Heath's Modern Language Series: José

by Armando Palacio Valdés

[1.6] piños, clusters.

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[2.1] tramos y revueltas, stretches and windings.

[2.2] no dan espacio más que, leave room only.

[2.3] van haciendo eses, go winding on, lit. "making S's."

[2.4] en forma de escalinata, like a flight of steps. Escalinata is properly a straight flight of stone steps, few in number, leading up to a building, Eng. "perron."

[2.5] dais con, meet, find. Dar, in this and many other idioms, has the force of "to strike" or "come into contact with."

[2.6] se tornan, become. Cf. Eng. "to turn traitor."

[2.7] al revolver de una peña, on turning (round) a cliff.

[2.8] subir... a la rastra, drag up, lit. "bring up dragging," "on the drag."