Embedded Files
05-28-25p
no deja titere con cabeza
you ridulize everyhingk you leave no stone unturned.
take no prisoners.
they have inspired in 2 or 3 specific people.
EXPLORING LEON THIS SUMMER WITH GF
05-21-25p
of the cities we talk about last week, i think the most intresting one is valladolid
talked about
p. university
contradictorio
MUCH, MUCHO, QUITE, BASTANTE, VERY MUCH, NOT MUCH, RATHER,
05-14-25p
i dont find it a very funny city.
Salamanca
variety p.
museum of scultpure in valladolid
MOMA
conventos
convents
isuerga
afluent
affluent
FF
alfuente = where a river merges witha bigger river.
Campo Grande.
windy p.
valladlolid is quite larger than segoriva or cuenca.
2 of the t
strangers
foreigners
there were a pair of girls next to me
the car appeared and it was the mother of them.
it wqas quite in the past
it was a long time ago
the average age p.
the broadcasting went off
the signal went out
the broadcast shut off
the program went off air
la culpa la tiene Zapatero
it’s Zapatero’s fault
COPE.
radio of the right
SER
radio of the left
Luis Ignacio
3:14 PM
AFLUENTE
Luis Ignacio
3:16 PM
pisuerga
You
3:24 PM
moutnainous
You
3:49 PM
Thanks Obama!
You
3:54 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4vf8N6GpdM
You
3:58 PM
Me and her buy milk
from whom
from who
the run-on sentence
You
4:00 PM
a dangling participle
sitting in the libirary, I suddently became tired.
You
4:01 PM
Sitting in the library, i saw a man cross the street
Sitting in the library, a man crossed the street
hang. nail
05-07-25p
gabinete =
special room.
it is spartce unless that special room
except
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qln1je6t338https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qln1je6t338
You
3:26 PM
for the sake of
for god's sake
for fuck's sake
color for color's sake
Luis Ignacio
3:30 PM
https://tienda.march.es/carteles/16692-gerhard-richter-strip-921-2.html
You
3:31 PM
sense
sensability
sensitivity
You
3:44 PM
Get out
You
3:45 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG6EOci0suI
You
3:52 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qln1je6t338
You
3:59 PM
Pink retweeted me
You
4:01 PM
Pantomima Full
starting to work in a company, thnks he’s imporatnt,
but they treat him bad.
making laughing at hoim
making fun of him.
“in his mind, it so unded spectacular”
SHOW GRAMMAR NAZI NEXT WEEK.
04-30-25p
I bought my lunch
so i had lunch here with some mates.
data
data
some bus passes, or passes away
pass by
they have to keep on investigating = good, or
keep investigating.
hypothesis / hypotheses p.
we have to trust on the experts
lantern
flashlight
I HAD FOOD THat was not necesary to cook it.
my father worked in iberdrola
oil deposit
gas tank
apurar (for ex: the gas tank, by not filling it up until the last minute)
apurar las ultimas horas de sol en el parque
to take advantage of the last few hours of sun in the park.
in some cases the switches are low and high
up and down
he recommended us to turn down or switch down these switches
because if the electricity suddently appears, maybe it could damage some devices.
WTD
regleta / ladron
el enchufe
plug socket
we have much confidence
we trust each oTHER A LOtt
we are very close
flesh
meat
keep them frozen because i’m going to ook them weeks.
peep hole = yes.
04-23-25p
we didnt go out
we didnt leave madrid
we had lunch outside
we ate out
the days developed very fast.
we go there because we want to.
how was the weather?
unstable = good
documents p.
ToT
documents
enciclica
circular
exhortation
WTD
encliclica / exhortation
“laudato si” about envrionemtn and sustainaible.
i want to clean it (the sexual scandal issue)
i want to fix it?
he found a lot of resistance
he canme up against a lot of resistance
la sexta interview
jordii evole interview with francisco in 2020
there’s no coming back
there’s no going back
progresista
prpogressive
the 80% of the cardinals who will choose the next pope were named by Francisco
energical
energetic
how do you dare?
Luis Ignacio
3:47 PM
encíclica
exhortación
Luis Ignacio
3:50 PM
laudato si
04-09-25p
you. told that there were one street
people who live in smalle towns are accustomed to go , are used to go to bigger towns to do shopp[ing.
protect their babies
protect their young
wui
wildland urban interface
comida de caza
let’s go to this restaurant because they have caza.
they are going to be more rightened of you than you of them.
BOYSCOUT
grandes felinos
big cats
in extinction danger
in danger of extinction
Madrid people very chulo.
ESTOY ESPERANDO A OSCATR EN LA ESQUINA DE LA PISCINA
PEOPLE WHO imitate
You
3:18 PM
wild boar
javelin
jabalina
Luis Ignacio
3:19 PM
jabalina
You
3:19 PM
jabali
You
3:38 PM
coyotes
Luis Ignacio
3:41 PM
lince
You
3:41 PM
linx
You
4:05 PM
PARK THE CAR IN HARVARD YARD
THE HARDEST PART IS GETTING STARTED
You
4:07 PM
socks
shocks
04-02-25p
the roman empire last many centuries.
i’m not so sure to affirm that.
tyrranical
maybe they parceled the exhititions
partitioned…
the fires ttime, the first hour
the first pass
i would prefer it last longer. = OK,
monitors = OK, or
screens.
for not annoying other people to see the vidceo…
in order not to …
the video starts again
the video loops
the video plays on loop.
it meant p.
03-26-25p
it’s a technical things. (he kinda said)
it’s a technicality
OPPO
republic / kingdom
(setch republic)
Czech Republic. p.
more developed than bulgaria p.
the 4th most important in Czech Republic, for example
03-26-25p
it’s a technical things. (he kinda said)
it’s a technicality
OPPO
republic / kingdom
(setch republic)
Czech Republic. p.
more developed than bulgaria p.
the 4th most important in Czech Republic, for example
03-19-25p
SPEAK WITH GLOBAL PEOPLE, NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS,
it’s more easy to understand, and no one has the upper hand.
use the vocabulary that you know, the garmmar that you know.
short sentences.
the media
the average
1000 on a weekend day
to hit unvoluntarily
tropezar over.
to work about it.
to work on it
to develop it.
SHOW HIM CARLOS
FIND COLOR TEST, SEND.
comparation
comparison
it’s different point
it’s different period.
another things is
how difficult is to do that.
FIND ABSTRACT ART REVIEWS ON FAMOUS ABSTRACT ART
KANDINKSY for example
03-12-25p
vigilante de museo
museum guard
some of the pieces in the floor had to be removed
tiles?
the other day it happened another thing.
another man felt down
the superior part
the upper part
he tripped and he fell down
gafado
mal presagio
bad omen
mal aguero
bad luck
atentados
terrorist attacks
they were surveiled for weeks = fs
in general people are impressed with that
in general people are impacted
many wears ago, i was walking for a street, and i saw a guardia civil with a machine gun.
unless you are in that places, it is difficult to see them.
03-05-25
xxx
02-26-25p
on saturday morning i went with my neice to a harry potter exhibition.
ORIGINAL OBJECTS?
START WARS THE SAME?
I looked for it that the people who started to read when they appeared nowdadays they are 30-40.
I
it’s more relacioned in style with lOTR than with other science fiction movies.
it has more to do with = sp.
it’s inspired in i dont know what
inspired by
there’s a tv serie that i used to watch
MAGICIANS OR WIZARDS?
WTD
magiican and wizard
some characterw who are relacioned with theses subjecs
three main characters at end of exhibition.
you can assist to watch musical theatre
maravillarse.
fave span word
You
2:08 PM
300 Mbps
50
You
2:09 PM
Nov 2001
Dec 2001
You
2:12 PM
sorcery
Luis Ignacio
2:13 PM
sword and sorcery
You
2:14 PM
D&D
You
2:15 PM
Severance
You
2:20 PM
physics
physicist
You
2:22 PM
Looper
Children of Men
You
2:37 PM
related to
https://sites.google.com/view/swtenglish/directory/grammar/and-their-preps-verbs-nouns-adjs
You
2:38 PM
I looked for it that the people who started to read they appeared.
You
2:40 PM
I looked it up
You
2:45 PM
when he smiled he was hinting at his true intentions
You
2:50 PM
to run into
i came across
You
2:51 PM
stumble
You
2:54 PM
experience
THE THING I HAD FORGOTTEN:
Harry Potter: Nov 2001
LOTR: Dec 2001
911: Sept 2001! this is why i didnt get into them.
02-19-25
when we were in school, until 14 years old
we were the same children.
we were ordered algphabetically
nombre compuesta
coumpound name
if it’s her real name, that i think so, then...
if it's her real name, which i think it is, then...
in the 80’s, if i would have heard the name Olivia, I would have said "like Popeye's girlfriend"
in the 80's, if I had heard the name Olivia, I would have said "like Popeye's girlfriend"
(in the 80's if I'd heard the name Olivia)
WTD
grief, grievance
SHOW NEXT WEEK:
IDENTICAL AND NEAR IDENTICAL
SHOW BRIAN BILSTON NEXT WEEK.
ENGLISH VERSION POEM.
02-12-25
going out for the weekend
going away for the weekend
i’ve heard a lot about it
CALLE LIBERTAD
lebanese.
next to
plaza de la paja
we didnt all leave at once.
we filtered out
we left gradually
es muy probable
it’s very probable
escayola
cast
cabestrillo
sling
02-05-25
she would have said,
you dont have to recover that hours.
you don't have to recover those hours.
one mate of me
one of my mates
a mate of mine
one of my colleagues
joaquin sabina,,a progressive who likes bullfighting,.
are there two spains?
poor of your spaniards,
that one of the two spains is going to freeze your hear. (ear? hair?)
01-23-25
Pronounce: disgusting
you feel aslept
you feel asleep.
even you feel awake, they say don’t drive.
even if you feel awake, they say don't drive.
OPPO
benign / malignant
Pronounce: analysis
one’s audition
one’s hearing
substituir
substitute
01-15-25
murcielago
palabra panvocalica
aquitecto.
poco usado
rarely used
COMPOUND WORDS (like prefixes) LIST
WINTER GEAR VOCAB (“pom pom”, earmuffs… (this word inspired compound words deiscussion)
Blazer
ALSO SHOWED JUDY HOCHBERG BLOG.
01-08-25
4 travels in a year
4 trips in a year.
she wanted to have it ready to live in = GOOD!
if they are making tourism
if they are doing tourism
if they are visiting a place / sightseeing
Pronounce: mosque
WTD
a 2 star hotel and a 4 star hotel?
airplane pilots
train conductor
car driver
for accountancy
for accounting
rauschenberg (photographer?)
Cuenca
Palma
the other two fundacion places
12-18-24
last wednesday on the 11th,
the company dinner comida.
4 at afternoon
4 in the afternoon.
next friday
this friday
i guess that maybe we are going to feel the noise.
I guess that maybe we are going to hear the noise.
i thought they were going to hang a pictuer where another picture was hang.
I thought they were going to hang a picture where another picture was hanging. / was hung
corros
corrillos = cliques?
WTD
tentempie / merienda
(merienda specific part of the day)
oppo
snack / meal
tentempie
a pickmeup
aperitif
afterhours
afterwork = happy hour?
entrehoras
comer algo entrehoras
merienda-cena
to have dinner at 7:30-8
a specific dinner,
in the weddings party
at wedding parties.
12-10-24
you should plan it with more time.
you should plan it more in advance.
if you plan to go, not know exactly when...
if you plan to go, not knowing exactly when...
cuantos (de?) estos dias caen en el domingo
how many of these days fall on a sunday
recently one holiday felled on saturday
recently one holiday fell on a saturday
we went to other sites that were so good as this one
we went to other sites that were so much better than this one (?)
we went to other sites that were as good as this one (?)
Pronounce: buffet
it wasn’t a very retired street
it wasn't a very remote street
it wasn't a very hidden street
one of the spanish national sins is envy.
Secluded Remote Isolated Out of the way
in one fell swoop
to fell a tree
Keeping up with the Joneses
12-04-24
the stains are very difficult to quit
the stains are very difficult to get out
Pronounce; mechanism
I'm not an expert cooker
i’m not an expert cook.
me too, neither me
neither am I
nor am I
me neither
HE CANT ON WEDNESDAY.
THURSDAY? (or tuesday?)
11-27-24
Jose Antonio Labordeta
this guy was a singer. not exactly folk, but from that zone.
id ont knwo if he was one of its founders, not sure,
he was the recognizable faces of this party.
he did a TV program.
he was walking all around spain, knowing people, meeting people in little towns.
in villages, in country, in the country field, knowing the character of the people, the customs.
a country in my backpack.
the name translated of the show.
Un pais en la mochila.
maybe 90’s or in the first years of the century.
blacksmith
herrero
herrador
labordeta se enfada.
WTD
language / dialect
ligre
11-20-24
meaning
curious (reaction)
beautiful
explains to us about the meaning… = good
there were pieces that “talked about” (gestures) his childhood.
changes to “were about”
touched upon
spoke to
pointed to
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ARAGON?
it should be prohibited going to cordoba in august.
it should be prohibited to go to Cordoba in august.
going to Cordoba in august should be prohibited.
the house is by her mother.
the house is her mother's.
3 things that are the
mezquita
palace with gardens called Al Cazar of Christian Kings.
one of the old neighborhoods, where the jews used to live. juderias.
patriomonio de la humanidad
world heritage sites.
demasaida gente
too many people
3 people in the wide
3 people side by side
4 people cant go in these streets
4 people cant fit
pLACES AND THEIR EVENTS
Cordoba - Patios.
Barcelona - Familia Sagrada,
parque Guell
Agbar torre.
Casa Batlló.
Madrid -
Rome
Coliseue
Paris
eiffel tower
London
big Ben
Madrid
Prado Museum
granada
alhambra
SEVILLA
mayor square
giralda
Compostela
cathedral
Bilbao
guggenheim
elementos reconocibles
recognizable elements
New York
Boston
Sears
BARCELONA
San Jorge - give presents
me es dificil escoger
it’s hard for me to choose.
PLACES AND THEIR;
1. arquetecture
2. major event
3. customs
11-13-24
if we would have planned to go to another place, we would have booked them.
if we had planned to go to another place, we would have booked them.
me and my gf (facial expression = especially), likes to do things in plan.
previsor
far-sighted
forward-looking
11-06-24
the useful vote
surveys
service
WTSA
tolerable p.
best thing since sliced bread
WHAT DO YOU HATE MOST ABOUT TRUMP?
papeleta
ballot
i cant bear it
i cant
a liar but without any llimit
it’s more than i can bear
it’s more than i can stomach
proud
desfachatez
cheeky
impertinent
paradigma
paradigm
bumper sticker
10-30-24
yesterday at 9 ppm on news .
on the news
the rain in one year in that place fell down in another place more o rless in a day.
a year's worth of rain in that place fell in less than a day .
the effects of the storms are worst because of the orography
in streets that were a little narrows
in streets that were a bit narrow
p. flood
the last news he had about his news
the river has much strength
the river is very strong
the river has a lot of force.
the river has a strong current
VALENCIA
ahogarse
drown
SURVIVAL GEAR.
find excerpt from Hatchet.
stop drop an droll xyz
WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUAR CAR FOR EMERGENCIES
WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR HOUSE FOR EMERGENCIES
WHAT WOULD YOU PACK IN A SURIVAL BACKAPCK.
extinctor de fuego
fire extinguisher
the schedule of the shop
the business hours of the shop
i took teh conclusion that maybe one of the more appropriate ...
i came to the conclusion that maybe one of the more appropriate...
the caducity
the expiration
their work is go there to review.
there work is to go there to inspect....
i’ve drunked prpoducts a year after their expiration date.
I've drunk products a year after their expiration date.
10-23-24
my sisters invited me and my family because it was their birthday Wedesnday.
my sisters invited the whole family [to lunch?] because it was [one of their?] birthdays.
CHANGE.
Pronounce: moderately spicy
on sunday, to an asian food restaurant.
when i was younger use to eat chinese food more often.
Lebanses restaurant in Chueca
Libertad street.
Solidere.
I know it because of my gf. = good, or
I know it through my gf.
I know it from my gf.
Georgian restuarant.
it’s very close to the lebanse.
Pronounce: variety
there were things similar to hummus
my gf loves cheese.
it was cheese and egg all mixed
it was cooked on bread itself.
Pronounce: tasty, résumé
I’m good on it
i’m good at it.
i cant ask for more
i couldn’t ask for more
comparation
comparison
Pronounce: i dont know how i would react to that.
book critics
book reviews
HAS A BLOG
wrote about soccer championship
OBITIUARY, MAYBE READ SOME
HE USED TO WRITE OBITURATIRES.
redaccion
?
we ask the food
we order the food
they went to a place, they took the food and they brough tit to my home, to my house.
OPPOS
order / delilvers
PAST TENSE QUESTION
WHEN DID YOU LEARN TO TYPE?
10-16-24
QUORDLE
LA PALABRA DEL DIA .COM / TILDES
/ FRASE
not only you have to solve the sentence, you have to find words to complete the sentence.
i was proving letters
i was trying letters
10-09-24
humor
mood
the Instituto JM has less activities
the Instituto JM has fewer activities
one or the other because of their dedication
one or the other because of their vocation
i’m in charge of the accountancy of F , not Instituto
I'm in charge of the acconting of Fundacion, not Instituto
cafeteria
Saul Steinberg
a drawer
a sketcher, a pencil artist.
a cartoonist
POETRY
SPANISH BLOG
DO NEXT WEEK
10-02-24P
I am not reading so often as i used to.
I am not reasing as often as I used to
i like to have a book that i am reading. = GOOD
hacer la compra… elpisis.
to do the grocery shopping
studied german for 3 years.
spanish numbers
galicia
rapa das bestas.
(look for video of this)
09-25-24
HAVE YOU SEEN 47?
nothing to be worried
nothing to be worried about
Pronounce: euphemism
la gente que le esta cuidando
the people who are taking care of her
m;y sisters and me we are beging accustomed to that.
My sisters and I have gotten used to that.
she had lost the ability of understand speech.
she had lost the ability to understand speech.
tantorio
funeral home
09-18-24
I went on holiday in
we went to the north of spain
6 days in cantabria>
3 days in burgos
3 days in Palencia.
we visisted a lot of places.
2000 km,
walking 150 km.
ojambre. `
sealight
lighthouse
lighthouse de ajo
a japanese artist painted.
a little church on top fo the hill
a chapel?
if you want to buy a house.
you have to sign some documents.
she can take off X days
she has to agree it with her boss, with her mate, and so on.
she has to agree on it with her boss, with her mate and so on.
until 2 years ago, it was compulsory for everyone except 1 ot 2 excectipions
to have from Aug1 - 31.
the last two years they decided that we have to work
i went homebefore the hour that i have to leave
before the end of my shift.
i’m not still good
sigo malo
romanico paletino
camino santiago goes through burgos and palencia
Pronounce: revitalize
espana vaciada
in palencia and in burgos.
Castilla is very wide.
Ancha es Castilla
there was a place w ewnt to in Burgos, Caleluega.
we went to the top of the tower and the guide said
when i say infrastructure i refer from optical fiber p. something like that.
pronounce: optical fiber.
05-29-24P
his wife has been accused about influence traffic
his wife has been accused of influencing traffic.
if i should keep being president or not.
step down.
resign.
it’s not too much for him and for hte rest
it’s not a big deal either for him or the rest.
it's not a big deal for him either, nor for the rest.
sanchez sigue.
tras 5 dias de relfexion.
05-22-24P
soccer si the sport where you can find many surprises.
SEEN GARRA?
tour de france.
cycling, basketball.
miguel endurain?
archery.
athletics
track & frield
it’s not something that many people have done it.
it was difficult to detect it.
at the end of the 90’s and the beignning of the ____-
2000”s
apart of it.
apart from that
that aside…
he srarted to collaborating on TV
pedro delgado
the opposite of miguel endurain
talked a lot, went on TV.
en directo
live
I wouldnt like going with him to have a drink.
FF
decepcion
deception
ensayos
essays
i liked the way he talked
about what he talked…
what he talked about.
I attend tot the conference
i attended the conference
it was one of the last public acts
it was one of his last public appearances.
it was one of this last public events.
JOSE LUIS SAN PEDRO
an ecoomist Luismm saw speak.
there are economist who are economists in order to make rich perople richer.
i try to make poor people less poor.
people from the right didnt like him
fernando lazaro carretero.
05-14-24
REVIEWED THIS VOCAB:
cross arms
snap
brushing my teeth
brush hair / comb hair
shake head
nod head
scratch
salute
clap
bend finger
raise hand
whisper
shout / yell
blink
wink
flinch
stretch
tremble / shiver
laugh
giggle
chuckle
hiccup
yawn
snore
sneeze
squeeze
sigh
whistle
pout / whimper
rub
swallow
sniff
cough
chew
blow a bubble
grunt
groan
gasp
05-08-24P
we left that zone, we go a little to south
we left that zone and went a little to the south.
it’s very common find epeople to are confused about what is a province and what is a community.
it's very common to find people being confused about what is a province and what is a community.
It's not uncommon that people get confused about what's a province and what's a community.
to know geography
you need having good memory.
you need to have a good memory.
and they identify in which they have been.
and they identify which they've been to.
they should study the provinces
they must have studied the provinces.
portugal, italy, hungry, bulgaria.
4 PLACES I’VE BEEN.
the parents of a friend of mine worked in bulgaria for two years,
in one s ummer, they say, hey why dont you come here.
my friend, his gilrfriend that is a frien do fmine also, and his sister and another friend of me
went to bulgaria to visit bulgaria.
it reminds me to spain in the 80’s.
HEAD GESTURES FOR YES AND NO
we were asking for meal
we were 5 of us.
there were 5 of us.
even i havent traveled a lot, i am very interested in
even though I havent traveled a lot , I am very interested in....
3 cities on the top of my list.
Rome, Paris, Florence
but paris not anymore on top 3, london instead
amsterdam, bruge,
what got me interested in geography is sports.
one of my hobbies is soccer, world championships, olympics…. etc.
prague, one of the most bueaitufl cities in europe.
my gf and me should plan summer holidays.
my gf and I need to play our summer holidays.
spain or portugal. for 10 or 8 days.
we went to visit and have meal
we went to visit and have lunch.
charanga
04-30-24P
the province of Burgos.
the highest 12
p. meeteorogligcal
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SPANISH AND AMERICA.
thermometer in armpit instead of mouth.
THE PROS AND CONS
LESSON TO DO
merindades
6 o 7 towns inside that county.
my hairdresser
my barber.
it locked, it closed
it went out of business
it closed down
DID HABER.
NEXT WEEK DO PARAPROSDOKIANS.
INTRODUCED THE CONCEPT AND WORD. he may look for examples himself.
04-24-24
Pronounce: losses, procedures
you have to value the cost of all of this
you have to consider the cost of all of this.
you have to evaluate the cost of all of this.
you have to weigh the cost of all of this
if you deny to do it
if you refuse to do it.
only one owner
sole proprietor
Pronounce: I talked about it.
descapacittada
disabled
there is one tv serie that is now on tv: Cuatro Estrellas
there is one TV series that is now playing: Cuatro Estrellas
?
laugh track
her biological fther was not hte one who was her father. = OK, or
The father was not her biological father.
competencia desleal
dishonest competition
Bad faith (Latin: mala fides) is a sustained form of deception which consists of entertaining or pretending to entertain one set of feelings while acting as if influenced by another. It is associated with hypocrisy, breach of contract, affectation, and lip service.
voz off
voice over
04-17-24
valladolid has one advantage from Madrid.
Valladolid has one disadvantage to madrid.
219
2019
(with a friend from work who lives there)
we got together
we met up a couple times.
Pronounce: symbols
plaza mayor is for walkers.
Plaza mayor is for pedestrians
there is a pair of museums.
there are a couple of museums.
pavos
peacock
they dont scare people.
they are not afraid of people.
a place that you may go there to have a drink
a place that you may go to have a drink
it’s a zone that the wine is well known = OK, or
it's a zone where the wine is well known.
it's a zone with well known wine.
our plan was going to different places. = OK, or
our plan was to go to different places
a guide visit
a guided tour
a guided visit
WTSA
pair
pear
payer
prayer
period
peer
pier
it’s not teh same talking that reading.
it's not the same thing to talk as to read.
Talking isn't the same thing as reading.
04-10-24
one animal that gets son my nerves is mice. = good or
one animal that makes me cringe
one animal that grosses me out
one animal that I cant stand is
one animal that gets under my skin
i was going to get out from the building.
I was going to leave the building
i was leaving the building.
it was a very big rat.
at least i’ve seen like that
at least it looked like that to me.
at least it seemed like that to me.
it has appeared through the things that in the street.
It emerged from the sewer in the street
It came out of the sewer in the street.
It came out of a sewer.
the place where the water that get outs from the buildings.
the place where the water that gets out from the buildings goes.
the place where runoff from buildings goes.
foxes search in the containers for food
foxes scavenge for food in the trash bins.
i think that they should be very very hungry
I think that they must be very hungry.
in period of times i’ve seen
at times i’ve seen…
periodically I've seen...
at certain times i've seen...
sometimes I've seen....
country house in Soria, near Zaragosa.
i was jogging in the country. quite close from the town.
I was jogging in the countryside, quite close to town.
Pronounce: binoculars
antlers
appraisal
throwing everything but the kitchen sink
https://nativetrailshome.com/kitchen-idioms/?cn-reloaded=1
pulling out all the stops
sewage
sewer
scurry
dart
to take an eye
to take a look
(not to be confused with):
keep an eye on
eye something
nevada
snowfall
04-03-24
he had to leave skiing
he had to stop skiing
he had to quit skiing
he broke her hip
she broke her hip
not necessary
not necessarily
she was operated
she was operated on
se quejaba
she complained
when she walked she was happy
so we think that maybe if she walk right now, she would be happier.
so we think that maybe if she walked right now, she would be happier.
she wasn’t unpleased with the situation
she wasn’t displeased with the situation
sometimes you see another patients
sometimes you see other patients
Pronounce: everytime we went there
stimulations = OK, or
stimuli
basic things, or primitive things, if you want.
basic things, or primitive things, if you will.
she was sat in a chair and she stands
she was sitting in a chair
and she stood up
she fell down… she fall down…
she fell down
baston
cane
he didnt use cane.
he didn't use a cane.
maybe they didnt make exercise
maybe they didn't do exercise
we like to make tourism
we like to do tourism
we like to do sightseeing
we like to go sightseeing
the localization
the location
03-20-24
WTD
seeking attention / calling attention
there is a middle term
there is a middle ground
give up completely something.
give up something completely
it’s a good and logic idea
it's a good and logical idea
they get out from a room and the light was left on.
they leave a room and the light is left on.
if i wouldnt do it, i wasnt going to spend too much money in that.
If I didnt do it, I wouldn't spend too much money on that. (?)
if you turn on them,
if you turn them on...
do you attend the community meetings? ( building meetings)
the two last ones, i couldn’t.
the last two, I couldn't
“that’s what we have”. (ref: hot temperatures)
It is what it is.
Pronounce: supposedly
WTSA
stunt
stand
(throwing paint at Mona Lisa)
is going to be your cause more respectable / respectful if you do that?
is your cause going to be more respectable / respected if you do that?
03-13-24
today we have had it.
today we had it.
the secretary of my boss
my boss' secretary
i dont remember there were people with this kind of practice.
I don't remember there being people with this kind of practice.
no me consta = no soy consciente
ignoro que haya.,..
i’m not aware of there being ...
and not long time ago...
and not so long ago...
Pronounce: sarcasm, hypothesis
the firset meaning
the original meaning.
he preferred the influence of latin american spanish
than from english directly
he preferred the influence of latin american spanish to that of english.
reiniciar, reanudar
restart, reboot
03-06-24
it’s not a night table, but it’s in the same line.
it's not a night table, but it's in the same vein.
if i lived in a place like that , maybe it doenst bother me so much
if I lived in a place like that, maybe it wouldn't bother me so much.
you have to hot
you have to heat it up.
Pronounce: recipes
bacalau
cod
02-28-24
reviewed test stuff
02-21-24
reviewed test stuff
02-14-24P
the both of the directors
the managing
it’s the meeting room for the managering
board of managers.
aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada
when i started to watCH IT HAD BEGUN one hour ago.
i want to watch who wins
i want to see who wins
it is very different the society of hte snow from 20,000 species of bees.
abrete a mi
my decade p. is the 90’s.
started to eappear, started to come up good spanish films.
good spanish films started to come out.
it doenst mean nothing special.
DID A OF B OR BA - ARRIVED TO WILLING SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEFE.
TALKED ABOUT SOME OF GOYAS NOTES.
STILL NEED TO DO HABER TRANSLATIONS
AND MENTIONED MEMES, NEED TO SHOW COMICS PAGES.
02-07-24P
camp counselors
what are?
not as an adult
but in some aspects.
boyscouts. counselor
the hike is longer if they are older.
counselor p.
1982 world cup
i remember the final
i remember htat i started to like soccer
that year i did my first
chromos
cards (baseball cards)
7 years.
my interest in soccer started with that.
movies: I remember ET
you have to have enough confidence that they trust on you, and they respect you.
sometimes it’s good not much difference because it’s easier to talk with them.
not having much diference.
panuelos de boyscouts
boyscouts handkerchief.
parroquia
parish
moved away fom boyscouts at 22 because started to become interested in other church activities,
like a kind of ‘social work’ in the church with kids with problems.
i was more interested on that.
NEXT WEEK DO HABER TRANSLATIONS
ludoteca
the objective. p.
you could also enter for the main gate
through
manualidades
crafts
01-31-24P
internalized to a hospital
admitted to a hospital
el despido
the firing
permiso
permission
16
there’s no gonna be enough money for everybody>
dont ask to me to pay more taxes.
recaudacion de impuestos
tax revenue
quien a buen arbol se arrima buena sombra le cobija.
ladran, luego cabalgamos sancho
although i like to spend time alone,
it could be a social activity but it doesnt have to be a social activity. (emphasis0
it doesnt HAVE to be.
happiness is related to being loved.
a sense of belonging
this razonamiento
this reasoning
01-24-24P
each time the foundation presents an exhigibiont they give to the employees a photography of somethign that has been in the exhibition. = a poster.
I should
thwere’s somethign to be said for
to put with a marc
to frame it
stop and i dont want anymore.
when one of the rivals wins to the other
i dont know where it comes from = spanish
i dont know why we do it.
one of your friends cuyts the pizza by the half
in half
if he wants people sit down
01-17-24P
209
2009
fire = lay off
most of weeks are quite similar
the majority of
in this moment we are closing the yaer (2023)
there are some common tasks
that now i have to do them in a hurrry
delated
postponed
preparing the budget
elaborating the annual report.
it has to be audited
prepare the information for the audtors.
there are thigns that appear
there are thigns that come up.
we dont used to use anglicisms
my boss is relatively new because she came here less than 3 years ago.
she’s very accustomed to…
she uses a lot
PTI
(WORKED ON ABBREVIATIONS THROUGH "A")
01-10-24P
but now from these 2 years or 3 years ago, it has changed.
we prefe to work less hours
we join in these meals with my ssiter.
my sisgters and I get together.
people who are acomodado”.
well off?
or people who like to take risks
i know people that decided to go to GBrigtain, to England, to learn English>
sabbatical
it is strange. I dont know if the word si strange. and not funny. it isnt also funny.
maybe august is the time of the year where more time you spend with your parenter.
p. source
it doesnt mind
appalling
12-13-23P
i try not to take sun bathes
sun protection, sun screen
the only part of my skin taht could be burned
that is exposed
raining but very slightly
drizzle
spitting
streets are very nice.
very pretty.
yo go for the streets, and you see buildings that are quite impressive or even beautufl if you will.
and they are just offices or for people who live there.
monuments from all the ages.
one after the other.
they are become residence buildings.
p. a very subjective topic
you find them very close one from another
p. continuity
discarded = ok, or
crossed off the list
we have discarded museums in general
castel san angelo
baseball pitch
basebll field
in one hand, it is something you must go and see.
it’s something that you “must” do.
it’s a “must-see. “
the sightseeing from all around from rome and what’s around and the colliseum itsellf is quite nice.
the view from teh top of all around rome
I could recommend people to take that icke that allows you go to the top.
we get out from another exit and
and we go around it
where the people sat = from spanish, imperfecto
rome is known as the 7 hills city.
a long stairs
a long staircase
what we have done is to divide rome into 5 zones.
in order to see each part
athe zone that was father from the hotel was the vatican.
it was the part that was more far away.
it was a little retired (the park from the center of the city)
it was a little removed, far away.
walkers
pedestrians
hungarian embassy
courtyard
12-05-23P
i used to like buying presents = good
i refer on christmas presents
i’m referring to christmas presents
it’s a little stressing
my two sister, my two brothers in law, my niece.
my sitsters used to buy me, present me books.
i only watch, not very carefully
i only skim the list
cutre
crappy
my gf and i have the the iea of go there with some nieces of her.
we havent planned it too much
we havent looked into it too much.
TOY TRENDS
GIFT IDEAS
https://flickr.com/photos/lanpernas2
mustard
lebanese.
in chueca
i’m lazin of having the camera.
FINISH
When in Rome.
alla donde fueres haz lo que vieres.
"When in Rome, do as the Romans do"
11-29-23
I dont use to eat them very often.
I dont usually eat them.
I dont eat them very often.
you have to open it a bit in order…
you have to open it a bit so that...
we’re conscious that we are taking a risk = good, or
we're aware that we are taking a risk
it depends on how confident you are in the relationship.
It depends on how much trust you have in the relationship.
i separate two different kinds of things you are going to add to the food.
I distinguish between two kinds of things you are going to add to the food.
too less salt
too little salt
ask for ketchup it reminds… not reminds but i htink it’s a thing that a little kid would do.
asking for ketchup reminds me of something a little kid would do.
asking for ketchup seems (to me) like something a little kid would do
if a 40-some person ask for ketchup with the vegetables.
if a 40-something person asks for ketchup with their vegetables.
esto pide
this calls for
from, since some years, now you can find mayonnaise.
For a while now you've been able to find mayonnaise.
Mayonnaise has been available for a while now.
the relationship with the cooker.
the relationship with the cook
casa de la amiga de mi novia
girlfriend’s friend’s house
miseducation
bad manners
the rest of the thing
crumbs
you dont have to insist too much
you shouldn’t insist too much
if he wouldnt have insisted, I wouldnt have felt offended
if he hadn’t insisted, I wouldn't have felt offended
if we didnt have so much confidence
if we didnt have so much trust
if we didnt trust each other so much
my gf has two borthers, one of them i know him very much, the other one i dont know him very much.
my gf has two brothers, one of whom I know very well, the other whom I don't know that well.
my gf has two brothers; one of them I know very well, the other I don't know that well.
11-22-23
dosel
canopy
spain has a lot of castles, but not so many as churches
spain has a lot of castles, but not as many as it does churches.
11-15-23
I was doing a list of things.
I was making a list of things.
3 days is too few = good, or
3 days are too few?
3 days is too little (time)
i’ve made my mind saying ok in this time i dont have to see whole Rome .
i've made up my mind that, ok, this time I dont have to see all of Rome.
you need much time
you need a lot of time.
copola
dome
baldaquino
"canopy of state"
baldaquin
Pronounce: altar
She knows Rome. = good, or
She has been to Rome.
she’s been there a pair of times.
she’s been there a couple times.
She doesnt said, she doesnt say
she hasn’t said “i want to this see this specifically”
miradores
lookouts
vista points
viewpoints
you should, you must go here because these are nice places.
you should go here because these are nice places
pronounce: prioritize
we have to dedicate too much time to that
we have to dedicate a lot of time to that.
iif our travel would be only 3 days, i’m going to think we havent seen enough.
If our trip were only 3 days, I would think we haven't seen enough.
If our trip is only 3 days, I'm going to think we haven't seen enough.
he wanted to do something that reminds the gothic.
he wanted to do something that was reminiscent of gothic.
Pronounce: pioneer
una conquista
a conquest
11-07-23
this weekend my gf could come to madrid.
this weekend my gf was able to come to Madrid.
-when was the last time you saw her?
-not very much
not too long ago.
she doesnt ask for it
she doesnt ask me to (go to cordoba)
it is a factor that is not ourselves
it is a factor that is external to us
it is a factor outside the relationship
my gifrliend niece that had had a baby
my girlfriend's niece, who had a baby
Pronounce: an exam, vanguard
administrative manager
we dont have had enough time together
the influences of precolombian art ON later american art.
direct comparation.
direct comparison
attended visit
a guided tour
we have a library that is mostly about
spansih theatre, spanish music, and magic
Mentalism
the power of the brain in order to make extraordinatry things.
a tv serie.
the impliciation of the reasonement were sometimes too direct.
the one i went ws by one of the best magicians
Juan Camariz
p. anecdotes
Escapism
HAVE YOU EVER DONE AN ESCAPE ROOM?
this kind of shirt for crazy people.
straight jacket.
gradas
statdium seats
I like soccer and she doesnt.
she likes tennis very much. even she watches more tennis matches than me.
she also likes basketball.
from tv series or things like that
she’s more…
she lkes only a kidn of them.
she cant view violence.
i’ve watched GoT.
she doesnt like watching too much /tv news or news in general.
she prefer not to look that.
real madrid.
FAVORITE PLAYER?
best player / favorite player.
fave = Zidane, was a french one, played for real madrid.
Messi.
Haaland, should have won.
Norway didnt classify for the championship.
10-31-23
it’s worth to have the pet.
it's worth having the pet.
it doesnt worth
it's not worth it.
sometimes it flied free inside the kitchen
sometimes it flew free inside the kitchen.
sometimes it flew around the kitchen (out of its cage)
burros
donkeys
the land wasn’t of them.
the land wasn’t theirs
guateque = a kind of party
a 'get-together'
Pronounce: naive, respectability
creyente
believer
I do what i supposed to do if I believe in something.
I do what I am supposed to do if I believe in something.
in the past [if you attended church] you must be a believer, you should be religious
if the past [if you attended church] you had to be a believer, you had to be religious.
an aunt of mine that she’s quite old, she used to go….
An aunt of mine, who is quite old, use to go.
10-25-23
separate of them.
separate them
they different
they differ
dont mesc
dont mix
arco y flecha
bow and arrow
manzanas y peras
apples and oranges
Pronounce: wool, would
10-18-23
I’ve been in Madrid.
I was in Madrid.
we could do several things.
we were able to do several things.
we spend the day
we spent the day.
all the houses are made by/in stone
all the houses are made of stone.
it has been used many times as a film set. = good, or
many films have been made there.
he was very well know because of the portraits.
he was very well known for his portraits
he was very well known as a portrait painter
he was famous when he lived = OK, or
he was famous when he was alive
some of his pictures could be inside impressionist.
some of his pictures could be included in impressionism.
some of this images could be considered impressionist.
for the mass, maybe he’s not so well known.
for the masses, maybe he’s not so well known.
we joined the EU union many years ago.
we had joined the EU many years before.
the prices rose up.
the prices rose.
the prices went up.
the change of the ancient coin to the new one was....
the exchange rate of the old coin to the new one was...
i am an unbeliever
I am a disbeliever
I am not a believer
you have to be patience
you have to be patient
maybe it could be a good way to make money
i dont say no
i’m not saying it’s not
some people put things in the ice that are not paella
?
cheap ingredients
not very elaborate
it’s in danger? I hope no.
Is it in danger? I hope not.
i want someone sees it.
i want someone to see it.
in my previous work i was fired, because they had to reduce costs etc. = Good, or
I was laid off...
10-11-23
it doesnt deserve to get out.
it’s not worth going out.
one of my sisters went with her daughter, my neice,
and they recorded them.
and they recorded themselves
covid:
I didnt live it very badly = OK, or
I didnt have a bad experience with it.
I didn't have a bad time with it.
It didnt affect my life too badly/much
it’s not the same live this pandemia, lockdown, if you live alone than if you live with your partner.
Living the pandemic and the lockdown is not the same alone as with a partner.
my sistesr and me went there in order to take care of them.
My sister and I went there to take care of them.
there’s no option = OK, or
there’s no alternative
my circumstances make it easier to me.
my circumstances made it easier for me.
the touch with people.
contact with people.
there were a pair of cops
there was a couple of cops
at the end of august, i went to the wedding with a friend of us.
at the end of august, i went to the wedding with a friend of ours
estaba contagiada de covid / tenia covid
she was infected with covid. / she had covid
when some months passed
after a few months
a residence
a senior residence
a nursing home.
Pronounce: 90, 19
sensation of be tired
sensation of lethargy
sensation of tiredness
they lack, they miss the taste, and they couldnt smell properly.
they lost their sense of taste and smell
she was like the rest of the time
she was just like normal
even she didnt have fever.
she didn't even have fever
(example)
no soy yo para dejar encendida la luz
it’s not like me to leave the light on.
she started to confuse with that,
she started to get confused about that
she’s relative of some friends that i have here in Madrid.
she's the relative of some friends I have here in Madrid.
(reported speech? could be)
so i started to know her in weddings.
so I started to get to know her in weddings.
we havent passed time together
we haven't spent time together.
10-04-23
I used to use it with my desktop.
I am used to using it with my desktop
i used to use the synonym of a phrasl verb that the word is longer and more similar to spanisn.
I usually use the synonym of a phrasal verb which is a longer word and more similar to spanish
in comparation with reading
in comparison to reading
it doesnt matter about the topic, it doesnt mind
no matter the topic
no matter what the topic is
the young spanish actors dont pronounce properly.
the young spanish actors don’t enunciate properly.
murmurar
mumbling
echar una reprimenda
to reprimand
it’s a family who had devoted to banking.
it’s a family that was devoted to banking.
it’s a family that worked in banking.
it’s a family of bankers.
we are open another kind of music, sometimes jazz, sometimes flamenco.
we are open to other kinds of music, sometimes jazz, sometimes flamenco.
I used to go to guieded visitis. i try to go to assist wtiht his guided visit.
I usually do guided tours. I try to attend guided visits.
Pronounce: larger
exhibitions sometimes very unique
sometimes very unique exhibitions
it’s difificult to me remember a speicific example.
it’s difficult for me to remember a specific example.
estreno
debut
(an american artist debuted in an exhibition)
an exhibition only for him, not a collective exhibition
solo exhibition.
Pronounce: supposedly.
the decision is for the art director
the decision is made by the art director
this brothers are 70-80 years old.
these brothers are 70-80 years old.
the foundation is evolutioning
the foundation is evolving
trying to fusion with other musics.
trying to fuse with other musical genres.
escenario
stage
they try that the style of the foundation were the same.
they try to ensure that the style of the foundation stays consistent.
the foundation has more than 60 years.
the foundation is more than 60 years old.
it was easy to me at the beginning = ok, or,
it was easy for me at the beginning.
we went there in order to spend one week.
we went there to spend one week.
she’s very much organized than me.
she’s much more organized than me.
I think i’m going to like very much.
I think I’m going to like it very much.
we are going to come back 2 years later mabye.
we will go back maybe in 2 years.
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