Translation Book 4 - Booklet 2

Question 1

Si yo supiera su nombre, le llamaría.

Answer 1

If I knew his mane, I’d call him.

Question 2

Búscalo en la guía telefónica.

Answer 2

Look it up in the telephone book.

Question 3

Podría hacerlo si tuviera una guía telefónica.

Answer 3

I could do it if I had a telephone book.

Question 4

Tu vecina tendrá una.

Answer 4

Your neighbour probably has one.

Question 5

Querer es poder.

Answer 5

Where there’s a will there’s a way.

Question 6

¿Quieres dejar de molestarme?

Answer 6

Would you quit bothering me?

Question 7

¿Quieres que me vaya?

Answer 7

Do you want me to leave?

Question 8

Quiero que te calles, eso es todo.

Answer 8

I want you to shut up, that’s all.

Question 9

¿Qué harías si yo desapareciera de la faz de la tierra?

Answer 9

What would you do if I disappeared from the face of the earth?

Question 10

Saltaría de júbilo.

Answer 10

I’d jump for joy.

Question 11

¡Muchas gracias!

Answer 11

Thanks a lot!

Question 12

¡Vaya amigo!

Answer 12

What a friend!

Question 13

Te estoy tomando el pelo.

Answer 13

I’m pulling your leg.

Question 14

¿Desde cuándo eres bromista?

Answer 14

Since when are you a joker?

Question 15

Siempre lo he sido.

Answer 15

I’ve always been one.

Question 16

Esa es una faceta de tu carácter que nunca he visto

Answer 16

That’s a facet of your character I’ve never seen.

Question 17

¿Crees que soy una persona seria?

Answer 17

Do you think I’m a serious person?

Question 18

Eres una persona muy intensa.

Answer 18

You’re a very intense person.

Question 19

No me conoces.

Answer 19

You don’t know me.

Question 20

Habla con mi mujer, ella te lo dirá.

Answer 20

Talk to my wife, she’ll tell you.

Question 21

Bueno, si tú lo dices.

Answer 21

Okay, if you say so.

Question 22

Ahora bien, ¿dónde estábamos?

Answer 22

Now then, where were we?

Question 23

Estábamos con el condicional.

Answer 23

We were with the conditional.

Question 24

Ah sí, y ¿qué harías si yo te apuntara con una pistola?

Answer 24

That’s right, now what would you do if I pointed a gun at you?

Question 25

Me pondría a temblar.

Answer 25

I’d start shaking.

Question 26

¿Tendrías miedo de mí?

Answer 26

Would you be afraid of me?

Question 27

No serías capaz de semejante cosa.

Answer 27

You wouldn’t be capable of such a thing.

Question 28

Tú tampoco.

Answer 28

Neither would you.

Question 29

No hablemos de cosas así.

Answer 29

Let’s not talk about things like that.

Question 30

Esta conversación es un callejón sin salida.

Answer 30

This conversation is a dead-end street.

Question 31

No estamos llegando a ninguna parte.

Answer 31

We’re not getting anywhere.

Question 32

Puedo traducir con facilidad esas cosas.

Answer 32

I can translate those things with ease.

Question 33

Tu corbata no hace juego con tu traje.

Answer 33

Your tie doesn’t match your suit.

Question 34

Ya sé que no.

Answer 34

I know it doesn’t.

Question 35

Entonces ¿por qué la llevas puesta?

Answer 35

Then why are you wearing it?

Question 36

Porque me gusta destacar.

Answer 36

Because I like to stand out.

Question 37

La gente se burla de ti.

Answer 37

People make fun of you.

Question 38

¡A mí qué me importa!

Answer 38

What do I care!

Question 39

El chismorreo no me molesta.

Answer 39

Gossip doesn’t bother me.

Question 40

Me gano la vida vendiendo coches usados.

Answer 40

I make a living selling used cars.

Question 41

A ese precio, es una auténtica ganga.

Answer 41

At that price, it’s a real bargain.

Question 42

Esto nos perjudica nuestra capacidad para competir.

Answer 42

This hampers our ability to compete.

Question 43

Se me pinchó una rueda.

Answer 43

I had a flat tire, (a puncture)

Question 44

No tenía rueda de repuesto.

Answer 44

I didn’t have a spare tire.

Question 45

Tardé una hora en resolver el problema.

Answer 45

It took me an hour to solve the problem.

Question 46

Un camionero paró para ayudarme.

Answer 46

A truck driver stopped to help me.

Question 47

Si no hubiera parado, aún estaría allí.

Answer 47

If he hadn’t stopped, I’d still be there.

Question 48

Menos mal que paró.

Answer 48

It’s a good thing he stopped.

Question 49

Menos mal que hay gente como él.

Answer 49

It’s a good thing there are people like him.

Question 50

Pasemos a la lista siguiente.

Answer 50

Let’s go on to the following list.