THE KAFENION
THE KAFENION
10 Vocabulary extracted from the text "the Kafenion" terms
- Ashtray
- noun
- a container into which people who smoke put ash, cigarette ends, etc.
- Example: His last cigar was sitting in an ashtray by the jacuzzi.
- es: Cenicero
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- Astonishment
- noun
- a feeling of very great surprise.
- Example: I tried to hide my astonishment.
- es: Asombro
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- Bereaved
- adjective
- having lost a relative or close friend who has recently died.
- Example: The bereaved parents wept openly.
- es: Aflijido
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- Dingy
- adjective
- dark and dirty.
- Example: a dingy hotel
- es: Lúgubre, sombrío
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- Dowry
- noun
- money and/or property that, in some societies, a wife or her family must pay to her husband hen they get married.
- Example: His family hoped that his bride would bring a large dowry.
- es: Dote
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- Eagerness
- noun
- great interest and excitement about something that is going to happen or abour something that you want to do.
- Example: I couldn't hide my eagerness to get back home.
- es: Entusiasmo
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- Hamlet
- noun
- a very small village.
- Example: the tiny hamlet of Dixton
- es: Aldea/Poblado
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- Lace
- noun
- a very thin material made fron threads of cotton, silk, etc. that are made into a pattern with holes.
- Example: a tablecloth edged with lace
- es: Encaje
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- Latter
- adjective
- used to refer tp the second of two things or people mentioned.
- Example: The latter point is the most important.
- es: Lo último
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- Raki
- noun
- a strong alcoholic drink from eastern Europe and the Middle East.
- Example: Secularists pick raki, a tipple best had with grilled fish and music.
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