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🇪🇸 Spanish · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Now Let Me Run

Two weeks into Julian's new job, Professor Ortega is still in his office every single day, correcting his index cards with a red pencil, and last night Ortega's wife phoned Julian at home. Speak the language of telling someone gently to let go - he retired but he hasn't noticed, he needs a little push, I'd have done it differently, with all the affection in the world, you passed me the baton, now let me run, are you throwing me out, nobody's asking you to forget it, I'll suggest something - and find out where Ortega's wife wants to go.

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THE STORY

It's Tuesday, September 18th, 2029. For two weeks, since Julian's first day at the Archive, Professor Ortega has dropped in every single day, "just for a minute". Last night at eleven, his wife phoned Julian at home. She was very polite and very clear. This morning, Ortega has been sitting on the edge of Julian's table since nine, reading Julian's index cards with a red pencil, and Julian has been practising what to say all morning. At eleven, over a coffee across from the cathedral, the two of them make a deal. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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Se jubiló, pero no se ha enterado.seh hoo-bee-LOH PEH-roh noh seh ah ehn-teh-RAH-dohHe retired, but he hasn't noticed.
manchadasmahn-CHAH-dahsstained
un empujónoon ehm-poo-HOHNa shove
Necesita un empujoncito.neh-seh-SEE-tah oon ehm-poo-hohn-SEE-tohHe needs a little push.
una fichaOO-nah FEE-chahan index card
Esta ficha está mal.EHS-tah FEE-chah ehs-TAH mahlThis index card is wrong.
Yo la habría hecho de otra manera.yoh lah ah-BREE-ah EH-choh deh OH-trah mah-NEH-rahI'd have done it differently.
con todo el cariño del mundokohn TOH-doh ehl kah-REE-nyoh dehl MOON-dohwith all the affection in the world
Cuando alguien empieza asíKWAHN-doh AHL-gee-ehn ehm-pee-EH-sah ah-SEEWhen someone starts like that
el testigoehl tehs-TEE-gohthe baton

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