the psychoanalyst
the psychoanalysis
to psychoanalyze
el, la psicoanalista
el psicoanálisis
psicoanalizar
We became stuck in a ravine.
- the ravine
Nos quedamos atorados en una cañada.
- la cañada
(quedarse)
The presidents were handpicked.
lit: were chosen "by fingermark"
th/incomplete passive
Los presidentes se escogían "por dedazo".
(escoger)
transcendental (relating to a spiritual realm), momentous
trascendental (2)
Note: no 'n'
I sold my Beetle, a beat-up Volkswagen.
- the Beetle
- beat-up, ramshackle
Vendí mi vocho, un destartalado Volkswagen.
- el vocho
- destartalado/a (2)
It was almost night.
lit: It was almost of the night
Era casi de noche.
Everything that I had I could carry [it] with two hands.
- to carry (to load, to charge, to fill)
Todo lo que tenía lo podía cargar con las dos manos.
- cargar
my command of the language
- the command (not "el dominio"), the management
mi manejo del idioma
- el manejo (2)
It's hard to read his bad handwriting.
- the writing, the handwriting
Es difícil leer su mala escritura.
- la escritura (2)
Well, either him or someone who had access to his computer.
- either ... or
Bueno, ya sea él o alguien que tuvo acceso a su computadora.
- ya sea ... o (note subj)
the grammar
la gramática
Palestine
Palestinian
the Palestinian
Palestina
palestino/a
el palestino, la palestina
to have done so
el haberlo hecho
the professionalism
el profesionalismo
I told her: "I burned my bridges".
lit: I burned the ships
Le dije: "Quemé las naves".
(quemar)
My teachers were extremely understanding.
- extremely (not "extremamente"), highly (not "altamente")
Mis maestros fueron sumamente comprensivos.
- sumamente (2)
the rigid stereotypes
- rigid
los rígidos estereotipos
- rígido/a
I had light brown hair and greenish-blue eyes.
- light brown, chestnut
Tenía el pelo castaño y los ojos verdiazules.
- castaño/a
to assimilate
to be assimilated
the assimilation
asimilar (trans)
asimilarse
la asimilación
He was right about working in English.
- about (lit: regard to)
m/alt: "lo de"
Tuvo razón respecto a trabajar en inglés.
- repecto a (note: with a "c")
In fact, I rode the crest of the Latin wave.
- to ride (to get on/into)
De hecho, yo me subí a la cresta de la ola latina.
- subirse a
The noodles that we used to secretly warm up.
- the noodle
- secretly (2)
- in secret
Los fideos que calentábamos a escondidas.
- el fideo
- a escondidas, secretamente
- en secreto
(calentar)
pink (adj)
the pink
rosado/a
el rosado
the closet
el clóset
a student of Ashanti heritage
- the heritage (the inheritance)
un estudiante de herencia asante
- la herencia
A student contrived to stick a 25 cent coin to a little thread ...
- contrived to (th/an idiom)
(from the verb: to engineer)
- the cent
- the little thread
Un estudiante se las ingenió para pegar una moneda de 25 centavos a un hilito ...
- se las ingenió para
(del verbo: ingeniar - trans)
- el centavo
- el hilito
... that went up and down through the phone slot
- the slot
... que subía y bajaba por la rendija del teléfono
- la rendija
the crack in the ceiling
- the crack (not "la grieta")
la rendija en el techo
- la rendija
the trick
el truco
I always sought out the local newscast at six o'clock.
- to seek out (to look for, to search for)
Siempre buscaba el noticiero local a las seis de la tarde.
- buscar
He kindly met me without knowing me.
Hint: not "conocer"
- kindly
Él amablemente me recibió sin conocerme.
- amablemente
(recibir)
a course in civics
- the civics
un curso en civismo
- el civismo
A handshake is a sign of civility.
- the handshake
- the squeeze
- the civility (the civics)
Un apretón de manos es una señal de civismo.
- el apretón de manos
- el apretón
- el civismo