Glossary Text Felipe Torres

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acrimony
noun
anger, argument, and bad feeling.
Example: The contract negotiations were not without acrimony.
en: acritud
Antipathy
noun
a feeling of strong dislike, opposition, or anger
Example: The man has a deep antipathy to his boss
en: antipatía
astonishment
noun
very great surprise.
Example: The results of the exam was astonishment.
en: asombro
baffled
verb
to cause someone to be completely unable to understand or explain something.
Example: That news baffled the entire country
en: desconcertado
Crocheted
Adjective
made of wool, cotton, etc., thread using a special needle with a curve at one end.
Example: He makes crocheted blankets for his grandma.
en: crochet
gleaming
adjective
bright and shiny from being cleaned.
Example: A gleaming car, that's what I want.
en: reluciente
lavish
adjective
large in quantity and expensive or impressive.
Example: The banquete was great, perfect, in one word: lavish.
en: prodigar
smallholding
noun
an area of land that is used for farming but is much smaller than a typical farm.
Example: Instead of a farm, he owns a smallholding of olives.
en: minifundio
surreptitiously
adverb
secretly, without anyone seeing or knowing
Example: During the exam, Bob looked surreptitiously his notebook.
en: subrepticiamente
Threshold
noun
The floor of an entrance to a building or room
Example: look it the threshold when you are walking around the house.
en: Umbral