Translation Book 4 - Booklet 1

Question 1

Deberías habérmelo dicho.

Answer 1

You should have told me.

Question 2

No tenía ni idea de que estabas enferma.

Answer 2

I had no idea you were ill.

Question 3

Me enteré de ello a través de Juana.

Answer 3

I learned about it through jane.

Question 4

Menos mal que tropecé con ella.

Answer 4

It’s a good thing I ran into her.

Question 5

¿Qué te han dicho los médicos?

Answer 5

What have the doctors told you?

Question 6

¿Cómo te pasó eso?

Answer 6

How did that happen to you?

Question 7

¿Cuándo dejarás el hospital?

Answer 7

When will you leave the hospital?

Question 8

Si pudiera pagarlo, te llevaría a la Clínica Pérez

Answer 8

If I could pay for it. I’d take you to the Perez Clinic.

Question 9

Mantenme al día de cómo vas.

Answer 9

Keep me up to date on how you’re doing.

Question 10

¡Vaya sorpresa!

Answer 10

What a surprise!

Question 11

Tienes buen aspecto.

Answer 11

You look good.

Question 12

Cambiemos de tema.

Answer 12

Let’s change the subject.

Question 13

No hablemos de enfermedades.

Answer 13

Let’s not talk about illnesses.

Question 14

Me deprimen.

Answer 14

They depress me.

Question 15

Me deprimo fácilmente.

Answer 15

Me deprimo fácilmente.

Question 16

¡Venga, anímate!

Answer 16

Come on, cheer up!

Question 17

Habíame de verbos.

Answer 17

Talk to me about verbs.

Question 18

¿Por qué quieres hablar de verbos?

Answer 18

Why do you want to talk about verbs?

Question 19

¿No estás harto de practicar verbos?

Answer 19

Aren’t you sick of practising verbs?

Question 20

Depende de qué verbos practiquemos.

Answer 20

It depends on what verbs we practice.

Question 21

¿No hemos cubierto todos los verbos?

Answer 21

Haven’t we covered all the verbs?

Question 22

No hemos visto el condicional.

Answer 22

We haven’t seen the conditional.

Question 23

Pero el condicional es sencillo.

Answer 23

But the conditional is simple.

Question 24

Quizás lo es para ti.

Answer 24

Maybe it is for you.

Question 25

Y para ti también.

Answer 25

And for you too.

Question 26

Me lío con ese tiempo del verbo.

Answer 26

I get mixed up with that verb tense.

Question 27

Bueno, si te empeñas.

Answer 27

Okay, if you insist.

Question 28

Te veo cansado.

Answer 28

You look tired.

Question 29

¿Y tú no después de lo que he hecho yo?

Answer 29

And wouldn’t you after what I’ve done?

Question 30

¿Qué has hecho?

Answer 30

What have you done?

Question 31

Acabo de terminar de escribir más de 4.000 frases

Answer 31

I’ve just finished writing more than 4,000 sentences.

Question 32

¿Qué quieres decir?

Answer 32

What do you mean?

Question 33

Quiero decir que todo hasta ahora ha sido fácil para mí

Answer 33

I mean that everything up to now has been easy for me.

Question 34

Te crees muy listo.

Answer 34

You think you’re real smart.

Question 35

Fallé muy pocos en el libro 3.

Answer 35

I missed very few in book 3.

Question 36

¿Estás buscando un reto?

Answer 36

Are you looking for a challenge?

Question 37

Quiero algo que me empuje.

Answer 37

I want something to push me.

Question 38

Quiero algo desafiante.

Answer 38

I want something challenging.

Question 39

Quiero que me pongas a prueba.

Answer 39

I want you to test me.

Question 40

Quiero que me hagas sudar.

Answer 40

I want you to make me sweat.

Question 41

Quiero el inglés como tu lo hablas.

Answer 41

I want English like you speak it.

Question 42

Pero los tres primeros libros contienen el inglés de uso corriente

Answer 42

But the first three books contain normal English.

Question 43

Entonces ¿por qué me cuesta tanto entenderte cuando hablas?

Answer 43

Then why do I have so much trouble understanding you when you speak?

Question 44

A lo mejor deberías limpiarte los oídos.

Answer 44

Maybe you should clean out your ears.

Question 45

¿Ves? Acabas de usar un verbo compuesto.

Answer 45

You see? You’ve just used a phrasal verb.

Question 46

Hay miles de esos verbos.

Answer 46

There are thousands of those verbs.

Question 47

Enséñamelos

Answer 47

Teach them to me.

Question 48

Pero son imposibles de asimilar si no vives en el país

Answer 48

But they’re impossible to assimilate if you don’t live in the country

Question 49

Acepto el reto.

Answer 49

I accept the challenge.

Question 50

Vale, tú te lo estás buscando.

Answer 50

Okay, you’re asking for it.