#luego# then,ásvalemañ next; soon; later, afterwards

#lugar# _m._ place; #en ---- de# instead of

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#luminaria# illumination, artificial light; luminary

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#llamar# to call, knock; #--se# to be called, named; #¿Cómo se llama usted?# What is your name?

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#llevar# to bear, carry; to take; to wear; #---- dos años de casamiento# to have been married two years; #---- su merecido# to get one's deserts; #---- a mal# to take it ill

#machacar# to pound, crush; to importune, harp on

#mal# badly, ill, amiss; bad (_shortened from_ #malo# _in this sense_)

#malva# mallow; #ser una ----# to be meek and mild, be submissive

#mantenerse# to persist, hold one's ground

#máscara# mask; #baile de -s# masquerade ball

#matrimonio# marriage, matrimony; married couple

#mejor# _comparative of_ #bueno# _and_ #bien#

#menor# _comparative of_ #pequeño# _and_ #chico#

#menudito# very fine, minute; drizzling (rain)

#meter# to put, put in; to cause (fear); #le meto miedo# I make him afraid

#ministro# minister; #---- de gobernación# minister of the interior

#mucho# much, a great deal; #---- que sí# very much so

#muero# _indic. pres. 1st pers. sing. of_ #morir#

#mundo# world; #todo el ----# all the world, everybody

#negar# to deny; #--se# to decline, refuse

#ni# nor, not even; #---- ... ----# neither ... nor

#no# no; not; #---- que ----# most certainly

#noche# _f._ night, evening; #de ----# at night

#obstinación# _f._ obstinacy, persistence

#olvidar# to forget; #--se a uno de# to forget

#oso# bear; #hacer el ----# to play the lover

#oye# _indic. pres. 3rd pers. sing. and imperat. sing. of_ #oír#

#panada# vain scruple, much ado about nothing

#papar# to swallow, eat; #---- moscas# to gape, stare

#para# for, in order to, to; #---- que# in order that, so that

#parar# to stop, halt; to remain, stay; #--se# to stop

#pardo# brown, dark gray, dark; #a picos -s# _see_ #pico#

#parecer# to seem, appear, look; #me parece que sí# I think so

#parte# _f._ part, place, side; #en ninguna ----# nowhere

#pasar# to pass, spend; #--se# to pass; #¿qué te pasa?# what is the matter with you?

#pasearse# to walk, go walking, go for an outing

#pata# foot and leg (of animals); #a la ---- la llana# plain

#pecho# breast; #darse golpes de ----# to beat one's breast

#pegar# to stick, cleave; to strike, hit; #pegársela a uno# to deceive one