Heath's Modern Language Series: Spanish Short Stories

Chapter 36

=acoger,= to receive.

=acometer,= to attack, defy.

=acomodar,= to find acommodations, shelter, lay, suit, adjust.

=acomodo,= employment, shelter, acommodation.

=acompanante,= _m. or f._, companion.

 

=acompanar (de),= to accompany (by).

=acompasado,= regular, rythmical.

=acongojado,= distressed, dismayed.

=aconsejar,= to advise.

=acontecer,= to happen.

=acontecimiento=, event.

=acordar (ue),= to decide; =--se (de),= to remember.

=acosar,= to pursue.

=acostar (ue),= to put to bed; =--se,= to go to bed.

=acostumbrado,= customary; =mas de lo --,= more than usual.

=acostumbrar (a),= to be in the habit (of), be accustomed (to).

=acre,= sharp, bitter.

=acribillar,= to riddle, cover with wounds.

=act.i.tud,= _f._, att.i.tude.

=activisimo= (_from_ =activo=)=,= very active, industrious.

=activo,= active.

=acto,= act; =-- continuo,= immediately.

=actuar,= to move, take part.

=acuatico,= aquatic.

=acuchillar,= to cut, hack; =--se,= to fight with knives.

=acudir,= to run to, hasten (to help).

=acusacion,= _f._, accusation, charge.

=acusar,= to accuse.

=achaque,= _m._, defect, matter.

=achicharrar,= to burn (_to a crisp_).

=adarme,= _m._, dram (_in avoirdupois weight_); =dos --s de imaginacion,= a spark of imagination.

=adecuado,= adequate, fit.

=adelanta.r.s.e,= to advance, approach; =-- cada vez mas a,= to gain more and more on.

=adelante,= forward; =en --,= henceforth; =seguir --,= to walk on; =por la mesa --,= across the table.

=ademan,= _m._, gesture, movement, att.i.tude.

=ademas (de),= moreover, besides.

=adentro,= within; =para mis --s,= to myself.

=adherente,= adherent, adjoined.

=adherir (ie),= to be fastened, united (to).

=adios,= good-bye.

=adivinar,= to divine, guess, conjecture, understand.

=adivino,= fortune-teller.

=adminiculos,= tr.i.m.m.i.n.gs, tools, "extras."

=administrador,= _m._, manager.

=administrar,= to administer.

=admirablemente,= marvellously.

=admiracion=, _f._, sudden surprise, wonder, admiration.

=admirar,= to surprise, astonish, make one wonder; admire; =--se (de),= to marvel (at).

=admitir,= to receive, give entrance, admit; a.s.sociate.

=adolescencia,= adolescence.