Short story glossary
Short story glossary
15 terms
- Beehive
- Noun
- A container shaped like a box which bees are kept so that their honey can be collected
- Example: I´m scared because of the beehive of bees in front of us
- es: Colmena
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- Beneath
- preposition
- extending or directly underneath.
- Example: his holy candle fell into another Priests breech BENEATH
- es: Bajo
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- cantankerous
- Adjective
- arguing and complaining a lot
- Example: He's getting a bit cantankerous in his old age.
- es: Cascarrabias
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- Celibate
- Adjective
- Not having sex, especially because you made a religious promise
- es: Célibe
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- diligently
- adverb
- in a way that is careful and uses a lot of effort
- Example: he worked diligently to prepare himself for this 2 week tournament
- es: diligentemente
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- Glimpse
- Verb
- See something for a very short time
- Example: he glimpsed the ruined abbey from the window of the car
- es: Vistazo
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- Hirsute
- Adjective
- having a lot of hair, especially on the face or body
- Example: he has a hirsute body
- es: Hirsuto
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- languish
- verb
- to exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time
- Example: after languishing in obscurity, I will get my revenge
- es: languidecer
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- measles
- noun
- an infectious disease that produce small red spots
- Example: her child got the measles
- es: sarampión
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- mourn
- verb
- to feel great sadness, especially because of someone´s death
- Example: He still mourning for her mother
- es: llorar
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- Octogenarian
- Noun
- es: Octogenario
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- Parish
- Noun
- Church
- Example: I´d to visit the parish church
- es: Parroquia
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- Scattered
- Adjective
- Covering a wide area
- Example: My family is scattered all over the world
- es: Dispersada
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- Squint
- Verb
- to partly close your eyes in order to see more clearly
- Example: she squinted slightly when she was tired
- es: Estrabismo
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- stethoscope
- noun
- medical equipment to listen to the heart and lunges
- Example: I need the stethoscope to hear her hearth
- es: estetoscopio
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