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Bullfighting is a dangerous sport, and there isnothing more menacing than facing a raging bullin the middle of the ring. All eyes are on thegreat torero, ‘El Julí,’ as he faces off against themost ferocious bull in the land, but nobody, asidefrom his daughter, Bianca, seems to notice thathis greatest threat walks on two legs, not four. Inher attempt to warn and save her father, Biancasoon realizes that fighting an angry bull is muchsafer than battling greed and deception.
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Bianca Nieves y los 7 toritos
Cover Art byIrene Jimenez Casasnovas
Chapter Art byChristianna Meggert
byCarrie Toth
Edited by Carol Gaab
Copyright © 2015 Fluency MattersAll rights reserved.
IBSN: 978-1-940408-28-6
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A NOTE TO THE READER
This fictitious novel is based on 150 unique words in
Spanish. It contains a manageable number of high–fre-
quency words and numerous cognates (words that are
similar in two languages), making it an ideal read for be-
ginning language students.
Essential vocabulary is listed in the glossary at the
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go, he goes, let’s go, etc.) Vocabulary that would be con-
sidered beyond a ‘novice’ level is footnoted within the
text, and the meanings given at the bottom of the page
where each occurs.
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Índice
Capítulo 1: Un torito especial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Capítulo 2: Un experto en toros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Capítulo 3: Buenas o malas intenciones . . . . . . . . . 11
Capítulo 4: ¿Quién es la inocente? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Capítulo 5: Un plan mortal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Capítulo 6: Una corrida peligrosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Capítulo 7: ¿Separación permanente? . . . . . . . . . . 34
Capítulo 8: Control total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Capítulo 9: Sin tiempo, sin plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Capítulo 10: Los pañuelos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Glosario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Glosario de Cognados . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Capítulo 1Un torito especial
– ¡Los toros están llegando!– le gritó Bianca a su
padre–. Veo el tráiler.
Bianca corrió hacia el establo y observó a los hom-
bres. Tenían siete toros nuevos para el rancho. Los toros
eran pequeños, muy pequeños. A ella le gustaban los
toros, especialmente le gustaban los toritos. Y en el trái-
ler había siete nuevos toros. ¡Fantástico!
– ¡Bianca! –gritó Marcos, el establero–. ¿Ves a
los toritos?
– ¡Sí, Marcos, son adorables!
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– Hay siete toritos –le dijo Marcos con entu-
siasmo.
Marcos tenía 16 años y cuidaba a los toros en un ran-
cho enorme. Vivía en el rancho de Julián Nieves Domin-
guín, el torero más importante y famoso de la historia
de España. El rancho estaba situado a una hora de Ma-
drid, España. Marcos cuidaba a los toros del famoso to-
rero y le gustaba mucho cuidarlos.
Marcos quería ser un torero. Quería ser un torero
como ‘El Julí’, el nombre profesional de Julián Nieves.
¡En España, los toreros son más famosos que los actores!
y Marcos quería ser un torero famoso. Admiraba a todos
los toreros, pero admiraba más a ‘El Julí’… y a su talen-
tosa hija, Bianca.
Bianca tenía 13 años y cuidaba de los toros con Mar-
cos, pero sólo cuidaba de los toros pequeños. La res-
ponsabilidad de Bianca era cuidar de los toritos cuando
llegaban al rancho. Bianca estaba contenta porque en
ese momento, llegaron siete toritos. A ella le gustaba
cuidar de los toritos. Le gustaba cuidarlos con Marcos.
– Marcos, mira este torito.¡Qué inteligente! Es
mi favorito.
– Es un toro raro, Bianca –le comentó Marcos–.
No es normal. Es un toro pero actúa más
como una persona.
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– ¿Cómo una persona?
– Bianca, obsérvalo. Me imita –le dijo Marcos.
Marcos caminó y el torito caminó también. Marcos
corrió y el torito corrió también. Marcos se sentó y el
torito se sentó también. ¡El torito imitaba todo!
– Jooooo– dijo Bianca– Es un toro inteligente.
Imita todos tus movimientos. ¡Excelente!
Bianca caminó hacia el torito y le tocó la cabeza. En-
tonces, le dijo al torito:
– Eres un toro inteligente. Un toro inteligente
necesita un nombre perfecto.
Bianca miró a Marcos y le dijo:
– Marcos, ¿Te gusta el nombre Ferdinando?
– ¡Sí, es un nombre excelente!
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A Bianca le gustaba el nombre Ferdinando porque
había sido1
el nombre del toro domesticado de su
madre. El toro ya estaba muerto… y su madre también.
La muerte de su madre fue una tragedia total. Bianca
sólo tenía seis años cuando ocurrió el horrible acci-
dente. Bianca quería recordar a su madre, quería hon-
rarla.
– Voy a llamar al torito ‘Ferdinando’ en honor a
mi madre –le dijo Bianca a Marcos.
– ¡Perfecto! –le respondió Marcos–. ¡Es un nom-
bre excelente!
1había sido – it had been
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Bianca miró a Marcos contenta. Ella caminó hacia
Marcos y el torito caminó hacia Marcos también.
Bianca corrió y el torito corrió. Bianca se sentó y el to-
rito se sentó. Ferdinando imitaba a Bianca y Bianca es-
taba impresionada.
– ¡El torito me copia también, Marcos! ¡Es muy
inteligente! Ferdinando es más inteligente que
Albert Einstein. Jijiji.
– ¡¿Más inteligente que Albert Einstein?! –le res-
pondió su padre al entrar al establo.
– Sí, Papá, este torito es increíble. Es un toro,
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pero actúa más como una persona. ¡Mira!
Bianca corrió y el torito corrió. Bianca se sentó y el
torito se sentó.
– ¡Jooooo! –exclamó su padre impresionado–.
El toro es muy inteligente, pero hay un pro-
blema. Necesitamos toros bravos en el rancho,
no toros domesticados.
– Pero mamá tenía un toro domesticado... –le
respondió Bianca con voz triste.
Su padre la miró con compasión y le dijo:
– Ay, Bianca…
– No hay problema, papá, –le respondió
Bianca–. Voy a cuidarlo bien. Voy a llamarlo
Ferdinando en honor de mamá. Va a ser un
toro excelente.
Bianca y Marcos pasaron el resto del día con Ferdi-
nando y los otros toritos en el establo. Seleccionaron los
nombres de los otros toros: Sábado, Lucífero, Plácido,
Islero, Descabezado, Fiel…y Ferdinando. Bianca y Mar-
cos pasaron el día cuidando de los toritos, pero en par-
ticular, cuidando a Ferdinando, su torito favorito.
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Capítulo 2Un experto en toros
Pasaron cuatro años y Ferdinando y los otros toros ya
estaban muy grandes. Cuando llegaron al rancho eran
pequeños, pero ahora eran enormes. Bianca y Marcos
los cuidaban bien y los querían mucho. En particular,
querían a Ferdinando, el toro inteligente.
Normalmente no tenían problemas con los toros,
pero en ese momento tuvieron un problema muy serio:
Había un problema con el toro más grande, Sábado.
Capítulo 2
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– Bianca, –la llamó Marcos con pánico–, busca
a tu padre. ¡Sábado se escapó!
Bianca buscó a su padre frenéticamente. Lo buscó
por todo el rancho y por toda la casa. El rancho era
enorme pero lo buscó por todas partes. Normalmente
estaba en su oficina pero no lo vio. Cuando lo buscó
en el patio, lo vio con una mujer atractiva. Se llamaba
Salomé Cuervo Real. Era empleada de su padre, era su
secretaria financiera.
Ella flirteaba con su padre, sonriendo y tocándole la
mano románticamente. Entonces le dijo con un tono
serio:
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– Julián, el rancho tiene problemas financieros.
Con los empleados, los animales y el rancho,
necesitas participar en un mínimo de 50 corri-
das de toros al año para tener todo el dinero
necesario.
Bianca vio que su padre la miraba con admiración y
le sonreía. ¿Por qué la miraba tan románticamente?
– Salomé –dijo Julián–, participaría en 100 co-
rridas de toros para salvar el rancho. El ran-
cho es la casa de Bianca y le gusta cuidar de
los toros. Cuidar de los toros es muy impor-
tante para ella.
– Tu hija tiene 17 años, Julián. ¿Por qué pasa
todo el tiempo con los toros? Ella necesita
amigas.
Salomé le tocó la cabeza a su padre y Bianca la ob-
servaba. ¿Por qué la secretaria financiera le tocaba la
cabeza a su padre? Decidió interrumpir la conversa-
ción.
– Papá, uno de los toros escapó del corral. Mar-
cos lo está buscando pero te necesita. Es Sá-
bado, el toro más grande, y Marcos necesita
ayuda.
Cuando el padre de Bianca se levantó para irse, Sa-
lomé no estaba contenta. Ella también se levantó y le
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dijo:
– Pero Julián, necesitamos planear los costos del
rancho. ¿No puedes buscar al toro más tarde?
– No, Salomé –le respondió preocupado–. Sá-
bado es enorme. Es un toro muy agresivo y es
importante capturarlo inmediatamente.
Bianca sonrió cuando su padre se levantó rápida-
mente para buscar al toro. Era obvio que Salomé no es-
taba nada contenta y cuando Bianca se fue con su
padre, la escuchó decir: « ¿Cómo se escapó el torocuando la fenomenal Bianca estaba cuidándolo? ¡Queinepta!».
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a - to abanico - hand-held fanabrazó - s/he hugged adiós - goodbyeaficionados - fansagarró - s/he grabbedagarrar - to grabagarrarlos - to grab themagarraron - they grabbedahora - nowahorita - right nowal - to the amigo - friendaño - yearaquí - hereayúdenme - help meayuda - helpayudarla - to help herayudarlo - to help himayudarnos - to help usbanderilleros - members of
bullfighter’s entourage-who use darts with smallflags (banderas) toweaken the bull
besó - s/he kissedbien - wellblanco - white
brazo - armbuscó - s/he looked forbusca - s/he looks forbuscaba - s/he was looking for;
I was looking forbuscando - looking forbuscar - to look for(que) buscara - (that) s/he look
for (past subjunctive)buscas - you look forbusco - I look forcabeza - head(dejar) caer - to drop (let fall)caminó - s/he walkedcariño - darlingcasa - housecasilla - stall, pen (in a stable)cayó - s/he fellchica - girlcocina - kitchencomo - like, ascómo - howcon - withcorría - s/he was running, I
was runningcorre - s/he runscorrer - to run corrió - s/he ran
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Glosario
corrida - bull fightcorriendo - runningcorrieron - they rancuadrilla - entourage, bull-
fighter’s teamcuando - whencuánto - how muchcuarenta - fortycuidaba - s/he took care of, I
took care ofcuidaban - they took care ofcuidando - taking care ofcuidar - to take care ofcuidarlo - to take care of
it/himcuidarlos - to take care of
themcuidas - you take care ofcuidándolo - taking care of
it/himde - of; fromdébil - weakdebilitar - to weaken(que) debilitaran - (that) they
weaken (past subjunc-tive)
decir - to saydecirte - to say to youdejé caer - I dropped (let fall)
dejó caer - s/he dropped (letfall)
dejaste caer - you dropped (letfall)
del - from the, of thedice - s/he saysdifícil - difficultdije - I saiddijo - s/he saiddinero - moneyDios - Goddónde - wheredurante - duringdurmiendo - sleepinge - and (when it follows words
that begn with the ‘i’ (ee)sound
el - theél - heella - sheellos - theyen - inse enojó - s/he got madenojado - mad(que) se enojara - (that) s/he
get mad (past subjunc-tive)
(que) se enoje - (that) s/he getmad (subjunctive)
entonces - then
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entre - betweenera - s/he was, I waseran - they wereeres - you areescuchó - s/he listened toescuchar - to listen toescucharlo - to listen to it/himescucharon - they listened toescuchándonos - listening to
usese - thatespada - swordespañol - Spanishesposo - husband, spouseestá - s/he is; it is(que) esté - that s/he be (sub-
junctive)estaba - s/he was, I wasestaban - they wereestar - to beestilo - styleestán - they areesto(a) - thisestoy - I amestás - you areestuve - I was(que) estuviera - (that) s/he
was, (that) I was (pastsubjunctive)
(que) estuvieran - (that) theywere (past subjunctive)
(por) favor - pleasefiel - faithful(por) fin - finallyfue - s/he, it was; s/he, it went(que) fuera - (that) s/he go,
(that) it be (past subjunc-tive)
fueron - they weregracias - thank yougran - greatgrande - biggrave - seriousgritó - s/he yelledgritaban - they were yellinggritando - yellinggritar - to yellgritaron - they yelledgrito - I yellle gustó - it pleased him/her,
s/he liked itle gusta - it pleases him/her,
s/he likes itle gustaba - it pleased him/her,
s/he liked itle gustaban - they pleased
him/her, s/he liked themle gustan - it pleases them,
s/he likes them
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te gusto - do I please you, doyou like me
había - there was, there werehabló - s/he talkedhablaba - s/he, I was talkinghablando - talkinghablar - to talk(que) hables - that you talk
(subjunctive)hablándole - talking to him/herhacer - to make, to dohacerlo - to do it; to make ithacerme - to make mehacerte - to make youhacia - towardhay - there is, there are(que) haya - (that) there be
(subjunctive)hija - daughterhombre - manhubo - there was, there wereiba - s/he, I was goingintentó - s/he triedintenta - s/he triesintentaba - s/he was tryingintentaban - they were tryingintentas - you tryintentaste - you triedir - to goirnos - to go (all of us)
irse - to go away(se) levantó - s/he got up(se) levantaron - they got uplevantarse - to get uploca - crazyllamó - s/he calledllama - s/he callsllamaba - s/he, I was callingllamar - to callllamarlo - to call himllamándola - calling herllegó - s/he arrivedllegaba - s/he, I arrived, was
arrivingllegaban - they arrivedllegando - arrivingllegar - to arrivellegaron - they arrivedlloró - s/he criedlloraba - s/he was cryingllorando - cryingllorar - to crymadrastra - step-mothermadre - mothermalas - badmano - handmás - morematado - killedmátalo - kill it/himmatador - bullfighter
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matar - to kill(que) matara - (that) he kill
(past subjunctive)matarla - to kill hermatarlo - to kill him (it)matarme - to kill mematarte - to kill you(que) mate - (that) s/he kill
(subjunctive)mató - s/he killedmesa - tablemientras - whilemío - minemiró - s/he looked atmira - s/he looks atmiraba - s/he was looking atmiraban - they were looking atmirando - looking atmiraron - they looked at (que) muera - (that) s/he die
(subjunctive)muerte - deathmuerto - deadmujer - womanmuy - verynada - nothingnadie - no one ni - nornombre - namenos - us
nosotros - wenuevo - newolé - shout of appreciation
common at bullfights padre - fatherpañuelo - handkerchiefpara - forpeligro - dangerpeligroso - dangerouspensó - s/he thought pensando - thinkingpensar - to think pensarlo - to think about it pensándolo - thinking about it pequeños - smallpero - butpicadores - members of the
bullfighter’s entourage,who enter the arena onhorseback
piensas - you think pienso - I think (un) poco - (a) littlepodía - s/he, I couldpodían - they could podemos - we canpoder - to be able topor - for; by; throughporque - becausepreguntó - s/he asked
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(se) preguntó - s/he askedher/himself, wondered
primero - first(que) pudiera - (that) s/he
could (past subjunctive)pudo - s/he couldpuede - s/he canpueden - they can puedes - you can puedo - I canpusieron - they putqué - whatque - thatquería - s/he wanted, s/he
lovedquerían - they wanted, they
lovedquerías - you wanted, you
lovedqueremos - we want(por qué) querría - (why)
would s/he wantquiere - s/he wantsquieren - they wantquieres - you wantquiero - I wantquién - whorecordar - to remember (de) repente - suddenly rojo - red
sí - yessalió - s/he leftsalieron - they left salir - to leave (que) sea - (that) s/he be (sub-
junctive)se sentó - s/he sat downse sentaba - s/he was sittingse sentaron - they satser - to besi - if(ha) sido - (has) beensin - without(que se) sintiera - (that) s/he
feel (past subjunctive)sólo - onlysolo - aloneson - they aresonreía - s/he was smilingsonrió - s/he smiledsonriendo - smilingsoy - I amsu - his; hersuelo - floortú - youtambién - too, alsotampoco - eithertan - sotarde - latetenía - s/he, I had
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tenían - they hadtenemos - we havetener - to have tengo - I have tiene - s/he has tienes - you havetocó - s/he touchedtocaba - s/he was touchingtocándole - touching himtodo - all, everythingtomó - s/he tooktomar - to taketorero - bullfightertorito - little bulltoro - bulltratando - tryingtreinta - thirtytriste - sadtristemente - sadlytu - youtuvieron - they had tuvo - s/he had Ud. - you (formal)uno(a) - oneva - s/he goes vamos - we go van - they go vas - you go (que) vaya - (that) s/he, I go
(subjunctive)
(nos ) vemos - we’ll see eachother
veo - I see ver - to see verla - to see her verlo - to see himves - you see vete - leave (command)(otra) vez - againvi - I sawvida - lifevieron - they saw vio - s/he saw (que) viva - (that) s/he live
(subjunctive)vivía - s/he, I lived; s/he, I was
livingvives - you livevivir - to liveVámonos - Let’s govoy - I goy - andya - alreadyyo - I
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Cognados
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(que) abandones - (that) youabandon (subjunctive)
abruptamente - abruptlyaccidente - accidentacciones - actionsaceptó - s/he acceptedacompañado - accompaniedactúa - s/he actsactores - actorsactuando - actingadmira - s/he admires admiraba - s/he used to ad-
mire; s/he was admiringadmiración - admirationadmiro - I admireadorables - adorableadorar - to adoreadulto - adultagitada - agitatedagresivo - aggressiveaire - airalarmado - alarmedambulancia - ambulanceanimales - animalsanormal - abnormalanunciador - announceranunciaron - they announced anuncio - announcement
apasionada - passionateaplaudían - they applauded aplaudió - s/he applauded aplaudiendo - applaudingaplaudieron - they applauded aplausos - applauseapropiado - appropriateaproximadamente - approxi-
matelyarena - arenaarrogancia - arroganceasistentes - assistantsatacó - s/he, it attackedatacando - attackingatacar - to attack atacarlo - to attack it/himatacándolo - attacking it/loatención - attentionaterrorizada - terrifiedatormentar - to torment atormentaron - they tor-
mented atractiva - attractivebloquear - to block al borde - on the border(toro) bravo - brave bullcalmó - s/he calmed calma - calm
Cognados
calmada - calmcalmadamente - calmlycalmarlo - to calm himcapaz - capablecapote - capecapturarlo - to capture it (him) carro - carcausó - s/he caused, it causedcausa - s/he causes, it causescausaba - s/he, it caused; s/he,
it was causingcausar - to causecausarle - to cause him/hercausarme - to cause mecelebrar - to celebratecentavo - centcobarde - cowardclaramente - clearlycálmate - calm down clínica - cliniccentro - centerchal - shawlcomentó - s/he commented compasión - compassioncompletamente - completelycomprendía - s/he understood,
comprehended; s/he wasunderstanding
comprende - s/he understands,comprehends
comprendes - you understand,you comprehend
comprendió - s/he understood,comprehended
concentró - s/he concentrated condición - conditionconfesó - s/he confessed confortarla - to comfort herse confundió - s/he was con-
fused, got confused confundido - confusedconmoción - commotionconsciente - consciouscontento - happy, contentcontinúa - s/he continuescontinuó - s/he continued continuaba - s/he continued;
s/he was continuingal contrario - on the contrarycontrol - controlcontrolar - to control controlaría - s/he, I would
control controlarlo - to control itconvencer - to convince convencerlo - to convince him convenció - s/he convinced conversación - conversationconvertir - to convert cooperaba - s/he cooperated
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copia - s/he copies corral - corralcostos - costscírculos - circlescriminal - criminalcruel - cruelcruelmente - cruellydía - daydecisión - decisiondecidió - s/he decided desafortunadamente - unfortu-
nately desafortunado - unfortunatedescontroladamente - uncon-
trollablydescontrolado - uncontrol-
labledesesperadamente - desper-
atelydestino - destinydestruir - to destroy determinado - determineddificultad - difficultydisgusto - disgustdoctor - doctordocumentos - documentsdomesticado - domesticateddramatizar - dramatizedramática - dramaticdramáticamente - dramatically
elegante - eleganteliminarlo - to eliminate him (que) eliminemos - (that) we
eliminate emoción - emotionemocionada - excitedempleada - employeeenorme - enormousentró - s/he entered entrando - enteringentrar - to enter (que) entrara - (that) s/he enter
(past subjunctive) entraron - they entered entusiasmados - enthusiasticentusiasmo - enthusiasmentusiasta - enthusiastes - it is, s/he isescapó - s/he escaped escaparse - to escape especial - specialespecialmente - especiallyespiando - spyingestablero - stable boy establo - stableestampida - stampedeestrangulando - stranglingestrangulándola - strangling
her estresado - stressed
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estrés - stressevaluaba - s/he was evaluatingevidencia - evidenceexageradamente - exaggerat-
edlyexcelente - excellentexcepcional - exceptionalexclamó - s/he exclaimed experiencia - experienceexperto - expertexplicando - explainingexpresión - expressionextraordinario - extraordinaryfabulosa - fabulousfalso - falsefama - famefamilia - familyfamoso - famousfanático - fanfantástico - fantasticfavorito - favoritefenomenal - phenomenalferoz - ferociousfinal - finalfinalizar - finalizefinancieros - financialfinas - finefirmemente - firmlyflirteaba - s/he was flirting flirteando - flirting
formalmente - formallyfortuna - fortuneforzaba - s/he, I forced; s/he, i
was forcing forzaron - they forced fotógrafos - photographsfoto - photofrecuentemente - frequently(en) frente - (in) front frenéticamente - franticallyfrenéticos - franticfrágil - fragilefrustrada - frustratedfuneral - funeralfurioso - furiousfuturo - futurehamburguesa - hamburgerhistoria - historyhonor - honorhonorable - honorablehonrar - to honor honrarla - to honor her hora - hour; timehorrible - horriblehorror - horrorhorrorizado - horrifiedhospital - hospitalhéroe - heroidea - ideaimagínense - imagine
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imitó - s/he imitated imita - s/he imitates imitaba - s/he was imitating imitando - imitatingimpaciente - impatientte importa - do you care about
itle importaba - s/he cared; it
was important to him/herme importan - I care about
them; they are importantto me
importante - importantimposible - impossibleimpresionado - impressedimpresionar - to impress inconsciente - unconsciousincreíble - incredibleindicaba - s/he, I indicated;
s/he, I was indicatinginepta - ineptinexperto - novice, non-expertinformación - informationinmediatamente - immediatelyinocencia - innocenceinocente - innocentinstante - instantinteligente - intelligentirritado - irritatedinterrumpió - interrupted
interrumpir - to interrupt interés - interestinventario - inventoryinvestigar - to investigate invitó - s/he invited invitada - invitedlínea - linemágica - magicmamá - mommanipularlo - to manipulate
him mantenía - s/he maintained médicos - medics; doctors micrófono - microphonemiembros - membersmínimo - minimumminutos - minutesmiserable - miserablemomento - momentmotivado - motivatedmotivo - motivemovía - s/he movedmovían - they moved mover - to move movió - s/he moved moviendo - moving(que) movieran - (that) they
move (past subjunctive)movimiento - movementmoviéndola - moving her/it
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mucho - a lot muchísimo - very muchmúsica - musicmurmuró - s/he murmured necesario - necessarynecesita - s/he needs necesitaba - s/he needed necesitaban - they needed necesitamos - we need necesitas - you need necesito - I need nervioso - nervousnormal - normalnormalmente - normallynotó - s/he noticed, s/he noted (que) notara - (that) s/he notice
(past subjunctive)náuseas - nauseao - orobedecen - they obeyobservó - s/he observedobservaba - s/he, I observed;
s/he, I was observingobservaban - they observed (que) observara - (that) s/he
observe (past subjunc-tive)
observas - you observeobservándola - observing her
observándolos - observingthem
obsérvalo - observe himobvio - obviousocurrían - they occurredocurrió - it occurred oficina - officeopción - optionordenó - s/he ordered ordinario - ordinaryorganizando - organizingotro - other paciencia - patiencepaciente - patientpánico - panicpapá - dadpapeles - papersparalizado - paralyzedparte - partparticipó - s/he participatedparticipa - s/he participates participaba - s/he, I used to
participate; s/he, I wasparticipating
participar - to participate participaría - I would partici-
pate (que) participe - (that) s/he
participate (subjunctive)particular - particular
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pasé - I spentpasó - s/he, it passed(qué) pasó - (what) happenedpasa - s/he spends, passes(qué) pasa - (what’s) happen-
ing pasado - pastpasando - passingpasaron - they passed patio - patiopausa - pauseperfectamente - perfectlyperfecto - perfectpermitir - to permit permito - I permit persona - personplan - planplaneó - s/he planned planeaba - s/he was planning planear - to plan plaza - plazapolicías - policeposó - s/he posedposando - posingposible - possibleposiciones - positionspracticar - to practice preciosa - preciouspreferencia - preferenceprefiere - s/he prefers
preocupado - worried, preoc-cupied
(no te) preocupes - (don’t)worry
preparamos - we prepare presentando - presentingprincesa - princessprincipal - principalprobabilidad - probabilityprobable - probableproblema - problemprofesional - professionalprotege - s/he protects protegiéndola - protecting her publicidad - publicitypunto - pointrancho - ranchrápida - fast, rapidrápidamente - quickly, rapidly rapidez - speedraro - rarereaccionó - s/he reacted real - realrealmente - reallyrecibió - s/he received recibir - to receive recomendación - recommen-
dationrecomendamos - we recom-
mend
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recomendarle - to recommendto him/her
recuperarse - to recuperate, torecover
reducir - to reduce relación - relationshipreportero - reporterrepresentarlo - to represent
him resistía - s/he was resisting resistían - they resisted resistió - s/he resisted respeta - s/he respectsrespirar - to breathe respondía - s/he responded respondió - s/he responded responsabilidad - responsibil-
ityresponsable - responsibleresto - restrevelado - revealedrobó - s/he stole, robbedrobar - to steal, to robrobarle - to rob him/herrobarme - to rob meromance - romanceromántica - romanticrománticamente - romanti-
callyrosbif - roast beef
salvamos - we save salvar - to save salvarla - to save hersalvarte - to save you salvaste - you saved sarcasmo - sarcasmsarcásticamente - sarcasticallysarcástico - sarcasticsatisfacción - satisfactionsecretaria - secretarysecreto - secretsegunda - secondseleccionaron - they selected sensación - sensationsensible - sensibleserio - serioussilencio - silencesilenciosamente - silentlysimplemente - simplysituación - situationsituado - situatedsofá - sofasorpresa - surprisesorprendido - surprisedsufriendo - sufferingsufrir - to suffer talentosa - talentedtemporalmente - temporarilyterrible - terribletiempo - time
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tolerable - tolerabletolerar - to tolerate tono - tonetormenta - tormenttotal - totaltradición - traditiontragedia - tragedytranquilidad - tranquilitytransportado - transportedtransportar - to transport transportarlo - to transport it transportaron - they trans-
ported traumatizada - traumatizedtráiler - trailervaliente - valiant, brave valientemente - valiantly,
bravely usan - they use versus - versusvillana - villainviolentamente - violentlyviolento - violentvoz - voice
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Leyendas ImpactantesNovice and Intermediate versions(Two versions under one cover!)
6 traditional legends, from 6 different Latin Amer-ican cultures, each told twice to make them acces-sible for both novice and intermediate students!Students will enjoy tales of love, mystery, in-trigue, deception, helpful and dangerous dieties,demons and curses!
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