Translation Book 4 - Booklet 28

Question 1

Estamos al borde del precipicio.

Answer 1

We’re on the edge of the cliff.

Question 2

Estoy al borde de un ataque de nervios.

Answer 2

I’m on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

Question 3

Ha llegado el momento de hacer algo.

Answer 3

The time has come to do something.

Question 4

Tengo un alto concepto de él.

Answer 4

I have a high regard for him.

Question 5

Siempre parece saber lo que hace.

Answer 5

He always seems to know what he’s doing.

Question 6

Tiene un sexto sentido como las mujeres.

Answer 6

He has a sixth sense like women.

Question 7

Las mujeres no tienen seis sentidos.

Answer 7

Women don’t have six senses.

Question 8

Tienen mucha más intuición que nosotros.

Answer 8

They have much more intuition than we do.

Question 9

¿Cómo vas a encuadernar esos papeles?

Answer 9

How are you going to bind those papers?

Question 10

De la forma habitual.

Answer 10

In the usual way.

Question 11

¿Cómo se hace aquí?

Answer 11

How is it done here?

Question 12

Se hace mediante un proceso térmico.

Answer 12

It’s done by means of a heat process.

Question 13

¿Cómo has dado conmigo?

Answer 13

How did you find me?

Question 14

Busqué tu nombre en la guía telefónica.

Answer 14

I looked up your name in the phone book.

Question 15

No te has afeitado hoy.

Answer 15

You didn’t shave today.

Question 16

Tengo intención de dejarme barba.

Answer 16

I’m planning to grow a beard.

Question 17

Pero estás bien cómo estás.

Answer 17

But you’re fine the way you are.

Question 18

Hemos adelantado la reunión.

Answer 18

We’ve brought the meeting forward.

Question 19

No creo que lo hicieran.

Answer 19

I don’t think they did it.

Question 20

No podrían haberlo hecho.

Answer 20

They couldn’t have done it.

Question 21

Estaban conmigo toda la noche.

Answer 21

They were with me all night.

Question 22

Es imposible que lo hicieran.

Answer 22

It’s impossible for them to have done it.

Question 23

Me hubiera gustado estar contigo.

Answer 23

I would’ve liked to have been with you.

Question 24

Habría dado lo que fuera por estar allí.

Answer 24

I would’ve given anything to have been there.

Question 25

En aquel entonces, había una chica que me gustaba

Answer 25

At that time, there was a girl I liked.

Question 26

Se sentaba delante de mí en la clase.

Answer 26

She sat in front of me in class.

Question 27

Era la chica más hermosa que jamás había visto.

Answer 27

She was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen.

Question 28

No podía quitar los ojos de ella.

Answer 28

I couldn’t take my eyes off her.

Question 29

Menos mal que se sentaba delante de mí.

Answer 29

It’s a good thing she sat in front of me.

Question 30

No se daba cuenta de que la miraba.

Answer 30

She didn’t realise I was looking at her.

Question 31

Quería pedirle que saliera conmigo.

Answer 31

I wanted to ask her to go out with me.

Question 32

Tardé dos meses en reunir suficiente valor.

Answer 32

It took me 2 months to get up enough courage.

Question 33

La paré en el pasillo y se lo pregunté.

Answer 33

I stopped her in the hall and asked her.

Question 34

Parecía sorprendida pero aceptó.

Answer 34

She seemed surprised but she accepted.

Question 35

El viernes la recogí en su casa.

Answer 35

On Friday, I picked her up at her house.

Question 36

Había reservado una mesa en el mejor restaurante de la ciudad

Answer 36

I had reserved a table in the best restaurant in town.

Question 37

Fue una cena maravillosa.

Answer 37

It was a wonderful dinner.

Question 38

Antes del postre fui al servicio.

Answer 38

Before the dessert, I went to the men’s room.

Question 39

De vuelta a la mesa, la chica se reía.

Answer 39

Back at the table, the girl was laughing.

Question 40

Me dijo que mi cremallera estaba abierta.

Answer 40

She told me my zipper was open.

Question 41

La cerré muy discretamente.

Answer 41

I closed it very discreetly.

Question 42

No me di cuenta de algo importante.

Answer 42

I didn’t realise something important.

Question 43

El mantel se había enganchado en mi cremallera

Answer 43

The tablecloth had got stuck in my zipper.

Question 44

Imagínate lo que pasó después.

Answer 44

Imagine what happened then.

Question 45

Me levanté de la mesa para irme.

Answer 45

I got up from the table to leave.

Question 46

Di unos pasos entre las mesas.

Answer 46

I took some steps between the tables.

Question 47

Llevé el mantel conmigo sin darme cuenta.

Answer 47

I took the tablecloth with me without realising it.

Question 48

Todos los platos cayeron al suelo.

Answer 48

All the plates fell to the floor.

Question 49

Toda la gente me miraba.

Answer 49

All the people were looking at me.

Question 50

Me casé con la chica 5 años más tarde.

Answer 50

I married the girl 5 years later.