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orgullosos

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proud

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the man lived in number 4

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El hombre que vivian en el numero 4.

use que with people in the past tense who do the verb

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orgulloso

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proud

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they were proud to say that they were very normal

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ellos estaban orgullosos de decir que eran muy normales

  1. de decir que, to say that. we use this form if there is a conjugated verb first, or if someone is blank to say, happy to say, sad to say etc.
  2. eran vs estaban
    use estaban for a feeling, in this case being proud, and eran is used if its past tense is something more permanent in this case being normal
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They were the last people that you would expect to find related (connected) with anything strange or mysterious

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Eran las ultimas personas que se esperaria encontrar relacionadas con algo extrano o misterioso.

  1. They were/eran-again that can be said by itself. descrbing
  2. se esperaria- you yourself would expect (you are doing the expecting)
  3. algo-something
  4. extrano-strange
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Mr. Dusrley was the director of a firm called Grunnings that made drills

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El senor Dursley era el director de una empresa llamada Grunnings, que fabricaba teladros.

ser-occupation

empresa-frim, company

llamada-called

fabricar- to make, to fabricate, produce-
aba because the action can still be ongoing

drill-teladro

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because they were not for such nonsense.

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porque no estaban para tales tonterias

para-for (in favor of)

tal/tales-such

tonteria-nonsense, silly, runnish

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He was a chubby and burly man, with hardly (without) any neck, although he had a big mustache

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El era un corpulento y rolizo, casi sin cuello, aunque con un bigote inmenso

ser-Ser is used to talk about permanent or lasting attributes.
DOCTOR, which stands for Descriptions, Occupations, Characteristics, Time, Origin, and Relationships.
so essential qualities that cant easily change like being fat

corupletno-cvroad, stalky, heavy built

rolizo-chubby, plump

casi-hardly,almost, nearly

sin-without

cuello-neck

bigote-mustache

inmenso-vast, enormous, great

notice we dont have to re conjugate and re ownerize the mustache part becasue the context was set up in the same sentence

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que se esperaría encontrar relacionadas

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se esperaria- “you would expect.” so the you is general and not specific. its like saying you yourself would expect so in this case you would put se before it and use the conditional form which is the unconjugated
verb plus ia

encontrart-to find

relaciondades-related involved, notice how its plural

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El señor Dursley era el director de una empresa llamada Grunnings

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empresa- firm, business

era-was a director, a director is a job so use the imperfect form of ser, because we dont know what time it ended or if it did

llamada-called
it was called _____

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fabricaba taladros

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taladro-drill

fabricabar-made, fabricate as in an industrial sense

notice the form is imperfect because again we dont have a time associated with this past action

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corpulento

rollizo,

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corpulent-fat, stalky, broad

plump, chubby

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casi sin cuello

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casi- almost, nearly,

sin-without

cuello-neck

Book- “with hardly any neck”

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aunque con un bigote inmenso

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aunque-although, even though

bigote-mustache

inmenso-very large

Book-the book didn’t put any more past tense in this because the SAME sentence already had past tense so the context is already set up

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delgada/o

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thin person

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rubia/o

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blonde

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un cuello casi el doble de largo de lo habitual,

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habitual-usual

el doble- twice as much

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el doble de largo de lo habitual,

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twice as long as usual

de ___ de ___

format for description..

de lo habitual actually directly translates as than usual

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Los Dursley tenían todo lo que querían

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imperfect tense

todo= all

lo que = that

querian = they wanted

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pero también tenían un secreto

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but they also had a secret

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y

su mayor temor era que lo descubriesen

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mayor temor = greatest fear

era que lo descubriesen
was that they would be discovered

so the sentence doesn’t mention who would discover them..its a general fear of someone doing the action to them

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“Mas o menos” is, in fact, the correct translation for the English “so, so” or “more or less”.

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so so

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no habrían soportado que se supiera lo de los Potter.

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soportar = to stand, bear, endure

no habrían soportado
they wouldnt bear

in this case que means if

se supiera lo de los Potter.
anyone knew about the potters

supiera is subjective of saber

The subjunctive mood is used to talk about desires, doubts, wishes, conjectures, and possibilities.

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porque no estaban para tales tonterías.

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because they were not for such nonsense.

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spanish such

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tal or tales depending…it depends on the number of nouns

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tonteria

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nonsense, foolishness

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lo que le resultaba muy útil, ya que pasaba
la mayor parte del tiempo estirándolo por encima de la valla de los jardines
para espiar a sus vecinos.

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that was very useful

ya que= since

pasaba = spent (time)

la mayor = most

estirándolo = stretching it

encima = on top, over, above

valla= fence

vall de los jardines = garden fences

para espiar = (in order) to spy

sus vecinos = her neighbors

notice you would use “a” when the verb is done to another person…she is spying on her neighbors

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Los Dursley tenían un hijo pequeño llamado Dudley,

y para ellos no había un niño mejor que él.

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The Dursely’s had a small son named Dudley and for them (according to them) there was not a better boy than him

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La señora Potter era hermana de la señora Dursley,

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use era (ser) for relationship to people. i.e. things that are considered permament…mrs potter will always be her sister

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pero no se veían

desde hacía años

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but they had not seen eachother for (since) several year

its refelxive because they are seeing themselves. so conjugate as ellos but just hrpow a se in front of it

desde = from, since (indicating time)

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tanto era así que la señora Dursley fingía que no tenía

hermana, porque su hermana y su marido

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tanto era asi que = lit. so much was like this that. or more loosely just in fact

fingir = to pretend

no tenia hermana
she didnt have a sister

marido = husband

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Pero nada había en aquel nublado cielo que sugiriera los acontecimientos extraños y misteriosos que poco después tendrían lugar en toda la región.

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but there was nothing in that cloudy sky that would suggest the strange and mysterious events that would shortly thereafter take place across the region.

que poco despues = shortly after

nublado=cloudy, overcast

sugerir = suggest, hint at

acontecimientos=events

extrano = strange

tendrian lugar en toda la region = would happen (take place ) all over the country.

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un completo inútil, eran lo más opuesto a los Dursley que se pudiera imaginar

A

un completo inutil

(a) completely useless

eran lo mas opuesto a los dursely que pudiera imagnia

were the most unDursleyish (most opposite from) that they (themselves) could (possibly) imagine

The subjunctive mood is used to talk about desires, doubts, wishes, conjectures, and possibilities.

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Los Dursley se estremecían al pensar qué dirían los vecinos si los Potter apareciesen por la acera

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The Dursely’s (themselves) shuddered to think what the neighbors would say if the Potter (themselves) showed up on the street (sidewalk)

acera=sidewalk

apareciesen= to appear (refelxive)

al pensar ( remember we are referring to people here)

estremecer = shudder, tremble

qué dirían los vecinos = what the Neighbor would say..notice decir went before the noun

aparecer= to appear, to turn up

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Sabían que los Potter también tenían un hijo pequeño, pero nunca lo habían visto

A

They knew that the Potters also had a young small, but they had never seen him

nunca lo habian visto = never him had they seen

notice where the object goes, before the verb. Him there had seen

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El niño era otra buena razón para mantener alejados a los Potter: no querían que
Dudley se juntara con un niño como aquél.

A

The boy was another good reason for keeping away from the Potters: they did not want Dudley (himself) to hang out with a boy like that

razon = reason

mantener alejados

mantener = to keep (continue)

alejar = to move away from, keep away from

juntar = to hang out with

como aquel = like that (similar)

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Nuestra historia comienza cuando el señor y la señora Dursley se
despertaron un martes

A

Our story begins when Mr and Mrs Dursely (themselves) woke up one Tuesday

38
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con un cielo cubierto de nubes grises que amenazaban tormenta

A

with a sky covered by grey clouds that threatened storm

39
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He was a chubby and burly man, with hardly (without) any neck, although he had a big mustache

A

El era un corpulento y rolizo, casi sin cuello, aunque con un bigote inmenso

ser-Ser is used to talk about permanent or lasting attributes.
DOCTOR, which stands for Descriptions, Occupations, Characteristics, Time, Origin, and Relationships.
so essential qualities that cant easily change like being fat

corupletno-cvroad, stalky, heavy built

rolizo-chubby, plump

casi-hardly,almost, nearly

sin-without

cuello-neck

bigote-mustache

inmenso-vast, enormous, great

notice we don’t have to re conjugate and re ownerize the mustache part because the context was set up in the same sentence

casi no-can mean hardly, nearly

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at 8:30, Mr. Dursely took his briefcase, kissed Mrs. Dursely on the mouth and tried to say goodbye to Dudley with a kis, although he coudn’t (missed) since Dudley (he/the boy) was having a temper tantrum and was throwing his cereal against the walls

A

A las ocho y media. el Senor Dursley cojiO su maletin, besO a la senora Dursely en la mejilla y tratO de despedirse de Dudley con un beso, aunque no pudo, ya que el nino tenia un berrinche y estaba arrojando los cereales contra las paredes

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orgulloso

A

proud

42
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they were proud to say that they were very normal

A

ellos estaban orgullosos de decir que eran muy normales

  1. de decir que, to say that. we use this form if there is a conjugated verb first, or if someone is blank to say, happy to say, sad to say etc.
  2. eran vs estaban
    use estaban for a feeling, in this case being proud, and eran is used if its past tense is something more permanent in this case being normal
43
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They were the last people that you would expect to find related (connected) with anything strange or mysterious

A

Eran las ultimas personas que se esperaria encontrar relacionadas con algo extrano o misterioso.

  1. They were/eran-again that can be said by itself. descrbing
  2. se esperaria- you yourself would expect (you are doing the expecting)
  3. algo-something
  4. extrano-strange
44
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Mr. Dusrley was the director of a firm called Grunnings that made drills

A

El senor Dursley era el director de una empresa llamada Grunnings, que fabricaba teladros.

ser-occupation

empresa-frim, company

llamada-called

fabricar- to make, to fabricate, produce-
aba because the action can still be ongoing

drill-teladro

45
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because they were not for such nonsense.

A

porque no estaban para tales tonterias

para-for (in favor of)

tal/tales-such

tonteria-nonsense, silly, runnish

46
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He was a chubby and burly man, with hardly (without) any neck, although he had a big mustache

A

El era un corpulento y rolizo, casi sin cuello, aunque con un bigote inmenso

ser-Ser is used to talk about permanent or lasting attributes.
DOCTOR, which stands for Descriptions, Occupations, Characteristics, Time, Origin, and Relationships.
so essential qualities that cant easily change like being fat

corupletno-cvroad, stalky, heavy built

rolizo-chubby, plump

casi-hardly,almost, nearly

sin-without

cuello-neck

bigote-mustache

inmenso-vast, enormous, great

notice we don’t have to re conjugate and re ownerize the mustache part because the context was set up in the same sentence

casi no-can mean hardly, nearly

47
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at 8:30, Mr. Dursely took his briefcase, kissed Mrs. Dursely on the mouth and tried to say goodbye to Dudley with a kis, although he coudn’t (missed) since Dudley (he/the boy) was having a temper tantrum and was throwing his cereal against the walls

A

A las ocho y media. el Senor Dursley cojiO su maletin, besO a la senora Dursely en la mejilla y tratO de despedirse de Dudley con un beso, aunque no pudo, ya que el nino tenia un berrinche y estaba arrojando los cereales contra las praedes

48
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Arriving at the corner (when he arrived at the corner)

A

Al llegar a la esquina

49
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to notice

A

percibir

50
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he noticed

A

percibiò

51
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sign (figurative indication)

A

indicio

52
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that something weird was happening

A

de que sucedía algo raro

53
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suceder

A

to happen, to occur

in a vague sense

54
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The cat was reading (looking at a map

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El gato estaba mirando un plano de la ciduad

map plano

55
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for a second

A

Durante de segundo

56
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darse cuenta de

A

to realize, become aware of

57
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me di cuenta de

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i realized (i became aware of)

58
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what he had seen

A

lo que había visto

59
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what had he been thinking

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en que habia estado pensado

60
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but then he turned his head to look again

A

pero luego volviò la cabeza para mirar otra vez

61
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to turn (your head)

A

volver

62
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body parts and ownership

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put the le/el/los/las version…dont put su or mi…as the ownership is impled

63
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im going to look again

A

voy a para mirar otra vez

64
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atigrado

A

striped

65
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but he did not see any map

A

pero no vio nigun plano

66
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what had he been thinking

A

en que habia estado pensado

67
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must be (likelihood)

A

deber de

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