Vocabulario

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florido - flowery, full of flowers cadena - chain calabozo - jail, dungeon suizo - Swiss picapedrero - stonecutter atar - to tie desesperar - to drive to despair, to exasperate colgarse - to hang oneself darle cuerda - to wind up (a watch) vitrinas - showcase, display cabnet, shop window (latin america)
 * Preambulo a Las Instrucciones Para Dar Cuerda Al Reloj**

aguja - needle residuos - remainder, residue esquirlas - splenters, shards punales - daggars asfixia - suffocation calderilla - change, small/loose change contrarreplica - retort, rejoinder sobrar - to be left (over) escano - seat, bench ataud - coffin desgarrador - heartbreaking, heartrending
 * El tiempo**


 * El Madrid turístico de Miguel de Cervantes **

madrileña - of/from Madrid clausura - closing; closure procedente (de) - coming (from); arriving (from) ilustre - illustrious; distinguished equiparable - comparable difundir - to spread huellas - trails arrancar - to tear out/off; to pull out/off/up; to pick morar - to dwell; to reside huerta - orchard peregrino - pilgrim


 * Introducci****ón** **General**

índoles – kind, nature précis – summary tauromaquia – bullfighting acontecemiento – event comprobar – to check, realize, prove, confirm pedalear – to pedal desvanecer – to disperse, fade, vanish, disappear desconsolado – to be heartbroken over something; grief-stricken carretera - road impedir – to prevent, block, hinder


 * El sexto sentido de "****Ósc****ar", el gato**

fallecimiento – death, passing incapaz – unable cachorro – puppy, pup, cub desempeñar – to play, carry out, perform, hold, fulfill moribundo/a – dying man or woman exponer – to exhibit, show, display, present lecho – bed arreglar – to mend, fix, alter, repair acurrucarse – to curl up velado – fogged, veiled, muffled


 * La Penultima Fiesta**

avivar - to make...brighter, intensify rescoldo - embers taurino - bullfighting verbena - festival, night festival temporada - season rojizo - reddish susurros - whisper, murmuring espanto - fright, horror atreverse - to dare estoque - sword, rapier derrumbar - to demolish, pull down