_No necesitamos ser serios para ser buenos._[39]
--PÉREZ GALDÓS.
=119.= The verb _to put_ in its simplest meaning of _to place_, _lay_,
_set_, is =poner=. It has a very large number of idiomatic uses that call
for different translations. Many of these may be learned easily by
paraphrasing _put_. So, _to put away_, _put by_ (save), =guardar=,
=ahorrar=; _to put back_ (retard), =retardar=; (return a thing to where it
was), =volver a poner una cosa en donde estaba=; _to put out_ (extend),
=extender=; (extinguish), =apagar=; (expel), =expeler=, =echar=; (disturb,
trouble, annoy), =estorbar=, =molestar=; _to put down_ (make a note of),
=apuntar=, =poner por escrito=; (to suppress), =suprimir=.
_Don't scold me. Put yourself in my place._
=No me reprenda usted. Póngase en mi caso.=
--LOS QUINTERO.
_I picked up the money and put it in my pocket._
=Recogí el dinero y lo guardé en el bolsillo.=--JUAN VALERA.
_They say that he has a lot of money put away._
=Dicen que tiene ahorrado muchísimo dinero.=
_We will put down the names in this little book._
=Apuntaremos los nombres en este librito.=
_I shall not be satisfied until they have put it down in writing._
=No quedaré satisfecho hasta que lo hayan puesto por escrito.=
_Can it be the change of teachers that has put him back so much?_
=¿Será el cambio de maestros que le ha retardado tanto?=
(_a_) _To put on_ is translated by the reflexive =ponerse=.
_They are torn, I know, but I put them on fully aware of it._
=Estan rotas, sí, pero me las he puesto con todo conocimiento.=
--PALACIO VALDÉS.
_Note._--Cf. _to have on_, =tener puesto=, =-a=, =-os=, =-as=.
_They had their hats on._
=Tenían puestos los sombreros.=
(_b_) _To put in_ (add) is =añadir=; _to put in mind of_ is rendered
=recordar=; _to put in time_ is =gastar= or =pasar tiempo=.
_This house puts me in mind of the house where I was born. I should like
to put in a few weeks here._
=Esta casa me recuerda la casa en donde nací yo. Quisiera pasar unas
semanas aquí.=
_The lemonade is not very sweet. Put in a little more sugar._
=No es muy dulce la limonada. Añada usted un poco de azúcar.=
=120.= =EXERCISES=
(_a_) 1. Apunte usted todo lo que yo le voy a decir pues ya sé que tiene
Vd. corta memoria. 2. Vuelva Vd. a poner todas esas cosas en donde
estaban. 3. Guarda tus libros en este cajón. 4. Ya van a apagar las
luces. Salgamos antes de que nos echen a la calle. 5. Me olvidé de poner
por escrito sus señas en cuanto me las dió. 6. Ponte este vestido. Te
cae más bien que aquél. 7. La llegada inesperada de tantos amigos a la
vez estorbó no poco a la señora. 8. Extendió la mano para recibir la
limosna. 9. Apaga esa luz que aquí se puede ver bastante bien sin ella.
10. Si, fuera yo usted no me estorbaría por ellos.
(_b_) 1. I must put it down before I forget it. 2. The children have
gone to bed without putting their toys away. 3. Put a little more water
in (=a=) the tea. 4. There is much sickness in that family. They put it
down (=atribuir=) to the water from that well. 5. We hoped to finish
before night, but the rain has put us back. 6. Shall I put the lamp on
this table? (_Use present tense of verb._) 7. If we don't let her know
that we are coming, we may put her out. 8. He put the knife back into
his pocket when he saw that we didn't need to cut the string. 9. The
wind had put out all the lights, but it had not put out the fire. 10. Do
you think they will be able to put down the revolution that has broken
out in the southern provinces?