Translation Book 8 - Booklet 2

Question 1

¿Te puedes imaginar cómo sería esta oficina sin Pedro?

Answer 1

Can you imagine what this office would be like without Pedro?

Question 2

Cuanto antes hables con él, mejor.

Answer 2

The sooner you talk to him, the better.

Question 3

Él está esperando que digas algo.

Answer 3

He’s waiting for you to say something.

Question 4

¿Qué quieres que le diga?

Answer 4

What do you me to tell him?

Question 5

Dile lo que sea.

Answer 5

Tell him anything.

Question 6

Diviértete y no te metas en líos.

Answer 6

Have a good time and don’t get into trouble.

Question 7

Eso es lo último que yo esperaba de ti.

Answer 7

That’s the last thing I expected from you.

Question 8

¿Para qué sirve llamarla ahora?

Answer 8

What good does it do to call her now?

Question 9

Es una pérdida de tiempo.

Answer 9

It’s a waste of time.

Question 10

La he dejado para siempre.

Answer 10

I’ve left her for good.

Question 11

Empezaron mal.

Answer 11

They got off to a bad start.

Question 12

Estás luchando por una causa perdida.

Answer 12

You’re fighting for a lost cause.

Question 13

Como regla general, prefiero dejar a mi gente sola.

Answer 13

As a general rule, I prefer to leave my people alone.

Question 14

Que yo sepa, no ha habido cambios.

Answer 14

As far as I know, there haven’t been any changes.

Question 15

En cuanto a mí, puedes hacer lo que quieras.

Answer 15

As far as I’m concerned, you can do whatever you want.

Question 16

En el mejor de los casos tenemos suficiente dinero para llegar a mayo

Answer 16

At best we have enough money to get to May.

Question 17

Tuvimos la oportunidad de hablar detenidamente sobre el asunto

Answer 17

We had the chance to speak at length about the matter

Question 18

¿Eres consciente de lo que podría ocurrir si fueras adelante con esa idea?

Answer 18

Are you aware of what could happen if you went ahead with that idea?

Question 19

Hemos tardado meses en romper el hielo.

Answer 19

It’s taken us months to break the ice.

Question 20

Volverás con las manos vacías, ya verás.

Answer 20

You’ll come back empty-handed, you’ll see.

Question 21

Tenemos que partir de cero otra vez.

Answer 21

We have to start from scratch again.

Question 22

A la larga todo saldrá bien.

Answer 22

In the long run everything will turn out fine.

Question 23

Mientras tanto quiero que hagas esto.

Answer 23

In the meantime I want you to do this.

Question 24

En nombre del presidente, quiero expresar nuestro agradecimiento por…

Answer 24

On behalf of the president, I want to express our appreciation for…

Question 25

Había 200 personas presentes para la inauguración.

Answer 25

There were 200 people on hand for the inauguration.