m)
Entrecano (gray-haired)
Entre dos aguas (doubtful, perplexed)
Entre la espada y la pared (between the devil and the deep sea)
Nos dio 5 pesetas para repartir entre yo[207] y mi hermano
(he gave us 5 pesetas to be divided between my brother and me)
Hasta la vista (good-bye for the present)
Hasta los animales tienen gratitud (even animals feel gratitude)
Sobre las diez (at about ten o'clock)
Tiene sobre los treinta (he is about thirty years old)
Sobre mas 6 menos (a little more or less)
Tras la perdida el escarnio (besides the loss the scoffing)
[Footnote 207: _Entre_ is generally followed by the nominative case
unless it means "to" as--Dijo entre si. He said to himself.]
About different prepositions used in Spanish and English after certain
verbs, see also Appendix V.
The following are the principal compound prepositions--
Acerca de (relating to, concerning)
A despecho de (in spite of)
A pesar de (in spite of)
Antes de (before--in point of time)
Cerca de (near)
Junto a (near)
Conforme a (according to)
Con respecto a (with respect to)
Respecto de (with respect to)
Debajo de (under)
Dentro de (inside)
Despues de (after)
Encima de (on, or over)
En cuanto a (as to)
En frente de (opposite)
Frente a (opposite)
En lugar de (instead of)
En vez de (opposite)
VOCABULARY.
=acordonado=, corded
=agujas=, needles
=alechugado=, frilled
=alemaniscos=, linen damasks
=alfileres=, pins
=antojo=, whim, caprice
=arbitro=, arbitrator
=arreglado=, reasonable (price)
=arrollar=, to roll
=batas=, wrappers (ladies')
=bodega=, cellar, also hold (ship)
=chales=, shawls
=dedales=, thimbles
=desinteresarse=, to abandon
*=desplegar=, to unfold
=dictamen=, award, decision
=entrepuentes=, between decks
=festoneados=, scalloped
=gratificacion=, gratuity
=guarniciones, adornos=, trimmings
=lanillas para banderas=, buntings
=listados de algodon=, cotton stripes
=logro=, attainment
=ovillos de algodon=, cotton balls
=panol, carbonera=, bunker (ships')
=pintura=, paint
=rehusar=, to decline
=sabanas=, bed sheets
=subasta=, auction
=tablillas=, boards
=tablones=, planks
=terliz=, ticking
=terreno=, land, property
=trencilla=, braid
EXERCISE 1 (91).
Translate into English--
1. Agradezco (por) el interes demostrado a mi amigo y la actividad
desplegada en facilitarle el logro de sus fines.
2. Hemos dado diez mil duros por este terreno y no lo hemos pagado
demasia
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