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The Red-Hot Book of Spanish Slang: 5,000 Expressions to Spice Up Your Spainsh

Don’t sound like una momia–add a little sizzle to your Spanish! If someone called you tragaldabas would you be insulted or flattered? If you shouted ¡Mota! in the street, would you expected to get a cab or get arrested? Thanks to The Red-Hot Book of Spanish Slang and Idioms, you’ll always know your tejemaneje (scheme) from your merequetengue (mess) no matter where you find yourself in the Spanish-speaking world. Five thousand words and phrases–plus helpful hints as to what’s cordial and what’s vulgar–keep you in sync with Spanish slang. Spanish to English niños popis (upper-class kids) Spoiled brats Contigo ni a China me voy. (I’m not even going to China with you) You’re impossible La cruda (rawness) Hangover English to Spanish Ugly as sin ser un espantapájaro (to be a scarecrow) To be lucky tener leche (to have milk) Why are you staring at me? ¿Tengo monos en la cara? (Do I have monkeys on my
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The Crown of Fire / La Corona de Fuego (Short Stories for Studying Spanish)

This is a dual language short story: the fourth in a series of traditional short stories from Spain, published in both Spanish and English on the same page, designed to provide the student studying either language with an engaging vehicle for language learning and practice.Improve your Spanish while enjoying a traditional Castilian tale of the temptations of love which tantalize even the most pious among us. It illustrates clearly the dangers of revenge when, instead of being served cold, it is served blazing hot!Dual-language books are an ideal way to gain mastery of Spanish language by trying to first read the story in Spanish, and then looking at the ‘answers’ in the English translation at the same time. Once your Spanish reaches a higher level, these stories can be read by switching between the Spanish and English versions every paragraph (for example: read the first paragraph in English to get the idea, then only read the second paragraph in Spanish, then go back to the English
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Anabela por siempre (for learners of Spanish) (Novels for learning foreign languages) (Spanish Edition)

“Anabela por siempre” was written as a project by a Spanish IV class in 2009. This mini-novel paints suspense and enduring friendship on an El Salvadoran canvas. Spanish students with an Intermediate level of Spanish will race across the countryside with Anabela and Robert, college students at the University of El Salvador. The presence of traditional Salvadoran mythological characters, such as the horrible Siguanaba, bring fantasy to this intermediate level novel.Note: This book is 6,400 words long and uses all of the Spanish tenses and moods. The vocabulary is limited and some of the difficult words are translated within the text
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