| 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 |