Volume 1, Cuento 2, La Criatura, Short Spanish Stories

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mantener
mantener
to support
el corazón
el corazón
sweetheart
realmente
realmente
really
maravilloso
maravilloso
wonderful
coger
coger
to take
coger
coger
to take
no vino nadie a la fiesta
no vino nadie a la fiesta
no one came to the party
enviar
enviar
to send
enviar
enviar
to ship
enviar
enviar
to send
asustar
asustar
to frighten
mandar
mandar
to order
mandar
mandar
to send
hermoso
hermoso
beautiful
vaya
vaya
go
vaya
vaya
oh no
vaya
vaya
wow
propio
propio
own
amable
amable
kind
el hablador
chatterbox
el banco
bank
acercar
to move closer
cercano
close
tonto
silly
vámonos
let's go
sucio
dirty
descansar
to rest
mantener
to hold
no tengas miedo
don't be afraid
tan
so
seguir
to follow
dirigir
to direct
gritar
to shout
gritar
to scream
por el contrario
on the contrary
en vez de eso
instead
en su lugar
instead
en lugar de
instead of
en cambio
instead
aplaudir
to applaud
el invitado
guest
suya
its
remodelar
to redesign
el corazoncito
sweetheart
el frente
front
maravilloso
marvelous
gastar
to use
el disfraz
costume
quitar
to remove
la vela
candle
permanecer
to remain
soltar
to loosen
patalear
to kick up a fuss
alcanzar
to catch
la linterna
flashlight
rodear
to surround
yo mismo
I myself
tú mismo
you ... yourself
él mismo
he himself
ella misma
she herself
ubicar
to locate
qué envidia
I'm so jealous
vaya
well
detenidamente
carefully
el banco
bench
sentar
to sit
saltar
to go off
el contestador automatico
answering machine
los ancianos
elderly
quedarse dormido
to fall asleep
la cobertura
coverage
en cambio
however
en fin
well
¿Qué más da?
What does it matter?
suelto
loose
gruñir
to growl
romper
to break
vámonos de aquí
let's get out of here
el monte
mount
el oso
bear
la huella
footprint
el polvo
dust
deshabitado
uninhabited
hasta
until
roto
broken
tiene buena pinta
looks good
balancear
to balance
el estado
state
el camino
path
el cruce
intersection
tanto como
as much as
tanto
so much
parar
to stop
la caminata
hike
el comienzo
start
quedar
to stay
acompañar
to go with
la excursión
trip
empacar
to pack
el senderismo
hiking
hasta
to
el/la senderista
hiker
el bolsillo
pocket
la curiosidad
curiosity
merecido
well-deserved
el alivio
relief
el movimiento
movement
notar
to notice
permanecer
to stay
pelear
to fight
soltar
to let go of
caer
to fall
alcanzar
to reach
sacudir
to shake
menos mal
it's a good thing
la búsqueda
search
hacia
toward
la envidia
jealousy
saltar
to jump
la señal
signal
enteramente
entirely
tal vez
maybe
espesar
to thicken
arrancar
to pull out
animado
lively
oler
to smell
tonto
stupid
distinto
different
el paso
step
remar
to row
asustado
scared
mantener
to maintain
suavemente
gently
el miedo
fear
extrañamente
strangely
rodeado
surrounded
dirigir
to steer
la leyenda
legend
el placer
pleasure
suave
mild
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