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purse

Casa de Vargas Llosa, p.136

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la caridad
la caridad
charity
quisiera
quisiera
I would like
reemplazar
reemplazar
to replace
empeñarse
empeñarse
to fall into debt
empeñarse
empeñarse
to insist on
aguantar
aguantar
to wait for
aguantar
aguantar
to endure
aunque
aunque
although
pide un deseo
pide un deseo
make a wish
la carrera
la carrera
dash
apretujar
apretujar
to squeeze
cholo
cholo
mixed-race
el zambo
el zambo
person of mixed African and Amerindian ancestry
acariciarse
acariciarse
to stroke
la calva
la calva
bald head
desvelar
desvelar
to keep awake
el techo
el techo
roof
la viga
la viga
rafter
lamer
lamer
to lap against
llamativo
showy
suntuoso
sumptuous
el petate
palm leaf mat
el mechero
oil lamp
en seguida llamamos al servicio de
we immediately called the ... service
la lona
canvas
la silla de ruedas
wheelchair
renquear
to limp
la facha
face
el grito
shout
el mandil
apron
grasiento
greasy
destapar
to take the lid off
la ronca
roar
zafarse
to get away from
anudarse
to get into a knot
aceitoso
oily
tomado
drunk
crespo
frizzy
la torpeza
clumsiness
hazme caso
listen to me
atolondrado
scatterbrained
el umbral
threshold
agarrar
to grab
el fuego
fire
la gárgara
gargle
silbar
to whistle
la argolla
ring
la cancha
field
fogoso
passionate
la azotea
terraced roof
el cachaco
intellectual
empapar
to soak
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