Short Stories in Spanish- Vol. 2

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el volante
el volante
steering wheel
arrastrar
arrastrar
to drag
apuesto
apuesto
good-looking
la pena
la pena
trouble
el náufrago
el náufrago
castaway
atisbar
atisbar
to make out
derribar
derribar
to knock down
el vendaval
el vendaval
strong wind
sortear
sortear
to avoid
rodar
rodar
to roll
atracar
atracar
to dock
el auxilio
el auxilio
help
el augurio
el augurio
omen
agarrarse
agarrarse
to hold on
la patraña
la patraña
tall tale
la amarra
la amarra
moorings
indultar
indultar
to pardon
toser
toser
to cough
el abanico
el abanico
fan
el procedimiento
procedure
incumbir
to concern
sollozar
to sob
desentonar
to be out of place
el ejemplar
copy
borrar
to delete
el olmo
elm tree
el jarrón
vase
el ojal
buttonhole
ocurrente
witty
pelo suelto
hair loose
menear
to shake
el pañal
diaper
el juguete
toy
balbucear
to babble
pertenecer
to belong to
templado
mild
desdichado
unhappy
el hechicero
sorcerer
arrugado
wrinkled
atar
to tie
la cebada
barley
el calabozo
dungeon
amainar
to subside
el acantilado
cliff
estropear
to ruin
arrojar
to throw
la tela
cloth
echarse a
to begin to
revisar
to check
espabilarse
to wake up
el telonero
warm-up act
ánimo
cheer up
estar a punto de
to be about to
cargar
to carry
el recambio
spare part
averiado
broken down
calarse
to stall
entregarse
to devote oneself
desvanecerse
to vanish
la culata
cylinder head
espeso
thick
movido
hectic
amargado
embittered
pasar de largo
to go straight past
el cobertizo
shed
gruñón
grumpy
vago
lazy
el suspenso
failure
la contraportada
back cover
la menta
mint
podar
to prune
vendar
to bandage
palidecer
to turn pale
toparse con
to run into
consternado
dismayed
cobrar
to charge for
sin cesar
nonstop
mientras tanto
meanwhile
guiñar el ojo
to wink
la manzana
block
el prometido
fiancé
el apodo
nickname
la camilla
stretcher
acariciar
to caress
el socorro
aid
repentino
sudden
gemir
to groan
el quejido
moan
el ladrido
bark
el olfato
sense of smell
adiestrado
trained
agrietarse
to crack
el escombro
rubble
tumbarse
to lie down
el aspecto
appearance
risueño
smiling
envejecido
aged
la demanda
lawsuit
la cámara
chamber
despedido
dismissed
firmar
to sign
el reportaje
article
la mueca
grimace
el borde
edge
la carcajada
loud laugh
parpadear
to blink
el muro
wall
aliviado
relieved
corregir
to correct
el libre albedrío
free will
ensayar
to rehearse
imprevisto
unforeseen
invertir
to invest
resoplar
to snort
negarse
to refuse
rascar
to scratch
la inversión
investment
fracasar
to fail
la cana
gray hair
apenado
sad
mandar
to command
extrañar
to miss
deprisa
quickly
esposar
to handcuff
recaudar
to raise
desenfundar
to draw
aturdido
stunned
amenazar
to threaten
manchado
stained
susurrar
to whisper
aparcar
to park
el escalofrío
shiver
arrepentirse
to regret (it)
dudar
to hesitate
pintar bien
to look good
fruncir el ceño
to frown
fijamente
intently
alzar
to lift
tropezar
to stumble
torpemente
clumsily
ajetreado
busy
la subasta
auction
hallarse
to be
apartado
remote
audaz
daring
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