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I will be lucky if I have this project finished by next week.
Seré afortunado si he terminado este proyecto por la semana que viene. Her worthless boyfriend sent her out for beer and cigarettes. Su novio despreciable la mandó por la cerveza y los cigarillos. I will give you 10 dollars for that sweater if I can find my money. Te daré diez dolares para ese suéter si puedo encontrar mi dinero. We will be driving thru Maryland by car. Conduciremos por Maryland por coche. This garage was built by my next door neighbor. Este garaje fue construido por mi vecina de al lado. They hiked through the national park for weeks. Hicieron excursionismo por el parque nacional por unas semanas. He was unemployed for three months. Él estuvo en paro/sin trabajo/parado por tres meses. We are leaving for the family reunion tomorrow. Salimos para la reunión familiar manaña. I know that you have something for me because it is my birthday. Sé que tienes algo para mi porque es mi cumpleaños. I signed up for this class to learn how to cook. Me inscribí esta clase para aprender a cocinar. He was going 45 miles per hour in a 15 mile an hour school zone when the traffic cop spotted him. Él iba cuarenta y cinco millas por hora en una quince millas por hora zona de escuela cuando la policía tráfico lo vio. She believes she can lose weight and still eat junk food if she works out at the gym four days a week. Ella cree que puede adelgazar y aún come la comida basura si hace ejercicio en el gimnasio cuatro dias por semana. Last edited by cmon; December 02, 2008 at 03:03 PM. |
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Thanks mucho
Why does a follow mandar? Mandó a por
la poli lo trincó poli--slang for cop? looked up trincar-to tie, fasten? Why used for spotting someone? Siempre lo puedo trincar en la multitud. Always I can spot him in the crowd. incluso comer vs. aun/aún comer? even eat even/still eat |
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la mandó por cerveza. mando a su novia por cerveza. Poli is short for policía, and is a good equivalent for cop. For this sentence, I might have written: Ella cree que puede adelgazar y aún come la comida basura si hace ejercicio en el gimnasio cuatro dias por semana Ella cree que puede adelgazar, aún cuando come comida chatarra, si hace ejercicio cuatro días por semana.
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Poli:cops (shortened from Policía)
trincar: to catch, to tie. It's not used for spottig, but for catching. It means you have seen him, catch him and "laced" him. Also used for hunting. "Lo trincaron cuando iba a robar la joyería" They catched him when he was going to rob the jewelry" "mandar a por algo" I use it this way. So in you example:"El la mandó a por bebidas" "aun comer" was good, I forget to mark it as Ella cree que puede adelgazar y aún comer I used as other example "e incluso" to remark the "even" saludos
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