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solitude
pelotón de fusilamiento
firing squad
la aldea
village
barro
mud, clay
cañabrava
reeds (sugarcane)
la orilla
bank, shore (of a river)
diáfano
crystal clear
el lecho
riverbed
pulido
polished
carecer de
to lack
los gitanos
gypsies
desarrapado
ragged, shabby
el alboroto
commotion
los pitos
pipes (whistles, horns)
los timbales
kettledrums
el imán
magnet
truculenta
gruesome
arrastrar
to drag
espantarse
to be frightened
crujir
to creak
desbandada
escape
turbulento
turbulent
pregonar
to proclaim
desaforado
huge, boundless
inútil
useless
desentrañar
to pull out, extract
desmedrado
poor, feeble
conseguir
to get (to be able to)
disaudir
to dissuade
sobrar
to be left over, to have in excess
empeñarse en
to be set on doing, determined, insist
el acierto
wise choice, wise decision
palmo a palmo
inch by inch
el catalejo
telescope
la lupa
magnifying glass
mediante
by, by means of
asomarse
to look through
consternación
dismay, consternation
privaciones
deprivations, absence
hacer caso de
to pay attention to
el espinazo
spine, backbone
la huerta
orchard, garden
hechizado
bewitched, enchanted
conjetura
conjecture, wild guess
de un golpe
all at once, in one fell swoop
vigilia
sleeplessness
el encono
wrath
redonda
round
la cabecera de la mesa
the head of the table
revelar
to reveal
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