He told me there was nothing available but we should keep in touch.
Me dijo que no había nada disponible pero que siguiéramos en contacto.
Note: past subjunctive ?/Is it like a "que" command but past tense?
They put me on a three month trial.
lit: they put me to the test
Me pusieron a prueba tres meses.
Now everyone is very sad.
- sad (not "triste"), sorry
Ahora todos están muy apenados.
- apenado/a (2)
The cleaning staff banged on the door for half an hour.
- to bang on (to hit)
Las empleadas de limpieza golpearon la puerta durante media hora.
- golpear
I'll call it (the number) as soon as they have the results.
- as soon as (not "en cuanto" or "tan pronto que"), (barely, hardly)
Lo llamaré apenas tengan los resultados.
(note subjunctive)
When you finish it, I have others just as good.
Both are equally useful.
- just as, equally
Cuando lo acabes, tengo otros igual de buenos.
Ambos son igual de útiles.
- igual de
(acabar - subj)
He has the body of an athlete.
- the athlete (not "el atleta")
Él tiene cuerpo de deportista.
- el,la deportista
Employment is not subject to the vagaries of the market.
- subordinate to, subject to (not "sujeto a")
- the vagaries (not "los caprichos")
- to subordinate
- to subordinate oneself
El empleo no está subordinado a los vaivenes del mercado.
- está subordinado/a a
- los vaivenes
- subordinar (trans)
- subordinarse
the yacht
el yate
Aldo started to become independent.
- to become independent
Aldo empezó a independizarse.
- independizarse
The monument is dedicated to the heroes who made our nation independent.
- the monument
- the hero (not "el héroe")
- to make independent (trans)
El monumento está dedicado a los próceres que independizaron a nuestra nación.
- el monumento
- el prócer
- independizar
His wife did not love him as much as he loved her.
lit: as much as he to her
(as much as)
Su esposa no lo quería tanto como él a ella.
(tanto como)
I resigned my post.
- to resign (not "renunciar")
Resigné mi puesto.
- resignar (trans)
She wasn't willing to give up the life of luxury she was living.
- to give up
No estaba dispuesta a resignar la vida de luxo que llevaba.
- resignar (trans)
the secret to a happy and vibrant old age
- vibrant, vibrating
- the old age (not "la tercera edad")
el secreto de una vejez feliz y vibrante
- vibrante
- la vejez
P.S.
the postscript
P.D.
la posdata
It's 3:20 a.m. and everyone is dead tired.
Son las 3.20am (tres veinte a eme) y todos están muertos de sueño.
He answers the questions naturally.
- naturally
Él responde las preguntas con naturalidad.
- con naturalidad
He finishes with his questions and leaves.
- the questionnaire, the questions
- to leave (to withdraw)
Termina con el cuestionario y se retira.
- el cuestionario
- retirarse
His head is spinning from the interviews he did.
lit: his head gives turns to
Su cabeza da vueltas a las entrevistas que hizo.
(dar vueltas a)
I will do everything possible so that the death of Felipe is cleared up.
- to clear up (passive)
Haré todo lo posible para que se aclare la muerte de Felipe.
- aclararse (note subjunctive)
Now she seems/acts concerned.
- to seem, to act
Ahora se muestra preocupada.
- mostrarse
I don't want to hurry him into making a decision.
- to hurry
No quiero apresurarlo a tomar una decisión.
- apresurar (trans)
Let's not rush.
You will have to hurry. (not "darte prisa")
- to hurry (oneself)
No nos apresuremos.
Tendrás que apresurarte.
- apresurarse (reflexive)
At the front desk, they told him he should go to the fourth floor.
En la mesa de entrada, le dijeron que debía ir al cuarto piso.
Note: "debió ir" translated to "should have gone"
I've come to pick up the results of an autopsy.
- to pick up (to withdraw)
Vengo retirar los resultados de una autopsia.
- retirar (trans)
to poison
the poisoning
envenenar
el envenenamiento