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to dash off

to do or write something quickly and without preparation / hacer o escribir algo a toda prisa

to be bumped

to be pushed or displaced; to be delayed or replaced / ser empujado; ser desplazado

to dump someone

to end a romantic relationship suddenly and unkindly / dejar a alguien

to be dumped

to be suddenly left by a partner / ser dejado

gaspy mouth

a mouth open while breathing with difficulty / boca jadeante

strung martinet

a tense rigid person extremely strict about rules / autoritario rígido

highly strung martinet

an extremely tense and inflexible rule

threadbare

worn thin or lacking freshness / raído; manido

lacing

cords or strings used to fasten / cordones

stitch

a single loop of thread used in sewing / puntada

heifer

a young female cow; insult when applied to a woman / novilla; insulto

dreadful

very bad or unpleasant / terrible

scraping against life

barely living or struggling harshly through existence / sobrevivir con dificultad

to scrape

to rub harshly against a surface / raspar; rozar

poplars

tall slender trees / álamos

alike

similar to each other / semejantes

clammy

unpleasantly damp and cold / húmedo y frío

purloined book

a book stolen secretly / libro robado

to purloin

to steal secretly / robar sigilosamente

to pounce

to spring suddenly onto something / abalanzarse

athwart

across or in opposition to / atravesado; en contra de

to vouchsafe a glimpse

to grant a brief view / conceder un vistazo

to lull

to calm or gently make sleepy / adormecer

to drowse

to be half asleep / dormitar

to splay

to spread out widely / abrirse; extenderse

folderol

trivial fuss or nonsense / tonterías

stork

a large long

prig

a smug morally rigid person / santurrón

to flap

to move up and down rapidly / batir; agitar

to doze

to sleep lightly / dormitar

to tame

to make less wild or bring under control / domesticar

crookedness

the quality of being bent or morally dishonest / torcedura; falta de rectitud

fuss

unnecessary excitement or worry / alboroto

wretched

very unhappy or miserable / desdichado

offspring

children or young / descendencia

plight

a difficult or dangerous situation / aprieto

pellucid

very clear or transparent / diáfano

to gleam

to shine softly or briefly / brillar

to startle

to shock or surprise suddenly / sobresaltar