Captulo 130.

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BASIC INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED

SENTENCE SENTENCE SENTENCE

They would constantly wind

If you're under 17 you cant Its a good thing the plane each other up over the
drive a car in Britain. took off on time. smallest things

Si tienes menos de 17 aos, Menos mal que el avin Continuamente se hacan

no puedes conducir un coche despeg a tiempo. enfadar mutuamente sobre las
en el Reino Unido. cosas ms pequeas.
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
To land, landed, landed, Cookie = galleta (US) (kki)
To vote, voted, voted, voting landing Biscuit = galleta (RU) (bskit)
= votar (vout) (voutid) = aterrizar, desembarcar They would (dei wud)
(voutid) (voutin) (lnd) (lndid) (lndid) Aqu no es condicional. Es
Under = bajo, debajo de (lndin) pasado narrativo. Se refiere a
(nda) (nder) Took off = despeg (tukf) acciones habituales en el
pasado, una costumbre. (sola)
Over = encima, por encima, Take, took, taken, taking Constantly = continuamente
por arriba, terminado (eiva) = llevar, tomar, agarrar, (knstenli)
(ouva) (ouver) coger, tardar (teik) (tuk) Wind = viento, elico (wind)
Can not Can't = no poder (teiken) (teikin) Wind, wound, wound, winding
(k:nt). Lucky = suerte, afortunado = enrollar, enroscar, dar cuerda
Drink, drank, drunk, drinking (lki) (waind) (waund) (waund)
= beber (druink) (drunk) Just = solo, justo, apenas, (waindin)
Wind [sb] up = molestar a,
(druonk) (druinking) acabar de, por poco, tan hacer enfadar, cabrear, reventar
Older = Elder = mayor, solo, solamente, justamente, a alguien (figurativo)
ms viejo (ouda) (ouder) exactamente (yast) (waindap)
Drive, drove, driven, driving Buy, bought, bought, buying Each other = mutuamente,
= conducir, manejar, empujar = comprar (bai) (bo:t) (bo:t) el uno al otro, juntos, entre ellos,
(draiv) (drouv) (drven) (baiin) entre s, con los dems
(draivin) Develop, developed, (ichda) (ichder)
r Send, sent, sent, sending
Car = coche (ka:) (ka: ) developed, developing = enviar, mandar
Truck = camin (truak) = desarrollar (divlop) (send) (sent) (sent) (sndin)
Tractor = tractor (divlopt) (divlopt) Message = mensaje (msigh)
(truakta) (truakter) (divlopin) Over = encima, por encima,
Taxi = taxi (tksi) Skill = habilidad, destreza terminado (eiva) (ouva) (ouver)
Britain = Gran Bretaa (skil) Monster = monstruo (mnsta-er)
(brten) So many = tantos/as, Smallest = ms pequeo, menor
(sm:lest)
United Kingdom = Reino muchos Greatest = ms grande, mayor,
Unido (sou mni) (greitist)
(yu:naitid kndom) Plane = avin, plano (plein) Argue, argued, argued, arguing
United States (US) States Later = tarde (leita) (leider) = argumentar, discutir
= Estados Unidos
(yu:naitid steits) (steits)
Rugby = rugby (rgbi)
INTRODUCTION
-Over seventeen, under
seventeen. (17)
= Ms de diecisiete, menos
de diecisiete.
-Are you over twenty or
under twenty? (20)
= Es usted mayor de veinte
o menor de veinte?
= Tienes ms de veinte o
menos de veinte.
-Are you over thirty or under
thirty? (30)
= Tiene ms de treinta o
menos de treinta aos?
-Are you over forty or under
forty? (40)
= Tiene ms de cuarenta o
menos de cuarenta aos?
-People over forty have more
trouble finding jobs that the
people under forty. (40)
= Las personas mayores de
cuarenta tienen ms
problemas para encontrar
trabajo que las personas
menores de cuarenta.
-If you're under seventeen
you can't drive a car in
Britain. (17)
= Si tienes menos de
diecisiete aos, no puedes
conducir un coche en Gran
Bretaa.
- In States yes, if you're over
sixteen you can drive a
car. (16)
= En Estados Unidos s, si
tienes ms de diecisis aos
puedes conducir un coche.
PART 1
-If youre under seventeen.
In time = a tiempo, con
tiempo, con antelacin, con
el tiempo.
(con tiempo de sobra o
antes de un lmite) (in taim)
On time = a tiempo, puntual,
puntualmente, en hora.
(a su hora, justo a
tiempo)
(on taim)
Miss, missed, missed,
missing
= perder, fallar, extraar,
errar (mis) (mist) (mist)
(msin)
Arrive, arrived, arrived,
arriving
= llegar (araiv / oraiv)
(araivd) (araivd) (araivin)
Because of = debido a (biks
ov)
PART 1
-Its a good thing = It's just as
well.
= Menos mal.
= Es una buena cosa. (lit)
= Es bueno que.
-That's lucky! = How lucky!
= Qu suerte!
-Its a good thing you're here.
= Menos mal que estoy aqu.
-Its just as well she didn't
come.
= Menos mal que ella no
vino.
-It's a good thing we bought
our umbrellas. It's going to
rain.
= Menos mal que
compramos nuestros
paraguas. Va a llover.
-It's a good thing we have so
many examples.
= Menos mal que tenemos
tantos ejemplos.
-It's a good thing I studied
arts with the best teachers.
(:giu: / r:giu:) (:giud) (:giud)
(:giuin)
Detail = detalle (dteil) (diteio)
Picky = exigente (pki)
PART 1
-They would constantly.
Would aqu no es
condicional sino lo que ocurra en
el pasado constantemente a esa
pareja.
- To wind each other up.
= Enfadarse mutuamente.
-I'm winding my watch.
= Doy cuerda a mi reloj de
pulsera.
-They would constantly wind
each other up.
= Ellos continuamente se hacan
enfadar el uno al otro.
-He wind her up, and she wind
him up.
= l enfada a ella y ella enfada a
l.
-Don't do that. You know it winds
me up!
= No hagas eso. Sabes que me
revienta! / Me cabrea!
-He always winds me up.
= l siempre me cabrea.
PART 2
-Wind [sb] up
= Reventar a alguien, inchar las
pelotas a alguien, molestar a,
hacer enfadar, cabrear.
-They would constantly wind
each other up over the smallest
things
Continuamente se hacan
enfadar mutuamente con
respecto a las cosas ms nimias
y pequeas.
-I like cookies. Do you like
cookies?
= Me gustan las galletas. Te
gustan las galletas?
-I eat cookies everyday.
= Yo como galletas todos los
das.
-But I'm not the Cookie Monster.
= Pero yo no soy el Monstruo de
las Galletas.
= Si tienes menos de 17
aos.
-If you're under twenty one in
Amrica you can't drink.
= Si tienes menos de
veintin aos, en Amrica no
puedes beber.
-My video game is only for
people under seventeen.
= Mi juego de vdeo es slo
para personas menores de
diecisiete aos.
-Is for older the seventeen.
= Es para mayores de 17
aos.
PART 2
-You can't drive a car.
= No puedes conducir un
coche.
-I can't drive a truck.
= No puedo conducir un
camin.
-I can't drive a tractor.
= No puedo conducir un
tractor.
-I can't drive a taxi.
= No puedo conducir un taxi.
PART 3
= Menos mal que que
estudi artes con los mejores
artistas.
-It's a good thing I work
hard and it's a good thing I
practice and develop my each other up over the smallest
skills.
= Menos mal que trabajo
duro y menos mal que
practico y desarrollo mis
habilidades.
PART 2
-To take off.
= Despegar.
Took off. (Pasado simple)
= Despeg.
-To land.
= Aterrizar.
-After some problems, the
plane took off.
= Despus de algunos
problemas, el avin despeg.
-The plane took off later
because of the weather.
= El avin despeg tarde
debido al tiempo.
-You're missed your flight.
The plane already took off.
= Usted ha perdido su vuelo.
El avin ya despeg.
PART 3
-Over the smallest things.
= Sobre las cosas ms
pequeas.
-They would constantly wind
things
= Continuamente se molestaban
mutuamente sobre las cosas
ms pequeas.
-Let's not argue over these
things.
= No discutamos sobre estas
cosas.
-Let's not wind each other up
over the small details, they're not
important.
= No nos molestemos
mutuamente sobre pequeos
detalles, no son importantes.
-Don't argue about this over this.
= No discuta sobre esto y esto.
-She's picky with herself over the
smallest things.
= Ella es exigente consigo misma
sobre las cosas ms pequeas.

-Britain Great Britain PART 3

England, Wales, Scotland
= Gran Bretaa (greit brten)
-United Kingdom.
= Reino Unido
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland.
= Reino Unido de Gran
Bretaa e Irlanda del Norte.
-In the UK people drink a lot
of tee.
= En el Reino Unido la gente
bebe mucho t.
-They play a lot of
rugby in Britain.
= Juegan mucho al rugby en
Gran Bretaa.
-On time.
= Puntualmente.
Llegar a su hora.
-In time.
= A tiempo, con tiempo.
Llegar con tiempo de
sobra, o antes de un lmite.
-Its a good thing the train
arrive on time.
= Menos mal que el tren
llega puntualmente.
-My brother never arrives on
time.
= Mi hermano nunca llega
puntualmente.

Captulo 131. TVE ENGLISH
TVE English, Phrases TVE
English, English Course of TVE,
Frases TVE Ingles, Curso de
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BASIC
SENTENCE
How long does the film
last?
Cunto tiempo dura la
pelcula?
VOCABULARY
Western = Oeste
americano (westen)
Last = ltimo/a (la:st)
Last, lasted, lasted, lasting
= durar (la:st) (lstid) (lstid)
(lstin)
War = guerra (wo:) (wo:r)
Normal = normal (nmo)
Meal = comida (mi:l)
Section = seccin (skshn)
Usually = generalmente,
normalmente (y:sueli)
(y:sli)
Rugby = rugby (rgbi)
Journey = viaje, camino,
trayecto, travesa (y:ni)
Scene = escena (si:n)
Film (RU) = Movie (US)
= pelcula (film) (mu:vi)
Long = largo, mucho tiempo
(lon)
-Everybody got to the
meeting on time.
= Todos llegaron a la reunin
puntualmente.
-The plane landed on
time, It's a good thing.
= El avin aterriz
puntualmente, menos mal.
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INTERMEDIATE
SENTENCE
My arms started to hurt
when
I picked up the shopping.
Los brazos me empezaron a
doler cuando cog las
compras.
VOCABULARY
Workout = entrenamiento
(we:kaut)
Arm = brazo (a:m)
Head = cabeza (hjed)
Legs = piernas (legs)
Back = espalda (bk)
Mouth = boca (mauz)
Muscles = msculos (msos) plural).
Stomach = estmago
(stmak)
Start, started, started,
starting
= empezar, comenzar
(sta:t) (st:tid) (st:tid) (shi: wuduv)
(st:tin)
Food = comida (fi:d) (fu:d)
Ready = listo, preparado
(rdi)
Ache, ached, ached, aching
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ADVANCED
SENTENCE
She wouldve got some
snacks in if shed known
you were going to visit.
Ella habra conseguido
algunos bocadillos si hubiera
sabido que ibas a visitarla.
VOCABULARY
Painless = indoloro (peinles)
Would (wud) Es una
forma auxiliar del
condicional.
Se utiliza con todas las
personas, (Should slo en 1
persona del singular y
Expresa: condicin,
cortesa, una costumbre
(sola)
She would have.
She would've = ella habra
If she had known.
If she'd known = si ella
hubiera sabido (if shi:d noun)
However = sin embargo, no
obstante (hjauva-er)
Advert = anuncio (dve:t)
UK, colloquial,
abbreviation
of "advertisement"
(edv:tisment)
(dvestaisment)
INTRODUCTION
-To last.
= Durar.
-How long the war last?
= Cunto dur la guerra?
-The movie lasts three hours.
= La pelcula dura tres horas.
-How long does the film /
movie last?
= Cunto tiempo dura la
pelcula?
-How long does this class
last?
= Cunto dura esta clase?
-How long does a normal
meal last?
= Cunto dura una comida
normal?
-How long does the
weekend last?
= Cunto dura el fin de
semana?
-My section here lasts only
one minute.
= Mi seccin aqu slo dura
un minuto.
-How long does the news last
on television?
= Cunto tiempo duran las
noticias en la televisin?
-How long does a television
show?
= Cunto dura un programa
de televisin?
-It usually last...
= Por lo general duran
PART 1
-How long?
= Cunto tiempo?
= doler, dolor (eik) (eikt)
(eikt) (eikin)
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
= herir, daar, lastimar,
perjudicar, doler, hacer dao
(hj:t) (hj:t) (hj:t) (hj:tin)
Es una e cercana a la
a.
Head = cabeza (hjed)
Back = espalda (bk)
Complaint = queja, denuncia,
reclamacin (kompleint)
Complain, complained,
complained, complaining
= quejarse (komplein)
(kompleind) (kompleind)
(kompleinin)
Say, said, said, saying =
decir,
afirmar (sei) (sed) (sed)
(seiin)
Pick, picked, picked, picking
= recoger, escoger, coger,
seleccionar (pik) (pikt) (pikt)
(pkin)
Notebook = cuaderno
(noutbuk)
Pick up = coger,
agarrar, recoger, levantar
(pkap)
Shopping = compras
(shpin)
Mat = alfombrilla, estera
(mat)
PART 1
-My arms started.
= Mis brazos empezaron.
En espaol se dice: Los
brazos. En ingls se pone el
determinante posesivo: My
-My head.
= Mi cabeza.
-My legs.
= Mis piernas.
-We started to eat when the
food was ready.
Native = nativo/a, natal,
oriundo/a, indgena (neitiv)
Naturally = naturalmente
(nchereli) (nchuli)
Recommend, recommended,
recommended,
recommending
= recomendar (rekomnd)
(recomndid) (recomndid)
(recomndin)
Emulate, emulated,
emulated,
emulating = emular
(miuleit) (miuleitid)
(miuleitid) (miuleitin)
Imitate, imitated, imitated,
imitating = imitar (miteit)
(miteitid) (miteitid) (miteitin)
Know, knew, known, knowing
= saber (nou) (niu:) (noun)
(nouin)
Surprise = sorpresa (soprais)
Snack = aperitivos,
bocadillos, pinchos, tapas
(snk)
Buy, bought, bought, buying
= comprar (bai) (bo:t) (bo:t)
(baiin)
Ready = listo/a, preparado/a,
dispuesto/a (rdi)
Ready, readied, readied,
readying = preparar (rdi)
(rdid) (rdid) (rdin)
Prepare, prepared, prepared,
preparing
= preparar, prepararse
(prep-er) (prepd) (prepd)
(preprin)
Plan, planned, planned,
planning
= planificar, planear
(pln) (plnd) (plnd)
(plnin)
Visit, visited, visited, visiting
= visitar (vsit) (vsitid)
(vsitid) (vsitin)
Each other =
mutuamente, el uno al otro,
juntos, entre ellos, entre s,
 Tambin se puede decir: = Empezamos a comer con los dems (ichda)
How much time, pero cuando la comida estaba (ichder)
suena ms natural decir: preparada. None = nadie, para nada
How long -They started to work at nine (nan)
-How long is a football am. Surprise, surprised,
match? = Empezaron a trabajar a las surprised, surprising
= Cunto tiempo dura un nueve de la maana. = sorprender, extraar
partido de ftbol? (seprais) (sepraist) (sepraist)
-How long is a rugby match? -After an hour the legs (sepraisin)
= Cunto tiempo dura un started to ache.
partido de rugby? = Despus de una hora, las PART 1
-How long is your journey to piernas empezaron a
work? dolerme. - She would have She
= Cunto dura tu viaje al -After two hours my arms would've.
trabajo? started to ache. = Ella habra.
= Despus de dos horas mis -She would have got / gotten
PART 2 brazos empezaron a doler. some snacks in.
-After an hour and a half, my = Ella habra conseguido
Cunto tiempo dura se back started to ache. algunos aperitivos.
puede decir como: How long = Despus de una hora y -I not recommend you
is (sth)? o How long does media, mi espalda comenz emulate me but, you can say
(sth) last? (sth) = something. a doler. "would have".
-How long does the film last? -After three hours my mouth = No te recomiendo que me
= Cunto dura la pelcula? started to ache. emules pero, t puede decir
-How long does the mach = Despus de tres horas de "woul have".
last? mi boca empez a doler. -However, native people
= Cunto tiempo dura el when we speak naturally say:
partido? PART 2 wouldve.
-How long does the Western = Sin embargo, las personas
film last? (RU) -To hurt. nativas cuando hablamos,
= Cunto tiempo dura la = Herir, daar, lastimar, naturalmente, decimos:
pelcula del Oeste? perjudicar, doler, hacer dao "would've".
-How long does the Wester No es reflexivo. No se
movie last? (US) dice: It hurt me. -She would have got a job if
= Cunto tiempo dura la -My arm hurts. she could.
pelcula del Oeste? = Me duelen los brazos. = Ella habra conseguido un
-My head hurts. trabajo si pudiera.
-Does the film last long? = Me duele/me dola la -She wouldn't have got
= Dura mucho la pelcula? cabeza. anything.
-Does the film have a dog in -My back started to hurt. = Ella no habra conseguido
it? = Mi espalda empez a nada.
= La pelcula tiene una dolerme. -She would have get up and
escena de perros? -My muscles hurt from the run out of here.
workout. = Ella tendra que levantarse
PART 3 = Mis msculos duelen del y salir corriendo de aqu.
entrenamiento. -Then, how would she have
-Last. got to the hospital?
= ltimo, durar -People are complaining = Entonces, cmo habra
Como verbo se pone al saying that their stomachs llegado al hospital?
final de la frase. hurt.
 La respuesta empieza = La gente se queja diciendo
por: It last que sus estmagos les
-How long does the advert duele.
last?
= Cunto dura el anuncio? PART 3
-How long does the Western
film last? (RU) -I picked up.
= Cunto tiempo dura la = Cog, agarr, recog, = Si ella hubiera sabido que
pelcula del Oeste? levant
-It lasts two hours. -I'm picking up my pen.
= Dura dos horas. = Estoy recogiendo mi
bolgrafo
-I picked up my notebook
before class.
= Cog mi cuaderno antes de
la clase.
-He picked up his book after
class.
= l recogi su libro despus them ready at home.
de clase.
-Pick up your shoes, pick the
mat.
= Regoge tus zapatos,
recoge la alfombrilla.
Nunca se dice: Pick up
them.
-My back started hurting
when I picked up the
computer.
= Mi espalda empez a
dolerme cuando cog el
ordenador.
PART 2
-Got some snacks in.
= Conseguido algunos
aperitivos.
-If she had known you were
going to come.
ibas a venir.
-She didn't know you were
going to come.
= Ella no saba que ibas a
venir.
-It was a surprise.
= Fue una sorpresa.
-She got some snacks, in
which means she would have
bought some snacks and had
= Ella consigui algunos
aperitivos, lo que significa
que habra comprado
algunos aperitivos y los tena
preparados en casa.
-If she had known you were
going to visit but she didn't
know you were going to visit.
= Si hubiera sabido que ibas
a visitarla, pero ella no saba
que ibas a visitarla.
-She would have bought and
prepared some snacks.
= Ella habra comprado y
preparado algunos
aperitivos.
-Well, we have some snacks
in the kitchen.
= Bueno, tenemos algunos
aperitivos en la cocina.
-There are some snacks in
my room.
= Hay algunos aperitivos en
mi habitacin.
-So I'll go to pick up.
= As que ir a recogerlos.
PART 3
- If she had known If she'd
known.
= Si ella hubiera sabido.
-She didn't know that you
were planning to visit.
= Ella no saba que estabas
planeando visitarla.
-If she had known that you
we're going to visit,
she would havebeen
prepared.
= Si hubiera sabido que ibas
a visitarla, ella habra estado
preparada.
-She would have got some
snacks in, snacks for you,
and me, and her, to eat while
we were talking to each
other.
= Ella habra conseguido
algunos bocadillos, aperitivos
para usted, y yo, y ella, para
comer mientras estbamos
hablando el uno al otro.
-If she had known.
= Si ella hubiera sabido.
= De haber sabido.
-If I had known.
= Si yo hubiera sabido.
-If you had known.
= Si t hubieras sabido.
-If they had known.
= Si ellos hubieran sabido.
-If we had known.
= Si nosotros hubiramos
sabido.
-If she had known you're
going to visit, she would
have been prepared.
= Si ella hubiera sabido que
t ibas a visitarla, habra
estado preparada.

-If she had known, none of

this would have happened.
= Si hubiera sabido, nada de
esto habra sucedido.
-If would had known you
were going to surprise us, we

Captulo 132. TVE ENGLISH
TVE English, Phrases TVE
English, English Course of TVE,
Frases TVE Ingles, Curso de
Ingles de TVE.
BASIC
SENTENCE
I know the outskirts of
London quite well.
Yo conozco las afueras de
Londres bastante bien.
VOCABULARY
Suburb = las afueras
(sbe:b)
Know, knew, known, knowing
= saber, conocer (nou) (niu:)
(noun) (nouin)
La k es muda.
Outskirts = las afueras,
periferia, suburbio (autske:ts)
Skirt = falda (ske:t)
Skirt, skirted, skirted, skirting
= bordear, rodear
(ske:t) (sk:tid) (sk:tid)
(sk:tin)
Quite = bastante (kwait)
Well = bien (wel)
Quite well = bastante bien
(kwait wel)
North = norte (no:z)
South = sur (sauz)
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INTERMEDIATE
SENTENCE
I was about to tell her the
truth when the boss came
in.
Estaba a punto de decirle la
verdad a ella cuando el jefe
entr.
VOCABULARY
Liar = mentiroso (laia) (laier)
About = sobre, acerca de,
de, alrededor de, unos, cerca
de, aproximadamente
(abaut)
Was about = estaba a punto,
estuve a punto, iba (wos
abaut)
Call, called, called, calling
= llamar, telefonear
(ko:) (ko:d) (ko:d) (k:lin)
Pick up = coger,
agarrar, recoger, levantar
(pkap)
Tell, told, told, telling
= decir, contar, informar
(tel) (toud) (toud) (tlin)
wouldn't have invited to
Mark.
= Si se hubiera sabido que
ibas a sorprendernos, no
habramos invitado a Mark.
-If I had known you were
going to be here, I wouldn't
have come.
= Si hubiera sabido que ibas
a estar aqu, yo no habra
venido.
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diferentes exploradores, y reducir
para poder tener el vdeo y la
pgina en la misma pantalla.
ADVANCED
SENTENCE
Would he have backed down if
youd got your point across?
Se habra echado atrs si t
hubieras logrado transmitir bien
tu punto de vista?
VOCABULARY
Painful = doloroso (peinfo)
Painless = indoloro, sin dolor
(peinles)
Back, backed, backed, backing
= retroceder (bak) (bakt) (bakt)
(bkin)
Back down = echarse atrs,
rajarse (bakt daun)
Point across = punto de vista,
argumento, opinin
(point akrs)
Across = a travs, enfrente, al
otro lado de, cruzando, de ancho,
sobre, en cruz (akrs) (okrs)
Mean, meant, meant, meaning
= significar, querer decir
(mi:n) (ment) (ment) (m:nin)
Successful = xitoso/a, que tiene
xito (sokssfo)
Understand, understood,
understood, understanding
= entender, comprender
East = este (i:st)
West = oeste (west)
England = Inglaterra
(nglend)
London = Londres (lnden)
Live, lived, lived, living = vivir
(liv) (livd) (livd) (lvin)
Both = los dos, ambos (bouz)
PART 1
-I know the outskirts.
= Yo conozco las afueras.
La k de know es muda.
-I know were you live.
= Yo s dnde vives.
-I know the north of Madrid
quite well.
= Conozco el norte de
Madrid bastante bien.
-I know the south of England
well.
= Yo conozco bien el sur de
Inglaterra.
PART 2
-The outskirts of London.
= Las afueras de Londres.
-I lived in the outskirts of
London.
= Yo viv en las afueras de
Londres.
-And now I live in the
outskirts of Madrid.
= Y ahora vivo en las afueras
de Madrid.
-I lived in the suburb of
London.
= Yo viv en las afueras de
Londres.
-And now I live in the suburb
of Madrid.
= Y ahora vivo en las afueras
de Madrid.
PART 3
-Quite well.
= Bastante bien.
The truth = la verdad (de
tru:z)
True = cierto, verdadero
(tru:)
Honest = honesto/a,
sincero/a (nest)
Come, came, come, coming
= venir, entrar, llegar
(kam) (keim) (kam) (kmin)
Came in = entr, lleg
(keimin)
Even = incluso, an, hasta,
uniforme, par, igualar,
nivelar, emparejar (:ven) The point I want = lo que quiero
Leave, left, left, leaving =
partir, salir, irse, marcharse,
dejar, abandonar (li:v) (left)
(left) (l:vin)
PART 1
-I was about to.
= Estaba a punto de.
= Estuve a punto.
-I was about to call you.
= Estaba a punto de
llamarte.
-She was about to pick up
the bag.
= Estaba a punto de coger la
bolsa.
-Were you about to buy a
car?
= Estabas a punto de
comprar un coche?
PART 2
- To tell her the truth.
= Decirle la verdad.
-To tell someone something.
= Decir a alguien algo.
-To tell something to
someone.
= Decir algo a alguien.
Nunca decimos: To
tell tosomeone something.
-To tell the truth.
= Decir la verdad.
(ndestnd) (ndestud)
(ndestud) (ndestndin)
Argument = discusin, debate,
argumenro, razonamiento
(:giment)
Focus, focused, focused,
focusing = enfocar, concentrar,
centrarse (foukes) (foukest)
(foukest) (foukesin)
Elbow = codo (lbou)
Agree, agreed, agreed,
agreeing= estar de acuerdo
(agr:) (agr:d) (agr:d) (agrn)
My point = lo que quiero decir, a
lo que me refiero (mai point)
(de point ai wont)
Preferable = preferible
(prferebo) (prefrobo)
Defend, defended, defended,
defending = defender
(difnd / defnd) (defndid)
(defndid) (defndin)
Pencil sharpener = sacapuntas
(pnsol shpena-er)
Sharpen, sharpened, sharpened,
sharpening = afilar, afinar,
agudizar-se (shpen) (shpend)
(shpend) (shpenin)
PART 1
-Would he have?
= Habra?
-Would he have backed down?
Se habra l echado atrs?
-If youd got your point across?
= Si t hubieras logrado
transmitir bien tu punto de vista?
-To get your point across, means
you was successful in your
argument, in he understood your
argument.
= To get your point across,
significa que tuvo xito en su
argumento, en que l entendi su
argumento.
-We're focusing on "Would he
have?"
= Nos estamos centrando en
"Habra?".
To back down = no ser tan
presumido o presuntuoso en su
argumentacin, echarse atrs,
rajarse.
Would he have?
-I know London quite well.
= Yo conozco Londres
bastante bien.
-I know Madrid quite well too.
= Yo conozco bastante bien
Madrid tambin.
-I know Sara quite well.
= Yo conozco a Sara
bastante bien.
-I know how to speake french
quite well.
= Yo conozco o puedo hablar
francs bastante bien.
Usamos el sustantivo:
Truth y no el adjetivo:
True.
-Don't be a liar, tell the truth.
= No seas mentiroso, di la
verdad
-She's very honest and she
always tells me the truth.
= Ella es muy sincera y
siempre me dice la verdad.
-I always tell them the truth.
= Yo siempre les digo la
verdad.
PART 3
-When the boss came in.
= Cuando el jefe entr.
-It was raining when I came
in.
= Estaba lloviendo cuando
yo entr.
-He came in on time but you
came in late.
= l lleg puntualmente pero
t llegaste tarde.
-Everyone came in, even a
friend of Jean.
= Todo el mundo
entr, incluso un amigo de
Juan.
-I was about to leave the
office when you came in.
= Estaba a punto de salir de
la oficina cuando entraste.
Al hablar nos comemos la h
de he (wdi hjv)
PART 2
-Back out.
= Salir marcha atrs.
-Back down.
= Echarse atrs.
-I have a problem in my elbow. Is
very painful.
= Tengo un problema en mi
codo. Es muy doloroso.
-Learning english is painful or
painless?
= Aprender ingls es doloroso o
no?
PART 3
-To get your point across.
= Lograr transmitir un mensaje.
= Hacer entender tu opinin.
= Hacer saber tu punto de vista.
= Conseguir lo que uno quiere.
-I don't agree with you. My
argument, my point, the point I
want to get across, is that pens
are preferable. The pens
arebetter. That's my point.
= No estoy de acuerdo con
usted. Mi argumento, lo que digo,
lo que quiero transmitir, es que
los bolgrafos son preferibles.
Los bolgrafos son mejores. Eso
es lo que quiero decir.
-Don't you understand? Don't you
understand it? Come on! You're
defending pencils?
= No entiendes? No lo
entiendes? Venga! Ests
defendiendo los lpices?
- You don't need to sharpen
pens. With your pencils you need
to buy a pencil sharpener.
= No es necesario afilar
bolgrafos. Con tus lpices
necesitas comprar un
sacapuntas.
-So, pens are better than pencils.
Don't you understand?
= Por lo tanto, los bolgrafos son
mejores que los lpices. No lo
entiendes?
-I can't get my point across.
= No puedo hacer entender mi
opinin.

Captulo 133. TVE ENGLISH
TVE English, Phrases TVE
English, English Course of TVE,
Frases TVE Ingles, Curso de
Ingles de TVE.
BASIC
SENTENCE
She knows my uncle but
she doesnt know my aunt.
Ella conoce a mi to, pero no
conoce a mi ta.
VOCABULARY
Niece = sobrina (ni:s)
Nephew = sobrino (nvfiu:)
Uncle = to (:nkl)
Aunt = ta (a:nt)
Sit, sat, sat, sitting =
sentarse, sentar, estar
sentado (sit) (sat) (sat) (stin)
Know, knew, known, knowing
= saber, conocer (nou) (niu:)
(noun) (nouin)
Like, liked, liked, liking =
gustar, agradar, apetecer,
querer (laik) (laikt) (laikt)
(laiking)
Statuette = estatuilla
(stchuet)
Workmate = colega,
compaero de trabajo
UK. (w:kmeit)
Colleague = colega (kli:g)
Quite well = bastante bien
(kwait wel)
Ankle = tobillo (nkl)
Ant = hormiga (nt)
Captulo 133
(Look at the video)
INTERMEDIATE
SENTENCE
How was the exam? It was
quite tricky. Im worried
about the result.
Qu tal el examen? Fue hubiera pasado a ti?
bastante complicado. Estoy
preocupado por el resultado.
VOCABULARY
Getaway = escapada
vacacional (gtewei)
How = cmo, de qu manera
(hjau)
Exam = examen (igsm)
Tricky = tramposo/a,
engorroso/a, difcil,
complicado, (trki) (truiki)
Quite = bastante, muy (kwait)
Quiet = callado (kwaiet)
Quite tricky = bastante
complicado, bastante difcil
(kwait truiki)
Worried = preocupado
(worid)
To be worried = estar
preocupado (tu bi: worid)
Worry, worried, worried,
worrying
= peocuparse (wori) (worid)
(worid) (woriin)
About = sobre, alrededor de,
acerca de,
-I'm trying to get my point across.
= Estoy intentando hacer
entender mi opinion.
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diferentes exploradores, y reducir
para poder tener el vdeo y la
pgina en la misma pantalla.
ADVANCED
SENTENCE
What would you have done if
itd happened to you?
Id have been so embarrassed!
Qu habras hecho t si te
Me habra sentido tan apurado /
violento / avergonzado!
VOCABULARY
To strengthen, strengthened,
strengthened, strengthening
= fortalecer, reforzar
(struenzen) (struenzend)
(struenzend) (struenzenin)
Would (wud) Es una forma
auxiliar del condicional.
Se utiliza con todas las
personas, (Should slo en 1
persona del singular y plural).
Expresa: condicin, cortesa,
una costumbre (sola)
Open, opened, opened, opening=
abrir, abrirse (oupen) (oupend)
(oupend) (oupenin)
Truth = verdad (tru:z)
Show up = aparecer (shouap)
Find, found, found, finding
= encontrar, hallar
(faind) (faund) (faund) (faindin)
Itd = It had = tena, tuvo (tid)
Happen, happened, happened,
happening = suceder, ocurrir,
pasar (hjpen) (hjpend)
(hjpend) (hjpenin)
If Itd happened = Si hubiera
sucedido (if tid hpend)
Circumstances = circunstancias
(srkemstns)
Either = o, tampoco,
cualquiera de los dos, ambos
(aida) (da)
Neither = no, ninguno,
tampoco
(nda) (nder)
Live, lived, lived, living
= vivir (liv) (livd) (livd) (lvin)
INTRODUCTION
-She has a book but she
doesn't have a car.
= Ella tiene un libro, pero no
tiene un coche.
-She sits at the table but she
doesn't sit in the chair.
= Ella se sienta a la mesa,
pero no se sienta en la silla.
-She knows my uncle but she
doesn't know my aunt.
= Ella conoce a mi to, pero
no conoce a mi ta.
-She likes the microphone
but she doesn't like the
statuette.
= A ella le gusta el
micrfono, pero no le gusta
la estatuilla.
PART 1
-She knows my uncle.
= Ella conoce a mi to.
No se dice She knows to
-She knows my workmates.
= Ella conoce a mis colegas.
-She knows my brother quite
well.
= Ella conoce a mi hermano
bastante bien
PART 2
-But she doesn't know.
= Pero ella no conoce.
-She doesn't know my niece
and he doesn't know my
niece either.
aproximadamente, de, unos,
cerca de, por (abaut)
Result = resultado (rislt)
Test = prueba, examen (test)
Meeting = reunin, junta
(mtin)
Soup = sopa (su:p)
Soap = jabn (soup)
Spicy = picante, especial
(spaisi)
Solve, solved, solved, solving
= resolver, solucionar
(solv) (solvd) (solvd) (slvin)
Economy = economa
(iknomi)
Grade = grado, curso, nota,
calificacin (greid)
PART 1
-How was the exam?
= Cmo fue el examen?
= Qu tal el examen?
-How was the class?
= Cmo fue la clase?
-How was the meeting?
= Qu tal fue la reunin?
-How was your getaway?
= Cmo fue tu escapada
vacacional?
PART 2
--It was quite tricky.
= Fue bastante complicado.
-The soup was quite spicy.
= La sopa estaba bastante
picante.
-It's quite cold today.
= Hace bastante fro hoy.
-The driver's exam was quite
tricky.
= El examen de conducir fue
bastante difcil.
-That question is quite tricky.
= Esa pregunta es bastante
complicada.
-Solve that situation was
quite tricky.
Will = voluntad, albedro,
testamento (wil)
Will Auxiliar de futuro.Expresa:
futuro, voluntad, deseo,
testamento (wil)
Embarressed = avergonzado/a,
desconcertado/a,
apurado (embres)
Embarrass,
embarrassed, embarrassed,
embarrassing
= avergonzar, avergonzarse
(embres) (embrest)
(embrest) (embresin)
Unable = incapaz (neibo)
(aneibo)
PART 1
-What would you have done?
= Qu habras hecho?
-What would you have done if it
hadn't opened?
= Qu habras hecho si no
hubiera abierto?
-What would you have done if
you had known the truth?
= Qu habras hecho si
hubieras sabido la verdad?
-What would you have done if I
hadn't come with you?
= Qu habras hecho si no
hubiera venido contigo?
-What would you have done if I
didn't show up?
= Qu habras hecho si no
aparezco?
-What would you have done if
you hadn't found me?
= Qu habras hecho si no me
hubieras encontrado?
PART 2
-What would you have done if it
had happened to you?
= Qu habras hecho t si te
hubiera pasado a ti.
-Me? I would've been so
embarrassed.
= Yo? Habra estado tan
avergonzado.
-If it'd happened to you If it
had happened to you.
= Si te hubiera pasado a ti.
= Ella no conoce a mi
sobrina y l no conoce a mi
sobrina tampoco.
-You dont know me.
= Usted no me conoce.
-He doesn't know me.
= l no me conoce.
PART 3
-My aunt.
= Mi ta.
Alargar la a (a:nt)
Si pronunciamos una a
breve, decimos hormiga=
ant
-My aunt lives in Argentina.
= Mi ta vive en Argentina.
-My aunt knows Gabi but she
doesn't know Kimberley.
= Mi ta conoce a Gabi pero
no conoce a Kimberly.
Captulo 134. TVE ENGLISH
TVE English, Phrases TVE
English, English Course of TVE,
Frases TVE Ingles, Curso de
Ingles de TVE.
BASIC
SENTENCE
Do you know Derek?
Yes I do. I meet him
yesterday.
Conoces a Derek? Si, lo
conoc ayer.
VOCABULARY
Nephew = sobrino (nvfiu:)
= Resolver esa situacin fue
bastante complicado.
PART 3
-Im worried about the result.
= Estoy preocupado por el
resultado.
-He's worried.
= l est preocupado.
-We're worried.
= Estamos preocupados.
-I'm quite worried.
= Estoy bastante
preocupado/a.
-We are worried about the
economy.
= Estamos preocupados por
la economa.
-How was your test?
= Qu tal fue tu prueba?
-I'm worried about the grade.
= Estoy preocupado por las
notas.
-Im so worried.
= Estoy muy preocupado/a.
Captulo 134
(Look at the video)
INTERMEDIATE
SENTENCE
I found it a bit more
difficult than last week's.
Lo encontr / me pareci un
poco ms difcil que el de la
semana pasada.
VOCABULARY
-I do exercises to strengthen my
arms, to strengthen my legs, to
strengthen my will.
= Hago ejercicios para fortalecer
los brazos, para fortalecer las
piernas, para fortalecer mi
voluntad.
-If it had happened under
different circumstances.
=Si hubiera ocurrido en
circunstancias diferentes.
PART 3
-Id have been = I would have
been = I would've been.
=Habra sido, habra estado.
-I've been so embarrassed.
= He estado tan avergonzado.
-Id have been so embarrassed!
= Habra estado muy apurado /
violento / avergonzado!
-I would have been unable to do
that.
= Hubiera sido incapaz de hacer
eso.
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diferentes exploradores, y reducir
para poder tener el vdeo y la
pgina en la misma pantalla.
ADVANCED
SENTENCE
They wouldnt have made up
had I not encouraged them to.
Ellos no habran hecho las paces
si yo no les hubiera animado a
ello.
VOCABULARY
To take over = hacerse cargo,
asumir el control
(tu teik ouva-er)
Niece = sobrina (ni:s)
Know, knew, known, knowing
= saber, conocer (nou) (niu:)
(noun) (nouin)
Meet, met, met, meeting
= encontrarse,
conocerse, conocer por 1
vez, satisfacer
(mi:t) (met) (met) (m:tin)
Catherine = Catalina
(kzerin) (kzrin)
Philip = Felipe (flip)
Chatroom Group chat =
chat (cht,rum) (gru:p chat)
Boyfriend = novio (boifrend)
Most = la mayora, ms
(moust)
Yesterday = ayer (iiiiistdei)
See, saw, seen, seeing =
ver, ver a (si:) (so:) (si:n)
(s:in)
INTRODUCTION
-Do you know Catherine?
= Conoces a Catalina?
-Yes I do. I met her last
week.
= S, la conozco. La conoc
la semana pasada.
-Do you know Philip?
= Conoces a Felipe?
-Yes I do. I met him a few
minutes ago.
Si, la conozco. La conoc
hace unos minutos.
-I met ten minutes ago.
= La conoc hace diez
minutes.
-Do you know the president
of Spain?
= Conoces al presidente de
Espaa?
-No I dont. I have never met
him.
= No. Nunca lo he conocido.
-Do you know the ex-
president?
= Conoces al expresidente?
Helpful = servicial, til
(hjlfo)
Find, found, found, finding
= encontrar, hallar
(faind) (faund) (faund)
(faindin)
Bit = pizca, poco, pedacito
(bit)
Interesting = interesante
(nterestin) (ntrestin)
Boring = aburrido (b:rin) Again = de nuevo, otra vez
Useful = til (y:sfo) (agn) (agein)
Lucky = suerte, afortunado/a
(lki)
Bargain Chollo, ganga
(b:gen) (b:rgen) (:genaisin)
Bigger = Biggest = mayor,
ms grande (bga-er) (bgest) (gvement) (gverment)
More = ms (mo:) (mo:r)
Moreover = adems
(mo:rouva-er)
Difficult = difcil (dficot)
Situation = situacin
(stueishon)
Complicated = complicado/a
(kmplikeitid)
Bread = pan (bred)
Last = ltimo/a, por ltimo
(last)
PART 1
-I found it.
= Lo encontr o me pareci. = Ellos habran.
-I found it interesting.
= Lo encontr o me pareci
interesante.
-She found it quite boring.
= A ella le pareci bastante
aburrido.
-She found the class very
useful.
= La clase le pareci muy
til.
-I found these twenty five
percent off. It's so lucky!
What a bargain.
They wouldnt have = ellos no
habran (dei wdunt hv)
Make up = arreglarse, componer,
maquillarse, reconciliar, hacer las
paces (meikap)
Make up, made up, made up,
making up = hacer, componer,
maquillar, preparar, hacer las
paces, inventar
mentir.(meikap) (meidap)
(meidap) (meikinap)
Together = junto/s (tugda-er)
Organize, organized, organized,
organizing = organizar, se
(:genais) (:genaist) (:genaist)
Olives = aceitunas, olivos (livs)
Government = gobierno
Mind = mente, espritu (maind)
Used to = acostumbrado a
(yu:st tu)
Argument = discusin, debate,
argumenro,
razonamiento(:giment)
Encourage, encouraged,
encouraged, encouraging
= animar, alentar, estimular,
fomentar, incentivar (inkrigh /
enkregh) (inkright) (inkright)
(inkriyin)
Commom = cotidiano/a, comn
(kmen)
PART 1
-They would've.
-They wouldn't have. = They
would not have
= Ellos no habran.
-They wouldn't have made up.
= Ellos no habran hecho las
paces.
They made up. They're together
again.
= Ellos hacen las paces. Estn
juntos de nuevo.
-They wouldn't have been a
Spanish party if
I hadn't organised.
= Ellos no habran tenido una
fiesta espaola si yo no la
hubiera organizado.
-Yes I know him. Yes I do. I
met him two years ago.
= S, lo conozco. Si. Lo
conoc hace dos aos. Qu ganga!
-Do you know the president
of France? Yes I do. I met
him last year.
= Conoces al presidente de
Francia? Si, lo conozco. Lo
conoc el ao pasado.
PART 1
-Do you know Derek? Yes I
do.
= Conoces a Derek? S, le -This one's a bit bigger than
conozco.
-Do you know my niece?
= Conoces a mi sobrina?
-Do you know my nephew?
= Conoces a mi sobrino?
-Yes I do.
= S, la conozco.
-Do you know me?
= Me conoces?
-Yes I do.
= S, te conozco.
-No I dont.
= No te conozco.
Son respuestas cortas,
solo con auxiliares.
-Does your sister know me?
= Tu hermana me conoce?
-Yes she does. No she
doesnt
= S te conoce. No te
conoce.
PART 2
-We meet someone.
= Conocemos a alguien (por
1 vez)
= Nos encontramos con
alguien.
-I met you yesterday.
= Te conoc ayer.
-I met him
= Yo le conoc.
= Encontr estos al
veinticinco por ciento de
descuento. Qu suerte!
sabido que no habra aceitunas.
PART 2
-A bit more difficult than.
= Un poco ms difcil que.
Utilizamos Than porque PART 2
estamos comparando.
-She's a bit more helpful than
her brother.
= Ella es un poco ms
servicial que su hermano.
that one.
= ste es un poco ms
grande que ese.
-The situation is a bit more
complicated.
= La situacin es un poco
ms complicada.
PART 3
-Last week's.
= El de la semana pasada.
No se dice
The last week's
Las unidades de tiempo
tambin pueden poseer
cosas, Ej: el de la semana,
por eso ponemos el
apstrofe y la s al final de = Me he hecho a la idea.
week week's -I'm always used to make up with
- Which program did you
see?
= Qu programa viste?
-I saw last week's?
= Vi el de la semana pasada.
-Is that magazine new?
= Es esa revista nueva?
-No, is last mont's.
= No, es del mes pasado.
-This bread is last weeks.
= Este pan es de la semana
pasada.
-She wouldn't have come if she
had known there wouldn't be
olives.
= Ella no habra venido si hubiera
-She wouldn't have come if
she hadn't taken the plane.
= Ella no se habra venido si no
hubiera tomado el avin.
-Make up.
= Arreglarse, componer,
maquillarse, reconciliar, hacer las
paces (meikap)
-To make up has many
meanings, but "to make up"
means: "hacer las paces".
= To made up tiene muchos
significados, pero To make up
significa: Hacer las paces.
-Kiss and make up.
= Besar y hacer las paces.
-To take over = hacerse cargo,
asumir el control.
-We're going to take over the
government.
= Vamos a tomar el gobierno.
Pero se usa ms en el
siguiente sentido:
-Ill take over for you.
= Te relevo de tus funciones.
= Yo me hago cargo por ti.
-You can see Miles and I. We
have made up.
= Ya has visto que Miles y yo.
Hemos hecho las paces.
-I have made up my mind.
my friends after an argument.
= Yo siempre estoy
acostumbrado a hacer las paces
con mis amigos despus de una
discusin.
PART 3
-I was encouraging them but they
wouldn't have made up if I hadn't
encouraged them to.
= Yo les estaba animando, pero
ellos no habran hecho las paces
si no les hubiera animado a ello.
-I met my new boss last
week.
= Conoc a mi nuevo jefe la
semana pasada.
-I met my boyfriends parents
on Tuesday.
= Conoc a los padres de mi
novio el martes.
-I met you last week.
= Te conoc la semana
pasada.
-I met her on the internet.
= La conoc en internet.
-I met her in the chatroom
= La conoc en el chat.
-I met most of my friends on
the internet, in the chatroom.
= Conoc a la mayora de mis
amigos en Internet, en el
chat.
-I meet new people every
day on the internet.
= Conozco a gente nueva
todos los das en Internet.
PART 3
-Yesterday.
= Ayer.
-I met him yesterday.
= Le conoc ayer.
-I saw my nephew yerterday.
= Vi a mi sobrino ayer.
-The last week's report was
easy, but the report
this week's is very difficult.
= El informe de la semana
pasada fue fcil, pero el
informe de esta semana es
muy difcil.
To al final, se entiende como
To make up
-Had I not.
= De no haber yo.
= If I hadn't. = If I had not.
= Si yo no hubiera.
En castellano tenemos
tambin las dos formas:
= Si no les hubiera animado.
= De no haberles animado yo.
-If I hadn't encourage them.
= Si no les hubiera animado.
-Had I not encourage them.
= De no haberles animado yo.
-If I had known or had I known.
= Si hubiera sabido o de haber
sabido.
-If he had seen or had he seen.
= Si le hubiera visto o de haberle
visto.
-Both are very common and both
are very correct.
= Ambos son muy comunes y
ambos son muy correctos.
-If I hadnt seen Had I not
seen.
= Si no les hubiera visto, de no
haberles visto.
-Had I not encourage them to.
= De no haberles animado a ello.
= De no haberles animado a que
lo hagan.