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Latin American Short Story
El milagro secreto
55
Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
02/11/2009
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entablar una partida
 Definition
to start a game (of chess)
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las piezas y el tablero
 Definition
the (chess) pieces and the board
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el primogénito
 Definition
the firstborn
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la impostergable jugada
 Definition
the unpostponable move (play)
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un desierto lluvioso
 Definition
a rainy desert
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un ruido acompasado
 Definition
a rhythmic noise
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las blindadas vanguardias
 Definition
the armored tanks at the beginning
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levantar un cargo
 Definition
to get a (criminal) charge dismissed
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su firma dilataba
 Definition
his signature spread over
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el censo final de una protesta
 Definition
the final list of a petition (protest)
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impersonal y pausadamente
 Definition
impersonally, slowly, and deliberately
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la horca lo arredraba
 Definition
the gallows intimidated him
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el insomne amanecer
 Definition
the sleepless dawn
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un simulacro
 Definition
a sham
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infirió (inferir)
 Definition
inferred, concluded
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un detalle circunstancial
 Definition
an incidental detail
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las piletas hondas
 Definition
deep pools
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anhelar
 Definition
to long for
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el ocaso
 Definition

"taps"
Term
rebasar los 40 años
 Definition
to be past 40
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midieron (medir)
 Definition

measure
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dar a la estampa
 Definition
to send to the printers’
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un complejo arrepentimiento
 Definition
a complex remorse
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el inmóvil Ser
 Definition
Immutable Being
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falaz, falaces
 Definition
fallacious, false
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una falacia
 Definition
a fallacy, false idea
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preconizar el verso
 Definition
to recommend poetry
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una vehemencia de sol
 Definition
passionate rays of the sun
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exaltar los cristales
 Definition
to excite the window panes
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exageradamente lo halagan
 Definition
they praise him with exaggeration
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burlar una compleja intriga
 Definition
to outwit a complicated plot
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los peligros arrecian
 Definition
the dangers get stronger
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crecen las incoherencias
 Definition
the inconsistencies increase
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una tragicomedia
 Definition
a play that mixes tragedy and comedy
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baladí
 Definition
trivial
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rescatar lo fundamental
 Definition
the rescue to most important thing
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otórgame
 Definition
grant to me
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al azar
 Definition
at random
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vertiginoso
 Definition
dizzying
Term
una de las mínimas letras
 Definition
one of the smallest letters
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siguiera (seguir)
 Definition
follow
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procuró recordar
 Definition
he tried to remember
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el piquete se cuadró
 Definition
the firing squad came to attention
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el reo
 Definition
the culprit
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las sienes
 Definition
the temples (sides of his forehead)
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eternizaba un ademán
 Definition
made an endless gesture
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una baldosa
 Definition
a floor tile
Term
el impedido mundo
 Definition
the obstructed world
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anheló comunicarse
 Definition
he longed to communicate
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la omnipresencia
 Definition
the presence everywhere
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el plomo germánico
 Definition
the German lead (bullets)
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urdió un laberinto
 Definition
invented a labyrinth (maze)
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las arduas cacofonías
 Definition
the difficult (arduous) unpleasant sounds
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un solo epíteto
 Definition
a single adjective (descriptive phrase
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vislumbrar
 Definition
 to glimpse
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