Translation Book 2 - Booklet 19

Question 1

¿Con quién tienes que hablar?

Answer 1

Who do you have to talk to?

Question 2

Me dijeron que tenia que venir aquí.

Answer 2

They told me I had to come here.

Question 3

No fue culpa mía.

Answer 3

It wasn’t my fault.

Question 4

Nadie sabia que iba a ocurrir.

Answer 4

Nobody knew it was going to happen.

Question 5

¿Quieres decir que fue una sorpresa?

Answer 5

Do you mean it was a surprise?

Question 6

No lo considero importante.

Answer 6

I don’t consider it important.

Question 7

Hay cosas más importantes en la vida.

Answer 7

There are more important things in life.

Question 8

¿Le consideras un amigo?

Answer 8

Do you consider him a friend?

Question 9

¿Qué más puedo hacer?

Answer 9

What else can I do?

Question 10

Hago todo lo que puedo.

Answer 10

I do everything I can.

Question 11

Eso no es suficiente.

Answer 11

That’s not enough.

Question 12

Nadie quería discutir con él.

Answer 12

Nobody wanted to argue with him.

Question 13

Fue el hombre más difícil que yo conocía.

Answer 13

He was the most difficult man I knew.

Question 14

Fueron los primeros en hacerlo.

Answer 14

They were the first ones to do it.

Question 15

Perdí el control del coche.

Answer 15

I lost control of the car.

Question 16

Vendimos todo lo que produjimos.

Answer 16

We sold everything we produced.

Question 17

Ya no vendemos nada.

Answer 17

We don’t sell anything anymore.

Question 18

La llevé a ver a mi tía.

Answer 18

I took her to see my aunt.

Question 19

Llovía cuando salimos.

Answer 19

It was raining when we left.

Question 20

El coche no arrancó.

Answer 20

The car didn’t start.

Question 21

Cogimos un taxi.

Answer 21

We caught a taxi / cab.

Question 22

El conductor del taxi era una mujer.

Answer 22

The taxi driver was a woman.

Question 23

¿Era educada?

Answer 23

Was she polite?

Question 24

La mayoría de los taxistas son educados.

Answer 24

Most taxi drivers are polite.

Question 25

Dudo que sea verdad.

Answer 25

I doubt that it’s true.

Question 26

Tengo mis dudas.

Answer 26

I have my doubts.

Question 27

¿Cuánto te debo?

Answer 27

How much do I owe you?

Question 28

¿Cuánto te debe él?

Answer 28

How much does he owe you?

Question 29

No pierdas tu tiempo.

Answer 29

Don’t waste your time.

Question 30

Eso es una pérdida de tiempo.

Answer 30

That’s a waste of time.

Question 31

Él nunca supo el significado de la vida.

Answer 31

He never knew the meaning of life

Question 32

Yo tampoco lo sé.

Answer 32

I don’t know it, either.

Question 33

Eres un hombre muy afortunado.

Answer 33

You’re a very lucky man.

Question 34

Poca gente tiene lo que tú tienes.

Answer 34

Few people have what you have.

Question 35

¿No habrá nada?

Answer 35

Won’t there be anything?

Question 36

¿No había nada?

Answer 36

Wasn’t there anything?

Question 37

¿No hay nada?

Answer 37

Isn’t there anything?

Question 38

¿Quién llama a la puerta?

Answer 38

Who’s knocking at / on the door?

Question 39

Estate quieto.

Answer 39

Be still.

Question 40

¿Qué significa esto?

Answer 40

What does this mean?

Question 41

Tenemos que calcular la cantidad.

Answer 41

We have to calculate the amount.

Question 42

Déjalo aquí para que otra gente lo pueda usar también.

Answer 42

Leave it here so that other people can use it, too.

Question 43

Esa es una idea fabulosa.

Answer 43

That’s a terrific idea.

Question 44

No se me ocurrió.

Answer 44

It didn’t occur to me.

Question 45

¿Por qué no se te ocurrió?

Answer 45

Why didn’t it occur to you?

Question 46

Cosas así nunca se me ocurren.

Answer 46

Thinks like that never occur to me.

Question 47

Tendrás que tomar una decisión.

Answer 47

You’ll have to make a decision.

Question 48

¿No puedes esperar un poco más?

Answer 48

Can’t you wait a little longer?

Question 49

Nunca le gustaba comer fuera.

Answer 49

He never liked to eat out.

Question 50

¿Qué propones que hagamos?

Answer 50

What do you propose we do?