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musitar
musitar
to mumble
el paradero
el paradero
whereabouts
agotado
agotado
exhausted
más bien
más bien
rather
por adelantado
por adelantado
in advance
desparramar
desparramar
to scatter
derramar
derramar
to spread
el parabrisas
el parabrisas
windshield
a la zaga
a la zaga
behind
delatar
delatar
to give away
sacudir
sacudir
to shake
dar paso
dar paso
to give way
pillar
pillar
to catch
la navaja
la navaja
penknife
espigado
espigado
tall and slim
inmundo
inmundo
filthy
malgastar
malgastar
to waste
tanto como
tanto como
as much as
entregado
entregado
delivered
engañar
to deceive
cojear
to limp
la barraca
shack
mar adentro
out at sea
extrañarse
to be surprised
el candado
padlock
herrumbroso
rusty
famélico
emaciated
la chabola
shack
el regazo
lap
ya que
since
facilitar
to provide
trabado
jammed
arrastrarse
to crawl
desatar
to untie
en cuanto
as soon as
la punzada
stabbing pain
a ratos
from time to time
sonrojarse
to blush
a eso de
around
ido
crazy
el forastero
stranger
entornar
to leave ajar
asirse
to grab hold of
la venda
bandage
el asomo
trace
la manada
herd
pegar ojo
to sleep
el amparo
protection
apetecer
to fancy
no pintar bien
to not look good
yo qué sé
what do I know
sacar adelante
to make a success of
acto seguido
immediately afterwards
no es nada
it's nothing
a deshora
at odd times
jadear
to gasp
apoderarse
to overcome
tantos como
as many as
desapercibido
unnoticed
asearse
to get washed and dressed
la cerilla
match
tumbarse
to lie down
a menos que
unless
apetecer
to feel like
hacia atrás
backwards
la corazonada
hunch
taparse
to wrap up
de lo lindo
a great deal
escocer
to sting
enderezarse
to stand up straight
arremolinarse
to crowd around
sensiblemente
considerably
apuesto
handsome
la nómina
payroll
la monada
cutie
el tentempié
snack
apuntarse
to enroll
apuntarse
to be up for it
la superchería
fraud
tapar
to hide
de reojo
sideways
el rabillo del ojo
corner of one's eye
meditabundo
pensive
el chantaje
blackmail
acongojar
to distress
burlarse
to mock
la cabezadita
snooze
arrebatar
to snatch
escabullirse
to escape
a trancas y barrancas
only with great difficulty
pudendo
embarrassing
manso
meek
comentar
to talk about
menos mal
it's just as well
el entorno
surroundings
que yo sepa
as far as I know
el/la farsante
fraud
la superchería
trick
el tejido
fabric
enturbiar
to cloud
imponente
impressive
aflojar
to slacken
la colada
laundry
soltar
to let go of
empinado
steep
el lugareño
local
hacer entrega de
to give
el estanco
tobacconist's
hueco
superficial
la portada
front page
tal para cual
cut from the same cloth
la picazón
itch
dar con
to find
el servidor
yours truly
no hagas caso
don't take any notice
indicado
appropriate
a gusto
comfortable
quitar importancia
to downplay
aburguesar
to gentrify
a juego
matching
lo de siempre
the usual
el santurrón
sanctimonious hypocrite
el fariseísmo
hypocrisy
sortear
to dodge
tachar
to cross out
la ordinariez
coarseness
atildado
elegant
desoír
to ignore
enloquecer
to go crazy
la hilera
row
sobrepasarse
to go too far
conque
so
dar la nota
to stand out
aferrarse
to hold onto
acicalarse
to smarten oneself up
entregado
devoted
verosímil
plausible
flojo
loose
sí que
certainly
entregarse
to surrender
la vergüenza
embarrassment
la vergüenza
shame
no hace falta que
you don't have to
parapetarse
to take refuge
ni hablar
no way
abatido
dejected
receloso
suspicious
la habladuría
rumor
fuera de lugar
inappropriate
el bulo
unfounded rumor
consagrarse
to dedicate oneself to
el bufete
legal practice
la extrañeza
surprise
delatarse
to give oneself away
el letrado
lawyer
adusto
sullen
el engendro
foetus
apiñarse
to crowd together
flaco
thin
nutrido
large
apearse
to get off
exigente
demanding
someterse
to comply with
la hembra
female
en torno
about
tener en cuenta
to keep in mind
álgido
decisive
dar la vuelta
to turn around
urdir
to plot
a pies juntillas
without any doubt
el alféizar
windowsill
trajeado
dressed
precisar
to require
hacerse cargo de
to be aware of
echarse en falta
to be missed
exigir
to call for
antipático
unfriendly
la bobada
nonsense
la pulla
cutting remark
maquinar
to plot
el pipiolo
kid
agraciado
attractive
el sosiego
tranquility
díscolo
unruly
infravalorado
underrated
el tropiezo
setback
el marco
framework
la añoranza
yearning
el ingenio
device
el/la cobardica
scaredy-cat
el vendaval
gale
de cabo a rabo
from beginning to end
cuanto menos
the less
más bien
more like
tal y como
just like
ubicarse
to be located
el portento
marvel
patas arriba
upside down
citar
to make an appointment
el/la mecenas
patron
sollozar
to sob
entrometido
nosy
la cucharada
spoonful
el quid
crux
propio
typical
en su caso
where appropriate
acontecer
to take place
el rabo de toro
oxtail
el estofado
stew
amén
as well as
la birria
piece of junk
acometer
to attack
¡Chitón!
Shh!
la pulcritud
tidiness
pasar un rato
to spend some time
hacer de tripas corazón
to bite the bullet
apretar
to press
endosar
to saddle with
de sol a sol
from dawn to dusk
lerdo
slow-witted
por poco
almost
dolido
hurt
pusilánime
fainthearted
angustiado
anxious
el tendero
shopkeeper
a raya
under control
el calzonazos
wimp
alojar
to accommodate
saltarse
to skip
el infarto
heart attack
entretenerse
to amuse oneself
los ultramarinos
grocer's shop
regentar
to run
el guiso
stew
el adoquín
cobblestone
manar
to flow
agarrar
to grab
el escalón
step
acurrucar
to cuddle
abrumador
overwhelming
parir
to give birth
alardear
to boast
apostar
to bet
ajeno
other people's
el vertedero
rubbish tip
cuanto antes
as soon as possible
rayano en
bordering on
a toda prisa
as quickly as possible
entretenido
entertaining
entretenido
busy
entornado
half-closed
la persiana
shutter
anegado
flooded
valerse
to manage
la resaca
hangover
hurgar
to dig around in
locuaz
talkative
el embolado
mess
el burro
donkey
el beodo
drunk
apelotonarse
to crowd together
discutir
to argue
el golpecito
tap
el ruego
plea
extraviarse
to get lost
el sendero
path
el resquicio
crack
ebrio
drunk
si bien
although
gruñón
grumpy
darse tono
to put on airs
el yeso
plaster
podrido
rotten
la percha
hanger
el alga
seaweed
en torno
around
el apagón
power cut
escamarse
to get suspicious
soberbio
magnificent
aguantar
to bear
delatar
to betray
faldero
skirt-chaser
el faldero
lapdog
en ciernes
budding
la lisonja
flattery
el recado
message
el carrillo
cheek
en fin
anyway
palmar
to kick the bucket
distendido
relaxed
espetar
to blurt out
el pormenor
detail
el embuste
lie
el mote
nickname
el calabozo
dungeon
rechazar
to turn down
el suceso
crime
ataviado
dressed up in
el chiquillo
kid
el recelo
suspicion
de buena gana
willingly
el mirón
onlooker
por la mitad
half way through
el zumbido
buzzing
acurrucarse
to curl up
el tornillo
screw
la jeringuilla
syringe
el quirófano
operating theatre
acogedor
cosy
sobrar
to be too many
encogerse
to shrink
arañar
to scratch
la puñalada
stab
arrancar
to pull out
engullir
to gobble
ahogar
to suffocate
ponzoñoso
venomous
de bruces
flat on one's face
atinar
to manage to
cuanto más
the more
al azar
at random
la tapa
cover
procurar
to make sure
levantar
to build
la norma
rule
de corrido
nonstop
al cien por cien
a hundred percent
entreabrir
to open halfway
el pantano
swamp
desfilar
to parade
tentador
tempting
poner los pelos de punta
to make ... hair stand on end
encolar
to glue
el ademán
movement
la ilusión
hope
la comidilla
talk
exigir
to require
conllevar
to involve
la inversión
investment
matizar
to explain
el provecho
profit
el luto
mourning
adusto
austere
envarado
stiff
no hace falta
you don't need
qué más da
what difference does it make
compungido
remorseful
el redactor
writer
el redactor
editor
la negrita
bold type
la entradilla
opening paragraph
escuetamente
simply
rendirse
to surrender
la reseña
review
las existencias
stock
pulir
to polish
embobar
to fascinate
encajar
to fit
percatar
to realise
desconocer
to not know
los ultramarinos
groceries
descabellado
crazy
hundido
sunken
el trono
throne
a granel
in bulk
disparatado
ridiculous
taimado
sly
enésimo
umpteenth
placentero
pleasant
hueco
hollow
de par en par
wide open
la losa
tombstone
aflorar
to rise to the surface
apurar
to finish
experimentar
to experience
halagüeño
encouraging
hacer pasar
to show in
lidiar
to deal with
pudiente
wealthy
rezumar
to ooze
la clarividencia
perception
sopesar
to weigh up
desperdiciar
to waste
oportuno
appropriate
halagar
to flatter
en absoluto
not at all
reparar
to notice
cenagoso
muddy
la azotea
terraced roof
el embalse
reservoir
la grieta
crack
el cobijo
shelter
la bocanada
gust
parar
to end up
a duras penas
only just
el harapo
rag
resentirse
to be affected
esbozar
to outline
constar
to know for a fact
esfumarse
to vanish
el desconcierto
confusion
la barbilla
chin
hacer la calle
to work as a prostitute
aguantar
to put up with
el escudo
shield
la aduana
customs
el/la pasante
intern
pasajero
passing
callejear
to wander the streets
carecer
to lack
el empeño
determination
tapar
to cover
el/la lameculos
arse-kisser
el/la asistente
participant
la tertulia
gathering
viento en popa
on a roll
las lides
matters
azorado
flustered
entretanto
meanwhile
pericial
expert
el buzón
letterbox
asearse
to clean oneself up
el silbido
ringing
el silbido
whistling
taladrar
to drill into
rendido
exhausted
el aguante
stamina
la media
average
en torno a
around
el estuche
case
la muda
change of clothes
el desagüe
drain
el grifo
tap
el operario
worker
santiguarse
to cross oneself
el costado
side
rematado
complete
la atalaya
vantage point
el caracol
snail
la prenda
garment
raído
threadbare
el mantel
tablecloth
desde entonces
since then
el descuido
carelessness
el presupuesto
budget
enjuto
lean
rechoncho
chubby
menudo
slight
pintoresco
eccentric
desempeñar
to hold
el trasfondo
undertone
el trasfondo
background
el hacendado
landowner
la mendicidad
extreme poverty
la mendicidad
begging
el atajo
shortcut
cochino
lousy
colarse
to slip in
por si
in case
el puñado
handful
la pendiente
slope
a medida que
as
inconfundible
unmistakable
brindar
to toast
en el fondo
actually
carraspear
to clear one's throat
para cuando
by the time
el engaño
deceit
la limosna
alms
el niñato
spoiled brat
sacar a colación
to bring up
el moretón
bruise
registrar
to search
a lo mejor
maybe
meterse en líos
to get into trouble
el oficio
trade
a duras penas
hardly
estrepitosamente
spectacularly
fracasar
to fail
hasta
up to
echar a andar
to start walking
sin ganas
unenthusiastically
el hastío
boredom
la torpeza
awkwardness
la columna
spine
la cinta
ribbon
aflojarse
to loosen
el anhelo
desire
entrever
to glimpse
atragantarse
to choke
la retahíla
string
echar una cabezada
to take a nap
la jactancia
boasting
en torno a
about
al pie de la letra
to the letter
avenirse
to agree to
atropellar
to run over
sacar brillo a
to polish
rematar
to finish off
inicuo
wicked
cochino
rotten
el recato
modesty
el dechado
paragon
ansiar
to long for
en alza
on the rise
el lupanar
brothel
empeñarse
to insist on
el pellizco
pinch
el montón
loads
pues claro
of course
la cloaca
sewer
cosechar
to achieve
cosechar
to harvest
¿Y eso?
How come?
a duras penas
with great difficulty
la mazmorra
dungeon
el baratillo
secondhand goods
lúgubre
dismal
macilento
gaunt
flamante
fabulous
desplazarse
to travel
el incordio
nuisance
acaudalado
wealthy
la mansarda
attic
el amasijo
hodgepodge
el tramo
stretch
por mucho que
no matter how much
sentar la cabeza
to settle down
el vítor
cheer
el marco
frame
insólito
unusual
encaminarse
to head for
exigir
to demand
el cuartucho
dump
animar
to encourage
desplomarse
to collapse
convenir
to agree
el acontecimiento
event
incomodar
to annoy
unos cuantos
a few
la acogida
reception
la escoria
scum
el pintalabios
lipstick
para luego
only to then
retorcido
twisted
la entrega
instalment
a regañadientes
reluctantly
el agotamiento
exhaustion
desempeñar
to carry out
el hombretón
big strong man
encoger
to shrink
escudarse
to hide behind
derramarse
to spill
antojarse
to feel like
defraudar
to let down
el discurso
speech
por doquier
everywhere
dar la gana
to feel like it
el pollo
young man
embalarse
to get carried away
forrado
rolling in it
el enchufado
well-connected person
el cancerbero
goalkeeper
apostarse
to bet
mecanografiar
to type
el esbozo
rough draft
el/la accionista
shareholder
destacar
to stand out
impagable
priceless
pillar
to get
el trasto
piece of junk
inservible
useless
el ademán
gesture
el exabrupto
cutting remark
mascullar
to mutter
el pavor
dread
proclive
inclined
la ñoñería
spinelessness
frondoso
abundant
carcomer
to eat away at
venido a menos
run-down
anhelar
to long for
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