Usful Phrases / Expressions Etc Flashcards

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In advance (eg - pay / book)

Come in (lit - move forward)

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Por adelantado

¡Adelante!

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I’m looking forward to that

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Tengo ganas de eso

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It’s my fault

Don’t get upset. It’s not your fault

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La culpa es mía

no te alteres. la culpa no es la tuya
no te alteres. no es tu culpa

Alterar - to alter / to agitate
Alterarse - to get agitated

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If I were you…

I that you…(This means - if I were you..)

If I were you I wouldn’t eat those prawns

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Si yo fuera tú

Yo que tú (mucho más común)

Yo que tú no comería esas gambas.

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The problem is much more common now than before

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El problema es mucho más común ahora que antes

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The problem is much more common these days than years ago.

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El problema es mucho más común en estos días que hace años

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I can’t wait to get home
LG2ST=
Not I-see the hour of to-arrive to house

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no veo la hora de llegar a casa

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When I was a child / young /
LG2ST=
Of little

When I was a child I used to read a lot of books
LG2St=
Of little I-used to-read many books

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de pequeño

de pequeño solía leer muchos libros

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That was a long time ago
LG2ST=
That was it-makes much time

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Eso fue hace mucho tiempo.

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Add to learn whole.

Can I do that?
Can one do that?
Is it okay to do that?
LG2ST=
(R)itself it-can to-do that

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se puede hacer eso?

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Pleased to me you!
LG2ST=
Much pleasure

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¡Mucho Gusto!
Gusto is a noun which in this contract means pleasure.
¡Mucho Gusto! is a contraction of something like “me da mucho gusto conocerte”

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Encantado. (Man talking) Nice to meet you
Encantada. (Woman talking) Nice to meet you

Encantado/a is an adjective which modifies the person talking

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This is a contraction of:

Encantado de conocerlo– when a man says it to a man
Encantado fr conocerla– when a man says it to a woman

Encantada de conocerlo– when a woman say it to a man
Encantada de conocerla– when a women says it to a woman

Informal: Encantado / Encantada de conocerte

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I realised that

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me di cuenta de

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