| A | B |
| la ley | law |
| proteger | to [protect |
| los derechos civiles | civil rights |
| los minusválidos | the handicapped |
| entrar en vigilencia | to take effect |
| hace unas décadas | a few decades ago |
| estar en vigilencia | to be in effect |
| salir bien, salir mal | to do well on a test, to do poorly |
| los últimos exámenes | the latest exams |
| la fuerza jurídica | judicial strength, enforcement |
| tener vigilencia | to be enforced |
| aprobar | to pass (a course) |
| el curso | a course |
| suspender | tp fail (a course) |
| sin embargo | nevertheless, regardless |
| preguntar versus preguntarse | to ask (questions) vs. to wonder |
| hacerle preguntas | to ask (questions) |
| Lo que bien se aprende, nunca se pierde. | What one learns well, one never loses. |
| el/la maestro/a | elementary teacher |
| el profesor/ la profesora | high school, college teacher |
| el catedrático/ la catedrática | university professor with tenure |
| la facultad (la Facultad de Ingenería | individual college in a university (ex. College of Engineering) |
| el derecho vs. la derecha | law, human right vs. the right (direction) |
| el sabio / la sabia | the wise man /woman |
| la sabiduría | knowledge |
| la biblioteca | library |
| la librería | book store |
| el dueno | owner |
| el/ la bibliotecario/a | librarian |
| sostener (ie) una idea | to hold/ maintain an idea |
| mantener (ie) | to maintain |
| la dignidad, con dignidad | dignity, in a dignified manner |
| la humildad, humilmente | humility, humbly |
| soportar | to put up with |
| los altibajos de la vida | the ups and downs of life |
| en realidad vs. en la actualidad | in reality/ actually vs. currently |
| un hecho | a fact |
| De hecho | In fact, |
| un dato | a fact |
| contradecir | to contradict |
| la lectura | reading |
| la conferencia | lecture |
| un/a conferenciante | lecturer |
| asistir a | to attend _ |
| el buen estudiante vs. el estudiante bueno | good student vs. GOOD (opposite of evil) student |
| el buen profesor vs. el profesor bueno | good teacher vs. GOOD (opposite of evil) teacher |
| sacar apuntes, apuntar | to take notes (2) |
| apto (para), aptamente | suitable (for), suitably |
| atento, atentamente | attentive, attentively |
| tomar riesgos, arriesgar | to take risks (2) |
| intelectual, intelectualmente | intelectual, intellectually |
| comportarse bien / mal | to behave oneself well/ badly |
| desarrollar, desarrollado | to develop, developed (adj) |
| la memoria | memory |
| tener buena motivación/ motivado | good motivation, motivated |
| obedecer | to obey |
| la crítica , critical, criticamente | critisism, critical, critically |
| graduarse de | to graduate from |
| la respuesta | response |
| apropiado , apropiadamente | appropriate, appropriately |
| bien pensada | well thought out |
| enseñar | to teach |
| aprender | to learn |
| entusiasmo, entusiástico, entusiásticamente | enthusiasm, enthusiastic, enthusiastically |
| dar pruebas | to give quizzes |
| repasar | to review |
| el material esencial | the most important material |
| borrar, borrador, goma de borrar | to erase, eraser (2) |
| la pizarra | chalk board |
| corregir | to correct |