El largo camino1/23//24//apr14,

Question 1

to scatter, to spread

Answer 1

esparcir - esparciendo (scattering) (think its part of the circle .. picture yourself scattering lots of stuff in part of a big circle.)
also, dispersar - to scatter/to disperse - think disperse, dis - per - sar is the only syllable different

Question 2

the dovecot, pidgeon loft

Answer 2

el palomar

Question 3

Duquesa, her beloved and faithful pidgeon.

Answer 3

Duquesa, su querida y fiel paloma.

leal and fiel are basically interchangeable, but to make it easy think:
leal - L = loyal
fiel - F = faithful

Question 4

loyal
the loyalty
Faithfulness

Answer 4

leal
la lealtad
La fidelidad

Question 5

Susan opened the can and scattered the contents on the table.

Answer 5

Susan abrió la lata y esparció/dispersó el contenido sobre la mesa.
esparcir - think it is part of the circle that stuff is scatted in
dispersar - disperse
EL CONTENIDO = singular and plural, the content, the contents.

Question 6

the oaks
the birches
the elms
the willows

Answer 6

los robles (postmistress robbed the top of our oak tree)
los abedules (think b: ah be for birch) you get a birch stick if you do not obedecer
los olmos - (think Olmotecas also are a dying breed)
los sauces (think spaghetti sauce spilt all over the willows behind our house in Garden City) el sauce - sow - seh

Question 7

to shake/beat

Answer 7

sacudir
think sock u dear

Sacudo las alfombras pequeñas cuando limpio el baño de la cabaña.
La gente solía sacudir las alfombras para limpiarlas.

Question 8

the threadbare skirt

Answer 8

la raída falda

(think full of rays of light showing through the fabric)

Question 9

He shook his head.
To shake

Answer 9

Sacudió la cabeza.
Sacudir

Question 10

There was a big weeping willow tree behind our house in Garden City.

Answer 10

Había un gran sauce llorón detrás de nuestra casa en Garden City.

el sauce - sow - seh

detrás de - behind in relation to something stated-referred to
atrás de - in general, not in relation to something else,. No voy para atrás. I am not going back.

delante de - in front of , the d´s are in relation to something, the a´s and e´s are not

Question 11

threadbare/worn-out

Answer 11

raído-raída adj (rrah-ee-doh)

(think full of rays (rrah) going through ray ido - that shine through because it is so worn)
Also desgastada from desgastar or desgastarse- to wear out, to wear down

Question 12

The earthquake shook the whole town.

Answer 12

El terremoto sacudió todo el pueblo.
El teremoto sacudió el pueblo entero.

Question 13

to mend, darn, patch

Answer 13

remendar (think re mend - just like it sounds - see mending it again, RE MEND AR)

zurcir = to darn, to mend

a patch = un parche

Question 14

the threadbare skirt mended with patches and darns

Answer 14

la falda raída remendada con parches y zurcidos
To the south see dos

(think/see darning naked back and forth in the sewer seeing dos darning needles go back and forth)

zurcir - to darn
los zurcidos - sur see doze

Question 15

I stretch in the morning as part of my exercises and to have a narrow waist.

I stretch my body in the mornings.

Answer 15

Me estiro por la mañana como parte de mis ejercicios y para tener una cintura estrecha.

Estiro el cuerpo por las mañanas. No need for me says Pepe. but someone else said you need it, so…

estirarse - reflexive verb, to stretch oneself, (think to throw up your hands for a full body stretch, picture to throw yourself all around stretching)

estrechar - sounds like to stretch but it IS NOT, it is narrow

Question 16

to resort to something, to turn to somebody

Answer 16

recurrir

recorrer - to travel around/to look around

Acudir - to go to . To turn to

Question 17

to shrink/to hunch

Answer 17

encoger

enganchar - to hook/hitch’p/harness
engancharse - to get hooked

Se enganchó a la cocaína y se metió en muchos problemas. He got hooked on cocaine and got into a lot of trouble.

hinchar - to inflate (blow up ) like inflate balloons (Spain) or inflar

Question 18

to stretch, to smooth

to stretch oneself

Answer 18

estirar
estirarse - reflexive verb (think to tirar, throw-up your hands to stretch oneself out for a full body stretch)

estrechar - to narrow/hug/embrace - sounds like to stretch but is NOT - that (estirar) is the picture of to throw yourself all over the place estirarse

Question 19

She had no one to turn to.

Answer 19

No tenía a nadie a quien recurrir.
She had no one (to whom) to turn to.
a nadie - a personal
a quien - to whom

Question 20

He shrugged his shoulders.

Answer 20

Se encogió DE hombros.
encogerse DE hombros - to shrug one´s shoulders

He himself shrugged of (his) shoulders. which SED something. Se Encogió De
to shrug your shoulders you have SED something

Question 21

Oh no, I shrunk the sweater.

Answer 21

Ay, no, encogí el suéter.

Question 22

to scratch/scrape together

Answer 22

arañar (think the cat ran a yard and scratched the wall).

3 - arañar, rasguñarse, rascarse

BUT rasguñarse - to graze/scratch
Luz scratched her hand on a nail.
Luz se rasguñó la mano en un clavo.
think the rascal scratched me
or rascarse - to scratch
El mapache me rascó.
rasgar - to tear, to rip
el hurón - the ferrett
to drag -arrastrar
to pull out - arrancar

Me rasqué. I scratched myself.

Question 23

to kneel down

the knee

The sobbing women on their knees.

Answer 23

arrodillarse
sollozar - to sob
la rodilla

Las mujeres sollozando de rodillas.

Question 24

to coo/to lull to sleep

Answer 24

arrullar (think it´s a rule to lull-coo someone to sleep or use a ruler to coo the baby yikes!

trilled rr - as a rule, to coo, lull

acurrucar - to cuddle - think to cuddle in the car

Question 25

Miss Mittens scratches the wall even though she doesn´t have claws.

Answer 25

La Srta. Mittens rasca/araña la pared aunque no tiene garras.

aunque - indicative, it´s a fact, means even though
aunque sea - subj - ho , even IF its

Question 26

Olie kneeled/knelt down and started to work.

Answer 26

Ollie se arrodilló y empezó a trabajar.
Arrodillar - to make kneel
Arrodillarse - to kneel down, to kneel

Question 27

There was a dove that was cooing in the tree.

Answer 27

Había una paloma arrullando en el árbol.
Había una paloma que arrullaba en el árbol. asking LC, asked and both are correct

ando/iendo - present particple “ing” caminando, leyendo, arrullando

arrullar - to lull to coo as a rule, you lull-coo the baby to sleep

acurrucarse - to curl-up, snuggle (in the car)

Question 28

to frighten off, to keep/chase away, to repel/banish,

Answer 28

ahuyentar (think huir - don´t pronounce the h so it is au which sounds like ow , picture screaming ow ow to frighten the bats off, repel them, banish them)
(ow-yehn-tahr)
ahu - yen - tar
au - yen - tar
Estoy ahuyentando a los murciélagos. (ow yehn tando) I´m scarring away-frightening off-chasing away-banishing the f+ing bats

Question 29

She banished that thought.

Answer 29

Ahuyentó ese pensamiento.
(ow-yehn-tow)
Ahuyentar- ahu-yen- tar
el pensamiento

think OW OW OW BANISH THE THOUGHT

Question 30

The book is well-written and is interesting.

Answer 30

El libro está bien escrito (a process) y es interesante (perception of its character).

Question 31

I stretch my body in the mornings.
I stretch in the mornings.

Answer 31

Estiro el cuerpo por las mañanas. (stretch my body)
Me estiro por las mañanas. (stretch myself) so is reflexive

Estirar - to stretch algo, trans verb
Estirarse - pronominal or reflexive verb - to stretch
Rasgar - to tear
Rascar - to scratch

Question 32

She shrugged her shoulders as if to say, nevermind.

Answer 32

Se encogió de hombros como si dijera que no importa. with a que it is indirect speech
with comillas it is direct speech. Se encogió de hombros como si dijera “no importa”.

encoger - to shrink/hunch
como si + que triggers imp subjunctive
como si = as if, as though

no importa = nevermind

Question 33

Luz scratched her hand on a nail.

Answer 33

Luz se rasguñó/Se rascó la mano en un clavo.

rasguñarse = to scratch, to graze
rascarse - to scratch, scrape, to scratch oneself
rascar = to scratch trans verb

cat´s claws can be garras o uñas

Question 34

As a rule, I lull the baby to sleep.

Answer 34

Por/como regla general, arrullo al bebé para que se duerma.
I coo-lull to the baby so that (it) puts itself to sleep.
para que triggers subjunctive

arrullar - as a rule, to lull-coo to sleep
acurrucarse -to curl-up, to snuggle (in the car)

por regla general = frase hecha

Question 35

Miss Mittens curled-up on my bed.

Answer 35

Miss Mittens se acurrucó en mi cama.

acurrucarse - to cuddle, curl-up, snuggle

think curru car is to like curl-up/snuggle in the car

Question 36

Every night, Miss Mittens snuggles next to me until I fall asleep.

Answer 36

Todas las noches, Miss Mittens se acurruca a mi lado/al lado de mi hasta que me quedo dormida.
action is habitual so hasta que is with indicative, me quedo
acurrucarse - to cuddle, curl-up, snuggle

think curru car is to like curl-up/snuggle in the car

arrullar - to lull to sleep, to coo

Question 37

I scared the bats away.

Answer 37

Ahuyenté a los murciélagos.