exam grammer sentences Flashcards
Un deseo modesto que tardó en materializarse
a modest wish that took time to materialize
El término birome es, desde entonces, un nuevo sustantivo y un sinónimo de lapicera y de bolígrafo.
The term birome has since become a new noun and a synonym for pen and pencil.
Al no trabajar continuamente, la tinta de su lapicera se secaba con frecuencia y, muchas veces, cuando iba a realizar una entrevista, tenía que pedir prestada una lapicera porque la suya no funcionaba.
Not working continuously, the ink in his pen would often dry up, and many times when he went to conduct an interview, he would have to borrow a pen because his own was not working.
sus compañeritos del banco de atrás, en la escuela, le ensuciaban las puntas de las trenzas
her little classmates on the back bench at school were messing up the ends of her braids.
Se preguntó si se podria simplificar este mecanismo
wondered whether this mechanism could be simplified.
donde por vez primera se financió el invento para ser comercializado e industrializado
where for the first time the invention was financed to be commercialized and industrialized.
ante la necesidad de consequier una lapicera que se pudiera utilizar en grandes alturas
the need to obtain a pen that could be used at high altitudes
a pesar de que se hicieron grandes esfuerzos para mejorar los bolígrafos, estos siguieron siendo muy costosos
although great efforts were made to improve the pens, they were still very expensive
