Grammar
Alone / only / lonely
Alone
Call me, I am alone.
Llámame, estoy solo
Maria left Pedro alone
María dejó a Pedro solo.
You can’t eat all that food alone
No puedes comerte toda esa comida solo.
Only
Only se traduce como ‘solamente’ (sólo)
I’ve got only two pair of shoes
Sólo tengo dos pares de zapatos
Lonely
‘sentirse solo feeling lonely.
He’s a lonely man ‘es un hombre solitario’.
lonely traveller ‘viajero solitario’
‘Deja a David en paz’ : Let David alone.
To let + alone + Somebody
Let alone David : ‘…por no mencionar a David’.
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Aunque
Though/althoug/even though (a pesar de)
Though (más informal)
Though to tell the truth (aunque la verdad)
Althoug (más formal)
Even though (más enfático)
Even if (incluso si)
Even if it were/aunque sea
Even if it doesn´s seem like it/to be (aunque no lo parezca)
Even if you don´t like it (aunque te fastidie)
Even though also /aunque también
Even though neither/aunque tampoco
Even though maybe/ aunque quizás
Even though it seems to be a lie/aunque parezca mentira
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# grammar -even/even if/even though
Even (hasta/incluso/aún
Even his friend knew (Hasta su amigo lo sabía)
It was so easy, even he could do it ( Era tan fácil que hasta él podia hacerlo)
She´s even richer than I (Es aún mas rica que yo)
He can´t even speak /Ni siquiera puede hablar
Without even looking (sin mirar siquiera)
Even if / aunque/incluso si
Even if you don´t believe/ or believe it or not (aunque no lo creas)
I´ll do it even if it takes weeks
Even if I knew, I wouldn´t tell him
Even though/although (aunque)( a pesar de)
Even though / aunque/a pesar de que/aún cuando
Even though we were late, we didn´t miss the bus (aunque llegamos tarde no perdimos el bus)
Even though it was raining, he dediced to walk to the game
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Not even/ ni de coña/ni por asomo
Even so/ aún así
I know you don´t like meat, but even so you must eat it
Even now/todavía ahora/aún ahora/incluso ahora
Even better (than)/incluso mejor(de lo que)/todavía mejor/aún mejor
Even more/aún más/todavía más
Even less/incluso menos/menor
Even worse (than)/aún peor (de lo que)
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# grammar- fairly/quite/rather/pretty (bastante)
fairly good (bastante bien/aceptable/bastante decente)
How was the film? Fairly good. No the best one I´ve seen this week
He speaks English fairly well.(Enough for everyday purposes)
She´s fairly sure
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Quite (a higher degree than fairly)
How was the film? Quite good. You ought to go
It´s quite a difficult book. I had trouble with it
She´s lived in London, so she speaks English quite well
The room is quite a mess
I quite enjoyed myself at his party
It´s quite warm today
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quite a lot of money (bastante dinero)
there were quite a few (había unos cuantos/bastantes)
quite often /bastante a menudo
It´s quite interesting (Es bastante interesante)
It´s quite fascinating (Es totalmente fascinante)
It´s quite likely (Es muy probable)
Quite a bit /un rato largo/bastante
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Rather (stronger than quite)
How was the film? Rather good. I was surprised
She speaks English rather well. People think he is English
It´s rather warm in here
She´s had rather a long day
She rather likes going shopping
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Pretty (informal) is similar to rather
How are things going? Pretty good. You Ok?
She is a pretty nice girl
He is pretty stupid
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He has pretty well finished (almost)
pretty much /más o menos/mas que nada
That´s pretty nasty /eso es verdaderamente desagradable
She is pretty sure (está casi segura)
pretty good/bastante bueno
pretty well /bastante bien/prácticamente/casi
pretty near/cerquita/a dos pasos
pretty much the same/como siempre
pretty hard/bastante duro
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#grammar - rather
- rather / bastante
How was the film? Rather good. I was surprised
He was rather disturbed by…/ Estaba bastante afectado por…
It´s rather warm in here
- rather/preferir
I would rather go to the movies than go to a bar/ Prefiero ir al cine en vez de a un bar
- rather/más bien
It appears no to be….rather it is…
Parece que no es …, más bien es…
- rather/por supuesto/y tanto que sí
Would I like another slice of that cake? Rather
Que si me gustaría otra ración de ese pastel? Por supuesto!
- Rather than/ más que
I´ll have beer rather than wine with my dinner
- Rather than … Más que…
- Rather well/bastante bien
She sings rather well
- Would rather/Es mejor/convendría
I would rather go out
I would rather go by bus /Prefiero ir en autobús
Would rather not (preferir no (hacer algo)
Jump off the bridge? I´d rather not
I would rather not go out today, but would Saturday work instead?
Preferiría no salir hoy, ¿podría ser el sábado?
rather/mejor dicho
He´s Welsh, rather English./ Es galés, o mejor dicho inglés
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She is rather a fool
He´s had rather a good idea/ He´s had a rather good idea
I rather think we´re going to lose
He rather enjoys doing nothing
I was rather hoping you could stay to supper
It´s rather later than I thought
She talks rather too much
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#grammar -in spite of / despite
In spite of playing with nine men, we won easily. (= Although we played with ...)
A pesar de ... = Aunque ...
In spite of their poverty, the men seemed happy. (= Although they were poor...)
Despite failing ... = In spite of failing...
Despite / In spite of the fact that she failed...
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# grammar - As, because, seeing that/as, since
- como, porque, ya que, puesto que
As it was getting late, we decided we should go home
We must be near the beach, because / can hear the waves
Since she was going to be living in London for some time, she thought she should read
something about the city
Since you can´t go, can we have yout ticket?
We could go and visit Juan, seeing that we have to drive past her house anyway
My mother's arrived, so I won't be able to meet you on Thursday after allBecause my brother's arrived, I won't be able to meet you on Thursday after all
She just had to apologise, seeing that/as she knew she'd made a mistake
FHRASAL VERBS - STRESS
