Huerto5-ch5-25,26,28dec,11feb

Question 1

environment/setting/surroundings

Answer 1

el entorno (think entero - whole-entire)
(also el ambiente is environment but like ambiente in English and medioambiente is ecology environment)
Los niños deben crecer en un entorno familiar estable. Children should grow up in stable family surroundings.

Question 2

They enrich the soil in their surroundings.

Answer 2

Enriquecen el suelo de su entorno/de sus alrededores.

enriquecen = ehn-rree-KEH-sehn like Henry Case

enriquecer = ehn-rree-keh-SEHR

entorno is singular and plural - surroundings

Question 3

decompose the remains

Answer 3

descomponer los restos

Question 4

Nature is expert at recycling all wastes.

Answer 4

La naturalEza (natural..esa) es experta en reciclar (o en el reciclaje de) los desperdicios/desechos.

¿Cómo reciclar los monitores de computadora? How do you recycle computer monitors?

Question 5

the remaining material

Answer 5

el material restante/que quede/de sobra

left-overs=las sobras

Question 6

to leach (out)

Answer 6

para lixiviar

think licks e way
think lick bleach (like bleach is an elixir - licks ever)
licks E V R

the bleach - el blanqueador
to bleach - blanquear

Question 7

the fungus/fungi

the stubble

Answer 7

el hongo/los hongos  (also means mushrooms)
el rastrojo (think of a male rasta with an ojo WITH R)
el rastrillo = the rake
Los trabajadores juntaron el rastrojo y lo quemaron. The workers collected the stubble and burned it.

Question 8

to wring-out/squeeze out/exploit

I rung out my bathing suit.

Answer 8

exprimir
Exprimí el traje de baño.
imprimir = to print

Question 9

the waste

exhausted/ruined/undone

Answer 9

• los desechos-los desperdicios (both M nouns) NO H in desechos
  Puedes poner los desechos en el bote. You can put the garbage in the bin.

BUT - deshecho adj HAS AN H - it is from des hacer to un do and also means exhausted-ruined

also:
agotado=exhausted
arruinado=ruined

Question 10

the humus

Answer 10

el humus (oo-moos) dark organic material made up of decayed plant and animal matter

Question 11

some woody materials

the hay

Answer 11

algunos materiales leñosos (leñoso is an adj)
el heno

material follows loner reg for gender, it is el material

Question 12

the fodder, grass, pasture

Answer 12

el pasto
el zacate is also fodder/grass
césped=lawn/grass

Question 13

to dig/scratch around in/poke around in

Answer 13

escarbar
think of I´m digging around and found a CAR BAR
IT´S A CAR BAR!
think of someone is poking around in a car bar with an s)

Question 14

Ud. you don´t want dogs digging in your compost.

Answer 14

No quiere que los perros escarben en su composta.

escarben plural subjunctive of escarbar because change of subject - escarben

Question 15

think of the layers of a lasagne

The cake had three layers of chocolate.

Answer 15

piensa en las capas de una lasaña

El pastel tenia tres capas de chocolate.

Question 16

Ud. leave enough space to turn the compost pile (over).

Answer 16

Deje espacio suficiente para voltear la pila de composta.

voltear=to turn around/over/upside down
Ella volteó la cabeza.
She turned her head.

Question 17

thick/stout/course material

Answer 17

el material grueso

material = adj or m noun
grueso = adj
so la materia gruesa (asking Julio)

Question 18

a vining-creeper plant

the vine/bindweed

Answer 18

una planta enredadera
la enredadera
(think of Uncle Ray and dad were entwined with wood-madera)

Question 19

Ud. You don´t want the surface of the pile to slip off.

The kids are going to slide in the snow.

Answer 19

No quiere que la superficie de la pila se resbale/se deslice.
soo-pehr-fee-syeh

superficie ends in e which could be either M or F but in this case it IS Feminine - think on the surface it is feminine

resbalar-resbalarse = to slip-slide (you have to re bale it if it slips)
deslizar-deslizarse = to slide-slip
Los chicos van a resbalar en la nieve.

Question 20

Ud. Avoid a soggy pile.

Answer 20

Evite una pila empapada.
(think of a soggy potato)
empapar=to drench/soak
mojado=wet
mojar=to get wet/soaked

Question 21

It is easy to overwater or underwater.

Answer 21

Es fácil regar en exceso o de menos.

Question 22

easy to crumble

Answer 22

fácil de desmoronar
dehs-moh-roh-nahr

desmoronar = to cause to crumble-to crumble
think you would crumble if called a desk moron

Question 23

like fresh spring water

Answer 23

como el agua fresca de manantial

think of man Aunty Al

el manantial = the spring (also la fuente)
think man springs from aunty AL- Aunty named AL!)

mah-nahn-TEE-AL (actually it is TYAHL, but I wrote it so I could say it)

Question 24

the topsoil

Answer 24

la capa superior del suelo, la capa superior de tierra,
also el suelo superficial

superficial (adj) & superficie (noun) both can mean surface
superficie=surface/space/area

superior = excellent/superior/top/ upper

Mi amigo vive en el piso superior.
My friend lives on the top floor.

Question 25

Water the bindweed with the watering can.

Answer 25

Riega la enredadera con la regadera.

Question 26

Ud. Rake-up the stubble with the rake.

Answer 26

Rastrille el rastrojo con el rastrillo.

to rake=rastrillar

Question 27

I hate it when I have to dig-around in my purse to find something.

Answer 27

Odio cuando tengo que escarbar en mi bolsa para encontrar algo.