Ex 1 Pr 4.2

Question 1

to have an impact on

Answer 1

impactar

Question 2

impressive, shocking, powerful, stunning

Answer 2

impactante

Question 3

This shocking news was very surprising.

Answer 3

Esta impactante noticia fue muy sorprendente.

Question 4

There was a man standing behind the boys.

Answer 4

Había un hombre de pie/parado detrás de los chicos.

de pie = standing
a pie = on foot

detrás de (behind) and delante de (in front of) are in relation to something

alante (ahead, further on) and (de) atrás are not in relation to anything stated - Alante hay una tienda. ALANTE is not good Spanish but is used in daily (cotidiana) speech. El coche de atrás. The car in back.

Question 5

The car in back is red.

Answer 5

El carro de atrás es rojo.

detrás de (behind) and delante de (in front of) are in relation to something (No puedes hacer eso delante de mi casa.)

alante (ahead, further on) and (de) atrás are not in relation to anything stated - Alante hay una tienda. ALANTE is not good Spanish but is used in daily (cotidiana) speech. El coche de atrás. The car in back.

Question 6

The car behind ours.

Answer 6

El carro detrás del nuestro.
location in relation to something = detrás de
otherwise it´s de atrás. The car in back. El carro de atrás.
detrás de
de atrás

Question 7

My (VS) heart is broken.

Answer 7

Me corazón está quebrada.

Question 8

the heart

Answer 8

el corazón

Question 9

would have talked

Answer 9

hubiera hablado

Question 10

There would have been a problem if I had not fixed it.

Answer 10

Habría habido un problema si no lo hubiera arreglado.

Question 11

the disaster

Answer 11

el desastre

deh-sahs-treh

Question 12

But his wife doesn´t want him to do that.

Answer 12

Pero su esposa no quiere que haga eso.

negative querer and change of subject triggers subjunctive

Question 13

When we were kids, we used to play hide-and-seek.

Answer 13

Cuando éramos niños, jugábamos a las escondidas.

Question 14

Ella tuvo que hacerlo a escondidas.

Answer 14

She had to do it in secret/on the sly.

escondidas in LA is also hide and seek. otherwise hide and seek is el escondite

Question 15

hide and seek (noun, the game)

secretly, on the sly (adv)

Answer 15

las escondidas - noun in LA, (otherwise el escondite)

a escondidas

Question 16

When traveling to Indonesia, I always had to make a stop-over in Tokyo.

Answer 16

Cuando viajaba a Indonesia, siempre tenía que hacer una escala en Tokio.
siempre before a verb is always indicative
siempre que can be subj if in future or ho

Question 17

I was waiting at the Narita airport when there was an earthquake.

Answer 17

Estaba esperando en el aeropuerto de Narita cuando hubo un terremoto.

Question 18

I had lived through earthquakes before.

Answer 18

Ya había vivido terremotos antes.

Question 19

He started yelling at me and making some bad gestures.

Answer 19

El empezó a gritarme y a hacer unos gestos malos.

gestiones - negotiations, arrangements

Question 20

I (VS) started screaming/yelling like crazy.

Answer 20

Empecé a gritar como una loca.

Question 21

I worked for the Japanese for years.

Answer 21

Trabajé para los japoneses por años.

Question 22

the official

Answer 22

el-la funcionario-a

Question 23

The girls´parents like the boys.

Answer 23

A los padres de las muchachas les gustan los muchachos.

after gustar do not need a preposition but do need a def article - or infinitive. Me gusta leer.

Question 24

I was so mad that I told him to stop and let me out.

Answer 24

Estaba tan enojada que le dije que se detuviera y que me dejara salir.

decir triggers subj because it is in the sense of an order, an obligation