The Kafenion Glossary
The Kafenion Glossary
10 The Kafenion terms
- Ashtray
- Noun
- a small dish or container, sometimes decorative, in which people can leave cigarette ash and cigarette butts
- Example: I ground my cigarette into the ashtray.
- en: Cenicero
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- Belch
- Verb
- to allow air from the stomach to come out noisily through the mouth
- Example: He belched noisily
- en: Eructar
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- Blatant
- Adjective
- very obvious and intentional, when this is a bad thing
- Example: The whole episode was a blatant attempt to gain publicity
- en: Evidente
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- Dingy
- Adjective
- dark and often also dirty
- Example: A dingy space concealed behind a piece of ever-darkening lace
- en: sucio y oscuro
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- Endearing
- Adjective
- easily able to make people like you
- Example: Pickwick is endearing, as so many fools are
- en: Entrañable
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- Glance
- Verb
- to give a quick short look
- Example: She glanced around/round the room to see who was there.
- en: Vistazo
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- Hamlet
- Noun
- a small village, usually without a church
- Example: Gradually, the strength of old Kyriakos' raki and the excellence of his coffee attracted business even from outlying hamlets
- en: aldea
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- Outlying
- Adjective
- far away from main towns and cities, or far from the centre of a place
- Example: Gradually, the strength of old Kyriakos' raki and the excellence of his coffee attracted business even from outlying hamlets
- en: Periférico
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- Retort
- Verb
- to answer someone quickly in an angry or funny way
- Example: "That doesn't concern you!" she retorted.
- en: replicar, responder de mala manera
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- Surreptitiously
- Adverb
- secretly, without anyone seeing or knowing
- Example: Joe surreptitiously had a look in the answer book.
- en: Secretamente
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