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Gambito de dama

Scott Frank

The Queen's Gambit is the 2020 Netflix miniseries created by Scott Frank and Allan Scott, based on Walter Tevis's 1983 novel. In 1950s Kentucky, the orphaned Beth Harmon is sent to the Methuen Home for Girls, where the custodian, Mr. Shaibel, teaches her chess in the basement. She turns out to be a prodigy. Adopted as a teenager by Alma Wheatley, Beth begins winning tournaments across America and abroad while struggling with a dependence on tranquilizers and alcohol. Over the 1960s her ambition leads her toward the world's best players, above all the Soviet champion Vasily Borgov.

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sentía / seɾˈti.a /verb

felt

nada se sentía igual.

nothing felt the same.

experimentar

el sótano / el ˈsota.no /noun

basement

Ya no jugaba en un sótano silencioso.

He no longer played in a silent basement.

bodegasubterráneo

asintió / a.sinˈtjo /verb

nodded

Ella asintió.

She nodded.

cabecearaprobar

agudo / aˈɣuðo /adjective

sharp

sintió algo agudo y brillante

he felt something sharp and bright

intensopenetrante

apenas / aˈpenas /adverb

Barely

Apenas tocaba el tablero

He barely touched the board

casi nodifícilmente

dado / ˈdiːd /verb

given

El ajedrez le había dado más de lo que jamás imaginó.

Chess had given him more than he ever imagined.

giveprovidedoffered

aún / aˈun /adverb

still

La gente aún la admiraba.

People still admired her.

todavía

llevada / ˈʎe.βa.da /verb

taken

Beth fue llevada a un orfanato estatal.

Beth was taken to a state orphanage.

conducidatrasladada

el orfanato / el oɾfanato /noun

orphanage

Beth fue llevada a un orfanato estatal.

Beth was taken to a state orphanage.

casa de huérfanosasilio

el tablero / el tablero /noun

board

Solo existían el tablero, las piezas y el ritmo silencioso.

Only the board, the pieces, and the silent rhythm existed.

pieza de ajedrezjuego de mesa

el ajedrez / el aˈxeðɾes /noun

chess

El ascenso de Beth en el mundo del ajedrez no fue solo rápido.

Beth's rise in the world of chess was not only fast.

aparecer / apaɾeˈθeɾ /verb

appear

Comenzaron a aparecer fotos suyas.

Photos of her began to appear.

surgirmanifestarse

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