Escuchar: De viaje por Latíno América

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Lingo Mastery offers this engaging story. Good listening and reading practice with vocabulary expansion. I find that if I read it out loud, I can get the meaning better than just listening to the story as I can stop and look up words and make sure I'm getting the gist of it.

Here's the vocabulary I picked up and will put into my vocabulary with images process.

alberga … accomodation

soñar despierto … day dream

rojizo … reddish

rasgos duros … hard features

carácter cariñoso y amigable

cocido … boiled

recién ... recently

de qué se trata? ... What’s it all about?

adivinar … guess

definirse … define itself

por fin … at last

festejo … celebración 

alacena … cupboard

vajilla … crockery

saltando … jumping

la cola … tail

cachorro … puppy

travieso … mischievous

patitas … paws

lodo … mud

cabellos … hairs

terrosos … dirty

brindis … toasts

niñez … childhood

afiches … posters

trofeos … trophies

ajedrez. … chess

zarpar … set sail

fantasear … fantasize

equivocado … wrong

rizado … curly

desenvolver … unwind, un wrap

despejar la mente … clear your mind

repentinamente … suddenly

desconcertado … embarrassed

chamarra … jacket

navaja suiza … Swiss knife