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53 Cards in this Set
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La caza furtiva
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poaching. That is to say, poaching = illegal hunting, or hunting that which is illegal or on land that doesn’t belong to you.
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El castigo
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the punishment. Note that castigar = to punish.
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To risk
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arriesgar. (or poner en peligro, but this book uses arriesgar). THE risk: el riesgo
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If they had weapons
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note: If they had = past subjunctive. Se tuvieran armas
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Hay pocos lo bastante valientes
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There are few people brave enough. NOTE how “LO” is used here!
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A knife
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un cuchillo
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Aventurarse
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to venture out
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Fabricar
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to make, to create, to craft
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La funda
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the cover (we saw this word in the last set of flashcards. It was the cover of the mattress that time)
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Impermeable
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waterproof. In fact, this word can be a noun as well, and it means “raincoat.”
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Pero, de haberlo descubierto los funcionarios del gobierno,
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English translation: “but if the officials of the government found out” (or discovered him, or found him out)
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Los agentes de la paz
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The Peacekeepers – this is a Name for a Group of Agents in a Dystopian Society.
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Hacer la vista gorda
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to turn a blind eye, as in pretend not to know or to see something illegal
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Los pocos que cazamos
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The few OF US who hunt (note how this is worded)
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Almas valientes
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brave souls. Alma = soul. It came from latin anima, which is the soul that animates living things.
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Internarse
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interestingly, internar (not reflexive) means to intern or go to a boarding school or something. But internarSE means to go or penetrate deeply into, or become deeply involved in. It means also to penetrate into the interior of a country, to pierce, to penetrate beyond the surface. In the context of this text, though, the deep penetration in the sentence isn’t so deep, because the English translation reads “sneak into the woods . . . but always in sight . . . always close enough to run back to safety . . . “ so this particular internarse’ing isn’t such a deep penetration after all.
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Surgir
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to spring forth, issue from, to appear. Synonymous with brotar
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“donde puedes morirte de hambre sin ponerte en peligro tu seguridad”
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“where you can starve to death in safety”
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Mirar a (mi/su) alrededor
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to look around oneself
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Mataba a mi madre del susto
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I scared my mother to death (not literally!)
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Morderse la lengua
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to bite one’s tongue (i.e, refrain from saying what you’re thinking). Morder = to bite. La lengua is the tongue. It’s also the word for language.
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Averiguar
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to find out, to investigate, to inquire.
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Lo que estaba pensando
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what I was thinking (NOTE the use of LO here, as “the thing that”)
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Hacer comentarios educados y superficiales
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I make polite small talk. Educado = polite, educated. Comentario = comment, remark
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“El Quemador”
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this is the name of a place, which in the English version is called “The Hob.” However, I looked up Hob and it has nothing to do with burning at all. It’s a rounded peg used as a target in some games, or a shelf in a fireplace for keeping food warm. Is that the connection? Anyway, in the English book it’s The Hob, which is the black market. El Quemador is the black market. Check.
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Incluso en casa
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even at home (note how incluso = even)
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Temas espinosos
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spiny topics. Espinoso = thorny. Spiny.
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Yo puedo ser yo misma
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I can be myself
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The hills
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las colinas
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Our meeting place
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nuestro lugar de encuentro
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Un saliente rocoso con vistas al valle
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saliente = prominent, projecting, or important. Rocoso=rocky. Vistas=views. So: a rock ledge overlooking a valley
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Un matorral de arbustos de bayas
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un matorral=a thicket, a field full of brambles and briars; arbusto=bush; baya=berry. So: “a thicket of berry bushes”
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Salvo en los bosques
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salvo=except. “except in the woods”
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Un lince
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a lynx (the big cat)
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En busco de sobras
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remember: sobras are leftovers. This translates to “looking for, or in search of handouts/leftovers”
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Por otro lado,
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but on the other hand,
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Sostener
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to hold up, or hold in your hand; to support
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Una hogaza
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a large loaf of bread
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Las barras planas y densas
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barra= a bar or block; plana= flat, plane; so: “the flat dense loaves (in this case, because in context they are talking about bread).”
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El agujero de la corteza
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agujero = the hole. Remember that aguja is a needle. This phrase means “the puncture” . . . the hole from the cut . . .
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Debes de haber ido a (+ location)
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you must have gone to (location)
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El despuntar el alba
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despuntar= to blunt; to break the point off. But MORE IMPORTANTLY, because this is the present context: DESPUNTAR EL ALBA = to dawn, or at the break of dawn.
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Una ardilla
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a squirrel. Remember in Costa Rica, watching Alvin and the Chipmunks? It was Alvin y Las Ardillas. Just think of the “ardor” with which Xena looks longingly at squirrels . . .
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Sin molestarme en poner los ojos en blanco
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without bothering to roll my eyes.
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Los ademanes
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the gestures
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La mujer optimista hasta la demencia
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the maniacally upbeat woman . . . NOTE the use of “hasta” here.
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La mora
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the blackberry
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Estallar
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to explode, burst, or erupt
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El brío
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verve, panache, exuberant style
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Bromear
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to joke
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Suena gracioso
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to sound funny. Gracioso = funny
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Pelo liso
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liso = straight, if talking about hair; smooth or flat if talking about something else; even, plain, simple
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Aceitunada
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olive-colored. Remember: aceite = oil. Aceituna = olive (because most oils were made of olives: olive oil). Aceitunada = the adjective of “like an olive”
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