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Latin American Short Story
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
02/18/2009
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Term
el terciopelo
 Definition
velvet
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apretar
 Definition
to be too tight
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fijarse en
 Definition
to notice
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las pintas blancas
 Definition
white dots
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el ventanal
 Definition
large window
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inconcebible nacimiento
 Definition
inconceivable birth
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una kentia
 Definition
decorative palm tree
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un bibliorato
 Definition
box file
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un bigote recortado
 Definition
trimmed moustache
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rasurado
 Definition
shaved
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precipitadamente
 Definition
hasty
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el hollín
 Definition
soot
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desprolijamente
 Definition
carelessly
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las salpicaduras
 Definition
the splashes, splotches
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un traje de brin blanco
 Definition
a white linen suit
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un saco
 Definition
a sports jacket
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hablaba volublemente
 Definition
talked in an irregular way
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la truncada balustrada
 Definition
the short railing
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la vidriera
 Definition
the shop window
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venido a menos
 Definition
come down in the world
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un asomo de conocimiento
 Definition
a sign of knowledge
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una carátula
 Definition
book cover, dust jacket
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le tomaba un gusto raro
 Definition
he got an odd taste from it
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tan pocas cosas
 Definition
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la cara ósea, magra
 Definition
the bony, thin face
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tendía hacia lo cárdeno
 Definition
tended toward the color of a bruise
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dos palabras te levantaron
 Definition
two words cheered you up
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Eres terca.
 Definition
You’re stubborn.
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cada cual
 Definition
each person
Term
en la medida de
 Definition
in proportion to
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su propia exigencia
 Definition
their own needs
Term
una ley fatal
 Definition
a law of fate
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cosas fantásticas
 Definition
ridiculous things
Term
la noche entraba en turno
 Definition
the night came for its shift
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azul mar
 Definition
sea blue
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pasan raudos
 Definition
pass rapidly
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una voz estentórica
 Definition
a booming voice
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un tiesto de flores
 Definition
a flower pot
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los tallos de las flores
 Definition
the stems of flowers
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flores escuálidas
 Definition
scrawny flowers
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un terrón de hielo
 Definition
a clump of ice
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detendrían al hombre
 Definition
would keep a person, people from
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la plenitud de matar
 Definition
the peak experience of killing
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un guardapolvo
 Definition
overalls, work coat
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un hierro largo
 Definition
a long iron pole
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con seco estrépito
 Definition
with a dry noise
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el tráfico se hace ralo
 Definition
the traffic becomes sparse
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la agriedad
 Definition
the bitterness
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dar un fin a su vida
 Definition
give a purpose to one’s life
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echaron a andar
 Definition
began to walk
Term
ardían los arcos galvánicos
 Definition
the galvanized arches burned (streetlights)
Term
el estrépito
 Definition
the noise, din
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a la deriva
 Definition
without direction, aimlessly
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exacerbado
 Definition
irritated, made more bitter
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