_Digan lo que quieran, la alegría es muy barata._[30]
--ECHEGARAY.
=92.= _To save_ in the sense of _to rescue_ is =salvar=; meaning _to keep_,
_conserve_, it is =ahorrar=, or =conservar=.
_To save a child, I am capable of throwing myself into the fire._
=Por salvar a un niño soy capaz de echarme en el fuego.=
--EMILIA PARDO BAZÁN.
_It's a pity that he didn't save more while he was earning more._
=Es lástima que no haya ahorrado más mientras ganaba más.=
_We must save our strength._
=Debemos conservar= (=ahorrar=) =nuestras fuerzas.=
=93.= _To see_ is usually =ver=, but used in conjunction with certain
prepositions it calls for other translations. So _to see to_ (take
charge of) is rendered =cuidar de=, or =tomar a su cargo=; _to see about_
(ask _or_ inquire about) is translated =informarse de= or =pedir informes
sobre=.
_I'll see to the baggage._
=Yo cuidaré del equipaje, or yo tomaré a mi cargo el equipaje.=
_What time do you want me to go and see about it?_
=¿A qué hora quiere usted que yo vaya a informarme de ello?=
--PALACIO VALDÉS.
(_a_) _To see through_ may be rendered (=llegar a=) =comprender=. _To
see a thing through_ is rendered =llevar algo a cabo=.
_There's a problem that I shall never be able to see through._
=¡Vaya un problema que yo nunca llegaré a comprender= (or =que yo
nunca comprenderé=)!
_We've begun it and we must see it through._
=Lo hemos empezado y debemos llevarlo a cabo.=
(_b_) The exclamatory _see here!_ is rendered =¡mire Vd.!= and the
imperative forms _let's see_ and _let me see_ are translated =a ver=
or =vamos a ver=.
_See here! You'll have to hurry if you want to overtake them._
=¡Mire Vd.! Tendrá que darse prisa si quiere Vd. alcanzarlos.=
_Let's see if you with your talent can clear this up for me._
=A ver si usted con su talento me aclara esto.=--EMILIA PARDO BAZÁN.
_Let's see! Will you tell me what use flowers are?_
=¡Vamos a ver! ¿Quiere usted decirme que utilidad tienen las
flores?=--PALACIO VALDÉS.
_Let's see! What have you to declare?_
=¡A ver! ¿Qué tiene Vd. que declarar?=--EMILIA PARDO BAZÁN.
=94.= _Half_ as a noun is =la mitad=. As an adjective it is =medio=, which is
also its adverbial form. _Half-way there_ is translated =a mitad del
camino= or =en medio camino=.
_"They offered me the half now," said the old woman._
=Me ofrecieron la mitad ahora,--dijo la anciana.=
--FERNÁN CABALLERO.
_He always stopped when halfway there._
=Siempre se detuvo a la mitad del camino.=--BLASCO IBÁÑEZ.
_Halfway there, there was an inn._
=En medio del camino se hallaba una venta.=
--FERNÁN CABALLERO.
=95.= =EXERCISES=
(_a_) 1. Si Vd. me da la mitad, yo quedaré satisfecho. 2. Estábamos
medio tristes y medio rabiosos. 3. Queda a media milla de distancia de
aquí. 4. A ver si Vd. puede hacerlo mejor. 5. Ahorró mucho dinero en
poco tiempo. 6. Es muy hábil el médico. Esperemos que salve al niño. 7.
¡Mira! si no quieres que lleguemos con retraso, date prisa. 8. Yo tomaré
todo eso a mí cargo. 9. A mitad del camino tuvieron que volver. 10.
Estaba medio enojada porque no le habían dado más que la mitad.
(_b_) 1. The firemen saved all the people in the house. 2. It is a
strange affair. I can't see through it at all. 3. Half is for me and the
other half for them. 4. Let's see, what's the good of this? 5. I'll see
to the dinner. 6. To save time we sent a servant to see about the
trains. 7. The bandits left their victims there half dead. 8. Halfway
there they all sat down to rest. 9. Don't leave it half done. See it
through! 10. The letter is half written. Let's see! Don't you want to
finish it now?