Ayer mi jefa se mud her home and business to a new apartment, and when I showed up for work, she asked me to translate for her and the day laborers she had hired at the truck rental center. I discovered that all those drowsy evenings and long Saturday mornings I spent languishing in expensive university extension classes, trudging through the same old boring grammar course, were a monumental waste of time – and definitely a waste of money – when it comes to the real deal. There is a huge gap between my classroom experience and real world application. Ayer volv a casa y estudi algunas palabras que had tripped me up. And I resolved never to take a Spanish class again through UCLA Extortion – instead I’ll be saving my moola for un mes en M xico!
| English | Spanish | [Italian] |
| people legs | las piernas | le gambe |
| animal legs | las patas | le zampe |
| furniture legs | las patas | i piedi |
| English | Spanish | [Italian] |
| furniture | los muebles (’movables’ – un m vil is a ‘motive’ or una raz n.) | i mobili |
| heavy | pesado | pesante |
| floor, as in ground, where the carpet goes | el suelo (or el piso) | il suolo, il pavimento |
| floor, as in storey | el piso | il piano |
| upstairs | arriba, el piso de arriba | di sopra |
| downstairs | (de) abajo, el piso bajo | di sotto |
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