Silas Marner 1

1. (astronomy)a. [del sol] sunset , sundown United States b. [de astro] setting 2. [de civilizaciónoun] decline·en el ocaso de su vida·in his declining years , in the twilight of his life literary 3. (geography) west

curved

• 1. (=bulto) bundle(=bala) bale , pack
• 2. (figurative) burdena. [pasar] el fardo(Perú) * to pass the buck *

thread of flax

linen

hawker, pedlar

in days gone by, long ago

swallow

spell (hechizo)

hut

enclosure

hazel nut tree

quarry

• to sieve, to sift
• winnowing machine

threshing machine

scornful

small scondrel

to bother, to pester

• rickets (medicine)
• Rickets is a disorder caused by a lack of vitamin D, calcium, or phosphate. It leads to softening and weakening of the bones.

delayed

backward, slow, late, delayed, behind

scarse, in short supply, limited, insuficient

• hollow
• Dale, raving, bottom of a steep place (barranco)
• a valley surrounded by hills.

to lift, to raise, to hoist, to erect (a building), to pull up (sleaves), to turn up (collar)

weather vane

mole

judgment

pit

sawmill

far-sighted, prudent

to happen, to take place

to add

• property, goods(productos)
• 1 real estate, 2 shared possessions,
• 3 personal property, 4 consumer goods,
• 5 capital goods, 6 industrial goods

daily

dishearten, to discourage

to spread

delight

to wander (about)

to dazzle

to hide

unshakeable

uncultured, unnurtured

twilight

to sprout

boredom, disgust

to shake

necessary, obligatory, compulsory, inevitable

• deep flush
• intense blush

to spread

bewildered

to get drowsy