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terms and phrases from the story
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Language - Spanish
12th Grade
09/08/2008
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Term
rabioso/a
 Definition
rabid, furious
Term
darse calabanzas
 Definition
rechazar (to reject) mis interes amorosos
Term
inaudito/a
 Definition
extraordinario/a
Term
la estrofa
 Definition
verse
Term
la amargura
 Definition
bitterness/aflicción o disgusto
Term
el alma (f)
 Definition
soul
Term
el rengloncito
 Definition
short, written line of text
Term
cacumen
 Definition
inteligencia, agudeza (sharpness)
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apoderarse (de)
 Definition
to take possession (of)
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el redactor
 Definition
editor
Term
saborear
 Definition
to taste, to savor
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la alabanza
 Definition
praise
Term
hallarse
 Definition
to be (estar), to find oneself, to be situated
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para mi capote
 Definition
interiormente, para mí mismo
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adueñarse
 Definition
to take over, to take hold of
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caten
 Definition
miren, observen
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el colmo
 Definition
satisfacción completa
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a puño cerrado
 Definition
firmemente, con obstinación
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fatídico/a
 Definition
fatal, de mala suerte (fateful)
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apenas + conjugated verb
 Definition
no sooner had (someone done something, something happened)
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me puse de veinticinco alfileres
 Definition
vestí mi mejor ropa
Term
lanzarse
 Definition
to throw or hurl oneself
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el elogio
 Definition
praise
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entablar
 Definition
to open, to begin, to strike up
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el callo
 Definition
corn (the bumps, not the food)
Term
disminuir
 Definition
to reduce or diminish
Term
amostazado/a
 Definition
irritado, enojado
Term
la infame
 Definition
persona odiosa, vil, indecente, sin honra
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atreverse
 Definition
to dare to do something
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la bofetada
 Definition
slap on the face
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contener(se)
 Definition
to restrain or control (oneself)
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me tragué la píldora
 Definition
acepté la situación sin protestar
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desdoblar
 Definition
to unfold
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pésimo
 Definition
muy malo
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emplumen, de emplumar
 Definition
dar un paliza, castigar (to punish)
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la necedad
 Definition
foolishness, stupidity
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el energúmeno
 Definition
persona muy exaltada, furiosa
Term
despedirse
 Definition
to give up
Term
escaso/a
 Definition
scarce
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echar (una mano)
 Definition
to throw, to give a hand, to help
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condenado
 Definition
condemned
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fastidiarse
 Definition
to put up with
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pegarse un tiro
 Definition
to shoot oneself
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ahorcarse
 Definition
to hang oneself
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arrojarse
 Definition
to throw oneself
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poner los pelos de punta
 Definition
to give someone the creeps
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