Threshold: umbral Ebb and flow: flujo y reflujo

Demostrating: manifestarse Ditch: abandon

At most: a lo sumo Draw near: acercarse

Implausibly: inverosímil To scatter hopes: to frustrate

Specific framework: marco especìfico Soar: rapidly rise

Harks back: se remonta Glitter: brillo

Reliability: fiabilidad Startlingly: surprisingly

Distressed: angustiado To shore up: reinforce

Condone: aprovar To reap: to gather, aprovechar

Stance: tomar una postura Burst asunder: rompe a pedazos

Pointed out: señalado Linger: permanecer

Drawing… conclusions: sacar… conclusions Snopping into: fisgonear en

Shortcomings: deficiencias Fitfully: irregularmente

Likelihood: probabilidad Loiter around: merodear

To stage: organizer, representar Sheer fabrication: pura invención

Override: anular Tend toward: tienden a

Wrap up: concluir, cerrar Scattered throughout: dispersos a lo largo

Mesmerizing: hipnòtico To outwit: para burlar

Smuggle: contraband Cursory glance: mirada rápida

Get around: eludir una obligación Brings about: provoca

Underbear: to support Take it in stride: tomar con calma

Ubiquitous: omnipresent Won`t balk: no resistiremos

Draw on: to approach Make us not a jot more knowing: no nos hace
saber ni un ápice más
Albeit: although
Before resorting to that: antes de acudir a eso
Devious: engañoso
Swarming over: pullulan por
Conspicuous: patente
Foothold: punto de apoyo
To burrow right into: entrar en un agujero
Encroaching: invader
Hitherto: up to this time, hasta ahora
Ruthless: despiadado
Plot: trama
Hollow (metaph): a feeling of emptiness Revel (v.): divertirse

To breed: to give birth Gliding: escurridizo

To rear: to raise Tantamount: equivalente

Grind: tedious task Woven: tejido

Headlong rush: Carrera hacia Pebbles: guijarros

Dazzled ourselves: nos encandilamos Singled out: señalar

Hazards: azares Leap out: salto al vacío

Seep into: filtrarse en, ocupar un lugar en Enthralment: entusiasmo, embriaguez

Rapport: afinidad, compenetración Antics: bufon, bromas

Turmoil: chaos, disorder Neatly: con claridad

Emotional pleas: alegatos emocionales Hemmed: encerrado

Fire the imagination: excitar la imaginación Far-fetched: descabellado

Wretched: desgraciado Befriended: hacerse amigo

Hotbed for (neg. sense): caldo de cultivo para Distraught: angustiado

Unsuspecting: desprevenido Wonted place: lugar acostumbrado

Animal husbandry: cria de animales Gave over: ceder

Cramped: limitado Lad: muchacho

Inmate: cautivo Entrenched: atrincherado

Scrubbed (adj): dwarfed, stunded Staggering: asombrado

It has waned: se ha debilitado Down-to-earth:

Depicted: express, exhibit Reared: criado

Snogs (noun): problem with smth Drawback: Shortcomings

Muster (verb): reunion, muestral, asamblea Flawed: defectos

Blubber: grasa Dauting: intimidating

Outpouring: corriente, vertido de agua Filibustering: delaying legislation

Plight: tragedia, apuro Override: anular

Butchery: carnicería Logrolling, logroll: political favors

Sheer coincidence (adj): pura casualidad Have an edge: tener una ventaja

Slaughter: matanza Pledg: solemn promise

Cunning: astucia

Well attuned: bien preparado

Simmering with

Elation: euforia

Stamina: aguante

Dugutting: viceras

Squeamish: over sensitive

Sink in; become completely know, felt or

understood

Callous: insensible

Sheltered: ignorante

Swayed: cambiar

Winds are sweeping: …barren

The sowers: los sembradores

Tucked so well away out of sight: Bien

escondido fuera de la vista

Wrinkled and smooth: arrugado y liso

Shrivelled: arrugado

Swept over me: me invadió

I fiddled with: jugué con

Straining to look: esforzandome por mirar

Greater than any ordinary thoughts can fathom:

más grande… de lo que puede comprender

He may bolster his opinion: él puede apoyar su

opinión