El Saltamontes Verde (Ana María Matute)

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avaro
avaro
miserly
la madreselva
la madreselva
honeysuckle
brotar
brotar
to sprout
de cuando en cuando
de cuando en cuando
from time to time
avergonzar
avergonzar
to embarrass
atolondrado
atolondrado
scatterbrained
revolotear
revolotear
to flutter
la cuerda
la cuerda
rope
la pala
la pala
shovel
entrechocar
entrechocar
to collide
estrecharse la mano
estrecharse la mano
to shake hands
el tropel
el tropel
jumble
el tropel
el tropel
mob
todas partes
todas partes
everywhere
el/la crin
el/la crin
horsehair
el/la crin
el/la crin
mane
el lomo
el lomo
lower back
el lomo
el lomo
back
brincar
brincar
to jump
espigado
tall and slim
en cuanto a
with regard to
en cuanto
as soon as
el terciopelo
velvet
el carbón
coal
ya ves
as you can see
picotear
to nibble
picotear
to peck at
fijarse en
to pay attention to
abatido
dejected
el junco
reed
rizado
curly
hozar
to root
peludo
hairy
el látigo
whip
el madroño
strawberry tree
el helecho
fern
la rienda
rein
el arroyo
stream
la espuela
spur
la llanura
plain
el ganadero
rancher
la manada
herd
el bayo
cream horse
dorado
golden
el potro
colt
retener
to detain
detenerse
to stop
entre sí
among themselves
la vasija
pot
el alfarero
potter
altivo
haughty
encaramar
to lift up
encarar
to confront
el gallo
rooster
balar
to bleat
el cordero
lamb
la jaiba
crab
el buey
ox
las cercanías
outskirts
el sendero
path
la cigüeña
stork
el campanario
belfry
rojizo
reddish
el tejado
roof
el sudor
sweat
divisar
to spot
el altozano
small hill
el fondillo
butt
redondo
round
lucir
to shine
junto a
next to
en tanto
meanwhile
figurarse
to imagine
suceder
to happen
la trucha
trout
la orilla
bank
la orilla
shore
tender
to hang
el cañaveral
reedbed
la ardilla
squirrel
el nido
nest
el/la linde
boundary
el agujero
hole
la empalizada
palisade
el cordón
shoelace
el clavo
nail
colgar
to hang
engrasar
to grease
el cuero
leather
ardiente
burning
caluroso
hot
la hierba
grass
dar gusto
to be a pleasure
la feria
fair
la hojalata
tin
vaciar
to empty
dirigir
to manage
dirigirse
to walk
enseguida
immediately
esforzarse
to make an effort
emprender
to undertake
cojear
to limp
la caña
reed
el desaliento
discouragement
encoger
to shrink
conceder
to give
carraspear
to clear one's throat
borroso
blurred
vago
vague
tibio
lukewarm
pasmado
astonished
la suavidad
gentleness
desazonar
to upset
desazonar
to make tasteless
agudo
sharp
desprender
to detach
el resplandor
brightness
hacer caso de
to pay attention to
el palo
stick
la costilla
rib
medir
to weigh up
el cobarde
coward
frotarse
to rub
chillar
to scream
el puño
fist
lanzar
to throw
lanzarse
to pounce on
el desvío
deviation
la rama
branch
la aguja
needle
clavarse
to be fixated on
meter
to put
quebrar
to break
el tallo
stem
el brinco
jump
la risotada
guffaw
la pata
leg
el hilo
thread
atado
tied
la conserva
canned food
agacharse
to crouch down
apenar
to sadden
osar
to dare
el murciélago
bat
el sapo
toad
martirizar
to torture
al cabo de un rato
after a while
entrecerrado
half closed
naufragar
to sink
resplandecer
to shine
la charca
pond
el vientecillo
light wind
la tapia
garden wall
la lagartija
small lizard
la ramita
twig
la punzada
stabbing pain
alzarse
to rise
deletrear
to spell out
el guijarro
pebble
el roble
oak
adosado
attached
el chozo
small hut
el ramaje
branches
el barro
mud
tal como
such as
asomar
to stick out
acaso
perhaps
arrancar
to pull out
recorrer
to travel around
sobre todo
above all
el desván
attic
la escalerilla
steps
de puntillas
on tiptoes
descalzo
barefoot
la urna
glass case
el hecho
fact
ya que
since
la faena
task
el huerto
orchard
apacible
gentle
procurar
to make sure
alejarse
to move away
el rincón
corner
el trajín
hustle and bustle
abstraído
absorbed
huraño
unsociable
aguardar
to wait for
en algún lugar
somewhere
la limosna
charity
el mendigo
beggar
mudo
speech-impaired
mas
but
soler
to tend to
soler
to use to
atareado
busy
ahogar
to drown
desbordar
to overflow
desbordarse
to flood
el deshielo
thaw
ahogarse en un vaso de agua
to make a mountain out of a molehill
ahogarse
to drown
el huérfano
orphan
el saltamontes
grasshopper
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