each time that Alexis got too annoying
- annoying (upset)
cada vez que Alexis se ponía demasiado molesto
- molesto/a
She moved closer to Brian while he (lit: this one) examined the body.
Se acercó a Brian mientras éste examinaba el cuerpo.
(acercarse, examinar)
They pressed buttons and activated commands.
- to activate (not "activar")
- the command (not "el mando") (the command as in the head, the commando)
Tocaban botones y accionaban comandos.
- accionar
- el comando
she would have liked
le hubiera gustado
(Paco (Marte): soft 'g', like "justo")
and where has your sense of humor gone?
- has gone (has left, has been)
¿y dónde ha quedado tu sentido de humor?
- ha quedado
The sauce doesn't taste like anything.
La salsa no tiene gusto a nada.
the undesired effects of the law "only yes is yes"
- undesired, unwanted
los efectos indeseados de la ley del "sólo sí es sí"
- indeseado/a
the ankle bracelet
la pulsera telemática
He takes out his sleep mask and puts it on.
- the sleep mask
- the face
- to put on (oneself) (not "ponerse")
(to put, to place)
Saca su antifaz para dormir y se lo coloca.
- el antifaz para dormir
- la faz
- colocarse
(colocar)
the dismantling
(to dismantle)
el desmantelamiento
(desmantelar)
destined/doomed to rent
(lit: to the renting)
- to lead to, to end in
(not "desembocar en" - same two meanings)
abocados al alquiler
- abocar a/en (2)
When he didn't see anyone in the ship he was startled.
- to be startled
- to startle (trans)
(startled)
Cuando no vio a nadie en la nave se sobresaltó.
- sobresaltarse
- sobresaltar (trans)
(sobresaltado/a)
Now he was burning with jealousy.
Ahora estaba ardiendo en celos.
(headline) m/ the health service is a concern
- the health service i.e. public health, the health (not "la salud")
(titular) la sanidad preocupa
- la sanidad (2)
the CPI: the Consumer Price Index
el IPC: el índice de precios al consumidor
The universe is infinitely large.
El universo es infinitamente grande.
to smooth the path
- to smooth (to raid (L.A.))
allanar el camino
- allanar
the comma
(the coma)
la coma
(el coma)
the third
the two thirds
(these are nouns, not adjectives)
el tercio
los dos tercios
Algeria
Algerian
Argelia
argelino/a
(above soft 'g')
Anything new here? The communicador?
- the communicador
¿Alguna novedad por aquí? ¿El comunicador?
- el comunicador, la comunicadora
competing
the competitor
(to compete)
competidor/a
el competidor, la competidora
(competir yo compito)
to plant the seeds
- to plant
plantar las semillas
- plantar
the humidifier
el humidificador
Today he had taken a 360 degree turn.
- to take ... a turn
(a bullet, a walk, a step, a bite)
Hoy había dado un giro de 360 grados. (trescientos sesenta)
- dar ... un giro
(una bala, un paseo, un paso, un bocado)
I don't have a good memory for that.
- for that
No tengo buena memoria para eso.
- para eso
both sides of the coin
ambas caras de la moneda
After Laura finishes her class,
her father picks her up.
(see Kwiziq: using después de que)
Después de que Laura termina su clase, su padre la recoge.
present event -> indicative
After Laura finished her class,
her father picked her up.
Después de que Laura terminó/terminara su clase, su padre la recogió.
past -> can use indicative or subj
After Laura finishes her class,
her father will pick her up.
Después de que Laura termine su clase, su padre la recogerá.
future event -> subj