Elle B2 chapt 8

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echar a andar
echar a andar
to start walking
sobresaliente
sobresaliente
outstanding
incompetente
incompetente
incompetent
el acantilado
el acantilado
cliff
desalentar
desalentar
to discourage
Gales
Gales
Wales
el hoyo
el hoyo
pit
el hoyo
el hoyo
hole
el rayo
el rayo
bolt of lightning
hacia atrƔs
hacia atrƔs
backward
empuƱar
empuƱar
to grasp
el heredero
el heredero
heir
empedernido
empedernido
hardened
agudo
agudo
sharp
convocar
convocar
to summon
a medias
a medias
halfway
la encrucijada
la encrucijada
crossroads
otorgar
otorgar
to grant
la huida
la huida
escape
descolocar
to confuse
descolocar
to put out of place
endurecido
hardened
fracasar
to fail
subestimar
to underestimate
el altavoz
loudspeaker
pasajero
passing
descalzo
barefoot
aflojar
to slacken
inquebrantable
unshakable
maltrecho
injured
la piedad
mercy
la bondad
goodness
agacharse
to crouch down
asqueado
disgusted
el asomo
trace
recrudecer
to get worse
el regocijo
joy
hizo caso
he paid attention
sĆŗbitamente
unexpectedly
desgarrador
heartrending
la telaraƱa
spiderweb
deslumbrante
dazzling
el recelo
suspicion
el rocĆ­o
dew
derramar
to spill
el borde
edge
la demora
delay
someterse
to undergo
hinchado
swollen
abrir paso
to make way
avivar
to rekindle
hurgar
to dig around in
leve
slight
dispersar
to scatter
colapsar
to collapse
colapsar
to bring to a standstill
enloquecer
to drive crazy
restringir
to restrict
la destreza
skill
ensordecedor
deafening
conmocionado
shaken
la maraƱa
tangle
la cochera
garage
agarrar
to grab
el adepto
follower
la porra
truncheon
agazaparse
to crouch
el contenido
content
de corrido
nonstop
irreconciliable
irreconcilable
la mercancĆ­a
merchandise
la mercaderĆ­a
merchandise
espantar
to frighten away
el pormenor
detail
el pariente
relative
la cosecha
harvest
el fulano
so-and-so
la nueva
news
el tenderete
stall
aguardar
to wait for
pregonar
to announce
el acierto
correct answer
el crepĆŗsculo
twilight
de costado
on one's side
acurrucado
curled up
desdibujado
blurred
el nido
nest
gastado
threadbare
el cojĆ­n
cushion
desprevenido
unprepared
proseguir
to continue
prosiga
continue
por las dudas
just in case
el gƔnster
gangster
el/la fondista
long-distance runner
la faena
task
acaudalado
wealthy
verbigracia
for example
el gamo
fallow deer
el avestruz
ostrich
el pavo
turkey
el puercoespĆ­n
porcupine
la gallina
chicken
el cocodrilo
crocodile
la avispa
wasp
el lince
lynx
condicionar
to determine
encubierto
hidden
modificar
to modify
permanente
permanent
los primeros auxilios
first aid
pƩsimo
awful
asĆ­ como
just as
recomponer
to mend
arrojar
to hurl
demorar
to hold up
abalanzar
to hurl
el destello
sparkle
sobrecargar
to overload
dejo de
hint of
entrelazarse
to intertwine
chillar
to scream
rojizo
reddish
instruir
to instruct
ordenar
to order
rogar
to pray
rogar
to beg
tropezar
to trip
dimitir
to resign
la portada
cover
asegurar
to assure
insistir
to insist
explicar
to explain
recomendar
to advise
recomendar
to recommend
manifestar
to state
manifestar
to declare
sugerir
to suggest
aconsejar
to recommend
aconsejar
to advise
prometer
to promise
pedir
to ask for
comentar
to discuss
proponer
to propose
confesar
to admit
confesar
to confess
destacar
to emphasize
afirmar
to assert
declarar
to state
percatar
to realize
secuestrar
to kidnap
la mezcolanza
mishmash
despiadado
ruthless
mascullar
to mumble
el pulgar
thumb
enderezar
to straighten
sujetar
to hold
hacer muecas
to make faces
reconfortar
to comfort
la conmociĆ³n
shock
desgarrado
torn
hueco
hollow
soltarse
to break free
soltarse
to come off
la lentitud
slowness
sĆŗbitamente
suddenly
tambalearse
to stagger
conmovedor
moving
ajeno
foreign
sobresaltado
startled
tanto como
as much as
enderezarse
to stand up straight
el forcejeo
struggle
a tientas
blindly
zafarse
to get away from
el ladrillo
brick
la cotizaciĆ³n
value
menear
to shake
detenidamente
carefully
la reseƱa
review
pasar de largo
to go straight past
demorarse
to take
el porvenir
future
la arrancada
sudden start
clavar
to drive
trastabillar
to stumble
percatar
to notice
cerciorar
to convince
el picaporte
door handle
menguar
to decrease
demorar
to delay
el toque de queda
curfew
la antorcha
torch
desmoronar
to cause to crumble
el zumbido
buzz
el recelo
mistrust
castaƱetear
to chatter
predicar
to preach
el verdugo
executioner
lo cual
which
la recaĆ­da
relapse
lastimar
to hurt
aullar
to howl
el cuchillo
knife
angosto
narrow
dar por sentado
to take for granted
remangarse
to roll up one's sleeves
acaso
perhaps
escalofriante
chilling
pasmado
stunned
el resplandor
brightness
el taburete
stool
a no ser
unless
apuesto
good-looking
invencible
invincible
sƔdico
sadistic
el bombardeo
bombing
masacrar
to massacre
la balacera
shootout
fastidiar
to annoy
la certeza
certainty
abandonar
to leave
abandonar
to abandon
plantear
to bring up
rodar
to roll
el yeso
plaster
arrojar
to throw
alborotar
to unsettle
desplomarse
to collapse
retroceder
to back up
aferrar
to grasp
la pequeƱez
pettiness
asentir
to agree
quienquiera que
whoever
quienquiera
whoever
el atisbo
trace
hacer tiempo
to kill time
carcomer
to eat away at
a propĆ³sito
deliberately
a propĆ³sito
specially
agregar
to add
retrotraer
to take back
distraĆ­do
distracted
el borrado
erasure
la chispa
spark
aflorar
to rise to the surface
espantoso
hideous
la ojera
bag under one's eyes
acometer
to undertake
el castellano
Castilian
el escudo
shield
la lanza
lance
desesperar
to drive crazy
desesperarse
to get exasperated
el bien
property
madrugar
to get up early
el tocino
bacon
el juicio
good sense
desengaƱado
disillusioned
la aldea
small village
el escudero
squire
el caballero andante
knight errant
la previsiĆ³n
foresight
al margen de
out of
cumbre
most important
imponerse
to become fashionable
la aportaciĆ³n
contribution
el hidalgo
gentleman
las migajas
leftovers
el rubor
blush
estremecer
to make shudder
estremecer
to shake
la reclusiĆ³n
imprisonment
la rƔfaga
gust
quebrar
to break
quebrarse
to break
rudo
rough
apagado
muffled
tal como
just as
apartar
to move away
el/la integrante
member
el fregadero
sink
soltar
to let go of
la palabrota
swear word
la emboscada
ambush
despedazar
to tear to shreds
me saca de quicio
it drives me crazy
me saca de quicio
he drives me crazy
la tripulaciĆ³n
crew
asĆ­ como
as well as
a travƩs de
through
las gradas
flight of stairs
tamborilear
to drum
recostar
to lay back
el expediente
record
la maniobra
maneuver
fastidioso
annoying
fornido
well-built
el empeine
groin
el empeine
instep
la ingle
groin
el vientre
belly
no te conviene
it's not advisable for you
agradar
to please
chispeante
sparkling
agotador
exhausting
la garra
claw
la ira
anger
la cremallera
zip
recostar
to lean
araƱar
to scratch
a regaƱadientes
reluctantly
ronronear
to purr
la cautela
caution
atiborrado
full of
el propĆ³sito
purpose
despejado
clear
sediento
thirsty
esquivar
to dodge
sombrĆ­o
gloomy
desparramar
to scatter
raĆ­do
threadbare
provenir
to come from
escabullirse
to sneak away
salpicado
sprinkled
llevar puesto
to have on
el halago
compliment
sisear
to hiss
el siseo
hiss
la advertencia
warning
la calidez
warmth
el apretĆ³n
squeeze
la tarima
platform
esmerarse
to take great pains
por ello
for that reason
por ello
therefore
por ello
so
descarado
shameless
el descaro
cheek
audaz
daring
a salvo
safe
cabido
valued
el escozor
stinging
la fiambrera
lunchbox
enredarse
to get tangled
el mentĆ³n
chin
a raya
under control
el tartamudeo
stutter
viciado
stuffy
deshilachar
to fray
la tregua
truce
la cadera
hip
la encimera
countertop
el estallido
explosion
el estremecimiento
shudder
el trueno
thunderclap
complacido
satisfied
el rabillo del ojo
corner of one's eye
derrumbarse
to collapse
la cordura
sanity
reinar
to prevail
tararear
to hum
producirse
to take place
derribar
to demolish
atesorar
to amass
presenciar
to witness
envejecer
to grow old
el decorado
set
el asombro
amazement
descomponer
to break down
el rasgo
feature
comprensivo
understanding
atĆ³nito
astonished
entregar
to deliver
entregar
to turn in
nada mƔs
as soon as
circular
to circulate
atracar
to rob
el boceto
sketch
en medio de
in the middle of
exponer
to exhibit
en torno
around
el amado
lover
la ingenuidad
ingenuousness
la torpeza
clumsiness
ni siquiera
not even
cabreado
furious
ensimismado
absorbed
escogido
chosen
equivocarse
to make a mistake
tardar
to be long
tardar
to take
ser pan comido
to be a piece of cake
costearse
to pay for
cuanto menos
the less
concertar
to set up
distraer
to distract
dudoso
dubious
a medida que
as
al oĆ­do
in someone's ear
el cĆ³ctel
cocktail
el cubata
Cuba libre
aliviado
relieved
limitarse
to limit oneself to
ni hablar
no way
ni hablar
you must be joking
amueblado
furnished
por lo visto
apparently
los soportales
arcade
archiconocido
extremely well-known
inconfundible
unmistakable
concurrido
crowded
variopinto
diverse
ajetreado
busy
el chollo
bargain
revelar
to reveal
la bata
robe
quedarse dormido
to sleep in
quedarse dormido
to fall asleep
el sinfĆ­n
vast number
contrarrestar
to counteract
los cascos
headphones
suyo
her
suyo
his
la cobertura
coverage
apestar
to stink
toparse
to come up against
toparse
to bump into
topar
to run into
fugaz
fleeting
culpar
to blame
culparse
to blame onself
la culpa
blame
el vaivƩn
swaying
desde luego
of course
borroso
blurred
la pisada
footprint
el andƩn
platform
evidentemente
obviously
el matrimonio
married couple
rebotar
to bounce
coger
to grab
coger
to take
pellizcar
to pinch
recoger
to pick up
entretanto
meanwhile
una vez que
once
tan pronto como
as soon as
en cuanto
as soon as
apenas
barely
mientras tanto
meanwhile
errĆ³neamente
wrongly
despuƩs de que
after
padecer
to endure
desesperado
desperate
el/la malabarista
juggler
el rabo
tail
ni
not even
sentarse
to sit
sentir
to feel
embobar
to be crazy about
pƩsimo
terrible
la recogida
reclaim
la tetera
teapot
pasmado
astonished
la mudanza
move
piel de gallina
goose pimples
voy para allĆ”
I'll be right there
Ā”QuĆ© lata!
How annoying!
quƩ lƭo
what a mess
al cabo
in the end
el informativo
news bulletin
el telespectador
viewer
el/la oyente
listener
la emisiĆ³n
broadcasting
el reportaje
report
el/la internauta
Internet user
el/la titular
owner
el/la titular
holder
el reportero
reporter
la redacciĆ³n
essay
el editor
publisher
el editor
editor
la ediciĆ³n
edition
la columna
column
la crĆ³nica
feature
el subtĆ­tulo
subtitle
el/la corresponsal
correspondent
la prensa rosa
celebrity magazines
el pasatiempo
hobby
el suceso
event
la prensa amarilla
tabloids
la portada
title page
informativo
informative
encendido
on
comentar
to talk about
el cajĆ³n
drawer
tutearse
to address each other as "tĆŗ"
lo mĆ­o
my thing
a lo mejor
maybe
le da la mano
he shakes hands with him
cogidos de la mano
hand in hand
un dĆ­a de estos
one of these days
ni idea
not a clue
nada de nada
nothing at all
presunto
so-called
la gracia
joke
la azafata
flight attendant
la sobrina
niece
la desgracia
tragedy
al cabo de un rato
after a while
caer en la cuenta
to realize
estorbar
to get in the way of
suspirar
to sigh
pulcro
neat
el/la maquinista
engineer
rizado
curly
rebuscar
to search through
de tanto
from so much
acomplejado
with a lot of issues
abrumar
to overwhelm
de tanto
after all this
el fallo
mistake
al que
who
referir
to relate
transmitir
to pass on
redactar
to write
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