_Dios no hace las cosas a medias._[12]
--JOSÉ MÁRMOL.
=33.= The adverb _so_ expressing manner is rendered =así=, _thus_; as an
adverb of degree _so_ is =tan=. _So much_ and _so many_ are rendered
=tanto=, =-a=, =tantos=, =-as=, when used adjectively or pronominally. As an
adverb _so much_ is =tanto=.
_And I am to live so, as long as I am alone._
=Y así he de vivir mientras esté solo.=--PÉREZ GALDÓS.
_I didn't know that it was so hard to do that._
=Yo no sabía que era tan difícil hacer eso.=
_That's why they make so many mistakes_ (are mistaken so many times).
=De ahí que se equivoquen tantas veces.=--LOS QUINTERO.
_I don't need so much. You take what's left._
=Yo no necesito tanto. Tome usted lo que sobra.=
(_a_) Used in the manner of a neuter pronoun _so_ is rendered =lo=.
_I asked him to call them and he did so at once._
=Le rogué los llamase y lo hizo en seguida.=
(_b_) In such expressions as _I think so_, _I believe so_, _he says
so_, where _so_ stands for an affirmative clause, it is translated
=que sí=.
_Is it going to snow? John says so._
=¿Va a nevar? Juan dice que sí.=
_"I think so," he said, taking the instruments from the man's
hands._
=Creo que sí, dijo, tomando los instrumentos de las manos del
hombre.=
--JOSÉ MÁRMOL.
(_c_) The conjunctive phrase _and so_ is rendered =y así= when it is equal
to _and therefore_. When it is equivalent to _well_, _then_, it is
rendered =conque=.
_We weren't busy, and so we could help them._
=Nosotros no estábamos ocupados y así podíamos ayudarlos.=
_And so you say they are to be here at five o'clock?_
=Conque, ¿dice usted que han de estar aquí a las cinco?=
--PÉREZ GALDÓS.
=34.= English _to keep_ in its simplest meaning of _to retain_ is rendered
=guardar= or =quedarse con=. It has many other meanings, most of which may
be obtained by paraphrase. So: _to keep_ (observe) _a holiday_; _to keep
quiet_ (be still, stop talking); _to keep out_ (not to enter); _to keep
in_ (not to let go out); _to keep on_ (to continue, _or_ not to take
off); _to keep from_ (to hinder, prevent, abstain from).
_Well, I'm going to keep what I have._
=Pues, yo voy a quedarme con lo que tengo.=
_At home we keep all the national holidays._
=En casa observamos todas las fiestas nacionales.=
_Well, I agree, and I keep on sacrificing myself._
=Pues, me conformo, y sigo sacrificándome.=--ECHEGARAY.
_The noise of the street kept him from sleeping._
=El ruido de la calle le impidió el dormir.=--BLASCO IBÁÑEZ.
_Tell them to come back. I will keep them just a moment._
=Dígales que vuelvan. Los detendré un momento, nada más.=
=35.= =EXERCISES=
(_a_) 1. Así es, por desgracia. No te espero hoy. 2. La cordera siguió
corriendo y llegó a lo alto de las peñas. 3. Guardó un asiento vacío
junto al suyo. 4. Ha retenido la mitad de lo que me debe. 5. Su
enfermedad le impidió que adelantara en sus estudios. 6. Si todos nos
mantenemos quietos, no sabrán que estámos aquí. 7. Yo le dije que
callase, pero siguió hablando. 8. Conque, se marchan ustedes hoy ¿no?
(_b_) 1. I don't know why she wants so much to see me. 2. Of course if
she wants to go, I can't keep her from it. 3. She keeps on writing to
me, asking me not to keep it. 4. Has he kept back more than he should?
They say so. 5. He always keeps out of the house when he sees that the
maid has just cleaned the floors. 6. In Spain and South America they
keep all the church holidays. 7. This lesson is not so hard
(_difficult_). 8. If it keeps on raining, you must keep on your
raincoats. 9. I tried to keep the children from making so much noise.
10. Keep them out of this room for just a few minutes.