Juegos Del Hambre Pages 24-30

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Me espera una bañera

Back 1

a bathtub waits for me

Front 2

Restregar

Back 2

to scrub, to rub hard (frotar, which we learned last year, also means the same thing). This one is e-> ie, so restriego . . .

Front 3

Con zapatos a juego

Back 3

with matching shoes. A juego also means a matching set, as in things that belong together

Front 4

Intento evitar seguir rechazando ayuda (THINK ABOUT THIS BEFORE YOU FLIP THE CARD!)

Back 4

I am trying to stop refusing/rejecting help

Front 5

Estar enfadado, a

Back 5

to be angry

Front 6

Agrietado, a

Back 6

cracked, covered with cracks. (if skin, then chapped), but in this chapter, it means cracked

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Asomar

Back 7

to poke out, to come out, to show one’s face

Front 8

Amenazar

Back 8

to threaten

Front 9

Un estofado

Back 9

a stew. Think: la estufa is a stove. A stew is simmered on a stove, so it’s kind of an estofado.

Front 10

El pan basto

Back 10

the coarse bread

Front 11

Sobre todo si hace buen tiempo

Back 11

especially if the weather is good. NOTE HOW ESPECIALLY can be said with “sobre todo”

Front 12

A pesar de los banderines

Back 12

despite the banners

Front 13

Encaramada

Back 13

perched

Front 14

Los tejados

Back 14

the rooftops

Front 15

La gente . . . ficha

Back 15

the people sign in, the verb is fichar; to sign up, to clock in, to sign in, to put on the record

Front 16

Todos cogidos con fuerza de la mano

Back 16

all holding each others’ hands tightly. Hold hands is “ir cogidos (or tomados) de la mano”

Front 17

Colar

Back 17

to strain or to sneak. To slip through. To squeeze through.

Front 18

Apostar

Back 18

to bet

Front 19

Derrumbar

Back 19

to knock down, demolish. It can be a building, but also can be moral, as in “to devastate or shatter,” a person, or a person’s hopes. In this chapter it will mean “to break down (emotionally)”

Front 20

Los tratos

Back 20

the dealings (with another person)

Front 21

Los mafiosos

Back 21

the racketeers/mafia types

Front 22

Salvo con

Back 22

means except, or but. Here it will mean but.

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Estar al mando

Back 23

to be in charge. Remember: to mandar is to order someone or send them. So you have to be in charge or in authority to do that.

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Conforme

Back 24

“as,” in this case. Conforme llega la gente – as people arrive

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Dar cabida

Back 25

to accommodate or to have capacity for

Front 26

Con sumo cuidado

Back 26

with great care

Front 27

Con calva incipiente

Back 27

with an incipient bald patch. Incipient means at an initial stage, beginning to develop. Calvo=bald. Can also mean a bare spot, but here the phrase will mean balding

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Aterradora

Back 28

(adj) frightful, terrible, dreadful

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Rosáceo

Back 29

pinkish

Front 30

Las cenizas

Back 30

the ashes (remember how Cinderella comes from the name Cinders? Cinders are ashes? Well, in Spanish Cinderella is called Cenicientas – also named after cinders/ashes)

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La sequía

Back 31

the drought (notice the word seca, dry in this word)

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Reluciente (adj)

Back 32

shining, gleaming, resplendent, glittering

Front 33

Derrotar

Back 33

to defeat

Front 34

Aniquilar

Back 34

to annihilate, to crush

Front 35

Decimotercero

Back 35

thirteenth

Front 36

“El Tratado de la Traición”

Back 36

the Treaty of Treason

Front 37

Como recordatorio

Back 37

as a reminder

Front 38

Al aire libre

Back 38

in the open air. In this case, an arena al aire libre is an open-air arena

Front 39

Abrasador (adj)

Back 39

burning, very hot, steaming. A synonym is abrasante.

Front 40

Un páramo

Back 40

an alpine plain open to the winds. Any place extremely cold. A bleak plateau, a high moor

Front 41

Da igual las palabras que utilicen

Back 41

whatever words they use, (it doesn’t matter what words they use) /  the meaning is the same regardless of the words used

Front 42

You can’t do anything ABOUT IT:

Back 42

no puedes hacer nada AL RESPECTO

Front 43

Para que resulte (note that that’s in subjunctive b/c of the “para que”) humillante

Back 43

to make it humiliating

Front 44

Un acontecimiento

Back 44

an event. remember that in “news in slow spanish,” they always talk about the acontecimientos of the week. The events of the week.

Front 45

Ellos compiten entre sí.

Back 45

They compete between (or among) themselves. Remember, entre tú y yo (between you and me), or entre sí (among themselves). Why there is an accent on sí, I do not know, but there is.

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Sobre todo, comida

Back 46

especially food

Front 47

unos manjares

Back 47

delicious food; delicacies

Front 48

barriga

Back 48

tummy

Front 49

un barrigón

Back 49

a paunchy guy (with a biggish belly)

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berrear

Back 50

to bellow; to howl. If a child, to bawl.

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Tambalear

Back 51

to stagger

Front 52

Estar borracho

Back 52

to be drunk

Front 53

Estar aturdido

Back 53

to be confused

Front 54

Zafar

Back 54

to exclude, to untie. Zafarse (reflexive): to escape, break loose, wriggle out of (this is the context in the book)

Front 55

Parecer angustiado

Back 55

to look distressed

Front 56

El hazmerreír

Back 56

the laughingstock. Get is? Haz (you make) me reír – make me laugh

Front 57

Vivaracha (adj)

Back 57

this is like flacucha, the skinny girl ending. Vivaracha means spirited, sprightly, frisky, bright-eyed, having a lively persona, bubbly

Front 58

Una peluca

Back 58

a wig

Front 59

Algo torcidos (adj)

Back 59

somewhat crooked

Front 60

Todos saben lo mucho que

Back 60

everyone knows HOW MUCH (that) . .

Front 61

El trozo

Back 61

a piece, a bit

Front 62

Contener el aliento

Back 62

to hold your breath

Front 63

Un alfiler

Back 63

a pin

Front 64

Alisar

Back 64

to smooth, straighten, flatten (remember: liso=smooth, straight)