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La noche boca arriba
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38
Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 2
04/03/2011
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a tientas
 Definition
gropingly
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agacharse
 Definition
to crouch
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costarle (ue) a alguien + infinitivo
 Definition
to be difficult for someone to (do something)
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de cuando en cuando
 Definition
from time to time
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defenderse
 Definition
to defend oneself
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esconderse
 Definition
to hide
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hacer un buche
 Definition
to wet one's mouth
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hacer una seña
 Definition
to (make a) signal
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ir ganando
 Definition
to overcome
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zaguán
 Definition
entrance hall
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ronronear
 Definition
to purr (motor)
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chicotear
 Definition
to whip (wind)
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ministerios
 Definition
goverment office buildings
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las aceras
 Definition
the sidewalks
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los setos
 Definition
hedges
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la tersura
 Definition
the brilliance
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la leve crispación
 Definition
the element of tension
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desviar
 Definition
to divert (traffic, river), change, evade (question)
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desviarse de
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to turn off; wander or digress from
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guardapolvo
 Definition
dustcoat
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lamer
 Definition
to lick
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la camilla
 Definition
the stretcher
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pabellón
 Definition
pavilion, section of a building
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cloroformizar
 Definition
to anaesthetize by chloroform; to chloroform
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la lápida
 Definition
memorial/tomb stone
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palmear
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to clap; to slap/pat (on the face or shoulder)
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las tembladerales
 Definition
quagmires
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un arbusto
 Definition
a shrub
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arder
 Definition
to burn; to be boiling hot
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el resplandor
 Definition
brightness, glow; gleam
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rojizo
 Definition
reddish
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frotar
 Definition
to rub; to scrub
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frotarse las manos
 Definition
to rub one's hands
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la migaja
 Definition
the bit, ccrumb; the scrap
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desmigajar
 Definition
to crumble (bread)
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la ceja
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the eyebrow
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embotada
 Definition
pent up
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las cuerdas
 Definition
the ropes
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