Exercise 2
EXERCISE 2
Translate into Spanish:
- It is I who shall leave for Paris (saldré para) now that the matter is arranged.
- I am going out as I hear somebody calling me.
- Go, but do not be long.
- Yesterday you went for a few minutes but it was an hour before you returned (no volvió antes de).
- We have just heard of his approaching visit to England.
- It happened to be on a bank holiday and our offices (oficinas) were of course closed on that day.
- We shall be glad if you will kindly instruct (dé instrucciones á) your cashier to pay our account.
- We have the pleasure of enclosing the pro forma invoices.
- I am incapable of so much greed.
- I am sorry to have to tell you that the cargo by the s.s. "Maria" was lost through the vessel stranding (por haber varado) on (en) the Spanish coast.
- Coming back from having seen (á vuelta de haber visto) the machine working (en función) he told us how favourably impressed he had been.
- He was dazzled by the brilliant prospects set before him.
- This is nothing to me.
- There is nothing or very little to be got out of that firm.
- I have left no stone unturned to squeeze something out of this unfortunate business but it has been of no avail.
- He thinks nothing of our work.
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