Text & Use Glossary

16 New vocabulary from the story "The priest and the parrot". terms

Adaquately.
Adverb.
In a way that is enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose.
Example: There will never be a way to adequately thank him.
es: Adecuadamente.
Adequately.
Chanting.
Noun.
The activity of singing a religious song or prayer with only a few notes that are repeated many times.
Example: The chanting at the church were superb and inspiring.
es: Canticos.
Chanting.
Glimpsed.
Verb.
To see something or someone for a very short time or only partly.
Example: We glimpsed a golden cat with my friends last night.
es: Vislumbrado.
Glimpsed.
Hamlet.
Noun.
A small village, usually without a church.
Example: I went to a hamlet with my mom last week.
es: Aldea.
Hamlet.
Hirsute.
Adjective.
Having a lot of hair on the face or body.
Example: I have never meet someone more hirsute that my friend Pedro.
es: Hirsuto.
Hirsute.
Misconstrued.
Verb.
To form a false understanding of the meaning or intention of something that someone does or says.
Example: Michelle told me that I misconstrued her comment on the movie.
es: Malinterpretado.
Misconstrued.
Ochre.
Noun.
A type of red or yellow earth used in some paints and dyes.
Example: I bought some ochre candled to my sister for her birthday.
es: Ocre.
Ochre.
Octogerian.
Noun.
A person who is between 80 and 89 years old.
Example: My grandmother is octogerian! She turned 80 today.
es: Octogenario.
Octogerian.
Parish.
Noun.
In some christian denominations, an area cared for the one priest with its own church.
Example: I learned so much of the great God in the uncle's parish.
es: Parroquia.
Parish.
Replenishment.
Noun.
The act of making something full again by replacing what has been used.
Example: The toner of our printer needs a constant replenishment, I think we print a lot.
es: Reposición.
Replenishment.
Shone.
Verb.
Past tense of shine.
Example: My eyes shone when I saw him for the first time.
es: Brilló.
Shone.
Tended.
Noun.
To care for something or someone.
Example: I smartly tended my friend after he fainted, he is alive because of me.
es: Tendido.
Tended.
Thicket.
Noun.
A group of bushes or small trees growing closely together.
Example: We saw some weird thicket on the forest.
es: Matorral.
Thicket.
Toiling.
Verb.
Hard work.
Example: I was toiling in the fields with my cousins.
es: Trabajando duro.
Toiling.
Treacle.
Noun.
A sweet, dark, thick liquid that is used in cooking sweet dishes and sweets.
Example: Last summer with my friend we found a spot in the forest fill with treacle everywhere.
es: Melaza.
Treacle.
Vantage point.
Noun.
A place, especially a high place, that provides a good, clear view of an area.
Example: Before the arrival to hamlet, we took the break to admire the vantage point with my mom.
es: Punto de vista.
Vantage point.