_La ley es Dios--o debe serlo._[15]
--PÉREZ GALDÓS.
=40.= English _now_ is generally translated =ahora=, but when it means
_already_ it is rendered =ya=.
_I am going to take a walk through the village now._
=Voy a salir a dar una vuelta por el pueblo ahora.=
--LOS QUINTERO.
_I have been a workman in the shops for a week now._
=Soy operario de los talleres hace ya una semana.=
--LOS QUINTERO.
(_a_) The phrases _well, now_, and _now, then_, may be rendered
=ahora bien=. The exclamatory phrase _come, now!_ is expressed
=¡vamos!=, =¡vaya!=, or =¡ea!=
_Come now, Antonio dear, a little patience!_
=¡Ea, Antoñito, un poco de paciencia!=--TOMAYO Y BAUS.
_Come now! Tell me everything. I am your friend._
=¡Vamos! Confíemelo todo. Yo soy su amiga.=
--MARIANO JOSÉ DE LARRA.
(_b_) _Now ... now ..._ is translated =ya ... ya ...= or =ora ... ora ...=.
_Now it was too hot, now it was too cold for him._
=Ya hacía demasiado calor, ya demasiado frío.=
_Note._--The phrase _from now on_ is translated de =aquí en adelante=.
=41.= English _about_ as a preposition meaning _of_ is translated =de=;
meaning _in regard to_ or _concerning_ it is rendered =acerca de=; meaning
_almost_, _nearly_, _in the neighborhood of_ it is =cerca de= or =más o
menos=.
_What are you talking about?_
=¿De qué habla usted?=
_I have to write to him about that matter._
=Tengo que escribirle acerca de ese asunto.=
_I have about a hundred._
=Tengo cerca de ciento= (=ciento más o menos=).
=42.= _To be about to_ is rendered =estar al punto de= or =estar para=.
_When we arrived, the others were about to leave._
=Al llegar nosotros, estaban los otros para salir.=
=43.= The verb _to feel_ meaning _to experience_, _perceive_ is rendered
=sentir=; meaning _to be of the opinion_, _think_ it is rendered
=pensar=, =ser de la opinion=, =parecerle a uno=; meaning _to have the
feeling of_ it is rendered =ser ... al tacto=; meaning _to touch_ it is
=palpar= or =tentar=.
_I feel for this man a tremendous interest._
=Siento por este hombre un interés tremendo.=
--PÉREZ GALDÓS.
_Do you feel ill? Just a little pain._
=¿Te sientes malo? Un dolorcillo, nada más.=
--TOMAYO Y BAUS.
_Well, I feel that it would be better to return now._
=Pues, a mí me parece que sería mejor volver ahora.=
_What's in this bag? It is something that feels hard._
=¿Qué hay en este saco? Es algo que es muy duro al tacto.=
_Feel this. It's too hard, isn't it?_
=Palpe= (=Tiente=) =éste. Es demasiado duro, ¿no?=
=44.= =EXERCISES=
(_a_) 1. Ahora tengo ganas de bailar. 2. Pero ya no ha de ir usted,
¿verdad? 3. Por desgracia ya me quedan pocos. 4. De aquí en adelante se
ha de trocar mi adversa fortuna en próspera. 5. Palpaba su chaqueta para
ver si estaba mojada. 6. Me gusta mucho esta tela. Es muy blanda al
tacto. 7. Eran cerca de las ocho cuando oimos sonar una campana. 8. Ya
es hora de acabar. 9. Los viejos sienten el frío. 10. Ya lo vi y ya
desapareció de nuevo.
(_b_) 1. He feels better now. It's not necessary to call the doctor. 2.
Do you want to see them? Well, they have come now. 3. He has about two
hundred books in his library. 4. Come now! You know what I told you just
now (see Section 24 (_c_)). 5. Feel his hands. How cold they are! 6. It
was about six o'clock when we felt the first shock of the earthquake. 7.
He was feeling his way (_to feel one's way_, =andar a tientas=) in the
dark corridor. 8. We do not feel safe here, but father feels that it
would be foolish to go out just now.