VOCABULARY -THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH-

THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH

Bizarre (extraño, estrafalario): unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often-involving incongruous or unexpected elements; odd.

Carefree (despreocupado, desenfadado): being without worry; without anxiety or worry; requiring little care; without any problems or worries.

Chimes (campanadas): ringing of a clock to mark the hour; a set of bells producing musical tones when struck.

Dared to (se atrevió a hacer algo): had the courage to do something; to challenge or persuade (a person) into a demonstration of courage or to do something.

Decay (descomposición, deterioro, decadencia): no longer fresh; a gradual and continuing decline; to cause to become decomposed, o decline in health or prosperity; the act or process of decomposing; the state of being decomposed.

Dizziness (mareo, vahído):a feeling of head turning round, and loss of balance;  having a sensation of things going round and round; giddy; causing giddiness or confusion; having a sensation of sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall.

Dripping (goteando): falling in small drops; the act of something that drips.

Grabbed (cogieron, agarraron): took roughly; to seize suddenly eagerly, or roughly.

Pour(salir, brotar, manar): cause liquid to flow; to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles)flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something.

Stained glass (vidrieras policromadas): different coloured pieces of glass making a pattern; glass that has been colored, enameled, painted, or stained, esp. by having pigments baked onto its surface or by having various metallic oxides fused into it, as used in church windows, decorative lampshades.

Streaming (deslumbrando): light shining strongly; to extend in a beam or in rays, as light.

Swung (se balanceó, se movió, osciló): moved from side to side; to move or sway to and fro, as a pendulum or other suspended object; to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above.

Took hold of (tomó las riendas de, se hizo con, se apoderó de): take control of; if something gains complete control or influence over a person or thing.

Turn (giro, vuelta, curva): move in a circular movement;  an act of changing or reversing position or posture;, as by a rotary movement, or as by a movement around something.

Was held (tuvo lugar, sucedió, se celebró): took place.