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Gente_Vocab_17
Gente Vocabulary Chapter 17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| el argumento | plot |
| el/la autor /a | author |
| el cuento | short story, tale |
| el ensayo | essay |
| el/la escritor/a | writer |
| la narracion | narration |
| el/la narrador/a | narrator |
| la novela | novel |
| de misterio | mystery novel |
| de adventuras | adventure story |
| de ficción | fiction novel |
| el/la novelista | novelist |
| el personaje | character |
| el/la protagonista | main character |
| el relato | story/tale |
| la búsqueda | search |
| la coartada | alibi |
| la comisaría | police station |
| el/la cómplice | accomplice |
| la declatación | statement |
| la desaparición | disappearance |
| la detención | arrest/detention |
| las fuentes | sources |
| el/la guaraespaldas | bodyguard |
| la huella | trace/print/ handprint / footprint |
| el/la implicado/a | person involved |
| el interrogatorio | questioning |
| la investigación | investigation |
| el mayordomo | butler |
| el/la millionario/a | millionaire |
| el misterio | mystery |
| la pista | clue |
| la prueba | proof/evidence |
| el secuestro | kidnapping |
| el/la sospechoso/a | suspect |
| el suceso | incident |
| el testigo | witness |
| aclarar | to clarify |
| contar (ue) | to tell (a story) |
| demostrar (ue) | to demonstrate |
| disfrazarse (de) | to disguise oneself as |
| firmar | to sign |
| fugarse | to escape |
| hojear | To skim/ glace through |
| interrogar | to question |
| investigar | to investigate |
| narrar | to narrate |
| relatar | to tell (a story) |
| resolver un caso | to solve a case |
| salir con | to go out with |
| secuestrar | to kidnap |
| sospechar (de) | to suspect |
| suponer | to suppose |
| vincular (a) | to link |
| como era de esperar | as expected |
| echar una mano | to help, to lend a hand |
| en efectivo | cash |
| estar harto/a (de) | to be tired of, fed up with |
| ir directo al grano | to get the point |
| por suerte | luckily |