Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader

by Ernesto Nelson

[31] Es ocioso pensar en, It is useless (idle) to think of.

[32] toda vez que, especially as. VARIANTS: Puesto, desde que.

[33] ¡Que si queda! Any left!

[34] en alto, up; on high; in the air. levantando las manos al cielo, raising his hands to Heaven.

[35] ¡Con decir a Uds....! When I tell you...!

[36] Tierra adentro, Inland; in the hinterland.

[37] Si bien se mira..., If you will observe.... VARIANTS: Bien visto; bien considerado; bien mirado.

[38] que Ud. acaba de mencionar, which you have just mentioned.

[39] ¡Ya va largo! That will take a long time! It is a far cry to that! VARIANTS: Hay que esperar para eso; falta mucho.

[40] Puede decirse que, It may be said that.