Cassettes de exilio 1, rev 5,21 Jan

Question 1

to delay/hold-up/take too long

Answer 1

demorar - delay - demorar think D then more

retrasar - to retrace

Les voy a pedir que no se demoren/no retrasaren tanto tiempo en escribirme.

subj tardar Si tardas, vamos a perder el tren. If you take too long, we’ll miss the train. retrasar -

think to retrace will take a long time and delay you, to delay, hold up postpone

Question 2

to inform/notify/pay

to find out/to hear/notice understand

Answer 2

enterar

enterarse de algo

Ya desde el primer día nos empezamos a enterar que habían muertos… As early as the first day, we started learning/finding out that there had been murders…

Question 3

to cease to love

Answer 3

desamar

Question 4

to disarm, dismantle, disassemble, take apart

Answer 4

desarmar

Question 5

to pull-out/pull-up/to get out (take off)

Answer 5

arrancar (think RAN the CAR over the weeds para arrancarlas)

Question 6

the canvas, sail cloth, tarp

Answer 6

la lona

la lana = the wool

Question 7

playful - adj

Answer 7

lúdico-lúdica juguetón-juguetóna - adj

Question 8

supposedly

Answer 8

supuestamente

(suponerse)

Question 9

I guess if, I suppose if, I assume if

Answer 9

supongo que si

Supongo que si quieres, está bien. I guess if you want to, it´s OK.

supuesto - supposed adj.

Se ha detenido al supuesto asesino.The supposed murderer has been arrested.

detener - to stop, to arrest

Question 10

different - adj.

Answer 10

distinto - distinta

Question 11

obviously, clearly adv.

Answer 11

evidentemente also means evidently also obviamente

Question 12

to inflate/blow-up

Answer 12

hinchar inch by inch it inflates/blows up

Question 13

to stuff oneself/to swell up/to swell up with pride

Answer 13

hincharse

Question 14

I stuffed myself with sweets.

Answer 14

Me hinché de dulces.

Question 15

the gust, burst, flash

Answer 15

la ráfaga (rrah-fah-gah) think of Rafi, Azucena´s daught, she was a gust/flash/burst of fresh air.

Question 16

a cold gust of wind

Answer 16

una ráfaga de viento frío

think of Rafi, Azucenes daughter, she was a gust, flash of fresh air

(rrah-fah-gah)

Question 17

to catch (various)

Answer 17

pillarse (colloquial), tomar, atrapar

Question 18

el golpe de Estado

Answer 18

a coup, coup d’état

Question 19

Only three years after having left Chile, we were caught in another coup (another coup caught us).

Answer 19

Sólo tres años después de haber salido de Chile, nos pilló otro golpe de Estado.

Sólo tres años después de haber salido de Chile, fuimos atrapados en otro golpe de Estado.

atrapar - to trap, to be caught, to capture

Question 20

to negotiate/arrange/manage

Answer 20

negociar/gestionar

¿Quién gestionó/negoció la compra de la casa?

Who negotiated the purchase of the house?

gestionar - think cuestionar in order to negotiate, arrange, manage

Question 21

The last thing I remember is having seen you all through the train window.

Answer 21

Lo último que recuerdo es haberlos visto a través de la ventana del tren.

atravesar - to cross

Question 22

through/across

Answer 22

a través de - it is a preposition

atravesar - to cross, a verb

Question 23

to cut/split/break - to leave/set-off

Answer 23

partir

Question 24

It was difficult. So much so that my mother took me to a psychologist.

Answer 24

Era difícil. Tanto así que mi madre me llevó a un psicólogo.

tanto que also is so much so that

Question 25

In winter I almost always wear a vest.

Answer 25

En invierno casi siempre llevo un chaleco. (think vest on your chest)

een - byehr -no

Question 26

to press/push/pull/squeeze

Answer 26

apretar pulsar - also to click

pulsar - think press, press, press, pulse, pulse, pulse

Question 27

the cross-border

Answer 27

el-la transfronterizo-a

Question 28

Each week we delve into the stories…

Answer 28

Cada semana nos adentramos en las historias… adentrarse - to go deep into enterarse - to find out about She entered into the house and found out about everything. Entró en la casa y se enteró de todo.

Question 29

This message comes from a NPR sponsor Sprouts Farmers Market.

Answer 29

Este mensaje viene de un patrocinador de NPR, Sprouts Farmers Market.

Question 30

to maintain a link/bond

Answer 30

mantener un vínculo/un enlace (el enlace)

Question 31

the possibilities that the new tech gave

the possibilities the new technology offers

Answer 31

las posibilidades que daba la nueva tecnología

las posibilidades que ofrece la nueva tecnología

Question 32

Pass the thread through the eye of the needle. (ud)

Answer 32

Pasa el hilo a través del ojo de la aguja.

el agujero = the hole

agudo = sharp (adj) El cuchillo agudo/filoso.

Question 33

through /from one side to the other, by means of)/across

Answer 33

a través de some say use a través de rather than por in many circumstances, better Spanish maybe, although por does mean through

Question 34

I got my job through a referral.

Answer 34

Conseguí mi trabajo a través de una referencia.

Question 35

Cross-border trade is essential for the survival of the countries in the region.

Answer 35

El comercio transfronterizo es esencial para la supervivencia de los países de la región.

Question 36

We can’t survive three days without water.

Answer 36

No podemos sobrevivir tres días sin agua.

Question 37

survival - noun to survive - verb

Answer 37

la sobrevivencia, la supervivencia sobrevivir

Question 38

the link/tie/bond

Answer 38

el vínculo

Question 39

I will find out the truth no matter what.

Answer 39

Me enteraré de la verdad pase lo que pase.

enterarse - to find out about - enterarse DE algo

pase lo que pase - not matter what, at whatever cost

Question 40

to grab/grasp (2 different words)

Answer 40

agarrar - to grab, grip (think get a grip) - in México has a sexual connotation so don´t use, use aferrar

aferrar - to grasp/grab/cease - think to grasp/grab a Ferrari

Question 41

to dare

Answer 41

atreverse (a plus the rest are e´s)

think three bears see .