Translation Book 1 - Booklet 26

Question 1

Asisto a muchas reuniones.

Answer 1

I attend a lot of meetings.

Question 2

I attend a lot of meetings.

Answer 2

I’m going to attend one tomorrow.

Question 3

¿Qué vas a hacer?

Answer 3

What are you going to do?

Question 4

No voy a contestar a eso.

Answer 4

I’m not going to answer that.

Question 5

Vienen aquí bastante a menudo.

Answer 5

They come here quite often.

Question 6

Siempre hago un esfuerzo.

Answer 6

I always make an effort.

Question 7

Pienso darte un trabajo.

Answer 7

I’m planning to give you a job.

Question 8

¿Por qué quieres hacer eso?

Answer 8

Why do you want to do that?

Question 9

No sé todavía.

Answer 9

I don’t know yet.

Question 10

Todavía estoy pensando en ello.

Answer 10

I’m still thinking about it.

Question 11

No esperes demasiado.

Answer 11

Don’t wait too long.

Question 12

No te preocupes.

Answer 12

Don’t worry.

Question 13

Te preocupas demasiado.

Answer 13

You worry too much.

Question 14

¿Por qué te preocupas tanto?

Answer 14

Why do you worry so much?

Question 15

Él camina como un mono.

Answer 15

He walks like a monkey.

Question 16

Habla como un loro.

Answer 16

He talks like a parrot.

Question 17

Trabaja mucho.

Answer 17

He works hard / a lot.

Question 18

Le gusta trabajar mucho.

Answer 18

He likes to work hard.

Question 19

Hace muchos trabajos importantes.

Answer 19

He does a lot of important jobs.

Question 20

Se pone enfermo cuando me ve.

Answer 20

He gets sick when he sees me.

Question 21

Pierde el control de si mismo.

Answer 21

He loses control of himself.

Question 22

Toma demasiadas medicinas.

Answer 22

He takes too much medicine.

Question 23

Se le olvidan citas importantes.

Answer 23

He forgets important appointments.

Question 24

Lee mucho pero aprende muy poco.

Answer 24

He reads a lot but learns very little.

Question 25

Enseña griego por las noches.

Answer 25

He teaches Greek at night.

Question 26

Nunca sale con nadie.

Answer 26

He never goes out with anyone.

Question 27

Se queda en casa los fines de semana.

Answer 27

He stays at home on the weekends.

Question 28

Nunca hace nada salvo leer.

Answer 28

He never does anything but read.

Question 29

Lleva ropa extraña en casa.

Answer 29

He wears strange clothes at home.

Question 30

A veces me cuenta un chiste.

Answer 30

Sometimes he tells me a joke.

Question 31

Pero es una persona callada.

Answer 31

But he’s a quiet person.

Question 32

Habla sólo cuando está con amigos.

Answer 32

He talks only when he’s with friends.

Question 33

¿Eres amigo suyo?

Answer 33

Are you a friend of his?

Question 34

Creo que lo soy.

Answer 34

I think I am.

Question 35

¿Le gusta hablar contigo?

Answer 35

Does he like to talk to you?

Question 36

A veces si y a veces no.

Answer 36

Sometimes he does and sometimes he doesn’t.

Question 37

¿No se quiere casar?

Answer 37

Doesn’t he want to get married?

Question 38

¿No tiene hobbys?

Answer 38

Doesn’t he have any hobbies?

Question 39

¿No se da cuenta de que la vida es corta?

Answer 39

Doesn’t he realise that life is short?

Question 40

¿Qué hace cuando está solo?

Answer 40

What does he do when he’s alone?

Question 41

No hace nada.

Answer 41

He doesn’t do anything.

Question 42

¿Le visitas alguna vez?

Answer 42

Do you ever visit him?

Question 43

Nunca quiere ver a nadie.

Answer 43

He never wants to see anyone.

Question 44

¡Qué extraño!

Answer 44

How strange!

Question 45

¿Viaja en su trabajo?

Answer 45

Does he travel in his job?

Question 46

Creo que si.

Answer 46

I think so.

Question 47

¿Tiene que ver a clientes?

Answer 47

Does he have to see customers?

Question 48

Tiene que ver a mucha gente.

Answer 48

He has to see a lot of people.

Question 49

¿Cómo les habla?

Answer 49

How does he talk to them?

Question 50

Cuando tiene que hablar, habla.

Answer 50

When he has to talk, he talks.