_Do (donde) el honor muerto está no hay ya de vida esperanza._[40]
--GIL Y ZÁRATE.
=121.= _To strike_ in the sense of _to hit_ is =pegar=; _to strike against_
is =dar contra=; _to strike the hour_ is =dar la hora=; _to strike_ (cease
work) is =declararse en huelga=.
_It was I who struck him the blow with the ax._
=Yo fuí quien le pegué el hachazo.=--JOSÉ MÁRMOL.
_Has it struck ten yet?_
=¿Han dado ya las diez?=
_He struck his head against the door and hurt himself cruelly._
=Dió con la cabeza contra la puerta y se lastimó cruelmente.=
_All the employes of the railroads have struck._
=Todos los empleados de las empresas ferroviarias se han declarado en
huelga.=
=122.= Spanish =vez= meaning _time_ (see section 59) occurs in many
adverbial phrases which in English do not always contain the word
_time_. So, =otra vez=, _again_; =a la vez=, _at once_, _at the same time_,
_together_; =de una vez y para siempre=, _once and for all_; =tal vez=,
_perhaps_; =en vez de=, _instead of_; =rara vez=, _rarely_, _seldom_; =cada
vez más=, _more and more_.
_That surprised me and at the same time amused me._
=Eso me sorprendió y a la vez me hacía gracía.=
--PALACIO VALDÉS.
_Of thirteen or fourteen stones all thrown together, wouldn't one hit
him?_
=De trece o catorce piedras todas lanzadas a la vez, ¿no había de tocarle
una?=--EMILIA PARDO BAZÁN.
_I will answer you once and for all._
=Yo os responderé de una vez y para siempre.=--ESCRICH.
_He rarely entered the Casino. He had no time to spare._
=Entró rara vez en el Casino. No le sobraba tiempo.=
--EMILIA PARDO BAZÁN.
_Instead of saying "I'm not going," I take my hat and go._
=En vez de decir--no voy--tomo el sombrero y me voy.=
--JUAN VALERA.
_And so once here he insisted that we should stay a few days._
=Con que una vez aquí, se empeñó en que quedásemos unos pocos
días.=--ECHEGARAY.
=123.= The verb _to start_ is rendered =comenzar=, =empezar=, =principiar=,
=ponerse a=, when the meaning is _to begin_. Meaning _to set in motion_ it
is translated =poner en movimiento=. In the sense of _to leave_, _depart_,
it is rendered =ponerse en marcha= or =en camino=, or =partir=. _To start
from_ is rendered =arrancar de=.
_"With much pleasure," I said, and I started to unload._
=Con mucho gusto, dije, y me puse a descargar.=--ALARCÓN.
_Scarcely had he started the engine when it stopped again._
=No bien hubo puesto en movimiento la máquina cuando volvió a pararse.=
_The train starts from the north station._
=El tren arranca de la estación del norte.=
_The vehicle started at full speed._
=El vehículo se puso en marcha a toda velocidad.=
--BLASCO IBÁÑEZ.
=124.= =EXERCISES=
(_a_) 1. Es necesario que no salgamos a la vez. 2. En vez de marcharse
por la noche se largó de madrugada. 3. No necesita usted hablarle otra
vez. 4. Es algo que tal vez sea una alucinación, pero lo he notado. 5.
Me pegó sin que yo le hubiera dicho nada. 6. En los últimos meses del
año pasado se declararon en huelga más de siete mil obreros. 7. El tren
estaba para ponerse en marcha. 8. Al oír lo que le dijimos nosotros se
puso a correr hacia la aldea. 9. Antes arrancaba el tren de esta
estación, pero ya no. 10. Al oír que daban las tres en el reloj del
cabildo, todos se pusieron a caminar hacia el palacio.
(_b_) 1. It is not right for them to strike now. 2. Starting from (=a
partir de=) to-day I must start for school at eight o'clock. 3. Half an
hour later they succeeded in starting the machine. 4. Perhaps you will
have more time next time. 5. She became more and more tired as she
approached the end of her journey. 6. Do you remember the last time the
coal miners struck? 7. It strikes me (=se me ocurre=) that it would be
better to finish it now once and for all. 8. Instead of starting at
half-past seven they waited until after it had struck eight. 9. They all
called me at once, but I was more and more determined not to go with
them. 10. He struck him a blow with a whip, but the horse would not
start.