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fadeaccompli May. 23rd, 2009 08:22 pm)
fadeaccompli May. 23rd, 2009 08:22 pm)In which our protagonist goes to meet the grandmother he does not approve of, after whining about not wanting to go to the Amazon on an adventure, dammit. Once again, I needed to stop and look up words before finishing the first sentence. ("muchedumbre" means "crowd." Good to know!)
You would think that with two entire chapters in the book just on taking trips and general travel, I would be able to translate a few paragraphs about meeting someone in an airport with ease. But nooooo. I'm getting more out of cognates than vocabulary from my textbook, unless you count things like articles and prepositions.
Anyway, time to keep reading and meet the eccentric grandmother. Given that Alex has been muttering about how she'd happily push him into a piranha-filled river, I think I like her already. Alex is, after all, a whiny, sullen, occasionally violent brat. But then, he has good reason for it, being both a fifteen-year-old boy and under a huge amount of stress at home. I kinda hope she schools his ass anyway.
You would think that with two entire chapters in the book just on taking trips and general travel, I would be able to translate a few paragraphs about meeting someone in an airport with ease. But nooooo. I'm getting more out of cognates than vocabulary from my textbook, unless you count things like articles and prepositions.
Anyway, time to keep reading and meet the eccentric grandmother. Given that Alex has been muttering about how she'd happily push him into a piranha-filled river, I think I like her already. Alex is, after all, a whiny, sullen, occasionally violent brat. But then, he has good reason for it, being both a fifteen-year-old boy and under a huge amount of stress at home. I kinda hope she schools his ass anyway.