[12] en este mismo momento, this very moment. Note the use of mismo as an intensive. VARIANT: Ahora mismo.

[13] Ni se nos dará un comino, It doesn’t matter a straw to us whether. VARIANTS: No se nos importará nada. In first person: No se me importa nada; no se me da un comino.

[14] si, whether. Note the different uses of si in this chapter.

[15] es temprano, it is early.

[16] hace buen tiempo, the weather is fair.

[17] va a llover, it is going to rain.

[18] Poco nos cuidaremos: cuidarse poco, We shall not be at all anxious. Compare with hay pocos.

[19] bagaje (or equipaje), baggage.

[20] boleto (or boleta), railway ticket.

[21] estación, depot; station.