Saul5:28,29Aug,

Question 1

The printer isn’t letting me print because it´s out of ink.

Answer 1

La impresora no me deja imprimir porque le falta tinta.

think of the printer as a living empress of oro that makes an impression in the primir place
an empress in premier place

dejar a uno inf
Su mamá no le deja salir a jugar.

Question 2

If you don’t speak the language, you can use a translator like Google’s to give you an idea of what a phrase or text means.

Answer 2

Si no hablas el idioma, puedes usar un traductor como el de Google para darte una idea de lo que quiere decir una frase o un texto.

translator - profession = el traductor, la traductora ‘ think try a doctor (it wouldn´t work) ‘ this is the suffix or-ora to make a profession
interpreter - el intérprete
traducir = to translate

Question 3

to found/establish/set-up
to fund
the funds

Answer 3

fundar
financiar = to fund or to finance
los fondos

Question 4

My friend, Ahmad, worked as an interpreter for the U.S. Army and now he can’t get his parents, his brothers and his brothers´ families out of Afghanistan.

Answer 4

Mi amigo, Ahmad, trabajaba como intérprete para el ejército estadounidense y ahora no puede sacar de Afganistán a sus padres, sus hermanos y las familias de sus hermanos.

interpreter = English
intérprete - Spanish just drops the r, and stresses second syllable

Question 5

printed matter - plural noun

printed - adj

Answer 5

impresos

impresos

Question 6

The printed matter was sent through mail.

Answer 6

Los impresos fueron mandados por correo.

preterit = you mail it once and it is a done deal

Question 7

There’s a typo in the printed brochures.

Answer 7

En los folletos impresos hay un error de tipeo.

Question 8

A group of friends established a fund for children with autism.

Answer 8

Un grupo de amigos fundó un fondo para niños con autismo.

Question 9

They are installing new huge water pipes on the main road at the end of my driveway.

Answer 9

Están instalando nuevas y enormes tuberías de agua en la calle principal al final de mi entrada.

Question 10

I could have gone if I had wanted to but I probably would have had an accident.

Answer 10

Podría haber ido si hubiera querido, pero probablemente habría tenido un accidente.

Question 11

They didn’t have it wrong.

They didn’t do it right.

Answer 11

No lo hubieran mal.
No lo hicieron bien.

haber - to have
hacer - to do/to make

Question 12

Your story isn´t very credible, rather it is incredible.

Answer 12

Tu historia no es muy creíble, más bien es increíble.

sino que doesn´t appear to work here

más bien - used to rectify or explain: rather

Question 13

to transfer, handover, give up, give in, yield

to give/grant

Answer 13

ceder

conceder
Me concedieron una beca. I was granted-given a scholarship.

Question 14

Despite the threats, I will not/refuse to give in to blackmail.

Answer 14

A pesar de las amenazas, me niego a ceder al chantaje.

chantaje ‘ think of that dick boy in high school chanting chanting I´ll blackmail you

amenazar

azar = chance

Question 15

God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference.

Answer 15

Dios me conceda la serenidad para aceptar las cosas que no puedo cambiar, el coraje para cambiar las cosas que puedo, y la sabiduría para conocer la diferencia.

Can also use para saber la diferencia pero LC says it might sound a bit redundant / Sabiduría-saber so possibly better to use conocer and no caps on the three things

Question 16

to tire oneself out - reflexive verb
to run out of a resource - pronominal verb
to exhaust/tire out/wear out

Answer 16

agotarse
agotarse
agotar

Question 17

I tired myself out packing for my vacation.

Answer 17

Me agoté empacando para mis vacaciones.

vacation is always plural in Spanish per SpanDict

Question 18

We had more guests than expected and ran out of food.

Answer 18

Tuvimos más invitados de los esperados y nos agotó la comida/y nos quedamos sin comida.

preterite because you already had them, it´s a done deal

Question 19

This brick-laying job exhausts me.

The brick-laying job exhausted me.

Answer 19

Este trabajo de ladrillero me agota.
El trabajo de ladrillero me agotó.

the brick = el ladrillo

Question 20

The printer prints the print-outs.

Answer 20

La impresora imprime los impresos.

Question 21

Ud. Take the laundry to the washing machine so the laundry man can wash it.

Answer 21

Lleve la lavandería a la lavadora para que el lavandero pueda lavarla.

Question 22

what does the suffix ero-era do?

Answer 22

1. OBJECT RELATED to noun (baño-bañera bathtub)
2. OBJECT THAT HOLDS RELATED (la sal, el salero; la flor, el florero (vase); la pimienta, el pimentero)
3. some TREES - el limón, el limonero
4. OCCUPATIONS - el ladrillo, el ladrillero; el pan, el panadero; el camión, el camionero
5. ITEM or OCCUPATION - frutero (bowl-seller); cajero (cash machine ATM o bank teller)
6. CHARACTERISTIC OF PERSON - friolero (sensitive to cold), prisionero, guerrero - warlike (adj) warrior (n)

Question 23

There´s a leak in the pipes to the washing machine.

Answer 23

Hay una fuga en las tuberías a la lavadora.

lavadora, computadora, impresora, secadora think DORA or ORA

Question 24

I hadn’t noticed that he wasn´t doing what I told him to do.

Answer 24

No me había dado cuenta de que no hacía lo que le dije que hiciera.

if decir is like an obligation-command, dependent clause should be in subjunctive

Question 25

The water is hot.

Miriam is on the way to your house.

Answer 25

El agua está caliente. (condition, estado de animo)

Miriam está en camino a tu casa.