_Es difícil salvar a quien no quiere salvarse de ningún modo._[17]
--BENAVENTE.
=48.= The word _way_ meaning _road_ is translated =camino=; meaning _manner_
or _mode_ it is rendered =manera= or =modo=.
_Our sailor was on the way to become rich._
=Nuestro marinero estaba en camino de hacerse rico.=
--PALACIO VALDÉS.
_Don't talk to me in that way if you don't want to make me cry._
=No me hables de este modo si no quieres hacerme llorar.=
--TOMAYO Y BAUS.
(_a_) _This way_ and _that way_ indicating direction are rendered
=por aquí= and =por allí=.
_At any rate_ (_any way_) _I shall come this way to see your
nephew._
=De todos modos pasaré por aquí para ver a su sobrino.=
--RAMOS CARRIÓN.
When strongly demonstrative _this way_ and _that way_ are rendered =así=,
_thus_:
_Do you want me to do it this way or that way?_
=¿Quiere usted que yo lo haga así o así?=
(_b_) _My way_, _your way_, etc., meaning _as I do it_, _as you do it_,
are rendered =como lo hago yo=, =como lo hace usted=, etc.
_To do it your way I should need more time._
=Para hacerlo como lo hace usted yo necesitaría más tiempo.=
(_c_) To have one's own way is translated =hacer su voluntad= or =hacer
como quiere uno=.
_You don't want to do it? Well, have your own way._
=¿No quieres hacerlo? Bueno, haz tu voluntad.=
_They spoil her by letting her have her own way all the time._
=La miman dejándola hacer como quiere todo el tiempo.=
=49.= The adjective _hard_ is rendered =duro= when it means _not soft_;
=difícil=, when it means _not easy_. As an adverb meaning _vigorously_,
_energetically_, _diligently_, it should be rendered by the Spanish
adverb that fits best in the sentence. So, _to study hard_ (diligently);
_to blow hard_ (strongly); _to work hard_ (diligently _or_ much); _to
think hard_ (deeply, intently).
_This bread is so hard that it is hard to cut it._
=Este pan es tan duro que es difícil cortarlo.=
_The wind blew hard all night._
=El viento sopló fuertemente toda la noche.=
_You will have to study harder if you want to pass._
=Tendrá Vd. que estudiar más diligentemente si quiere ser promovido.=
_He has had to work hard all his life._
=Ha tenido que trabajar mucho toda la vida.=
=50.= The verb _to give_ is generally =dar=, but it has many idiomatic
translations. So, _to give back_ (return), =devolver=; _to give in_ or
_give up_ (consent, yield), =consentir=, =ceder=, =rendir=; _to give up_
(renounce), =renunciar=; _to give out_ (publish; fail), =publicar=;
=acabarse=, =concluirse=.
_And now give me something to eat._
=Y ahora dame algo que comer.=--RAMOS CARRIÓN.
_This man never gives in._
=Este hombre no se rinde nunca.=--PÉREZ GALDÓS.
_After walking a very short distance, her strength gave out._
=Después de andar muy corta distancia, se le acabaron las fuerzas.=
=51.= =EXERCISES=
(_a_) 1. Se lo devolví ayer. 2. Primero se acabó la harina y después al
azúcar. 3. Se proclamó (publicó, anunció) que la reunión se verificaría
aquel mismo día. 4. Estaba cansado de tanto correr. 5. Habrá que
renunciar todo eso si quiere tener éxito. 6. Vamos por allí. Es más
corto el camino. 7. Quiere descansar después de tanto trabajar. 8. De
este modo nunca llegaremos. 9. Hemos hecho lo posible para persuadirles,
pero no quieren ceder.
(_b_) 1. If he does it, he will have to do it my way. 2. They have not
yet given out the names of the committee. 3. My ink gave out and I had
to use a pencil. 4. If you write it that way, it will be hard to read
it. 5. He gave up his family for his country. 6. Well, I expect to have
my own way in regard to this matter. 7. We took the longest way to get
home. 8. In that way you will never get to where you want to go. 9. Come
here! Don't get excited in that way. 10. It's raining hard now; if it
doesn't stop soon, it will be hard to get home. 11. It's hard work for
me to believe that (say, _it costs me work_).