Translation Book 4 - Booklet 9

Question 1

Tienes la camiseta puesta al revés.

Answer 1

You have your T-shirt on backwards.

Question 2

Quítatela.

Answer 2

Take it off.

Question 3

Póntela de esta manera.

Answer 3

Put it on this way.

Question 4

Se supone que lo llevas de esta forma.

Answer 4

You’re supposed to wear it this way.

Question 5

Menos mal que te diste cuenta.

Answer 5

It’s a good thing you realised.

Question 6

Soy muy observadora.

Answer 6

I’m very observant.

Question 7

Presto atención a los detalles.

Answer 7

I pay attention to details.

Question 8

¿Has puesto el despertador?

Answer 8

Have you set the alarm clock?

Question 9

¿A qué hora sonará?

Answer 9

What time will it go off?

Question 10

Se me pegaron las sábanas esta mañana.

Answer 10

I overslept this morning.

Question 11

No puedes permitirte el lujo de quedarte dormido

Answer 11

You can’t afford to oversleep.

Question 12

No soporto madrugar.

Answer 12

I can’t stand getting up early.

Question 13

Me cuesta horrores levantarme.

Answer 13

I have a terrible time getting up.

Question 14

Tardo una hora en despejarme la cabeza.

Answer 14

It takes me an hour to clear my head.

Question 15

Dejo el despertador en el baño.

Answer 15

I leave the alarm clock in the bathroom.

Question 16

Ese me obliga a levantarme para apagarlo.

Answer 16

That forces me to get up to turn it off.

Question 17

No lo soporto cuando suena.

Answer 17

I can’t stand it when it goes off.

Question 18

Es un sonido que me vuelve loco.

Answer 18

It’s a sound that drives my crazy.

Question 19

¿Sigues buscando un empleo?

Answer 19

Are you still looking for a job?

Question 20

Lo he dejado.

Answer 20

I’ve given up.

Question 21

¿Cómo piensas mantener a tu familia?

Answer 21

How do you plan to support your family?

Question 22

Viviré del sueldo de mi mujer.

Answer 22

I’ll live off my wife’s salary.

Question 23

¿Qué opina ella de eso?

Answer 23

What does she think about that?

Question 24

No hablemos de mi mujer.

Answer 24

Let’s not talk about my wife.

Question 25

Estoy harto de la vida de casado.

Answer 25

I’m sick of married life.

Question 26

No lo aguanto.

Answer 26

I can’t stand it.

Question 27

Ella cree que me puede dar órdenes.

Answer 27

She thinks she can order me around.

Question 28

¿Quién cree que es?

Answer 28

Who does she think she is?

Question 29

Le voy a dar un escarmiento.

Answer 29

I’m going to teach her a lesson.

Question 30

Pero es ella quien te mantiene.

Answer 30

But she’s the one who supports you.

Question 31

Eso es como debe ser.

Answer 31

That’s as it should be.

Question 32

Llevo a los niños al colegio.

Answer 32

I take the children to school.

Question 33

Hago los quehaceres domésticos.

Answer 33

I do the housework.

Question 34

Ayudo a los niños con sus deberes.

Answer 34

I help the kids with their homework.

Question 35

Trabajo más ahora que antes.

Answer 35

I work harder now than before.

Question 36

Antes trabajaba ocho horas al día.

Answer 36

I used to work eight hours a day.

Question 37

Ahora nunca paro.

Answer 37

Now I never stop.

Question 38

Incluso limpio la bañera.

Answer 38

I even clean the bathtub.

Question 39

Es un trabajo interminable.

Answer 39

It’s a never-ending job.

Question 40

En cuanto terminas una cosa tienes que empezar con otra

Answer 40

As soon as you finish one thing you have to start on something else

Question 41

Al final del día estoy completamente agotado

Answer 41

At the end of the day I’m completely exhausted.

Question 42

No tengo ganas de hacer nada.

Answer 42

I don’t feel like doing anything.

Question 43

Los niños dejan todo en el suelo.

Answer 43

The kids leave everything on the floor.

Question 44

Tengo que recoger detrás de ellos.

Answer 44

I have to pick up after them.

Question 45

La mitad de las veces mi mujer llega a casa de mal humor

Answer 45

Half the time my wife gets home in a bad mood.

Question 46

Tiene la cara de pedirme que haga la cena.

Answer 46

She has the nerve to ask me to make dinner.

Question 47

Menos mal que soy pésimo cocinero.

Answer 47

It’s a good thing I’m a lousy cook.

Question 48

Si no, tendría que hacer la cena todas las noches

Answer 48

Otherwise I’d have to make dinner every night.

Question 49

Tenéis los papeles invertidos.

Answer 49

Your roles are reversed.

Question 50

La vida de un ama de casa es pesada.

Answer 50

A housewife’s job is a pain in the neck.