120. By and until By the time... Flashcards

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Les nvié los documentos a hoy, por lo que deberían recibirlos para el lunes.

A

I sent the documents to them today, so they should receive them by Monday. (=on or before Monday, not later than Monday).

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Mejor nos apuramos. Tenemos que estar en casa a 5.

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We’d better hurry. We have to be home by 5 o’ dock. ( = at or before 5 o’clock, not later than 5 o’clock)

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¿Dónde está Sara? Ella debería estar aquí ahora.

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Where’s Sarah? She should be here by now. (= now or before now- so she should have already arrived)

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‘¿Nos podemos ir ya?’ “No, vamos a esperar hasta que deje de llover.

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‘Shall we go now?’ ‘No, let’s wait until it stops raining

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No pude espertarme esta mañana

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I couldn’t get up this morning

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Me quedé en cama hasta las 10 y media

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I stayed in bed until half past ten.

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No me levantó hasta las diez y media.

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I didn’t get up until half past ten.

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Joe va a estar fuera hasta el lunes.

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Joe will be away until Monday.

so he’ll be back on Monday

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Voy a trabajar hasta las 11.30.

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I’ll be working until 11.30.

so I’ll stop working at 11.30

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Joe estará de regreso para el lunes.

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Joe will be back by Monday.

=he’ll be back not later than Monday

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Terminaré mi trabajo antes de las 11.30.

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I’ll have finished my work by 11.30.
(= I’ll finish my work not later than
11.30.)

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Es demasiado tarde para ir al banco ahora. En el momento en que lleguemos allí, cerrará.

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lt’s too late to go to the bank now. By the time we get there, it will be closed.

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El banco cerrará entre ahora y el momento en que llegemos allí.

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The bank will close between now and the time we get there.

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Nuestras vacaciones terminan mañana. Así que en el momento en que reciba esta postal, estaré de vuelta a casa.

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(from a postcard) Our holiday ends tomorrow. So by the time you receive this postcard, I’ll be back home.

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Llegaré a casa entre mañana y el momento de recibir esta postal.

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(= I will arrive home between tomorrow and the time you receive this postcard)

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16
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¡Darse prisa! En el momento en que lleguemos al cine, ya habrá empezado la película.

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Hurry up! By the time we get to the cinema, the film will already have started.

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El coche de Karen se averió en el camino a la fiesta anoche. En el momento en que llegó, la mayoría de los otros invitados se habían ido.

A

Karen’s car broke down on the way to the party last night. By the time she arrived, most of the other guests had left.

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Le tomó mucho tiempo llegar a la fiesta y la mayoría de los invitados se fueron durante este tiempo

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(= it took her a long time to get to the party and most of the guests left during this time)

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Tenía un montón de trabajo que hacer ayer por la tarde. Yo estaba muy cansado en el momento en que acabé

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I had a lot of work to do yesterday evening. I was very tired by the time I finished.

20
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me tomó mucho tiempo hacer el trabajo, y se canso más y más durante este tiempo

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(=it took me a long time to do the work, and I became more and more tired during this time)

21
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Fuimos al cine anoche. Nos llevó mucho tiempo encontrar un lugar para aparcar el coche. En el momento en que llegamos al cine, la película ya había comenzado.

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We went to the cinema last night. lt took us a long time to find somewhere to park the car. By the time we got to the cinema, the film had already started.

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Karen finalmente llegó a la fiesta a la medianoche, pero para entonces, la mayoría de los otros huéspedes se había marchado.

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Karen finally got to the party at midnight, but by then, most of the other guests had left.

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Karen finalmente llegó a la fiesta a la medianoche, pero en ese momento, la mayoría de los otros huéspedes se había marchado.

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Karen finally got to the party at midnight, but by that time, most of the other guests had left.