Captulo 135.
TVE ENGLISH
TVE English, Phrases TVE
English, English Course of TVE,
Frases TVE Ingles, Curso de
Ingles de TVE.
BASIC
SENTENCE
My mother-in-law knows a
lot about life.
Mi suegra sabe mucho de la
vida.
VOCABULARY
Step-son = hijastro
(stpson)
Mother-in-law = suegra
(mda in lo:) (mder in lo:)
Father-in-law = suegro
(fda in lo:) (fder in lo:)
Brother-in-law = cuado
(brda-er in lo:)
Sister-in-low = cuada
(ssta-er in lo:)
Speak, spoke, spoken,
speaking= hablar, decir
(spi:k) (spouk) (spouk)
(sp:kin)
Cook, cooked, cooked,
cooking = cocinar, cocer,
guisar (kuk) (kukt) (kukt)
(kkin)
Know, knew, known, knowing
= saber, conocer
(nou) (niu:) (noun) (nouin)
About = sobre, alrededor de,
acerca de, por, de, unos,
aproximadamente, cerca de
(abaut)
Nature = naturaleza
(neicha) (neicher)
Technology = tecnologa
(teknlogi)
Life = vida (laif)
Lives = vidas (livs)
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INTERMEDIATE
SENTENCE
There were a few problems
and thats why the meeting
was called off.
Hubo unos cuantos
problemas y por eso la
reunin fue cancelada.
VOCABULARY
Voice mail = buzn de voz
(vois meil)
There were = Haba, hubo,
eran(d:w:) (d:w:) (drwer) Breathing = respiracin (br:din)
Es una e cercana a la inhalalando. (br:dinin)
a.
Few = pocos, unos (fiu:)
A few = unos cuantos,
algunos, unos pocos (a fiu:)
Restaurant = restaurante
(rstron) (rstoran)
Message = mensaje
(msigh)
Heavy = pesado, intenso
(hjvi)
Germany = Alemania
(y:meni)
German = alemn (y:men)
Customer = cliente
(kstema) (kstemer)
Store = tienda, almacen
(sto:) (sto:r)
Still = an, todava (stil)
Meeting = reunin, junta
(m:tin)
Call off = cancelar
suspender, desconvocar
(k:lov)
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ADVANCED
SENTENCE
Its such a relief that you were
able to make it. It wouldnt
have been the same without
you.
Qu alivio que pudieras llegar.
No habra sido lo mismo sin ti.
VOCABULARY
To breathe, breathed, breathed,
breathing = respirar
(bri:d) (bri:dt) (bri:dt) (br:din)
Breath = aliento, respiracin
(brez)
Breathing in = respiracin,
Breathing out = exhalando,
expirando (br:dinaut)
Inhale, inhaled, inhaled, inhaling
= inhalar, inspirar (inhjeo / inhjeil)
(inhjld) (inhjld) (inhjeilin)
Exhale, exhaled, exhaled,
exhaling = exhalar, espirar
(eksjeo / ekseo) (eksld) (eksld)
(eksjeilin / ekseilin)
Such = tal, tanto, semejante, tan
(sach)
Relief = alivio, socorro, relieve
(rel:f)
Relieve, relieved, relieved,
relieving = aliviar, relevar
(rel:v) (rel:vt) (rel:vt) (rel:vin)
Able = capaz de, poder (eibo)
Catch, caught, caught, catching
= coger, pillar, atrapar, capturer
(kch) (ko:t) (ko:t) (kchin)
To make it = llegar, hacer acto
de presencia (tu meikit)
Same = mismo, igual (seim)
Sane = cuerdo/a, sensato/a,
sano (sein)
Without = sin (wizaut)
Fun = diversin (fan)
Live, lived, lived, living = vivir
Cancel, cancelled, cancelled, Possible = posible (psebo)
(liv) (livd) (livd) (lvin) cancelling = cancelar, anular, Turn back = volver, retroceder,
suprimir (knso) (knsod) dar marcha atrs (te:n bk)
PART 1 (knsod) (knsolin) PART 1
Call, called, called, calling
-My mother-in-law can't = llamar, telefonear -Its such a relief!
speak English. (ko:) (ko:d) (ko:d) (k:lin) = Qu alivio!
= Mi suegra, no sabe hablar Complaint = queja - It's such a relief to be here with
en ingls. (kompleint) you, to know that you're watching
-My mother-in-law cooks very Event = evento, suceso me.
= Es un alivio estar aqu contigo,
well. (ivnt) (evnt) saber que me ests viendo.
= Mi suegra cocina muy bien. -It's such a relief that you were
-My mother-in-law likes to PART 1 able to make it, to arrive!
chat. = Qu alivio que hayas podido
= A mi suegra le gusta -There were a few problems. presentarte, llegar!
charlar. = Hubo unos cuantos -Im relieved. Why? Because it's
problemas. a relief and for me it's such a
relief.
PART 2 -There were a few people at = Me siento aliviado. Por qu?
the restaurant. Debido a que es un alivio y para
-She knows a lot. = Haba / Hubo unas pocas m es un gran alivio.
= Ella sabe mucho. personas en el restaurante.
-I know a lot about a lot. -There were a few messages -It's such a relief that John has a
= Yo s mucho de mucho. on my voicemail. friend like you.
-He knows a lot about nature. = Haba unos cuantos = Es una gran alivio que Juan
tenga un amigo como t.
= l sabe mucho de la mensajes en mi buzn de -It's such a relief that I don't have
naturaleza. voz. to worry about you.
-His step-son knows a lot = Es un alivio que no tengo que
about technology. PART 2 preocuparme por ti.
= Su hijastro sabe mucho -It's such a relief to know the
sobre tecnologa. -Thats why. killer has been caught.
-My mother-in-law knows = Por eso. = Es un gran alivio saber que el
asesino ha sido capturado.
everything. = Es por eso.
= Mi suegra sabe todo. = Eso es por qu (lit) PART 2
Nunca se dice: For
PART 3 that o For this. - To make it.
-There was heavy traffic = Llegar, hacer acto de
-Do you know a lot about thats why I'm late. presencia, presentarte.
life? = Haba mucho trfico por -Its such a relief that you were
able to make it!
= Sabes mucho acerca de eso llego tarde. = Qu alivio que pudieras estar.
la vida? -I lived in Germany thats -I can't make it. I'm sorry.
-I dont know a lot about life? why = No cuentes conmigo. Lo siento.
= Yo no s mucho de la vida. I speak German. = No puedo ir. Lo siento.
= Vivo en Alemania, es por -I'm breathing. Yes. I'm breathing
-My father-in-law knows a lot eso que hablo alemn. in and I'm breathing out, inhaling,
about life. -There were a few exhaling.
= Estoy respirando. S. Estoy
= Mi suegro sabe mucho de customers, that's why the respirando (inhalando) y estoy
la vida. store was still open. exhalando, inhalando,
-You can learn a lot about = Haba unos pocos exhalando.
life. clientes, por eso la tienda -Breath. (brez)
estaba todava abierta. = Aliento, respiracin
= T puedes aprender
mucho sobre de la vida.
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BASIC
SENTENCE
PART 3
-The meeting was called off.
= La reunin fue cancelada.
-To be called off.
= Ser cancelado, suspendido
o desconvocado.
Call off es separable. -I'm impressed that you were
Podemos decir:
-I called off the meeting, or
-I called the meeting off.
= Cancel la reunin.
-I called it off.
= Yo lo cancel.
Jams decimos: I called without you.
off it. Suena muy mal.
-The celebration was called
off.
= La celebracin fue
cancelada.
-There were a few
complaints, that's why the
event was called off.
= Hubo algunas quejas, por
eso el evento fue cancelado.
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INTERMEDIATE
SENTENCE
-Breathe. (bri:d)
= Respirar.
-Are you breathing?
= Ests respirando?
-I'm glad that you were able to
come.
= Me alegro de que haya podido
venir.
able to find me.
= Estoy impresionado de que
haya podido encontrarme.
PART 3
-It wouldnt have been the same
= No habra sido lo mismo sin ti.
-It would not have been.
= No habra sido.
-It wouldnt have been.
(itwudunv bin)
-I'm so glad. I'm so relieved. It's
such a relief that you were able
to make it.
= Estoy tan feliz. Estoy tan
aliviado. Es un alivio tan grande
que hayas podido llegar.
-It wouldn't run without you.
= No ira sin ti.
-It wouldn't have gone without
you.
= No habra ido sin ti.
-It wouldn't have turned back
without you.
= No habra vuelto sin ti.
-It wouldn't have been any fun
without you.
= No hubiera sido divertido sin ti
-It wouldn't have been possible
without you.
= No habra sido possible sin ti.
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ADVANCED
SENTENCE
I don't know what that
word means.
No s lo que significa esa
palabra.
VOCABULARY
Strike = huelga, paro (straik)
Know, knew, known, knowing
= saber, conocer
(nou) (niu:) (noun) (nouin)
Nephew = sobrino (nvfiu:)
Niece = sobrina (ni:s)
Song = cancin (son)
Kind = amable, clase, tipo
(kaind)
Make, made, made, making
= hacer, crear, efectuar,
confeccionar
(meik) (meid) (meid) (meikin)
What = qu, que (wot) (wat)
Word = palabra (we:d)
Mean, meant, meant,
meaning
= significar, querer decir
(mi:n) (ment) (ment) (m:nin)
Find, found, found, finding
= encontrar, hallar
(faind) (faund) (faund)
(faindin)
Find out = descubrir,
averiguar
(faindaut)
Like, liked, liked, liking
= gustar, agradar, apetecer,
querer (laik) (laikt) (laikt)
(laiking)
Eat, ate, eaten, eating =
comer, consumir, tomar (i:t)
(eit) (:ten) (:tin)
Noise = ruido (nois)
PART 1
-I don't know.
= No s.
-I don't know where your pen
is.
There are fewer people
here now than there were a
fortnight ago because of
the weather.
Hay menos gente aqu ahora
que hace dos semanas
debido al tiempo.
VOCABULARY
Recipe = receta (rsepi)
There are = hay (dr or
dra)
There were = Haba, hubo,
eran
(dw:) (dw:) (drwe:r) increasing = aumentar,
Fewer = menos (fiua) (fiuer)
People = gente, ciudadana,
pueblo, habitantes (p:po)
Sustantivo plural y
contable.
Se escribe en singular.
Toma el plural del verbo.
Nunca decimos: People
is, sino People are
Fortnight = quincena, dos
semanas (f:tnait)
Swimming pool = piscina
(swimin po:l)
Spend, spent, spent,
spending
= gastar(dinero);
esforzarse,
= pasar(tiempo)
(spend) (spent) (spent)
(spndin)
Meet, met, met, meeting
= reunirse, satisfacer,
conocer, encontrar,
encontrarse por 1
vez (mi:t) (met) (met) (m:tin)
Once a fortnight = cada dos
semanas (wans a f:tnait)
Send, sent, sent, sending
= enviar, mandar
(send) (sent) (sent) (sndin)
Come out = salir (kmaut)
Request = solicitud (rikwest)
There wouldnt have been a
strike if they'd increased the
wages.
No habra habido una huelga si
ellos hubieran subido los
sueldos.
VOCABULARY
Triangle = tringulo (traingl)
Strike = huelga, paro (straik)
Be, was-were, been, being
= ser, estar, existir, tener
(edad, fro, calor, hambre, sed).
(bi:) (wos) (w-wer) (bi:n) (b:in)
Been a = habido un/a, sido un/a
(bi:n)
Increase, increased, increased,
incrementar (inkr:s) (inkr:st)
(inkr:st) (inkr:sin)
Wage = salario, jornal, sueldo
(weigh)
Wages = salario/s (weiyes)
Base wages = salario base
(beis weiyes)
Salary = salario, sueldo (slari)
Salaries = salarios, sueldos
(slaris)
Minimum salary = salario mnimo
(mnimom slari)
So = as, tan, tanto, por tanto, por
consiguiente (sou)
Bermuda = Bermudas
(be:miu:da)
Shape = forma, figura (sheip)
Collar = cuello, collar (kla-er)
Raise, raised, raised, raising
= elevar, levantar, alzar
(reis) (reisd) (reisd) (reisin)
Company = empresa (kmpeni)
Bounty = recompensa (baunti)
Entitled to = con derecho a / de
(intaitold) (entaitud) (entaito)
PART 1
-There is.
= Hay, existe.
-There are.
= Hay, existen.
-There was, There were.
= Hubo, haba.
-There has been.
= Ha habido. Se ha producido.
= No s dnde est tu
pluma.
-I don't know your nephew.
= No conozco a tu sobrino.
-I don't know what kind of
song to make.
= No s qu tipo de cancin
componer.
PART 2
-What.
= Qu, que.
Hemos visto a What
funcionando como una
pregunta.
Ex: What time is it?
= Qu hora es?
Ex: What is it?
= Qu es?
-I don't know what time it is.
= No s qu hora es.
Pero aqu What no the park.
funciona como una pregunta.
No hay que invertir it is,
el sujeto y el verbo, porque
what no se utiliza aqu para
preguntar. Veamos ms
ejemplos:
-I don't know who he is.
= No s quin es l.
-I don't know what the word:
strike means.
= No s lo que significa la
palabra: huelga.
-I don't know why they are
striking.
= No s por qu estn en
huelga.
-Find out what he likes to do.
= Averigua lo que le gusta
hacer.
-I don't know what he likes to
eat.
= No s lo que le gusta
comer.
-I don't know what he likes.
= No s lo que le gusta.
Rain = lluvia (rein) -There will, there will be.
Because of = debido a, a = Habr, lo habr
causa de, por (biksev) -There would have.
= Habra
Due to = debido a, gracias a. -There would have been.
(diu,tu) (dtu) = Habra habido. Habra sido.
On account of = debido -There wouldnt have been.
a, por cuenta de, a cuenta de = No habra habido.
(on akaunt ov) (drwudunv bi:n)
Misunderstanding =
malentendido -In any other company, there
would be a strike.
(misandestnden) = En cualquier otra empresa
habra una huelga
PART 1 -There has been a strike at the
factory.
-There are fewer people. = Ha habido una huelga en la
= Hay menos gente. fbrica.
Recuerda que People es
PART 2
plural; por eso decimos:
There are y como es un -Been a strike.
sustantivo contable, = Habido en huelga.
utilizamos Fever. -There wouldn't have been a
-There are fewer people in strike if they had increased the
the swimming pool than in wages.
= No habra habido una
huelga si se hubieran
= Hay menos gente en la incrementado los salarios.
piscina que en el parque. -But they didn't increase the
-There are fewer problems wages and so there was a strike.
today. I'm so glad! = Pero ellos no aumentaron los
= Hay menos problemas hoy. salarios y por consiguiente hubo
Qu alivio! una huelga.
-Last week there was a strike, but
if they had increased the wages
PART 2 there wouldn't have been a strike.
= La semana pasada hubo una
-A fortnight ago. huelga, pero si hubieran
= Hace dos semanas. incrementado los salarios no
= Hace catorce das. habra habido una huelga.
= La quincena pasada. -The Golden Triangle.
-I spent a fortnight in New = El tringulo de oro.
-The Bermuda Triangle.
York. = El triangulo de las Bermudas.
= Pas dos semanas en N. -Triangle is a geometric shape.
Y. = Tringulo es una forma
-We met once a fortnight to geomtrica.
have coffee. -A love triangle: two men and one
= Nos reunimos cada dos woman, two women and one
semanas para tomar caf. man.
= Un tringulo de amor: dos
-Send me your recipe every hombres y una mujer, dos
fortnight. mujeres y un hombre.
= Envame tus recetas cada
dos semanas. PART 3

PART 3
-To mean.
= Significar, querer decir.
-That word means to strike.
= Esa palabra significa a la
huelga.
-That noise means we have
to finish.
= Ese ruido significa que
tenemos que terminar.
-What does that mean?
= Qu significa eso?
-What does it mean?
= Qu significa?
-Do you know what the verb
to mean means? -Because of.
= Sabes lo que significa
que el verbo significar? -Due to.
-I don't know what that word
means.
= No s lo que significa esa
palabra.
-Do you know what that word
means?
= Sabes qu significa esa gerundio que acta como
palabra?
-They send me new recipes
every fortnight.
= Ellos me envan nuevas
recetas cada dos semanas.
-Some magazines come
outevery fortnight.
= Algunas revistas salen
cada dos semanas.
-There were fewer requests a
fortnight ago.
= Haba / Hubo menos
solicitudes hace dos
semanas.
PART 3
-Because of the weather.
= Debido al tiempo / al clima.
= Debido a. A causa de. Por.
= Debido a. Gracias a.
-On account of.
= Debido a. Por cuenta de. A
causa de.
Despus de estos
trminos, le sigue un
sustantivo o un verbo en
sustantivo.
-There were fewer problems
because of the new system.
= Hubo menos problemas
debido al nuevo sistema.
-We went home because of
the rain.
= Nos fuimos a casa debido
a la lluvia.
-There were problems
because of one
misunderstanding.
= Hubo problemas debido a
un malentendido.
-There were fewer chairs in
the room because of the
meeting.
= Hubo menos sillas en la
habitacin debido a la
reunin.
-Wages.
= Salarios.
-If they had.
= Si hubieran, si tuvieran.
-If they'd increased the wages.
= Si hubieran aumentado los
salarios.
-If they'd increased the salaries.
= Si hubieran aumentado los
salarios.
-The salaries or the wages is the
same.
= Los sueldos o salarios es el
mismo.
-Wages normally for blue-collar
worker.
= Wages normalmente para los
trabajadores de cuello azul.
-Salaries for a white-collar worker
like me.
= Salaries para un trabajador
de cuello blanco como yo.
-If they'd increased, if they'd
raised the salaries.
= Si hubieran aumentado, si
hubieran subido los salarios.
-There wouldnt have been a
strike if they'd increased the
salaries.
No habra habido una huelga si
ellos hubieran subido los
sueldos.
-They had increased the rates.
= Haban aumentado las tasas.
-They have increased the
bounty.
= Haban aumentado la
recompensa.
-She is entitled to increased
wages.
= Ella tiene derecho a un
aumento de sueldo.
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Does she know where they She helped me to finish it If I hadn't run into John a few
live? even though she was busy. days back, I wouldnt have
been able to invite him to the
event.
Sabe ella dnde viven? Ella me ayud a terminarlo
aunque estaba ocupada. Si yo no hubiera tropezado con
Postcode = cdigo postal Juan hace unos das, no habra
(poustkoud) To fill out = llenar, podido invitarle al evento.
Do / does, did, done, doing completar, un documento (tu
= hacer (du: / das, did, dan,fil aut) Cap = gorra, tapn, tapa, copa,
casquete, tope, lmite (kap)
d:in) Fill, filled, filled, filling Baseball cap = gorra de beisbol
Know, knew, known, knowing = llenar-se, rellenar (beisbo: kap)
= saber, conocer (fil) (fild) (fild) (flin) Run, ran, run, running
(nou) (niu:) (noun) (nouin) Help, helped, helped, helping = correr, ejecutar, funcionar
Where = dnde (we) (wer) = ayudar (hjelp) (hjelpt) (ran) (rn) (ran) (rnin)
Live, lived, lived, living = vivir
(hjelpt) (hjlpin) Run into = topar, encontrarse,
(liv) (livd) (livd) (lvin) Carry, carried, carried, tropezar (ran nchi) (ran nchu)
Able = capaz, poder (eibo)
Queen = reina (kwi:n) carrying Invite, invited, invited, inviting
King = rey (kin) = llevar, transportar = invitar (invait) (invaitid) (invaitid)
Nobody = nadie (noubodi) (kri) (krid) (krid) (invaitin)
Find, found, found, finding (kriin) Event = evento, actividad,
= encontrar, hallar Finish, finished, finished, acontecimiento. (:vent)
(faind) (faund) (faund) finishing Especially = especialmente
(faindin) = terminar, acabar, concluir (ispsheli) (espsheli)
Coke = coca, coca cola (kouk)
(fnish) (fnisht) (fnisht) Collect, collected, collected,
INTRODUCTION (fnishin) collecting = coleccionar, recoger,
Form = formulario (fo:m) cobrar, recaudar (kolkt)
Pregunta directa (PD): Even = incluso, an, hasta, (kolktid) (kolktid) (kolktin)
-Where do they live? uniforme, par, igualar, Polar = polar (poula-er)
= Dnde viven? nivelar, emparejar (:ven) Ice = hielo, helado/a (ais)
Pregunta indirecta. (PI). Though = aunque, sin Graduate = graduado, licenciado
(grdyuet)
Es una pregunta sobre ella. embargo (dou) Graduate, graduated, graduated,
La segunda parte es una Even though = aunque, an graduating
frase normal. cuando, a pesar de (ven = graduarse (grdyueit)
-Does she know where they dou) (grdyueitid) (grdyueitid)
live? Although = aunque, a pesar (grdyueitin)
= Ella sabe dnde viven? de que, bien que (o:ldou)
-Does she know where I live? Busy = ocupado/a (bsi)
PART 1
= Sabe ella dnde vivo? Fix, fixed, fixed, fixing
-Does she know where you = arreglar, fijar, reparar -Run into.
live? (fiks) (fikst) (fikst) (fksin)
= Sabe ella dnde vives?
-Does she know where they
live?
= Sabe ella dnde viven?
-Does she know where we
live?
= Sabe ella dnde vivimos?
-Does she know where the
President lives?
= Sabe ella dnde vive el
Presidente?
-Does she know where the
Queen lives?
= Sabe ella dnde vive la
reina?
-I don't know.
= No lo s.
PART 1
- Does she?
= Sabe ella?
Pregunta directa (PD) Se
invierte el orden: 1 se pone
el verbo auxiliar, y 2 se
pone el sujeto.
-Where do they live?
Pregunta indirecta (PI) La
primera parte es una
pregunta normal (1 se pone
el verbo auxiliar y 2 se pone
el sujeto). Pero la segunda
parte sigue una estructura
afirmativa. No se invierte el
orden de sujeto y verbo al
final o no se pone el auxiliar
al final.
-Does she know where they
live?
= Sabe ella dnde viven?
Pregunta directa (PD)
-How old is he?
= Cuantos aos tiene l?
Pregunta indirecta (PI)
- Does she know how old he
is?
= Sabe ella cuntos aos
tiene l?
Pregunta directa (PD)
Tire, tired, tired, tiring =
cansar,
cansarse, agotar, fatigar,
aburrir
(taia-er) (taied) (taied)
(taierin)
Could (past of can). (kud)
(Pretrito imperfecto)
= poda/as/a/amos/ais/an.
(Pretrito perfecto simple) = Invitarle al evento.
= pude/iste/do, pudimos,
pudisteis, pudieron.
(Condicional simple)
= podra/as/a, podramos, con alguien como t.
podrais, podran.
Trust, trusted, trusted,
trusting
= confiar, confiar en
(truast) (truastid) (truastid)
(truastin)
Organize, organized,
organized, organizing
= organizar-se (:genais)
(:genaist) (:genaist)
(:genaisin)
PART 1
-They helped me (to).
= Ellos me ayudaron a.
-They helped her (to) fix it.
= Le ayudaron a arreglarlo.
-Mary helped him carry it
home.
= Mara le ayud a llevarlo a
casa.
PART 2
-My teacher helped me to
finish it.
= Mi profesor me ayud a
terminarlo.
-Did you fill out the form?
= Rellenaste el formulario?
-No. Can you help me finish
it?
= No. Puedes ayudarme a
terminarlo?
-I have to finish it by today.
= Encontrarse con, tropezar,
topar.
-If I hadnt run into John.
= Si yo no hubiera tropezado con
Juan.
-A few days back.
= Unos pocos das atrs.
-I wouldn't have been able.
= Yo no habra podido.
-To invite him to the event.
-Especially if I run into one like
you.
= Especialmente si me encuentro
-If I had not run into that problem,
I wouldn't have been able to meet
you.
= Si no me hubiera encontrado
con ese problema, yo no habra
sido capaz de conocerte.
-Yesterday I ran into Joaquin
Cortes, the best flamenco artist
of the world. I can't believe it!
= Ayer me encontr con Joaqun
Corts, el mejor artista de
flamenco del mundo. No me lo
puedo creer!
-Ask me how I ran into him.
= Pregntame cmo me encontr
con l.
-How did you run into him?
= Cmo te encontraste con l?
-Its even better than the time I
ran into Penelope Cruz.
= Es incluso mejor que la vez
que me encontr con Penlope
Cruz.
-That's right. This is the best day
of my life.
= Est bien. Este es el mejor da
de mi vida.
-I can't believe it. I ran into
Joaquin Cortes.
= No puedo creerlo. Me encontr
con Joaqun Corts.
PART 2
-A few days back. (Ms
coloquial)
= Hace unos das, hace unos
cuntos das.
= A few days ago. (Ms
correcto)
-Are you hungry? = Tengo que terminar por = Hace unos das, hace unos
= Tienes hambre? hoy. cuntos das.
Pregunta indirecta (PI) -I wouldnt have been able to
invite him to the event.
-Does he know -I can't finish it. = No habra podido invitarle al
that you're hungry? = No puedo terminarlo. evento.
= Sabe l que t tienes -Baseball cap.
hambre? PART 3 = Gorra de beisbol.
-A coke bottle cap.
PART 2 -Even though. = Una tapa de botella de Coca
= Aunque. Cola.
-Some people collect bottle caps.
Pregunta directa (PD) -We went for work even = Algunas personas coleccionan
-Where is it? (we) though it was raining. tapas de botellas.
= Dnde est? = Fuimos para el trabajo -I had a neighbor or friend who
Pregunta indirecta (PI) aunque estaba lloviendo. collected bottle caps.
-Do you know where it is? -Even though I was tired, I = Tena un vecino o amigo que
= Sabes dnde est? finished it on time. coleccionaba tapones de
Aqu Where no funciona = Aunque estaba cansado, lo botellas.
-The polar ice cap.
como una pregunta; es parte termin a tiempo. = El casquete polar.
de una frase normal. -He helped to me to carry it -The north polar ice cap.
Pregunta directa (PD) even though I could. = El casquete del Polo Norte.
-Jimena, where do you work? = l me ayud a llevarlo a
= Jimena, dnde trabajas? pesar de que yo poda. PART 3
Pregunta indirecta (PI) -I dont tell you even though
-Does she know where you I trust you. -I wouldn't have been able to.
= Yo no habra podido.
work? = No te lo dir aunque confo = Yo no habra sido capaz de.
= Sabe ella dnde trabajas? en ti. -I wouldn't have been able to
En este caso no lleva el invite him to the event.
verbo auxiliar al final. -Look how much work I have = Yo no habra sido capaz de
-Does he know your to do even though I'm invitar al evento.
postcode? already busy I have to
= Sabe l tu cdigo postal? organize all those files, with -I wouldn't have been able to
graduate without your help.
lights, emails, make phone = Yo no habra sido capaz de
-She doesnt know where I calls, even though I already graduarme sin su ayuda.
work. have enough work to do. -The Oliver I met a few months
= Ella no sabe dnde trabajo. = Mira la cantidad de trabajo ago wouldnt have been able to
-Nobody knows where I que tengo que hacer a pesar do that.
work. de que ya estoy ocupado = El Oliver que yo conozco hace
= -Nadie sabe dnde trabajo. tengo que organizar todos unos meses no habra sido
capaz de hacer eso.
-I love where I work. esos archivos, con las luces,
= Me encanta dnde trabajo. los correos electrnicos,
hacer llamadas telefnicas, a
PART 3 pesar de que ya tengo
bastante trabajo que hacer.
-They live.
= Ellos viven.
Pregunta indirecta (PI)
-Do you know where they
live?
= Sabes t dnde viven?
Respuesta
-She doesn't know where
they live.
= Ella no sabe dnde viven

Pregunta directa (PD)

-Where do they live?
= Dnde viven?
Respuesta
-I dont know where they live.
No usamos el auxiliar do
al final.
-I don't know where they're
from.
= No s de dnde son.
-Im going to find where they
live.
= Voy a encontrar dnde
viven.

Captulo 138. TVE ENGLISH

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(Look at the video) para poder tener el vdeo y la
Ingles de TVE. pgina en la misma pantalla.

BASIC INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED

SENTENCE SENTENCE SENTENCE

None of them know when
the meeting is.
Ninguno de ellos sabe
cundo es la reunin.
VOCABULARY
I asked them to be careful
but they completely
ignored me.
Les ped que tuvieran
cuidado pero no me hicieron
ningn caso.
You should be able to warn
them beforehand.
Seguramente podrs
advertirles de antemano.
VOCABULARY

Mystery = misterio, enigma VOCABULARY Reign = reinado (rein)

(mstri) (mstri)
Neither = ninguno, ni,
tampoco, (nda-er) (naida-er)
Si son solo dos.
None = ninguno, nadie, nada
(nan) (non)
Si son tres o ms.
Of = de (ov)
Know, knew, known, knowing
= saber, conocer
Reign, reigned, reigned,
To take risks = correr
riesgos
(tu teik risks)
Ask, asked, asked, asking
= preguntar, pedir, hacer
(a:sk) (a:skt) (a:skt) (:skin)
Care = cuidado (k) (kr)
Careful = cuidadoso/a,
atento/a (kfo) (krfo)
reigning
= reinar (rein) (reind) (reind)
(reining)
Should (shud) Aqu no es
debera. Es: poder.
Tambin significa: Con
toda probabilidad podrs
Seguramente podrs.
Be able = ser capaz (bi: eibo)
(nou) (niu:) (noun) (nouin)
Like, liked, liked, liking =
gustar, agradar, apetecer,
querer
(laik) (laikt) (laikt) (laiking)
Chocolate = chocolate
(chklet)
Come, came, come, coming
= venir, entrar, llegar
(kam) (keim) (kam) (kmin)
Meeting = reunin, junta
(m:tin)
Golg = oro (goud)
Golden = dorado/a, de oro
(gouden)
Earrings = pendientes (rins)
Ring = anillo (rin)
Size = tamao, talla (sais)
When = cuando (wen)
When? = cundo (wen)
Party = fiesta, partido (p:ti)
Inform, informed, informed,
informing = informar-se,
comunicar (inf:m) (inf:md)
(inf:md) (inf:min)
As soon as = tan pronto
como
(as su:n as)
Place = sitio, lugar (pleis)
PART 1
-None of them.
= Ninguno de ellos.
Si hablamos en negativo
de ms de dos personas,
decimos Noneof them.
-None of you.
= Ninguno de vosotros.
-None of us.
= Ninguno de nosotros.
-None of them like chocolate.
= A ninguno de ellos le gusta
el chocolate.
-None of them are coming to
the meeting.
= Ninguno de ellos viene a la
reunin.
-I like none of them.
To be careful = tener cuidado
(tu bi: krfo)
Tell, told, told, telling
= decir, contar, informar
(tel) (toud) (toud) (tlin)
Take, took, taken, taking
= llevar, tomar, agarrar,
coger, tardar (teik) (tuk)
(teiken) (teikin)
Completely =
completamente, totalmente
(kompl:tli)
Agree, agreed, agreed,
agreeing
= estar de acuerdo
(agr:) (agr:d) (agr:d)
(agr:n)
Disagree, disagreed,
disagreed, disagreeing =
discrepar, no estar de
acuerdo (disgr:) (disgr:d)
(disgr:d) (disgr:in)
Ignore, ignored, ignored,
ignoring
= no hacer caso, pasar
de (ign: / ign:r) (ign:d)
(ign:d) (ignrin)
Fall, fell, fallen, falling = caer-
se, bajar, disminuir,
descender
(fo:l) (fel) (f:len) (f:lin)
Break, broke, broken,
breaking
= romper, romperse, quebrar
(breik) (brouk) (brouken)
(breikin)
Bottle = botella (bto) (btol)
Forget, forgot, forgotten,
forgetting = olvidar (fogt)
(fogt) (fogtn or fogten)
(fogtin)
PART 1
-I asked them.
= Les pregunt.
Despues de Ask
decimos la persona a la que
pedimos algo. I asked them.
Find, found, found, finding
= encontrar, hallar
(faind) (faund) (faund)
(faindin)
Beforehand = de antemano,
a tiempo (bif:hn)
Whoever = quien,
quienquiera, cualquiera
que (hju:va-er)
Doubt, doubted, doubted,
doubting = dudar (daut)
(dautid) (dautid) (dautin)
Warn, warned, warned,
warning
= advertir, avisar de un
peligro
(wo:n)(wo:nd) (wo:nd)
(wo:nin)
Axe = hacha (ks)
Arrive, arrived, arrived,
arriving
= llegar (araiv / oraiv)
(araivd) (araivd) (araivin)
Watch out for = estar alerta
a, tener cuidado de,
mantenerse alerta (wochaut)
(wachaut)
Staff = personal (sta:f)
Send, sent, sent, sending
= enviar, mandar
(send) (sent) (sent) (sndin)
Note = nota (nout)
PART 1
-You should be able.
= Seguramente podrs.
= Deberas ser capaz (lit)
-To warn.
= Advertir del peligro.
-Beforeheand.
= De antemano.
-You should be able to warn
them beforehand.
= Seguramente podrs
advertirles de antemano.
Aqu should no es:
Deberas poderles advertir.
Es: Seguramente podrs
advertirles or Con toda
= No me gusta ninguno de
ellos.
-None of them are gold or
golden.
= Ninguno/a de ellos son de
oro o doradas.
-The earrings, none of them
are gold.
= Los pendientes, ninguno
de ellos son de oro.
-The rings, none of them are
my size.
= Los anillos, ninguno de
ellos son de mi talla.
PART 2
-Know when
= Sabe cuando.
-Do they know when
Christmas is?
= Saben ellos cuando es
laNavidad?
-None of them know when
Christmas is.
= Ninguno de ellos sabe
cuando es Navidad.
-None of them know when
the party is. It's a mystery.
= Ninguno de ellos sabe
cundo es la fiesta.
-None of them know when
I have to do my show.
= Ninguno de ellos sabe
cuando tengo que hacer mi
show.
PART 3
-When the meeting is.
= Cuando es la reunin.
Aqu When no funciona = Lo siento, estoy totalmente them.
como una pregunta, por eso
decimos: when the meeting
is
y no como Pregunta
directa (PD):
When is the meeting?
= Cundo es la reunin?
Jams decimos: I probabilidad podrs
asked tothem advertirles.
-I asked him to do it.
= Le ped hacerlo. -You should be able to find
-She asked them to finish it one for about $700.
but they didn't. = Seguramente
= Ella les pidi terminarlo podrs encontrar uno por
pero no lo hicieron. alrededor de $ 700.
-You should be able to love
PART 2 whoever you want.
= Seguramente podrs amar
-To be careful. a quien quieras.
= Tener cuidado. -You should be able
To se pone despus de understand what he says.
la persona a la que pedimos = Usted debera ser capaz
algo, cuando nos referimos de entender lo que l dice.
al verbo. -You should be able to
-I asked them to be careful. answer that without doubting.
= Les ped que tuvieran = Usted debera ser capaz
cuidado. de responder a eso sin
-They told us to be careful. dudar.
= Nos dijeron que tuvieramos -As it should be.
cuidado. = Como debera ser.
-He told me to be careful and
not to take risk. PART 2
= l me dijo que tuviera
cuidado y no correr riesgos. -Should.
= Deberas, debes,
PART 3 seguramente.
-They should be arriving
-Completely. (kompl:tli) now.
= Completamente. = Seguramente estarn
= Totalmente. llegando ahora.
Completely es un -They should be here.
adverbio, por lo que va = Seguramente estn aqu.
delante del verbo o delante -Mark, can you see if they're
de un adjetivo. here. They should be here
- We're completely agree. right now.
= Estamos completamente = Marcos, puedes ver si
de acuerdo. estn aqu? Seguramente
-I'm sorry, I'm completely estn aqu ahora mismo.
disagreeing. -They should be able to warn
en desacuerdo. = Seguramente podrn
-It fell and it completely advertirles.
broke. -To warn.
= Se cay y se rompi por = Advertir. Avisar de un
completo. peligro.
-Warning lights.
= Luces de advertencia.
Pregunta indirecta (PI)
-Do you know when the
meeting is?
= Sabes cundo es la
reunin?
Pregunta indirecta (PI)
-Do you know when the
mystery meeting is?
= Sabes cundo es la
misteriosa reunin?
Respuesta
-None of them know when
the mystery meeting is.
= Nadie de ellos sabe
cundo es la misteriosa
reunin.
-Inform us as soon as you
know the meeting place.
= Informarnos tan pronto
como usted sepa el lugar de
reunin.
Captulo 139. TVE ENGLISH
TVE English, Phrases TVE
English, English Course of TVE,
Frases TVE Ingles, Curso de
Ingles de TVE.
BASIC
SENTENCE
-Oh no! He asked me to buy
some bottle and I completely
forgot.
= Oh, no! Me pidi que = Te advierto que si no
comprara alguna botella y
me olvid por completo.
warning you.
Captulo 139
(Look at the video)
INTERMEDIATE
SENTENCE
-I warn you If you don't learn
English I'm coming after you
with an axe.
aprendes ingls, yo voy por ti
con un hacha.
-Be careful my friend. Be
careful. Watch out. I'm
= Ten cuidado amigo
mo. Ten cuidado. Estad
alerta. Te estoy advirtiendo.
-Is good to warn your staff
every so often.
= Es bueno advertir a su
personal de vez en cuando.
PART 3
-Beforehand.
= De antemano, a tiempo.
Antes de mano. (lit)
-It's exactly the same as
"antemano" in
Spanish. Interesting.
= Es exactamente lo mismo
que "antemano" en
espaol. Interesante
-I'll send him a note
beforehand to warn him.
= Le enviar una nota de
antemano para advertirle.
-The Club will warn the
visitors beforehand.
= El club va a advertir a los
visitantes de antemano.
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para poder tener el vdeo y la
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ADVANCED
SENTENCE
One of my cousins knows
how much it costs.
Uno de mis primos sabe
cunto cuesta.
VOCABULARY
Bargain = chollo, ganga
(b:gen)
Cousin = primo/a (ksen)
Nephew = sobrino (nfiu:)
Niece = sobrina (ni:s)
Search, searched, searched,
searching = buscar (se:ch)
(se:cht) (se:cht) (s:chin)
Chat, chatted, chatted,
chatting
= charlar (chat) (chtid)
(chtid) (chtin)
Argentina = Argentina
(:yenti:na) (argentna)
Australia = Australia
(ostreilia)
How much = cunto
(hjau mach) Para
sustantivos incontables.
How many = cunto
(hjau mni)
Para sustantivos
contables.
Cost, cost, cost, costing
= costar para precios,
valer
(kost / kast) (kost / kast) (kost
/ kast) (kstin / kstin)
Say, said, said, saying
= decir, afirmar
(sei) (sed) (sed) (seiin)
Travel, travelled, travelled,
travelling
= viajar (trvo) (trvod)
(trvod) (trvelin / trv,lin)
London = Londres (lnden)
Open up = abrir (oupen ap)
Gym = gimnasio (yim)
Euro = euro (yrou) (yro)
Across = en frente (akrs)
Half the students didn't
bother to turn up to class.
La mitad de los alumnos no
se molestaron en
presentarse a clase.
VOCABULARY
A sabbatical = un ao
sabtico
(sebtikl)
Half = mitad (hja:f)
Students = estudiantes,
alumnos (stiu:dents)
Spend, spent, spent,
spending
= gastar(dinero);
esforzarse,
= pasar(tiempo) (spend)
(spent) (spent) (spndin)
Take, took, taken, taking
= llevar, tomar, agarrar,
coger, tardar (teik) (tuk)
(teiken) (teikin)
Sense, sensed, sensed,
sensing
= sentir, percibir (sens)
(senst) (senst) (snsin)
Try, tried, tried, trying =
intentar, probar, comprobar,
tratar de
(trai) (traid) (traid) (tryin)
Distract, distracted,
distracted, distracting =
distraer (distrkt)
(distrktid) (distrktid)
(distrktin)
Bother, bothered, bothered,
bothering = molestar,
fastidiar
(bda / bder) (bded) (ka:md) (k:min)
(bded) (bderin) Calm down = calmarse,
Throw, threw, thrown,
throwing
= lanzar, tirar, arrojar
(zrou) (zru:) (zroun) (zrouin)
Trash = basura (truash)
Obey, obeyed, obeyed,
obeying
They mightn't have been
able to calm her down.
She was really annoyed.
Seguramente no pudieron
tranquilizarla.
Ella estaba realmente
molesta.
VOCABULARY
Forest fire = incendio
forestal
(frest faia /faier)
May (mei) Auxiliary verb.
Indica posibilidades en el
futuro.
= puede que, poder, ser
posible, tener permiso.
Might (mait) Auxiliary verb.
Indica posibilidades en el
presente y en el futuro.
= a lo mejor, es posible que,
puede que, poda, podras,
podra.
Be able = ser capaz, poder
(bi: eibo)
Hear, heard, heard, hearing
= or, escuchar
(hja-er) (hje:d) (hje:d)
(hiering)
Pay, paid, paid, paying =
pagar
(pei) (peid) (peid) (peiin)
Rent = renta, alquiler (rent)
Renting = arrendamiento,
alquiler (rntin)
Calm, calmed, calmed,
calming
= calmar, tranquilizar
(ka:m / ka:lm) (ka:md)
tranquilizarse (ka:m daun)
Really = realmente, de
verdad, muy (rli) (ril?) (reli)
Bother, bothered, bothered,
bothering = molestar,
fastidiar
Across the street = al otro = obedecer (obei) (obeid) (bda / bder) (bded)
lado de la calle (akrs de (obeid) (obeiin) (bded) (bderin)
strui:t) To turn up = presentarse, Annoyed = enojado/a,
aparecer (tu t:nap) molesto/a, irritado/a (anoid)
PART 1 Appointment = cita, Annoy, annoyed, annoyed,
nombramiento (apointment) annoying
-One of my cousins. = molestar e irritar a la vez
= Uno de mis primos. PART 1 (anoi) (anoid) (anoid) (anoiin)
-One of my cousins lives in Try, tried, tried, trying =
Argentina. -Half the students. intentar,
= Unos de mis primos vive = La mitad de los alumnos. probar, comprobar, tratar de
en Argentina. Se puede decir tambin: (trai) (traid) (traid) (tryin)
-Half of the students si Nerves = nervios (ne:vs)
-I can search by the internet mencionamos de dnde Nervous = nervioso/a
where my cousin lives and vienen los alumnos. Ex: (n:ves)
chat with him from Australia. -Half of the students in class. Prevent, prevented,
= Puedo buscar por internet = La mitad de los estudiantes prevented,
dnde vive mi primo y charlar de la clase. preventing = impedir, evitar
con l desde Australia. Nunca decimos: The half (prevnt / privnt) (privntid)
of the students. (privntid) (privntin)
PART 2 -I spent half the money I had. Need to do = tener que,
= Me gast la mitad del deber
-How much Para dinero que tena. (ni:d tu du:)
sustantivos incontables. -Half the students took a Upset = molesto/a (apst)
= Cunto. sabbatical. Upset, upset, upset,
-How many Para = La mitad de los estudiantes upsetting
sustantivos contables. se tomaron un ao sabtico. = alterar, perturbar
= Cunto. (apst) (apst) (apst)
-How much is this pen? - I'm sensing that half the (apstin)
= Cunto cuesta este students will try to distract Deal = acuerdo, trato (di:l)
bolgrafo? you.
-How much does it cost? = Estoy sintiendo que la PART 1
= Cunto cuesta? mitad de los estudiantes
-How much is it? tratarn de distraerte. -They might not have been
= Cunto es? (lit) able to.
= Cunto cuesta? PART 2 = Puede que no hayan
= How much does it cost? podido.
= Cunto cuesta? -Didn't bother. -They weren't able.
-None of them know how = Ni se molestaron. = No pudieron.
much it costs. = Ni se tomaron la molestia.
= Ninguno de ellos sabe -He didn't bother to do it. -They might not have been
cunto es / cunto cuesta. = No se molest en hacerlo. able to hear me.
-She knows and she says it's Dos opciones para = Puede que no hayan
a bargain. despus de bother: podido escucharme.
= Ella sabe y dice que es un -To bother doing something. -They might not have been
chollo / una ganga. -To bother to do something. able to find her.
= Molestarse en hacer algo. = Pueden que no hayan
PART 3 -Did you bother to throw the podido encontrarla.
trash? -They might not have been
-It costs. able to pay the rent.
= Cuesta.
-It costs four euros to travel
by metro in London.
= Cuesta
cuatro euros viajar en
metro en Londres.
-That's not a bargain.
= Eso no es un chollo.
Las dos formas de
preguntar sobre el precio:
-How much is it?
= Cunto cuesta?
-How much does it cost?
= Cunto cuesta?
-They've opened up a new
gym.
= Han abierto un nuevo
gimnasio.
-Across the street there is a
new gym.
= Al otro lado de la calle hay
un nuevo gimnasio.
-The old gym costs seventy
euros a year and I think the
new one costs one hundred
euros a year.
= El viejo gimnasio cuesta
setenta euros al ao y creo
que el nuevo cuesta cien
euros al ao.
= Te molestaste en tirar la
basura?
-Half the children didn't
bother to obey.
= La mitad de los nios no se
molestaron en obedecer.
-I didn't bother to call him.
= No me molest a llamarlo.
-They just don't bother.
= Simplemente no se
molestan.
PART 3
-To turn up.
= Presentarse, aparecer.
-To turn up to class.
= Presentarse a clase
-To turn up to meeting.
= Presentarse a la reunin.
-Did anyone turn up in the
end?
Se present alguien al
final?
-He didn't turn up because
he was a sabbatical.
= l no se present porque
tena un ao sabtico. incendios forestales.
-We know he didn't bother to
turn up to be appointment.
= Sabemos que no se
molest en presentarse al
nombramiento.
-He should turn up to the
meeting.
= l debera presentarse a la
reunin.
= Puede que no hayan
podido pagar el alquiler / la
renta.
PART 2
-To calm her down.
= Calmarla.
-Calm down!
= Clmese!
= Calma!
-English is not that important.
It's not important. The world
is not coming to an
end. Calm down!
-El ingls no es tan
importante. No es
importante. El mundo no est
llegando a su fin. Calma!
-They might not have been
able to calm her down.
= Puede ser que no han
podido calmarla.
-She was really annoyed.
= Ella estaba muy enfadada.
-Only you can prevent forest
fires.
= Solo t puedes prevenir
-Everybody needs to make
an effort to prevent forest
fires.
= Todo el mundo tiene que
hacer un esfuerzo para
prevenir los incendios
forestales.
-She is very nervous right
now and we need to calm her
down.
= Ella est muy nerviosa en
este momento y tenemos
que calmarla.
PART 3
-She was really annoyed.
= Ella estaba muy enfadada.
-She was really upset.
= Ella estaba muy molesta.
-To annoy is to bother.
= Molestar a alguien
-Don't annoy me
= No me molestes (e
irritar a la vez)
-She was annoyed.
= Ella estaba muy
disgustada.
-I think they tried to calm her
down.
= Creo que que trataron de
calmarla.
-Calm down. It's not so
important. It's not that
important.
= Clmese / Clmate. No es
tan importante. No es tan
importante.
- Are you annoyed with me?
I'm not annoyed with you.
= Est molesto conmigo?
Yo no estoy molesto contigo.

-They tried to calm her down.

= Ellos trataron de calmarla.
Calm down.
= Tranquilzate.
-It's no big deal.
= No es gran problema.
= No es asunto importante.