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46 Cards in this Set
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Please put the round table in front of the blue chair.
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Por favor, pon la mesa redonda frente al sillón azul. Adj that refer to color, size, shape, condition, nationality, group, etc. are differentiating.
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In the fallen nest there was a baby bird with a broken wing.
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En el nido caído había un pajarito con una ala rota. Past participles used as adj normally are condition and follow the noun.
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Javier was talking to a rather pretty girl who was wearing an evening gown.
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Javier hablaba con una chica bastante bonita, que llevaba un traje de noche. Adj phrases w/ de+noun always follow noun. So do descript. adj when modified by adv.
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His father gave him a beautiful clock.
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Un hermoso reloj. Non-descript. b/c hermoso could be ommitted w/o loss of meaning.
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His father gave him an alarm clock.
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Un reloj despertador. Diff. b/c it adds to the meaning.`
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The cold snow is on the green car.
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La fría nieve está ecima del carro verde. "fría" is non-diff b/c it's an inherent quality of snow.
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Juan is a violent man looking for an agile woman.
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Juan es un hombre violento buscando una mujer ágil. DIFFERENTIATING b/c sentece relies on adj for meaning "what kind"
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The beautiful Ms. Marieta Camejo, Juan's daughter, will wed the distinguished lawyer Carlos Montes.
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La linda señorita Marieta Camejo, hija de Juan, se casará con el distinguido abogado Carlos Montes.
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Fine Arts
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Las Bellas Artes
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The Divine Comedy
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La Divina Comedia
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free thinker
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libre pensador
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weed
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mala hierba
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bad luck
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mala suerte
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the pure real truth
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la pura verdad
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El Santo Padre
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the Holy Father
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a very foolish thing
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una solemne tontería
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hacer su santa voluntad
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to do as one pleases
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short/long term
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a corto/largo plazo
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What a beautiful day!
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QuE hermoso día! adj comes before in exclamations
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Ex-girlfriend
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antigua novia
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Ancient character
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personaje antiguo
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a certain woman told me...
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una cierta mujer
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it's a sure/certain thing
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es una cosa cierta
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There are various colors
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Hay diferentes colores
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different paintings
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pinturas diferentes
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half an hour
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media hora
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they were of the middle/average class
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eran de clase media
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The same/very man
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El mismo hombre
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The doctor herself doesn't know
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La doctora misma no sabe
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Another car
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una nueva coche
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Brand-new bike
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una bicicleta nueva
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That unfortunate man
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Ese pobre himbre
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the needy/poor people steal food
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La gente pobre roba comida
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I live in my own apartment
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Vivo en mi propio apartamento
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I want a house of my own.
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Quiero una casa propia.
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By pure luck
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por pura suerta
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pure air
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aire puro
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She was a strange person
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Era una persona rara
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A rare item
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una rara cosa
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He's a mere farmer
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Es un simple ranchero
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He's a simple-minded farmer
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Es un ranchero simple
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He's the only doctor in the town.
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Es el Unico doctor del pueblo
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He's a unique man
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Es un hombre Unico
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My old house was ugly
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Mi vieja casa era fea
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The old man was tired
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El hombre viejo estaba cansado.
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Her mother prepares delicious Cuban desserts
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Su madre prepara deliciosos postres cubanos. DELICIOUS is more subjective and could be omitted w/o loss of meaning.
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