Maida 22 Flashcards

1
Q
  1. Por favor, te importaría si pasarme la carpeta, Juan.

2. Me di cuenta de que ESTABA UN poco andrajosa …

A
  1. Juan would you mind passing the file.

2. I realised that it was a little shabby …

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2
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  1. mi estómago está algo revuelto

2. Pienso que he comido algo que ha DESCOMPUESTO

A
  1. I feel a little queasy

2. I think that I ate something that had gone off.

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  1. ahora me siento mareado

2. ahora estoy mareado

A
  1. Now I feel dizzy

2. Now I feel dizzy (said another way)

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4
Q

Que canción tan pegajosa!

A

It´s a catchy song!

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5
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PiensA! PiensA! MENTALMENTE ME REPETIA ESTAS PALABRAS. LO TENGO!

A

Think! Think! I thought to myself. I´ve got it!

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6
Q

Necesito ir A pasar la aspiradora EN el …

A

I need to go vacuum the …

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  1. Había conseguido eSCURRIRME DE empezaR UNA discuSIÓN …
  2. escurrirse de
  3. escurrir
  4. deja los platos ahí para que escurran
A
  1. I had managed to slip out of getting into an argument
  2. to slip-sneak out of
  3. to wring out (clothes), to drain (liquid)
  4. leave the plates there to dry
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Pero el PRECIO de mi éxito fue QUE JUAN pensaRA que yo había peRdido la cabeza

A

But the price of my success was that Juan thought that I was crazy

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9
Q
  1. ¿QUÉ ME ESTAS DICIENDO?

2. ¿No me digas?

A
  1. What are you saying?

2. Really?

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10
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  1. Pero SÍ ESE coche LO COMPRASTE el año pasado.

2 Pero solo …. I used solo for the emphasis of ONLY

A
  1. But you only bought that car last year.

2. What was my mistake?

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11
Q

Cuando FUI A HACER EL RECLAMO .. EL DUEÑO NO dijo nada DE Nada, … PERO nada DE nada… ME IGNORO COMPLETAMENTE

A

When I went to make/file the claim … the owner didn’t say word, …. absolutely nothing at all … He ignored me completely.

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12
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DESPUES SE dio la MEDIA vuelta Y se marchó a su oficina

A

Then he turned ABOUT FACE and walked to his office.

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13
Q

Abrió la puerta y la cerró de un puntaPIE detrás de él

A

He opened the door then kicked it shut behind him.

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14
Q

DEFINITIVAMENTE, EL dueño de ESTA tienda de coches ES REALMENTE UNA PERSONA muy mezquinA

A

The owner of the car store is a really mean spirited person.

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15
Q

SU ACTITUD COMO DUEÑO DEJA MUCHO QUE DECIR.

A

His attitude (the owner) leaves much to be desired.

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16
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Quizá HA SIDO un día muy duro PARA ÉL.

A

Perhaps he´d had a hard day

17
Q
  1. engrapadora
  2. grapa
  3. grapadora
A
  1. stapler (S.Am)
  2. staple
  3. stapler (Esp)
18
Q
  1. ¿Qué es estO?

2. Una mecha de un cohete

A
  1. What’s this?

2. A rocket fuse

19
Q
  1. pero ES mejor QUE encontraRME una mecha de una bomba

2. Using “encontrando” to mean “finding”, ONLY do this after estar

A
  1. But it is better than finding a bomb fuse.

2. What was my mistake?

20
Q
  1. Lo desCOLgue.

2. cOLgue el teléfono

A
  1. I picked it up (the phone).

2. I hung up.

21
Q
  1. Así que ME DIRIGÍ a la iglesia para ver al santísimo
  2. I used irse when should have used dirigirSE when mean headed to-wards
  3. dirijo, diriges, dirige, dirigimos, dirigís, dirigen
  4. dirigí, dirigiste, dirigió, dirigimos, dirigisteis, dirigieron
A
  1. So I went to a church to see the holy of holies …
  2. Mistake?
  3. conjugate that verb in present
  4. conjugate that verb in preterit indefinido
22
Q
  1. Al final volví a la casa y A sEguIr buscando

2. I conjugated seguir instead of leaving in infinitive

A
  1. In the end I returned home and carried on looking for…

2. mistake?