuilla corroida
 Definition
a corroded little statue
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de perfil
 Definition
from the side, in profile
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el tamano
 Definition
the size
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una hendedura
 Definition
a crack, fissure
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rasgar
 Definition
to tear, rip
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tres ramitas rojas
 Definition
three little red branches
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una excrecencia
 Definition
a growth
Term
se enderezaban
 Definition
straightened up
Term
el tanteo
 Definition
feeling their way by trial and error
Term
repentina
 Definition
sudden
Term
probar
 Definition
to prove
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evadirse
 Definition
to escape
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el sopor
 Definition
drowziness
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pegar
 Definition
to stick
Term
toser
 Definition
to cough
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golpear con el dedo
 Definition
to hit with one's finger
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jamas
 Definition
never
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advertirse
 Definition
to be noticed
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una profundidad insondable
 Definition
a bottomless depth
Term
me daba vertigo
 Definition
it made me dizzy
Term
los rasgos antropomorficos
 Definition
the human-like traits
Term
un mono
 Definition
a monkey
Term
una analogia
 Definition
an analogy, similarity
Term
una lagartija
 Definition
a wall lizard
Term
la mitologia
 Definition
mythology, a culture's important stories
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una metamorfosis
 Definition
metamorphosis, change
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conseguir
 Definition
to succeed, to manage to
Term
anular
 Definition
to destroy
Term
abisal
 Definition
bottomless
Term
lucido
 Definition
lucid, clear-thinking
Term
musitar
 Definition
to murmur
Term
pueril
 Definition
childish
Term
un testigo
 Definition
a witness
Term
un juez, los jueces
 Definition
a judge, judges
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la pureza
 Definition
the purity
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espantoso
 Definition
frightful
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implacable
 Definition
relentless
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no me hubiese atrevido
 Definition
I would not have dared
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desequilibrado
 Definition
unbalanced
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no se daba cuenta
 Definition
he didn't realize
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adelantando una mano
 Definition
reaching a hand forward
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no tienen parpados
 Definition
they don't have eyelids
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el sufrimiento amordazado
 Definition
gagged suffering
Term
espiar
 Definition
to watch
Term
un senorio aniquilado
 Definition
a destroyed dominion
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un infierno
 Definition
a hell
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padecer
 Definition
to suffer
Term
mi cara se aparto
 Definition
my face moved away
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un enterrado vivo
 Definition
a person buried alive
Term
los labios apretados
 Definition
lips squeezed together
Term
transmigrado
 Definition
transmigratedm from one body to another
Term
rozar
 Definition
to brush
Term
el resplandor
 Definition
the radiance
Term
asomarse
 Definition
to appear
Term
largo rato
 Definition
for a long time
Term
mas que nunca
 Definition
more than ever
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ajeno
 Definition
foreign
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en cierto modo
 Definition
to a certain extent
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alcanzar
 Definition
to achieve, to manage to
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