LESSON XXXIV
| Lo que no puede hacer un gitano, no hay quien lo haga sobre la tierra.[34]—ALARCÓN. |
(a) 1. I couldn't help smiling when I saw him stand up. 2. Who is that woman standing in the doorway? 3. While it lasted the boy kept (tenia) his eyes fixed on the judge's face. 4. The old man was sitting behind the counter, reading aloud. 5. He is not to blame. Nor I either. 6. What do you want (ask) for the half of what you have brought? 7. I can't stand so much heat. 8. We sat down to wait until they came. 9. Let's see! You told him to come and see me as soon as he arrived, didn't you? 10. They looked very happy sitting there in the shade of the big trees.
(b) 1. That is the one who was at the door when the accident occurred. 2. I have half of the money saved already. 3. As he has read many histories, he can cite many examples. 4. It will be better to put the larger ones in another place. Here in this corner. 5. I wonder if this one is as large as that one. 6. I heard from your companions that you had been dismissed. 7. Have you heard from home lately? 8. As for those two houses, neither is large enough for my family. 9. As I approached the man, I saw that he was getting uneasy. 10. Because the horse was older than he had said, they did not want to buy it.
(c) 1. Well, as the one that I want is not here, I must take the one that I have. 2. Will you see to the dessert while I am getting the rest of the dinner? 3. As either one is large enough, will you take this one and leave me the other one? 4. I wonder if the postman has come yet. 5. They are erecting a large building at the corner of our street. I wonder what it will be. 6. He wondered that you had not arrived yet. 7. Tell him that he must do it himself. 8. They are tearing down the church that has stood at that corner for so many years. 9. I was in Naples when the last eruption of Vesuvius occurred. That was last year. 10. I heard last night that the governor himself would come as soon as he returned.
LESSON XXXV
| No creer en nada es estar loco.[35] |
| —CAMPOAMOR. |
107. The verb to take, in its simplest meaning of to carry, is rendered llevar or tomar.
I have to take this book to school.