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when Franco had already been dead for several years
(I had been back for a week.)

cuando Franco llevaba ya varios años muerto
(Llevaba una semana de vuelta.)

I was still very young
Hint: do not use "joven"

yo todavía era muy niño

Maybe he wasn't over fifty ... Your guess is as good as mine.

Igual no pasaba de los cincuenta ... Vete tú a saber.

the misery

la miseria

on the wall of a cemetery or in the gutter of any road
- the wall (not "el muro" "la pared" "la muralla": the wall, the rampart "el paredón": the wall, the thick wall)
- the gutter

en la tapia de un cementerio o en la cuneta de cualquier carretera
- la tapia
- la cuneta

The Spanish Falange (FE) was a Spanish political party of fascist ideology founded in 1933.
- the phalanx

La Falange Española (FE) fue un partido político español de ideología fascista fundado en 1933.
- la falanje
(fundar)

looking at me with wild eyes
- wild (eyes)

mirándome con los ojos desencajados
- desencajados (ojos)

Pablo's face was contorted with pain.
- contorted

Pablo tenía el rostro desencajado de dolor.
- desencajado/a

blowing in my face her disgusting breath with the smell of liquor
- disgusting (repugnant)
- the liquor (not "el licor"), the brandy, the schnapps

echándome en la cara su repugnante aliento con olor a aguardiente
- repugnante
- el aguardiente

They did terrible things to him for a week.
- the pack of dogs, the terrible thing

Le hicieron perrerías durante una semana.
- la perrería (2)

He is a very good person.
Hint: not "es una muy buena persona"

Es un trozo/un pedazo de pan.

The poor thing must not have been in her right mind.
- to be in one's right mind

La pobre no debía de estar en sus cabales.
- estar en sus cabales

Facing so many rejection letters, my brother started to lose his mind.
- to lose one's mind

Enfrentando a tantas cartas de rechazo, mi hermano empezó a perder sus cabales.
- perder sus cabales

Maybe it was a tall tale that she had invented to impress me.
- to invent

Quizás era una patraña que ella se había inventado para impresionarme.
- inventarse (pronominal) (similar to "inventar")

the military uprising
- the uprising (not "el levantamiento" "el pronunciamiento")

el alzamiento militar
- el alzamiento

the raising of the flag
- the raising (not "el levantamiento") (the uprising)

el alzamiento de la bandera
- el alzamiento

the rebels (not "los rebeldes")
(to rebel)

los sublevados
(sublevarse, rebelarse)

that horrific story
- terrifying (not "aterrador"), horrific (not "espeluznante")

aquella terrorífica historia
- terrorífico/a (2)

Did you understand what he said?
- to understand (Spain) (to find out, to hear)

¿Te enteraste de lo que dijo?
- enterarse (España)

ADHD - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

TDAH - trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperactividad

the NODO: acronym for Newsreels and Documentaries ...
- the acronym
- the newsreel

el NODO: acrónimo de Noticiarios y Documentales ...
- el acrónimo
- el noticiario

... a weekly propaganda news program of the Franco regime
- propaganda (adj)

... un noticiero propagandístico semanal del régimen franquista
- propagandístico/a

The peseta was the legal tender in Spain before the adoption of the euro in 2001.
- the legal tender

La peseta fue la moneda de curso legal en España antes de la adopción del euro en 2001.
- la moneda de curso legal

the stamp (postal) (the seal, the stamp)
Hint: not "la estampilla" (L.A.)

el sello (postal)

a bit of a dull guy, without charisma
- dull

un tipo un poco soso, sin carisma
- soso/a

The Caudillo: a term used to refer to a leader, whether political, military or ideological.
- military (adj)

El Caudillo: un término empleado para referirse a un líder, ya sea político, militar o ideológico.
- millitar

a faithful continuator of Franco's work
- the continuer m/the pursuer

un fiel continuador de la obra de Franco
- el continuador

the continuous monitoring
- continuous (not "continuo": continuous, constant)

el monitoreo continuado
- continuado/a

The "Movimiento Nacional": the sole party that governed Spain during the Franco dictatorship.

El Movimiento Nacional: el único partido que gobernó España durante la dictadura franquista.
(gobernar)

Winning an Oscar was a landmark in my life.
- the landmark, the milestone (not "el hito")

Ganar un Óscar fue un jalón en mi vida.
- el jalón

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