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Vocabulary word | Part of Speech | Translation (spanish) | Image |
Amid | How, amidJapan's worst natural disaster in 100 years, can the Japanese seem so calm? | En medio de / entre | |
Behave |I would have been surprised if this country's people behaved in any other manner | Comportarse | |
Brink | The social uniformity and obsession with rules has often driven me, the Westerner, tothe brink of frustration | Borde / orilla | |
Cardboard | Families have self-organized themselves on cardboard boxes and blankets. | Cartón/ cartulina | |
Cheating | No complaints, no cheating |Trampa /engaño | |
Deference | Many criticize them for deference to authority | Deferencia/respeto | |
Devastation | Sato's tears fell down her face, dropping onto the newspaper revealing thedevastation to her home. | Devastación | |
Impromptu | agencies and impromptu community groups have organized shelters and food distribution. | Improvisación | |
Lack | Survivors have lackedinformation about their missing loved ones. | Falta / ausencia | |
Looting | But unlike other disasters where the world has observed looting, rioting and public outbursts of sorrow and rage. |Saqueo | |
Mores | you can see that Japan's societal mores have failed to break down. | Costumbres / tradición | |
Mourning | it has seen a country quietly mourning. | Luto / lamentación | |Onlookers | creates pause among international onlookers. | éspectadores | |
Outbursts | But unlike other disasters where the world has observed looting, rioting and public outbursts of sorrow andrage. | Arrebatos | |
Rage | But unlike other disasters where the world has observed looting, rioting and public outbursts of sorrow and rage. | Rabia / ira | |
Rely | The survival strategy,argues Kingston, has been to rely on the group. | Depender /confiar | |
Remarkable | Kingston calls the behavior of the Japanese "remarkable but not surprising." | Notable / singular | |
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