El Prisionero del Cielo

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borracho como una cuba
borracho como una cuba
wasted
agarrado
agarrado
cheek-to-cheek
la juerga
la juerga
partying
amenizar
amenizar
to liven up
la ganga
la ganga
bargain
la zalamería
la zalamería
flattery
constar
constar
to know for a fact
hundido
hundido
depressed
agotado
agotado
exhausted
empeñarse
empeñarse
to insist on
costear
costear
to pay for
renegar
renegar
to grumble
el afán
el afán
effort
la persiana
la persiana
blind
parir
parir
to give birth
salirse de madre
salirse de madre
to get out of hand
marcar
marcar
to dial
acontecer
acontecer
to take place
jadear
jadear
to pant
tambalearse
to sway
quebrarse
to break
el puñetazo
punch
la pantufla
slipper
apañarse
to manage
el copo de nieve
snowflake
echar chispas
to fume
entregarse
to succumb to
por mucho que
no matter how much
el pordiosero
beggar
el cargo
position
borroso
blurred
engañoso
deceptive
la calidad
status
el necio
idiot
enterarse
to find out
repuntar
to pick up
repuntar
to recover
personarse
to appear
hacer la vista gorda
to turn a blind eye
reclamar
to demand
el altavoz
loudspeaker
el villancico
Christmas carol
de sobra
more than enough
el escollo
reef
la sandía
watermelon
la cremallera
zip
estrecharse
to squeeze in
despistado
forgetful
adjudicar
to award
estar al tanto
to be informed about
el ruego
plea
la instancia
application form
manido
stale
de por sí
already
de balde
for free
los trámites
red tape
el gasto
expense
el presupuesto
budget
el chantaje
blackmail
menear
to shake
el delito
crime
factible
feasible
por lo tanto
therefore
hacer gala de
to display
esbozar
to outline
el rabo de toro
oxtail
indagar
to investigate
de eso nada
no way
proponerse
to set out to
descuidar
to not worry
abonar
to pay
desdibujarse
to become blurred
acertar
to manage to
el vocerío
shouting
el pillo
rascal
azorado
flustered
aferrar
to grab
el asa
handle
arrebatar
to snatch
atisbar
to peep at
el granuja
rogue
la taquilla
locker
apostarse
to bet
apostarse
to position oneself
descomunal
huge
el recorrido
trip
sobre la marcha
as one goes along
el/la sinvergüenza
swine
el armatoste
huge thing
el estío
summer
el indulto
pardon
cuánto tiempo
it's been ages
el recelo
suspicion
estrechar
to hug
andar con pies de plomo
to tread carefully
el desfile
parade
acaso
perhaps
a pies juntillas
without any doubt
arrancar
to pull out
a duras penas
hardly
el juicio
good sense
chillar
to scream
la comilona
feast
sobrevenir
to happen
camelar
to sweet-talk
los cabales
one's right mind
los cabales
one's mind
a saber
who knows
hace poco
recently
plegable
folding
la fruición
delight
la dentellada
bite
el sacapuntas
pencil sharpener
el cuartucho
dump
diluviar
to pour
para cuando
by the time
la calderilla
small change
la pila
sink
el surtido
assortment
cuando menos
at least
replegarse
to withdraw
risueño
smiling
infausto
ill-fated
en sí
itself
unos cuantos
a few
la sugerencia
suggestion
convenir
to be a good idea
el sucedáneo
substitute
esfumarse
to vanish
hasta qué punto
to what extent
plantar cara
to confront
sortear
to negotiate
expedir
to issue
encallado
aground
liar
to roll
sopesar
to consider
aguardar
to await
aflorar
to rise to the surface
removerse
to fidget
acoger
to take in
la madeja
skein
amainar
to die down
la parsimonia
calmness
la acera
pavement
arrimar
to move closer
apagado
muffled
la chabola
shack
la zanja
ditch
la zanja
gully
el escollo
obstacle
encogerse
to shrink
tosco
rough
llano
flat
calar
to penetrate
acuchillar
to stab
el escombro
rubble
el ascenso
promotion
ya está
that's it
repentinamente
suddenly
el nombre de pila
first name
sobresalir
to stick out
la arcada
retching
la grieta
crack
el fiambre
corpse
palmar
to kick the bucket
aferrarse
to cling to
la escoria
scum
chantajear
to blackmail
desapacible
unpleasant
la lejía
bleach
apearse
to get out of
el salpicadero
dashboard
el traspié
stumble
el bache
pothole
el desvanecimiento
fainting fit
coincidir
to agree
el cabrón
bastard
pillar
to catch
mala leche
bad mood
desgañitarse
to grow hoarse
el cachorro
puppy
el arañazo
scratch
rasgar
to tear
menos mal
it's just as well
desviar
to avert
el consuelo
comfort
atinar
to manage to
el rencor
bitterness
avergonzarse
to be ashamed
la gentuza
riffraff
el hastío
disgust
emplearse
to find a job
de maravilla
wonderfully well
el empecinamiento
stubbornness
cargarse
to take out
el trocito
small piece
igualito
identical
las esposas
handcuffs
esposar
to handcuff
necio
foolish
el/la sindicalista
union member
el meñique
little finger
rendido
exhausted
el champiñón
mushroom
anegar
to flood
el reo
criminal
el acontecimiento
event
de cabo a rabo
from beginning to end
el conejillo de Indias
guinea pig
arrugar
to wrinkle
el sainete
comic sketch
el don
talent
prestarse
to offer to
entablar
to strike up
la fuga
jailbreak
de paso
while one's at it
por su cuenta
of his own accord
llano
straightforward
engañar
to deceive
en fin
anyway
avenirse
to agree to
para más inri
to add insult to injury
comparecer
to appear in court
el boquete
opening
apiadarse
to take pity on
regentar
to manage
el expediente
record
pésimo
terrible
apreciar
to be fond of
cuerdo
sane
sopesar
to weigh up
delatar
to inform on
el terrón
lump
cerciorarse
to make sure
de buen ver
good-looking
apetecible
desirable
proferir
to utter
ebrio
drunk
carecer
to lack
el advenedizo
upstart
mendigar
to beg for
apodar
to nickname
podrido
rotten
reparar
to notice
acurrucarse
to curl up
arañar
to scratch
apetecer
to feel like
enclenque
weak
el rompeolas
breakwater
de por medio
involved
la ilusión
hope
apurar
to finish off
escurridizo
slippery
la mujerzuela
slut
el acierto
good decision
hacer caso
to take notice of
jugarse
to bet
mascullar
to mutter
el brinco
jump
a duras penas
with great difficulty
que yo sepa
as far as I know
el taburete
stool
el amago
hint
la faena
task
hurgar
to dig around in
calar
to soak
propinar
to deal
la extrañeza
surprise
el asomo
trace
el astillero
shipyard
acaudalado
wealthy
tontear
to flirt
el manojo
bunch
el registro
search
negarse
to refuse
rarísimo
very strange
venir bien
to suit
gatear
to crawl
magrear
to grope
agarrarse
to hold on
el imprevisto
unexpected event
otear
to scan
encogerse
to cringe
encoger
to shrink
de mala muerte
seedy
la arcilla
clay
lidiar
to deal with
amordazar
to gag
qué bien
that's great
enchufar
to plug in
ceñido
tight-fitting
acabarse
to run out
mediante
by means of
atracar
to rob
el colegial
schoolboy
el prócer
hero
el soplamocos
punch
el chisme
gossip
desentonar
to be out of place
la memez
stupid thing
el manco
one-handed person
el baratillo
secondhand goods
el lince
genius
la emisora
channel
la fonda
boarding house
ajado
aged
la índole
sort
la tripulación
crew
el goce
enjoyment
sobrado
plenty of
precisar
to need
el pareado
rhyming couplet
transcurrir
to pass
el empeño
determination
la bocacalle
side street
entretenerse
to amuse oneself
entretenerse
to dillydally
la pesquisa
inquiry
ataviar
to dress up
a menos que
unless
a ciencia cierta
for certain
rayano
verging on
palmo a palmo
inch by inch
cojear
to limp
los calzoncillos
underpants
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