[141] vestir un traje, to wear a suit.
[142] tan pronto como, as soon as.
[143] empezar a, to begin. Verbs of beginning, such as empezar, comenzar, and principiar, require the connective preposition a before a following infinitive.
[144] lo prometido, that which was promised.
[145] hasta, even.
[146] dar pena a uno, to grieve one.
[147] estar a punto de, to be about to.
[148] el no haber cumplido, not to have fulfilled. The infinitive when used as a noun usually is preceded by the masculine definite article.