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🇪🇸 Spanish · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

The Whole Truth

Emily has applied for a master's at the University of Seville, and wants a second year here. She hasn't told Dad, and she wants Sarah to tell him for her, or tell him half. Sarah says no more half-truths. At nine, on the video call to Boston, Emily confesses, and Dad asks to speak to Curro, man to man. Confess something and tell the whole truth - I have to confess something, you have to tell him that yourself - ask someone to tell someone for you, and say you'd guessed or could see it coming.

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THE STORY

It's Monday, February 25th, 2030, six in the evening, in the kitchen of the top-floor flat. Emily has come straight from the university with a plastic folder. She has applied for a master's here, and wants a second year in Seville. Dad doesn't know, and she wants Sarah to tell him for her. At nine, three in the afternoon in Boston, Mom and Dad appear on Sarah's laptop, and Curro sits beside Emily, just out of the picture. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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un másteroon MAHS-tehra master's
He pedido plaza en un máster.eh peh-DEE-doh PLAH-sah ehn oon MAHS-tehrI've applied for a master's.
Quiero quedarme otro año.kee-EH-roh keh-DAHR-meh OH-troh AH-nyohI want to stay another year.
Si me admiten.see meh ahd-MEE-tehnIf they accept me.
díseloDEE-seh-lohtell it to him
Díselo tú, que a ti te escucha.DEE-seh-loh TOO keh ah TEE teh ehs-KOO-chahYou tell him. He listens to you.
Pues dile solo la mitad.pwehs DEE-leh SOH-loh lah mee-TAHDThen just tell him half.
Lo de quedarme, todavía no.loh deh keh-DAHR-meh toh-dah-BEE-ah NOHThe staying part, not yet.
Se acabaron las verdades a medias.seh ah-kah-BAH-rohn lahs behr-DAH-dehs ah MEH-dee-ahsNo more half-truths.
decírselodeh-SEER-seh-lohto tell it to him

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