Technical Spanish Adjective Exercise 2
EXERCISE 2
Translate into Spanish:
- I wish to straighten (poner en orden) the desk on (en) my table.
- My pad is full of papers; I must get rid (librarme) of them.
- Will you put all those answered letters in that shelf; You will find the pigeon-holes alphabetically arranged, put each letter in the proper bundle.
- These others are filed away in that letter-file, alphabetically also.
- Put the file in the safe; we always keep it under lock and key (bajo llave).
- Now give me a quire of blotting-paper, pens, nibs (puntitas), paper-fasteners and the stamp-rack (porta-estampillas).
- These envelopes go into the waste-paper basket (cestilla).
- Fetch that stool, please; place it before that desk (banco).
- See to the (hacer atención al) fire, it is going out, poke it (removerlo) a little and add some coal.
- This is the coal scuttle (caja del carbón), the shovel (la pala) and the poker (atizador) are near the fender.
- Hot-water pipes (tubos) are preferable to fires or stoves.
- Yes, our chimney always smokes; it is a nuisance (¡que fastidio! ¡que barbaridad!).
- Post these letters. Stamp them (póngales los sellos) and notice there are some to be registered (para certificar).
- Do not forget to put the stamp of the firm (casa).
- If any weigh in excess (demasiado), it does not matter (no importa); put the excess postage.
- Seal that envelope; here are the seal and sealing-wax.