[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.


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