it would not be unheard of
- unheard-of
no sería inaudito
- inaudito/a
without further introduction, she asked him
sin mayores introducciones, le preguntó
Excellent! Same as me!
¡Excelente! Igual que yo.
The dog is up to its old tricks in the garden.
alt: is doing it's thing
El perro está haciendo de las suyas en el jardín. (2)
- hacer de las suyas
Carlos had amassed a fortune.
- to amass (to knead)
Carlos había amasado una fortuna
- amasar
The parties were losing the appeal they had at the beginning.
- the appeal (the charm)
Las fiestas fueron perdiendo el encanto que tenían al principio.
- el encanto
?/why not "iban perdiendo". Maybe some appeal already lost, i.e., aspects completed.
The house was –by far– the most luxurious in the city.
- by far (not "con diferencia")
La casa era –por lejos– la más lujosa de la cuidad.
- por lejos
the volleyball
el vóley
nostalgic
a nostalgic (i.e., a nostalgic person)
nostálgico/a
un nostálgico
without the need to squander money
- to squander (not "malgastar" - to waste, to squander)
sin la necesidad de despilfarrar dinero
- despilfarrar
I felt an overwhelming sense of fear.
- overwhelming (not "abrumador")
(to overwhelm, to burden)
Sentí una sensación agobiante de temor.
- agobiante
(agobiar)
the heat in Buenos Aires is so oppressive
- oppressive (overwhelming)
el calor en Buenos Aires es tan agobiante
- agobiante
a leading role
un rol protagónico
with the greatest accuracy
- the exactitude, the accuracy
con la mayor exactitud
- la exactitud (2)
the catering
el catering
The brochettes were made on the grill.
lit: at the coals
- the hot coal (the ember)
Los brochettes estaban hechos a las brasas.
- la brasa
They ate until they were full.
Ellos comieron hasta llenarse.
We need to move the table to the other side of the room.
- to move
Necesitamos mover la mesa al otro lado del cuarto.
- mover (trans) (o->ue) yo muevo
Carlos smiles at her and looks away.
(not "desvía la mirada")
Carlos le sonríe y lleva su mirada hacia otro lado.
with his lifelong friends
con sus amigos de toda la vida
the leprosy
the leper
la lepra
el leproso, la leprosa
drinks with more alcohol content
- the alcohol content (the graduation, the adjustment)
bebidas con más graduación [alcohólica]
- la graduación
And tomorrow at 8 in the morning I want you all up!
¡Y mañana a las 8 de la mañana las quiero a todas arriba!.
the grounds of the house
- the grounds (not "los predios") (the park)
el parque de la casa
- el parque
Is he pretending to be asleep?
- to pretend to be asleep
¿Se está haciendo el dormido?
- hacerse el dormido
It's the right thing to do.
lit: it is what is fitting
(to be appropriate, to be fitting)
Es lo que corresponde.
(corresponder)
She never had much sympathy for the police.
And less so in moments like these.
Nunca tuvo mucha simpatía por la policía.
Y menos en momentos como estos.
(m/ "por" emotion for)
The wake began at 10 pm that same day, in a funeral home.
- the wake, the vigil (not "el velorio" <- also both)
- the funeral home (not "la funeraria") (lit: the house of burials)
El velatorio comenzó a las 10pm de ese mismo día, en una casa de sepelios.
- el velatorio (2)
- la casa de sepelios
Through his work as a businessman, Carlos had become known in much of the world.
- to become known (lit: to make oneself known)
Por su trabajo como empresario, Carlos se había hecho conocido en gran parte del mundo.
- hacerse conocido
in short
en resumidas cuentas