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stories; nueva vista

vocab from the stories in expresate 4, ch 3

QuestionAnswer
warship acorazado
fin aleta
fear, astonishment, surprise asombro
splinter astilla
to tie atar
whale ballena
ship, boat buque
cannon shot cañonazo
trick chasco
to pierce, to drive in, to nail clavar
side costado
dike, dam dique
to undertake emprender
tangled up, entwined enredado
to block, to bother, to hinder estorbar
formidable, tremendous formidable
to beat, to hit golpear
grenade granada
cave, grotto gruta
to sink hundirse
unease, nervousness inquietud
to release, to let out, to launch largar
to navigate navegar
to darken, to get dark oscurecer
place, spot paraje
to reduce reducir
to explode, to burst reventar
saw serrucho
steamboat vapor
to plunge, to duck, to dive zambullir
bent down, stooped agachado (a)
in unison, all together al unísono
to pile up amontonarse
difficulty, distress, jam aprieto
to stammer, to babble balbucear
to move, to stir bullir
corpulent, bulky corpulento (a)
weakened, debilitated debilitado (a)
to dissemble, to conceal disimular
to try out, to rehearse ensayar
to scrutinize escudriñar
bundle, packet fajo
to pretend fingir
bit, small piece jirón
bite mordida
face, grimace mueca
optional optativo (a)
to be numerous, to teem pulular
corner of one's eye rabillo del ojo
to traverse recorrer
to whisper susurrar
staggering, tottering tambaleante
to hum tararear
to run into toparse
aborigine, aboriginal aborigen
to rent alquilar
stratagem, trick ardid
miserly avaro
blessing bendición
guffaw carcajada
digger, excavator cavador (a)
summit, top, peak cima
greed codicia
condemned, damned condenado (a)
to exorcize conjurar
sparkle, flash destello
to rise erguirse
to expiate expiar
misdeed, villainy fechoría
to inhabit habitar
guest huésped
insatiable insaciable
unusual inusitado
merchant mercader
perennial, perpetual perenne
well pozo
magnificent, lofty soberbio
sustenance sustento
treasure tesoro
shouting, clamor vocerío
to reach alcanzar
to seize, to take possession of apoderarse
spider araña
repentant arrepentido (a)
to throw arrojar
terrified aterrado
trapped atrapado
pierced, run through atravesado
tray bandeja
to ride a horse cabalgar
worm-eaten, decayed carcomido
cord cuerda
to chain encadenar
to languish, to become thin or lean enflaquecer
to coil/twist enroscarse
to grow thicker or denser espesarse
mat esterilla
ghost fantasma
to flame flamear
light (weight) liviano
birth natal
back of neck nuca
to obey obedecer
sticky pegajoso
to propose/suggest proponer
to burn quemar
sabre sable
deaf-mute sordomudo
trap trampa
sheath vaina
praise alabanza
bitterness amargura
angry, annoyed amostazado
acumen, brains cacumen
to lack carecer
fill, limit, crowning colmo
to contain oneself contenerse
to unfold desdoblar
to tar and feather, to punish emplumar
to shut oneself in encerrarse
to start entablar
scarce, scanty escaso
stanza, strophe estrofa
to demand exigir
to experience experimentar
prophetic, ominous, fateful fatídico
humanities humanidades
unheard of inaudito
infamous person, scallywag infame
to interrogate interrogar
foolishness, nonsense necedad
wretched, awful pésimo
heavy tread on someone's foot, stomp pisotón
precursor precursor
complaint reclamación
writer, editor redactor
short written line of text rengloncito
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