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Latin American Short Story
El Arbol
133
Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
04/06/2009
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Term
tose por perjuicio
 Definition
coughs nervously in anticipation
Term
las luces en racimo
 Definition
chandelier (lights in bunches like grapes)
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un resplandor mortecino
 Definition
a dying gleam
Term
la brasa
 Definition
hot coal
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desenvolverse
 Definition
to unfold
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estrecho
 Definition
to unfold
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juiciosamente caprichoso
 Definition
skillfully playful
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no tuviese oidio ni aficion
 Definition
she didnt have an ear or an interest
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descifraban a primera vista
 Definition
they could read music easily
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su inconsecuencia
 Definition
her failure to stick with it
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en tanto que a ella
 Definition
whereas she
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a cualquiera le doy esta carga
 Definition
i would hand over this job to anybody
Term
cuentos de animos
 Definition
ghost stories
Term
las particularidades de su tecnica
 Definition
the characteristics of his technique
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un lecho de arena rosada
 Definition
a riverbed of pink sand
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un quitasol de encaje
 Definition
a lace parasol
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una telarana
 Definition
a spiderweb
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altos surtidores
 Definition
hihg fountains
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una boca de labios carnosos
 Definition
a mouth with fleshy lips
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planchar en los bailes
 Definition
be a wallflower
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le brinda una escalera
 Definition
offers her a stairway
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una verja de barrotes
 Definition
a gate with heavey bars
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besos que le disparaba aturdidamente
 Definition
kisses that she hurled at him recklessly
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juguetona
 Definition
playful
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no atina a comprender
 Definition
she doesnt manage to understand
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he aqui que mozart la toma
 Definition
here is where mozart takes her
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luego de aberla despojado
 Definition
after having taken away from her
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la penumbra y el silencio precursor
 Definition
the half-light and the anticipatory silence
Term
remover el oleaje tibio
 Definition
to stir up the lukewarm sea swell
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se interna playa adentro
 Definition
she goes onto the beach
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una planta encerrada y sedienta
 Definition
a confined and thirsty plant
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la mucama abria las persianas
 Definition
the maid opened the venetian blinds
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se habia levantado sigiloso
 Definition
he had got out of bed carefully
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tu estudio no va a desaparecer
 Definition
your law office is not going to disappear
Term
un oleaje bulle
 Definition
an ocean swell boils up
Term
para que sintiese circular
 Definition
for her to feel the circulation of
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bienhechora
 Definition
beneficial
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que luz cruda
 Definition
what a harsh light
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las cretonas desvaidas
 Definition
the dull cotton curtains
Term
el arbol desenvolvia sombras
 Definition
the tree cast shadows
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los espejos se ahuecaban
 Definition
the mirrors revealed depths
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parlotear
 Definition
to chatter
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un mundo sumido en un acuario
 Definition
a world sunken in an aquarium
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la calle en pendiente
 Definition
the sloping street
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se despernaba al rio
 Definition
plunged down to the river
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un compromiso
 Definition
an appointment
Term
Si tratara de ser menos tonta!
 Definition
maybe i should try to be less foolish
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ganar de un tiron
 Definition
to win all at once
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no le habia pedido acaso
 Definition
hadnt she even asked him
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una tara secreta
 Definition
a secret defect
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la colmaba de caricias
 Definition
she overwhelmed him with caresses
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estrechar la vieja relacion
 Definition
to bring the long time relationship closer
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unas costumbres consentidas
 Definition
customs they just put up with
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el desbarajuste
 Definition
confusion
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el fracaso
 Definition
failure
Term
el arrebato de verdadero amor
 Definition
the ecstacy of true love
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acogiendo con benevolencia
 Definition
accepting benevolently
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las palabras hirientes
 Definition
the wounding words
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ni siquiera insultar
 Definition
no even to insult
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esgrimiendo rabiosamente
 Definition
brandishing furiously
Term
contraidos todos sus nervios
 Definition
all her nerves tightened
Term
se va dando portazos
 Definition
he goes away slamming doors
Term
atonita
 Definition
aghast
Term
tiritando de indignacion
 Definition
shaking with indignation
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tiraba desatinadamente
 Definition
was throwing wildly
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alguien golpeo con los nudillos
 Definition
somebody knocked with their knuckles
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con que insolita valentia
 Definition
with what unusual courage
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para que lo viera retorcerse
 Definition
so she would see it twist
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hecho una impetuosa llamarada negra
 Definition
turned into an imeptuious flash of black
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un pesado aguacero
 Definition
a heavey downpour
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no tardaria en rebotar
 Definition
would soon hit
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azotar, escurrirse por las hojas
 Definition
to strike, to slide along the leaves
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mil goteras fantasiosas
 Definition
a thousand fanciful gutters
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oir crujir y gemir el viejo tronco
 Definition
to hear the old trunk creak and groan
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ella se acurrucaria
 Definition
she would huddle
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voluntariamente friolenta
 Definition
deliberately sensitive to cold
Term
punados de perlas
 Definition
handfuls of vedas
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se habia escurrido del lecho
 Definition
he had slipped from the bed
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abierta de par en par
 Definition
wide open
Term
un olor a pasto
 Definition
a smell of grass
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velados por un halo de neblina
 Definition
veiled with a halo of fog
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la lluvia resbalapor las ojas
 Definition
the rain trickles along the leaves
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empapar hasta las rosas de las cretonas
 Definition
to soak even the rosas of the curtains
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si el le hubiese dado tiempo
 Definition
if he had given her enough time
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los impulsos se abatieron
 Definition
the urge ws beaten down
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la lluvia continuaba susurrando
 Definition
the rain continued to murmur
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deshojaba su ardiente calendario
 Definition
tore the pages off its burning calendar
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el clavel de aire
 Definition
spanish moss
Term
jugar al escondite
 Definition
play hide and seek
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las baldosas de la acera
 Definition
the squares of the sidewalk
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los cuchicheos
 Definition
the whispering
Term
se asomaba a la ventana
 Definition
she appeared at the window
Term
golpeaba las manos
 Definition
she clapped her hands
Term
acodada en la ventana
 Definition
leaning on her elbows at teh window
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el tiritar del follaje
 Definition
the trembling of the foliage
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se despenaba al rio
 Definition
descended precipitously to the river
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hundir la mirada
 Definition
to sink her gaze
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una luciernaga
 Definition
a firefly
Term
sufriendo por rachas
 Definition
suffering from a rash
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un putanzo
 Definition
a jab
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un deseo la asediaba
 Definition
she was besieged by a desire
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se escurria de puntillas
 Definition
she slipped on tiptoe
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los aleteos
 Definition
the flutterings of wings
Term
los chasquidos vegetales
 Definition
the creakings of plant life
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el dulce gemido de un grillo
 Definition
the sweet moan of a cricket
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el gomero sumido en las estrellas
 Definition
the gum tree swallowed up by the stars
Term
la estera
 Definition
the mat
Term
engranando en estudio tras otro
 Definition
weaving one etude after another
Term
se revoloteaban
 Definition
flew around
Term
antes de rodar
 Definition
before rolling around
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el forro gastado
 Definition
the worn out lining
Term
sumido en una copa de oro triste
 Definition
swallowed up in a sad golden goblet
Term
echada sobre el divan
 Definition
lying on the sofa
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los pequenos goces
 Definition
the little joys
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perdurable
 Definition
long lasting
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un estruendo feroz
 Definition
a ferocious crash
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una llamarada blanca
 Definition
a white flash
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un solo hachazo
 Definition
a single blow of the ax
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encandilada
 Definition
dazzled
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se incorpora
 Definition
she sits up
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aterradora
 Definition
terrifying
Term
arrancar de cuajo
 Definition
to remove completely
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le surcan gruesas venas destenidas
 Definition
big, discolored veins make lines
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los colores chillones
 Definition
the garish colors
Term
despavorida
 Definition
terrified
Term
se estrella contra la fachada
 Definition
is crushed against the facade
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un rascacielos deslumbrante
 Definition
a dazzling skyscraper
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vidrieras llenas de frascos
 Definition
store windows full of bottles
Term
en medio de la calzada
 Definition
in teh middle of the pavement
Term
la fealdad entro en sus espejs
 Definition
ungliness got into her mirrors
Term
los trapos colgados
 Definition
hung out rags
Term
esa risa postiza
 Definition
the false laugh
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se ha adiestrado en la risa
 Definition
he has trained himself to laugh
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