Writing 📓 Flashcards
(33 cards)
Sujeto + happen/ed to + verb
Da/Dio la casualidad de que…
Los comensales se sientan a la luz de las velas
Diners sit at candle-lit.
Su mujer le ha estado engañando
His wife has been deceiving him
Está lejos de estar convencido
He is far from convinced
Por lo general, En general
By and large, in general
Ha sido transportado en camiones
Have been trucked in
Históricamente, el suministro de agua para los pocos asentamientos remotos ha sido transportado en camiones.
Historically, water supplies for the few remote settlements have been trucked in.
Han recurrido a
They have turned to
Una espesa niebla se desprende del océano.
A heavy fog rolls off the ocean.
Al llegar a las estribaciones rocosas
As it reaches the rocky foothills (Conjunto de montañas laterales que se derivan de una cordillera y son generalmente más bajas que ella)
Siempre y cuando todo el mundo se presente.
As long as everybody turns up.
As long as everybody shows up.
Explicar la negligencia de los cientÃficos en un aspecto de la investigación con animales
To explain scientists’ neglect of an aspect of animal research
Es un tópico tan grande que apenas le damos importancia.
That is enough of a cliché that we barely give it a second thought.
Su acicalamiento mutuo se asemeja al afecto humano.
Their mutual preening resemble human affection.
Incluso el hecho de plantear la pregunta me parece equivocado de alguna manera
Even asking the question seems wrong somehow.
Me advirtió que me alejara de los sentimientos.
He warned me to steer well clear of feelings.
Durante gran parte de mi carrera
Through much of my career
Apenas me he desviado
I have hardly deviated
Hard-nosed
Duro -> figurative, informal (tough, uncompromising)
Pero de vez en cuando
But sometimes
But every so often
But from time to time
But every now and then
But every once in a while
Mi desesperado padre
My despairing father
Ni se me ocurre parar a pensarlo, no lo doy imporancia
To give a second thought
De ciento en viento
Once in a blue moon
El centro de Génova es el más antiguo de Europa
Genoa’s city centre is the oldest in Europe (americano)
Genoa’s old town is the oldest in Europe (British)
