Fluencia Level 8 Units 1-2 Flashcards
(Begin Level 8 Unit 1: Housework)
(las tareas domésticas)
(review) Call (plural) me as soon as you arrive at the airport.
Llámenme tan pronto como lleguen al aeropuerto.
(review) How confused she is! Hopefully she still wants to marry him.
¡Qué confundida está ella! Ojalá quiera casarse con él todavía.
(review) I will take what is mine and leave what is yours (informal).
Tomaré lo que es mío y dejaré lo que es tuyo.
(review) Please clean [up] (informal) the broken jar.
Por favor limpia la jarra rota.
(review) It’s likely that we will have to buy a new car.
Es probable que tengamos que comprar un carro nuevo.
(review) People are talking a lot (there is a lot of talking) about (of) the company’s new logo.
Se está hablando mucho del nuevo logotipo de la empresa.
(housework: wanting and demanding): to want to, to feel like, to have [an] appetite [for]; to supplicate, to beg (2); to demand. I feel like eating in a restaurant tonight. My mother is the boss (the one who orders) in my house.
apetecer; suplicar, rogar; demandar. Me apetece comer en un restaurante esta noche. Mi mamá es la que manda en mi casa.
(housework: wanting and demanding): the want, wish, desire; to specify, make precise requirements; the hope, the desire
el deseo; precisar; la esperanza
(housework: wanting and demanding): to demand; to long (for); to demand, to call for, to exhort. I long to return to the country where (in where) I was born. Christina longed for the love she had left behind.
demandar; anhelar; exigir. Anhelo regresar al país en donde nací. Cristina anhelaba al amor que había dejado atrás.
(wishes & wants: subjunctive): In my company they require that men wear (dress themselves of) [a] jacket and tie.
En mi empresa requieren que los hombres se vistan de saco y corbata.
(w & w): I specify that you (have precise instructions for you to) return my earrings. I need them for dinner (to wear to dinner).
Preciso que me devuelvas mis aretes. Los necesito para la cena.
(w & w) I demand (exhort) that you (informal) clean this room immediately!
¡Te exijo que limpies este cuarto inmediatamente!
(w & w) Waiter, I insist (on) that you bring me a new salad. This one has a hair [on it]!
Mesero, insisto en que me traigas una nueva ensalada. ¡Esta tiene un pelo!
I am looking for a dentist that doesn’t judge me.
Busco un dentista que no me juzgue.
(housework) bookshelf, bookcase; TV; to make the bed
el estante; la televisión; hacer la cama
(housework) microwave; the chores (to-dos); to dust
el microondas; los quehaceres; desempolvar
(housework) blinds; toiletries, articles of touching; cleaning, toilet; articles of cleaning; the bathtub (2); the dining room
las persianas; los artículos de tocador; el aseo; los artículos de aseo; la bañera, la tina; el comedor
Her hope is that they give her (the) work.
Su esperanza es que le den el trabajo.
My wife asked me to dust (that I dust, that I will dust) (2) the blinds.
Mi esposa me pidió que desempolve (desempolvara) las persianas.
My children want (feel like, have an appetite for) us to go to the beach.
A mis hijos les apetece que vayamos a la playa.
Do you (informal) want us to do the chores before or after we go (going) to the movies?
¿Quieres que hagamos los quehaceres antes o después de ir al cine?
I long for us to see each other soon.
Anhelo que nos veamos pronto.
Do you (formal) prefer that I organize (tidy, order) first the living room or the dining room?
¿Prefiere que ordene primero la sala de estar o el comedor?
My desire is that there be happiness in the world.
Mi deseo es que haya felicidad en el mundo.
(Level 8 Unit 2: Talking about the Big News)
(prepositions and conjunctions) against; nor; away from. Last night I slept away from home.
contra; ni; fuera de. Anoche dormí fuera de casa.
(prepositions and conjunctions) about [On a website page] About (around) Us
acerca de: acerca de nosotros
(prepositions and conjunctions) together with (to), along with (to); but, except, rather; around (of)
junto a; sino; alrededor de.
to begin, to start (to), to commence: I started to read the book this morning.
Comencé a leer el libro esta mañana.
(preposition (a) after verbs related to teaching and learning) I want to learn to play the guitar.
Quiero aprender a tocar la guitarra.
(review) I hope (long for) that we’ll see each other soon.
Anhelo que nos veamos pronto.
to play (at): I play chess with my grandfather.
jugar a: Juego al ajedrez con mi abuelo.
[made] of: Her new coat is made of wool.
de: Su nuevo abrigo es de lana.
The streets are covered with (of) snow and ice.
Las calles están cubiertas de nieve y hielo.
Are you (informal) going to eat with Guillermo or Omar?
¿Vas a comer con Guillermo u Ómar?
I don’t like to run or (nor) lift weights.
No me gusta correr ni levantar pesas.
Neither Carlos nor Julia is (are) coming to the party. (Are not coming…)
No vienen ni Carlos ni Julia a la fiesta.
not even: I’m (female) so angry with you. I can’t even look you [in] the face.
ni, ni siquiera: Estoy tan enojada contigo. Ni (siquiera) te puedo ver la cara.
My grandparents didn’t come from Italy but (rather) from Spain.
Mis abuelos no vinieron de Italia sino de España.
in front of (d e) (2); across from, opposite (f) (to); towards, to
delante de, enfrente de; frente a; hacia
according to; without
según; sin
(-car verbs) to look for; to attack; to dry
buscar; atacar; secar
(-car verbs) to touch, to play (music); to practice; to publish
tocar; practicar; publicar
(-car verbs) to indicate; to fish; to chew; to take out (sth)
indicar; pescar; masticar; sacar
(-car verbs) Edgar fishes every day. I doubt he will fish today because it’s really cold.
Edgar pesca todos los días. Dudo que pesque hoy porque hace mucho frío.
(-car verbs) His band (group) plays every weekend. Hopefully they play their new song today.
Su grupo toca todos los fines. Ojalá toquen su nueva canción hoy.
the bogeyman: The bogeyman will eat you (informal).
el coco: El coco te comerá.
the weeping woman
la llorona
elves, goblins
los duendes
Perez the (little) Mouse (tooth fairy)
el ratoncito Pérez
(review) I lost a shoe under the bed.
Perdí un zapato debajo de la cama.
After visiting my niece, I got sick.
Después de visitar a mi sobrina, me enfermé.
You can’t beat the clock (against the time nobody wins).
Contra el tiempo nadie gana.
(review) Except for potatoes, I don’t like vegetables (2).
Excepto por las papas, no me gustan los vegetales (las verduras).
(review) They have liked baseball since they were children.
A ellos les ha gustado el béisbol desde que eran niños.
(review) According to my brother-in-law, he is the best doctor in the city.
Según mi cuñado, ese es el mejor doctor en la ciudad.
