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Whom are you looking for?

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A quien buscas?

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The child is already walking

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El nino camina ya

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The child was already walking

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El nino caminaba ya

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What are you complaining about now?

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De que te estas quejando ahora?

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She was hiding something from him.

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Ella le estaba ocultando algo

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He is about to give in

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Ya cede

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He is giving in

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Esta cediendo

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She was seeing him every Monday

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Lo veia cada lunes

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He is calling her every so often

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La llama cada tanto

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He was losing all of his fortune

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Iba perdiendo toda su fortuna

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She has been improving slowly

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Ha ido mejorando de a poco

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He is spending the mornings writing

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Se pasa las mananas escribiendo

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Wherever he was going at that time, he was well received.

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A donde iba en aquel entonces, era bien recibido.

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Whenever he was writing, she was naging.

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Siempre que el escribia, ella lo molestaba

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He was slowly curtailing her freedom

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Poco a poco iba limitando su independencia

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She is feeling better as the days go by

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Va sintiendose mejor a medida que pasan los dias

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I am writing, do not interrupt me.

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Estoy escribiendo, no me interrumpas

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When I went to see him, they were having dinner

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Cuando lo fui a ver, estaban cenando

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I am enclosing the materials you have requested

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Adjunto los materiales que Ud. ha solicitado

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We are sending you the application form and all pertinent information

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Le enviamos la solicitud y toda la informacion pertinente

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He is arriving this afternoon

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Llega esta tarde

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She is speaking tomorrow

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Habla manana.

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We are sending her flowers for her birthday

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Le enviaremos flores para su cumpleanos

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I was told he would be returning soon

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Me dijeron que volveria pronto

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I am going to call her later on

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Voy a llamarla despues

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He was going to leave the following day

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Iba a irse al dia siguiente

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They are going to study tonight

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Van a estudiar esta noche

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I am going to Chicago

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Voy a Chicago

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As I was leaving, the phone rang

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Cuando me iba, sono el telefono

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He was told that she would be arriving the following week

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Le dijeron que ella llegaria la semana entrante

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I am already leaving

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Ya me voy

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I am already returning

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Ya vuelvo

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We were walking downtown when we saw Maria

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Estabamos caminando en el centro cuando vimos a Maria

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She was walking with her boyfriend in the afternoon

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Estaba paseando con su novio por la tarde

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He is having a hard time

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El la esta pasando muy mal

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You are being very unfair

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Estas actuando muy injustamente

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They are being very cautious

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Estan procediendo con mucha cautela

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He is having a dinner party

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Tiene una cena

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39
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I am listening, continue

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Te estoy oyendo, sigue

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I am watching them from the window

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Los estoy viendo desde la ventana

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She is as bored as she can be

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Esta aburriendose como nunca

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He was standing on the corner

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Estaba parado en la esquina

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She was lying down

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Estaba acostada, descansando

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He was sitting next to her

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Estaba sentado junto a ella.

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She kept on writing him every Monday.

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Seguia escribiendole todos los lunes

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Despite his doctor’s advice he kept on working as hard as before

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A pesar de los consejos del medico continuaba trabajando tanto como antes

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He will continue hating him until he dies

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Seguira odiandolo hasta que se muera

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She kept on calling me every so often

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Seguia llamandome de vez en cuando

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He is grasping the subject matter better than before

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Va entendiendo la materia mejor que antes

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Her affection for him was growing daily

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Iba queriendolo cada dia mas

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51
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It is beginning to get dark

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Se va haciendo de noche

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It is getting late

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Se va haciendo tarde

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Little by little he continued adding books to his collection.

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Poco a poco iba anadiendo libros a su coleccion.

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54
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Follow step by step the instructions I have given you

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Ve siguiendo paso a paso las instrucciones que te he dado

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In the beginning he drank moderately but later on he started overdoing it

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Al principio bebia poco, pero despues fue abusando

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He has been struggling for years to forge for himself a better future

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Hace anos que viene luchando por forjarse un porvenir.

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I have been waiting for you since two o’clock

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Vengo esperandote desde las dos

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He had been asking for justice for years

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Venia pidiendo justicia desde hacia anos

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He has been in love with her since his teens

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Viene queriendola desde la adolescencia

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I have been warning you about it for months

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Vengo advirtiendotelo desde hace meses.

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He has been getting progressively worse since last night

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Viene empeorandose desde anoche

62
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He has been looking for you since yesterday

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Anda buscandote desde ayer

63
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He goes about making blunders.

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Anda haciendo disparates

64
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He was traveling in Europe

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Andaba viajando por Europa

65
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He goes about courting all the girls in town

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Anda enamorando a todas las muchachas del pueblo

66
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He was not lying. He never lied and had no reason to do it then.

A

No estaba mintiendo. El no mentia nuna y no tenia por que hacerlo entonces.

67
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She is feeding the child. She always feeds him early.

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Esta dandole de comer al nino. Siempre le da de comer temprano.

68
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She was feeding the child. She always fed him early.

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Estaba dandole de comer al nino. Siempre le daba de comer temprano.

69
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He will it explain it to her in a second

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Ya se lo explica

70
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He explains it to her

A

Se lo explica

71
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He is explaining it to her

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Se lo esta explicando

72
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He was going to explain it to her in a second

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Ya se lo explicaba

73
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He used it to explain it to her

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Se lo explicaba

74
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He was explaining it to her

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Se lo estaba explicando

75
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He is about to give in

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Ya cede

76
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He gives in easily

A

Cede facilmente

77
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He is giving in

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Esta cediendo

78
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He was going to give in

A

Ya cedia

79
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He gave in easily

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Cedia facilmente

80
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He was giving in

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Estaba cediendo

81
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He will give it to me later

A

Me lo da luego

82
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He gives me what I ask for

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Me da cuanto le pido

83
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He is giving me what I asked for

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Me esta dando lo que le pedi

84
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He would give it to me later

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Me lo daba luego

85
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He would give me what I asked for

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Me daba lo que le pedia

86
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He was giving me what I had asked for

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Me estaba dando lo que le habia pedido

87
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She gets used to everything

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Ella se acostumbra a todo

88
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I see that she is getting accustomed to his presence

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Veo que se esta acostumbrando a su presencia

89
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I saw that she was getting accustomed to his presence

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Veia que se estaba acostumbrando a su presencia

90
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Leave it alone now because you are getting tired

A

Dejalo ya porque te estas cansando demasiado

91
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I insisted that you leave it alone because you were getting too tired

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Insisti que lo dejaras porque te estabas cansando demasiado

92
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She says the children are playing in the garden

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Dice que los ninos estan jugando en el jardin

*“jugaban would imply habitual action

93
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She said that the children were playing in the garden

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Dijo que los ninos estaban jugando en el jardin

94
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I was waiting for you

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Te estaba esperando

95
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I will go out even though it is raining

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Voy a salir aunque llueve

96
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I was going to go out even though it was raining

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Iba a salir aunque llovia

97
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I see that she is talking to someone

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Veo que habla con alguien

98
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I saw that she was talking to someone

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Vi que hablaba con alguien

99
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Since you insist, I accept

A

Ya que insistes, acepto

100
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Since you insisted, I accepted

A

Ya que insistias, aepte

101
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He is accepting his fate with great courage

A

Acepta su destino con gran valentia.

102
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He was always needing money

A

Siempre necesitaba dinero

103
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Whenever he was writing, his wife was nagging

A

Siempre que el escribia, su mujer lo molestaba

104
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I am seeing her tomorrow

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Manana la veo

105
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He was returning the following week

A

Regresaba la semana siguiente

106
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His strength is failing him little by little

A

Sus fuerzas le van fallando de a poco

107
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The wedding party was entering the church

A

El cortejo nupcial iba entrando a la iglesia

108
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He is regaining his strength.

A

Va recobrando las fuerzas

109
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I spent the whole morning calling you

*use the preterite progressive

A

Estuve llamandote toda la manana

110
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He spent two hours waiting for her.

*use the preterite progressive

A

Estuvo esperandola por dos horas

111
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He had been working until she arrived

*use the preterite progressive

A

Estuvo trabajando hasta que ella llego

112
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He had been looking for a job for months before he found something

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Estuvo buscando trabajo por meses antes de encontrar algo

113
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At five he was still working

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A las cinco todavia estaba trabajando

114
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At midnight he was still studying

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A medianoche todavia estaba estudiando

115
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I have been thinking about you all afternoon

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He estado pensando en ti toda la tarde

116
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I had been thinking about you all afternoon

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Habia estado pensando en ti toda la tarde

117
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We have been working all day long

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Hemos estado trabajando todo el dia

118
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We had been working all day long

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Habiamos estado trabajando todo el dia

119
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We have been living here for years

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Hace anos que vivmos aqui

120
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We had been living there for years

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Hacia anos que viviamos alli

121
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She has been dating him for months

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Sale con el desde hace meses

122
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She had been dating him for months

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Salia con el desde hacia meses

123
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She has not been eating for a week

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Hace una semana que no come

124
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I have been explaining it to him for hours

A

Hace horas que se lo estoy explicando

125
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I have been begging you for quite a while

A

Hace rato que te lo estoy suplicando

126
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I had been explaining it to him for hours

A

Hacia horas que se lo estaba explicando

127
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I had been begging him for quite a while

A

Hacia rato que se lo estaba suplicando

128
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Since his father died he has been squandering the family’s fortune

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Desde que murio su padre ha ido malgastando la fortuna de la familia

129
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He has been curtailing her freedom little by little

A

Poco a poco ha ido limitando su indepencia

130
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Since his father died he had been squandering the family’s fortune

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Desde que habia muerto el padre habia ido malgastando la fortuna de la familia

131
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When you arrive we will be waiting for you at the airport

A

Cuando llegues estaremos esperandote en el aeropuerto

132
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We agreed that when he arrived we would be waiting for him at the airport

A

Convenimos que cuando llegara estariamos esperandolo en el aeropuerto

133
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Tomorrow at this time I will be writing to you

A

Manana a estas horas estare escribiendote

134
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Next week we will be crossing the equator

A

La semana que viene estaremos cruzando el ecuador

135
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I wonder what she is thinking about?

A

En que estara pensando ella?

136
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He had been studying until midnight

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Estuvo estudiando hasta medianoche

*time-confined adverbials, ongoing event terminated

137
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I wonder what the child is doing?

A

Que estara haciendo el nino

138
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I wonder what they are saying?

A

Que estaran diciendo?

139
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What could he be telling her?

A

Que le dira a ella?

140
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What was going on there?

A

Que pasaria alli?

141
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We will be sending her flowers for her birthday.

*intent

A

Vamos a enviarle flores para su cumpleanos

142
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She said she would be leaving soon

A

Dijo que se iria (iba a ir) pronto

143
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She was wondering whether something wasn’t going on between her husband and that woman

A

Ella se preguntaba si entre esa mujer y su marido no estaria pasando algo

144
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I was told they would be marrying soon

A

Me dijeron que se casarian (iban a casarse) pronto

145
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What is the “ir + -ndo” form used for?

A

To stress duration from a time frame forward and realization by degree.

e.g. Iba queriéndolo cada día más
Se va haciendo de noche

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