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the student teacher, the schoolteacher

el, la normalista (2)

The deaths have exhausted the patience of Colombians.
- to exhaust the patience

Las muertes han colmado la paciencia de los colombianos.
- colmar la paciencia

Keep pouring water until you fill the container to the brim.
- to pour
- to fill to the brim
- the container (not "el envase"), the recipient

Sigue vertiendo agua hasta colmar el recipiente.
- verter i->ie:yo vierto
- colmar
- el recipiente, el/la recipiente

to synthesize, to summarize
the synthesizer

sintetizar (2)
el sintetizador

He knows the words of the songs by heart.
- the song (the topic)
- to know by heart

Se sabe las letras de los temas de memoria.
- el tema
- saber de memoria (Un Yankee: saberse de memoria)

The people who live here are very cool.

La gente que vive acá tiene muy buena onda.

the animated film
- the animation

la película de animación
- la animación

the expert in finance
- the finance(s)

el experto en finanzas
- las finanzas

Faina is an omelette made with chickpea flour.
- the flour

El faina es una tortilla hecha con harina de garbanzos.
- la harina

They look at the store windows.
- the store window (not "el escaparate" (Spain))

Miran las vidrieras.
- la vidriera (L.A.)

This debate went down in history for ...
o the dirtiness
o how dirty it was

Este debate pasó a la historia por ...
o la suciedad
o lo sucio

the exchange of glances

el cruce de miradas

the link on its web page
lit: Internet page

el enlace en su página de internet

Brian is captivated by the music.
- to fascinate, to captivate

Brian está fascinado por la música.
- fascinar

She is fascinated by the theories of Einstein.

A ella le fascinan las teorías de Einstein.

the picnic

el picnic

the kid (not "el chiquillo") (Río de la Plata)

el, la pibe (Río de la Plata)

to work (not "trabajar") (Río de la Plata)

laburar (Río de la Plata)

it's not fair (not "no es justo")
it doesn't seem fair to me

no se hace justo
no se me hace justo

She also liked Brian.
lit: fell well on her

A ella también le cayó bien Brian.

It's good that you study every afternoon. (2)
similarly: it's bad

Es bueno / Está bien que estudies todas las tardes.
Es malo / Está mal
Note: using estar may have nuance "morally good/bad"
m/está bien:it's a good thing

It appears that there won't be a vaccine.
Hint: not "parece que"

Tal parece que no habrá una vacuna.

In one year I graduate. I hope I can do a residency.
- to graduate (not "graduarse" or "egresar (L.A.)")
- the residency, the residence

En un año me recibo. Espero poder hacer una residencia.
- recibirse (L.A.)
- la residencia (2)

It happens to me too.

A mí también me pasa.

The circumstances were such that the decision was understandable.
- such that
- understandable
- understandably

Las circunstancias eran tales que la decisión fue comprensible.
- tal que, tales que (plural)
- comprensible
- comprensiblemente

It would be crazy for the army to intern people.
- to intern

Sería una locura que el ejército interne a personas.
- internar (note subj)

The diagnosis indicated that the patient had to be admitted to hospital.
- the sick person, the patient
- to admit (to) (not "admitir")

El diagnóstico indicaba que había que internar al enfermo en el hospital.
- el enfermo, la enferma
- internar (en)

the AR-15 rifle
hint: not "el rifle"

el fusil AR-15

Diet and exercise impact on overall health.
- to affect, to impact (not "afectar" "impactar" "repecutir en")

La dieta y el ejercisio inciden sobre la salud en general
- incidir sobre/en

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