181. Echó al correo ambas cartas.
182. Tomábamos el sol.
He mailed both letters.
We were sunning ourselves.

[Page 84.] (Review 15, 89, 6, 159, 40, 62, 135).

183. Tres años hace que reside aquí.
Tres años hacía que residía aquí.
184. No trató de hacerlo.
He has been living here for three years.
He had been living here for three years.
He did not try to do it.

[Page 85.] (Review 16, 91, 66, 79, 72, 39, 47).

185. Se hizo soldado.
Hecho ya un hombre.
He became a soldier.
Having already become a man.

[Page 86.] (Review 160, 8).

186. El libro, o más bien manuscrito. The book, or rather manuscript.

[Page 87.] (Review 157, 28, 80, 66, 70, 178, 60).

[Page 88.] (Review 137, 57, 181).

187. He tenido noticias. I have received news.