Luz Ajena

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inverosímil
inverosímil
implausible
acertar
acertar
to get right
angustiar
angustiar
to distress
tupido
tupido
thick
arrojar
arrojar
to throw
acaudalado
acaudalado
wealthy
restar
restar
to subtract
el tejemaneje
el tejemaneje
shenanigans
erguirse
erguirse
to rise up
procurar
procurar
to try
el oficio
el oficio
trade
desatender
desatender
to disregard
el desencanto
el desencanto
disappointment
trocarse
trocarse
to turn into
el funcionario
el funcionario
civil servant
de carrerilla
de carrerilla
from memory
la renuncia
la renuncia
resignation
reportar
reportar
to yield
alumbrar
alumbrar
to give birth to
alumbrar
to shed light on
espolear
to spur on
afanarse
to toil
regordete
chubby
el parlanchín
chatterbox
deleitarse
to enjoy
el entrometido
busybody
aupar
to help up
el acoso
harassment
padecer
to endure
asombrado
amazed
asistir
to witness
la presentación
launch
impulsar
to boost
amparar
to protect
el desamparo
abandonment
la ortografía
spelling
deletrear
to spell
ofuscar
to dazzle
aguardar
to wait for
sopesar
to weigh up
el cometido
task
presenciar
to see
las candilejas
footlights
el sobresalto
fright
por si las moscas
just in case
denostar
to insult
el asombro
amazement
halagar
to flatter
desestimar
to look down on
la plática
talk
a pesar de
in spite of
el pagaré
IOU
atropellado
rushed
llover a cántaros
to rain cats and dogs
calado
soaked
rendido
exhausted
nuevamente
again
el pavor
dread
adueñarse de
to take over
adecuarse
to adapt
el talle
waist
la sucursal
subsidiary
derrengado
exhausted
avenido
well-matched
rehacerse
to recover from
asirse
to grab hold of
en cuanto a
as for
aprestarse
to get ready
menos mal que
it's a good thing that
el rimero
stack
prescindir
to do without
la calamidad
disaster
desdeñar
to spurn
la ensoñación
daydream
bullir
to boil
decidirse
to make up one's mind
la picardía
craftiness
arrebatar
to snatch
ansioso
eager
exiguo
meager
extrañar
to surprise
la semblanza
biographical sketch
asustarse
to get frightened
adueñarse
to take over
el alambre
wire
el plazo
deadline
plantearse
to consider
el moratón
bruise
inoportuno
untimely
indagar
to investigate
la hondonada
hollow
anímico
mental
el conjunto
collection
la tarasca
old bag
ilusionante
exciting
enternecerse
to be touched
afanarse
to do everything one can
enfermizo
unhealthy
inmutarse
to get upset
la margarita
daisy
desde luego
certainly
despojarse
to give up
el inconveniente
drawback
el pómulo
cheekbone
mimetizarse
to camouflage oneself
enterarse
to find out
despachurrar
to squash
embargar
to overcome
a ver si
let's see if
perdidamente
hopelessly
alentar
to encourage
extrañarse
to be surprised
la tertulia
get-together
desvelarse
to be unable to get to sleep
desvelarse
to make every effort
enésimo
umpteenth
amanerado
effeminate
ronronear
to purr
formarse
to line up
formarse
to be educated
difundir
to spread
desaforado
violent
menudo
small
zanjar
to settle
el protagonismo
prominence
grave
deep
estentóreo
very loud
entre sí
among themselves
farfullar
to gabble
en fin
in a nutshell
centrarse
to focus
y pico
something
la disertación
lecture
descolocado
confused
perentorio
urgent
al parecer
apparently
alentado
encouraged
notarse
to feel
embarazoso
embarrassing
el contratiempo
setback
partidario
in favor of
deprisa
quickly
herir
to wound
halagüeño
promising
halagüeño
flattering
emocionado
moved
la crítica
review
la alabanza
praise
desapercibido
unnoticed
pergeñar
to draft
crianza de los hijos
child-rearing
debatirse
to struggle
el hastío
boredom
mientras tanto
meanwhile
aguardar
to wait
terso
smooth
sobresaltarse
to be startled
raído
threadbare
estirar
to make last
mecer
to rock
despejado
bright
atildado
elegant
despeinado
disheveled
el loquero
shrink
bosquejar
to sketch out
dar pie
to lead
trastornar
to disturb
trastornar
to drive crazy
la desdicha
misfortune
el ademán
expression
el manicomio
asylum
corroer
to corrode
pretender
to intend
saciar
to satisfy
doblegarse
to give in
la huida
escape
estrenar
to premiere
estrenar
to wear for the first time
el tesón
tenacity
aterido
freezing
agrio
sour
la reconvención
reprimand
el fastidio
annoyance
mansamente
meekly
a la vuelta
around the corner
la grey
flock
la comparsa
group
la comitiva
retinue
estrechar
to hug
abalanzarse
to rush
el flequillo
fringe
el afán
effort
afincado
resident
el/la comensal
dinner guest
la perorata
lecture
en cuanto
as soon as
mientras tanto
in the meantime
que si
that if
la tertulia
gathering
proponerse
to set out to
asombrarse
to be amazed
dotar
to equip with
ajeno
unaware
el ademán
gesture
desastrado
scruffy
agraciado
attractive
desgarbado
ungainly
hoy por hoy
right now
el estreno
premiere
fijarse
to pay attention
desdeñosamente
scornfully
gratamente
pleasantly
desde luego
of course
la coleta
ponytail
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