Translation Book 4 - Booklet 12

Question 1

¿Quién está encargado de esto?

Answer 1

Who’s in charge of this?

Question 2

¿Quién lleva la voz cantante aquí?

Answer 2

Who calls the shots here?

Question 3

Más vale que hables con un abogado.

Answer 3

You’d better talk to a lawyer.

Question 4

Más vale que hagas algo pronto.

Answer 4

You’d better do something soon.

Question 5

Se van a aprovechar de ti.

Answer 5

They’re going to take advantage of you.

Question 6

Más vale que no toques eso.

Answer 6

You’d better not touch that.

Question 7

Mas vale que me hagas caso.

Answer 7

You’d better pay attention to me.

Question 8

¿Dónde estarán?

Answer 8

I wonder where they are?

Question 9

Alguien está llamando a la puerta.

Answer 9

Somebody’s knocking at the door.

Question 10

¿Quién será?

Answer 10

I wonder who it is?

Question 11

No puedo permitirme el lujo de perderlo.

Answer 11

I can’t afford to lose it.

Question 12

Discutir con él es muy frustrante.

Answer 12

Arguing with him is very frustrating.

Question 13

Soy escéptico acerca del éxito del plan.

Answer 13

I’m sceptical about the plan’s success.

Question 14

Date la vuelta.

Answer 14

Turn around.

Question 15

¿Qué harías si eso fuera verdad?

Answer 15

What would you do if that were true?

Question 16

¿Qué pasaría si no hiciéramos nada?

Answer 16

What would happen if we did nothing?

Question 17

¿Qué harías tú en mi lugar?

Answer 17

What would you do if you were me?

Question 18

Me pegaría un tiro.

Answer 18

I’d shoot myself.

Question 19

Deja de bromear, ¿quieres?

Answer 19

Quit joking, will you?

Question 20

Estás tomando las cosas demasiado en serio.

Answer 20

You’re taking things too seriously.

Question 21

¿Quieres que te caliente la sopa?

Answer 21

Do you want me to heat up the soup for you?

Question 22

Tengo un hambre que no veas.

Answer 22

I’m starving.

Question 23

Me siento violento.

Answer 23

I feel embarrassed.

Question 24

Tendrás que sobornarle.

Answer 24

You’ll have to bribe him.

Question 25

Te forrarás en ese negocio.

Answer 25

You’ll make a killing in that business.

Question 26

¿Me puedes dar una estimación del coste?

Answer 26

Can you give me a cost estimate?

Question 27

El director general fue despedido.

Answer 27

The general manager was fired.

Question 28

Su despido nos sorprendió a todos.

Answer 28

His dismissal surprised all of us.

Question 29

Fue obligado a dimitir.

Answer 29

He was forced to resign.

Question 30

Tuvo que firmar su propia dimisión.

Answer 30

He had to sign his own resignation.

Question 31

Yo no hubiera firmado.

Answer 31

I wouldn’t have signed.

Question 32

¿Sabe el Sr. Smith quién eres?

Answer 32

Does Mr. Smith know who you are?

Question 33

Nadie sabe quien soy.

Answer 33

Nobody knows who I am.

Question 34

¿Sabe ella cuando sale el tren?

Answer 34

Does she know when the train leaves?

Question 35

¿Quién sabe dónde vive el fontanero?

Answer 35

Who knows where the plumber lives?

Question 36

Esta suciedad no puede quitarse.

Answer 36

This dirt can’t be removed.

Question 37

Se le advirtió de que no fuera allí.

Answer 37

He was warned not to go there.

Question 38

Perderás por mucho que te esfuerces.

Answer 38

You’ll lose no matter how hard you try.

Question 39

No lo compraré por mucho que me llames.

Answer 39

I won’t buy it no matter how often you call me.

Question 40

Por mucho que estudies, no aprenderás.

Answer 40

No matter how hard you study, you won’t learn.

Question 41

Querer es poder.

Answer 41

Where there’s a will there’s a way.

Question 42

Clasifícalos por orden alfabético.

Answer 42

Sort them in alphabetical order.

Question 43

Lo voy a comprar, por muy caro que sea.

Answer 43

I’m going to buy it no matter how expensive it is.

Question 44

No lo haré a no ser que me ayudes.

Answer 44

I won’t do it unless you help me.

Question 45

Voy a heredar una fortuna.

Answer 45

I’m going to inherit a fortune.

Question 46

¿Te puedes creer lo que hicieron?

Answer 46

Can you believe what they did?

Question 47

Debían de haberse vuelto locos.

Answer 47

They must have gone crazy.

Question 48

Deberías haberles parado.

Answer 48

You should’ve stopped them.

Question 49

Tendrás que acostumbrarte a ello.

Answer 49

You’ll have to get used to it.

Question 50

Antes me apañaba sin agenda.

Answer 50

I used to get by without an agenda.