Hover
Verb
Hang in the air; fly or be suspended above.
Example: Look! That hawk is hoverig.
Español: Planear
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Tabby
Noun
A domestic cat with a striped and mottled coat
Example: I had a tabby cat named Merengue.
Español: (gato) atigrado
Cuckold
Adjective
A man whose wife committed adultery.
Example: That man is a cuckold.
Español: cornudo
Clarion
Noun
A kind of trumpet having a clear and shrill note.
Example: A clarion is an ancient trumpet.
Español: Clarín
Faux
Adjective
Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article.
Example: That woman is wearing faux pearls.
Español: Falso
Hare
Noun
Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes.
Example: A common type of hare in arctic North America is the Snowshoe Hare
Español: Liebre
Doze
Verb
To sleep lightly, to fall into a light sleep.
Example: The man dozed in his favorite chair.
Español: Dormitar
Bounty
Noun
Payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military.
Example: Some states offer a bounty for dead coyotes.
Español: Recompensa
Ailing
Adjective
Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
Example: My poor ailing grandmother.
Español: Achacoso, debilitado.
dwindle
Verb
To become smaller or lose substance
Example: Her savings dwindled down
Español: Menguar, disminuir
Withdraw
Verb
To move back or away, retire; to remove oneself from participation
Example: Rudy Giuliani withdraws his Republican presidential candidacy, hours after Democrat John Edwards quits.
Español: Retirarse
Heckling
Noun
Shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree
Example: The men was asked to leave the awards ceremony for heckling.
Español: Interrupción (de protesta)
Huddle
To crowd or draw together.
Example: let's huddle together--it's cold!
Español: acurrucarse
Amid
Preposition
In or into the middle of : surrounded by : among
Example: There was only one woman amid the men watching the tennis match
Español: Entre, en el medio.
Chortle
Verb
to laugh or chuckle merrily.
Example: John himself chortled now, an odd laugh to which I'm used to.
Español: Reirse con ganas
Foray
Noun
An initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence).
Example: "scientists' forays into politics"
Español: Incursión, especialmente cuando escapa de tu especialidad.