_En Dios confía quien adora la verdad._[10]
--PÉREZ GALDÓS.
=26.= English _after_ as a preposition of time is rendered =después de=; as
a preposition of place or direction it is =tras= or =en pos de=; as a
conjunction it is =después que=.
_And so the boats kept on appearing one after the other._
=Y así fueron apareciendo unas tras otras las lanchas.=
--PALACIO VALDÉS.
_The boats were disappearing one after the other behind the cape._
=Las lanchas se fueron ocultando una en pos de otra detrás del
cabo.=--PALACIO VALDÉS.
_We will help you after dinner._
=Le ayudaremos después de la comida.=
_After we have finished, we will go._
=Después que hayamos acabado, nos iremos.=
(_a_) _Afterwards_ is =después=. _The day after to-morrow_ is =pasado
mañana=.
_Afterwards I found out that he was earning his living as a public
letter writer._
=Después supe que ganaba la vida trabajando de memorialista.=
--PÉREZ GALDÓS.
_I have to see them the day after to-morrow._
=Tengo que verlos pasado mañana.=
=27.= The verb _to help_ meaning _to assist_, _aid_, is rendered =ayudar= or
=asistir=.
_I have so much to do and nobody wants to help me._
=Tengo tanto que hacer y nadie quiere ayudarme.=
(_a_) _To help_ in the sense of _to prevent_, _avoid_, is rendered
=evitar=.
_I couldn't help his doing it, but he couldn't help it either._
=Yo no podía evitar que él lo hiciese, pero él no podía evitarlo
tampoco.=
(_b_) _Can't help_ and _couldn't help_, followed by an unmodified
present participle, are rendered by the present and the imperfect
of the verb =poder= and the phrase =menos de= with the infinitive.
Otherwise, _I can't help_, _couldn't help_, etc., may be rendered
=Yo no tengo= (=tenía=) =la culpa de que=.
_I can't help confessing that I am sorry._
=No puedo menos de confesar que lo siento.=--PALACIO VALDÉS.
_I couldn't help knowing that you were talking of us._
=No podía menos de saber que Vd. hablaba de nosotros.=
_Note._--When the verbal in _-ing_ is modified by a possessive,
translate as in (_a_).
(_c_) _It can't be helped_ is translated =no hay remedio=.
_I thought it could be avoided, but now it can't be helped._
=Creí que podría evitarse, pero ya no hay remedio.=
--RAMOS CARRIÓN.
=28.= =EXERCISES=
(_a_) 1. Vaya a buscarla después de comer. 2. No querría hacerlo, pero
no había otro remedio. 3. Quisiera dejarlo para después que oscurezca.
4. Después de acabar Vd. con ese libro démelo a mí. 5. La ayudaba, sí,
pero no podía menos de creer que lo hacía sin querer. 6. No me gusta
dejarlo hacer por manos ajenas, pero no hay remedio. 7. Después que
habíamos caminado dos horas, los alcanzamos. 8. No puedo menos de querer
que vengan. 9. Estaba todavía muy débil y teníamos que asistirle cuando
querría andar. 10. Los niños llegan pasado mañana y los padres unos días
después.
(_b_) 1. It isn't ready yet, but I can't help it. 2. Do you want me to
help you? 3. I can't help feeling sorry that they have done that. 4. We
knew that it couldn't be helped. 5. I have just seen him, and I can't
help thinking that he must be ill. 6. She couldn't help hoping that she
would get what she wanted. 7. After a short time he could walk without
our help. 8. The dog ran after his master after he succeeded in getting
out of the house. 9. After the rain had ceased they went out and we did
not see them afterwards. 10. He knows it is not well done, but he says
he can't help it.