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 |