He is in an honourable employment.
Tiene un empleo honorable.

He has reached an honourable old age.
Ha llegado á una vejez honorable.
This book is invaluable.

Este libro es inapreciable.
This is an invaluable thing.
Es una cosa inapreciable.

That misfortune was unavoidable.
Esta desgracia era inevitable.
They look upon it as unavoidable.
Consideran eso como inevitable.
What I promise you is infallible.
Lo que prometo á vmd. es infalible.
He has discovered an infallible truth.
Ha descubierto una verdad infalible.
The peasants of that country are very poor.
Los campesinos de ese pais son muy pobres.
I gave alms to a poor woman.

He dado limosna á una muger pobre.
How sad you look!

Qué triste parece vmd.!
My soul is sad unto death.
Tengo el alma muy triste.
I hate ungovernable minds.
Aborrezco los genios intratables.
She is not so ungovernable as he is.
No es tan intratable como él.

That noise was very disagreeable to her.
Ese ruido le era muy desagradable.
That visit is very disagreeable to him.
Esta visita le es muy desagradable.
It is the most detestable of all crimes.
Es el crímen mas detestable.

The bare recollection of it is detestable.
La idea sola de ello es detestable.
He has a very deformed (or ugly) face..
Tiene la cara muy disforme.

This woman's shape is very deformed.
El talle de esta muger es muy disforme.
I never saw a more despicable man.

Nunca he visto un hombre mas despreciable.
Such bad conduct will render her despicable.
Semejante mala conducta la hará despreciable.
Do you believe him guilty of such a crime?
Cree vmd. que sea culpable de semejante delito?
I would bet that she is not guilty of it.
Apostaria que no es culpable de ello.

Free.

Libre.

Free.

Libre.

Impossible.

Imposible.

Impossible.

Imposible.

Courteous.

Afable.
Courteous.

Afable.
Uninhabitable.
Inhabitable.
Uninhabitable.
Inhabitable.
Innumerable.
Innumerable.
Innumerable.

Innumerable.
Supple.
Flexible.
Supple.

Flexible.

Variable.
Variable.
Variable.
Variable.

Merry.

Alegre.

Merry.

Alegre.

Sorry.

Sensible.

Sorry.

Sensible.

Awkward.
Torpe.
Awkward.

Torpe. Distant.

Distante.
Far.

Distante.

The Americans are truly free.

Los ciudadanos Americanos son verdaderamente libres.

Opinion should be free.

La opinion deberia ser libre.

It is impossible he should succeed.
Es imposible que acierte.

You undertake a thing impossible.
Vmd. emprende una cosa imposible.
She is courteous to every body.
Es afable con todo el mundo.

His courteous deportment has won the hearts of all.
Su modo afable le ha grangeado todos los corazones.
Marshes render that country uninhabitable.
Los pantanos hacen ese pais inhabitable.
This house is uninhabitable during the winter.
Esta casa es inhabitable en el invierno.
The Chinese form an innumerable nation.
Los Chinos forman un pueblo innumerable.
He was assailed by an innumerable multitude of
people.

Fué acometido por una multitud innumerable.
This is very supple leather.

Este cordoban es muy flexible.

Willow branches are supple enough to make baskets.

Las ramas del sauce son bastante flexibles para
hacer canastas.

The weather is very variable in this country.
El tiempo es muy variable en este pais.
Fortune is too variable to depend upon.

La fortuna es muy variable para contar con ella.
He has no occasion to be merry.
No tiene motivo para estar alegre.
I found her more merry than usual.
La hallé mas alegre que de usual.

I am sorry to hear it.

Me es sensible el oirlo.

She answered him she was not sorry for it.
Ella le respondió que no le era sensible.

He is awkward in every thing he does.
Es torpe en quanto hace.

The awkward servant has broken the decanter.
La criada torpe ha roto la garrafa.
He lives in a distant country.

Vive en un pais distante.

Is your country-house far from here?
Está muy distante su casa de campo?

This punch is not sweet enough.
Este ponche no está bastante dulce.
This lemonade is not sweet enough.
Esta limonada no está bastante dulce.
In the spring all is green.

Todo está verde en la primavera.
She was sitting on a green bank.
Estaba sentada sobre la yerba verde.
Be not so careless for the future.

No sea vmd. tan negligente en lo venidero.
This girl is careless in every thing.
Esta criada es demasiado negligente.
You must be more prudent in future.
Es necesario ser mas prudente en lo venidero.
His prudent behaviour saved him.

Su conducta prudente le salvó.

He is so ignorant that he cannot read.
Es tan ignorante que no sabe leer.

I found her ignorant of the most simple things.

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La hallé ignorante aun sobre las cosas mas triviales.
He is an excellent cook.

Es un cocinero excelente.

She is an excellent housekeeper.

Es una excelente ama de llaves.

He has always been dutiful to his father.
Ha sido siempre obediente á su padre.
Learn her to be more dutiful.
Enséñele vmd. á ser mas obediente.
Age has rendered her less hasty.
La edad la ha vuelto menos petulante.
His wife is of too hasty a temper.

Su muger es de un carácter demasiado petulante.
I am impatient to see him.

Estoy impaciente de verle.

She was very impatient in her sickness.
Durante su enfermedad, estuvo muy impaciente.
Be not so imprudent, I intreat you.

Suplico á vmd. que no sea tan imprudente.
Your imprudent behaviour will betray you.

La conducta imprudente que vmd. tiene le descu-.
brirá.

He is so insolent that nobody can bear him.

Es tan insolente que ninguno puede sufrirle.
I would not keep so insolent a maid.

No guardaria una criada tan insolente.
The jury declared him innocent.
Los jurados le declaráron inocente.

They have acknowledged that she was innocent.
Conocieron que la acusada estaba inocente.

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A LIST OF ADJECTIVES WHICH DIFFER IN THE MASCULINE AND

Blind.
Ciego.

Blind.

Ciega.

Skilful.

Diestro.
Skilful.
Diestra.

Damp.
Húmedo.

Damp.
Húmeda.

Troublesome.
Incómodo.
Troublesome.
Incómoda.
Covetous.

Avariento.

Covetous.

Avarienta.

Modest.

Modesto.

Modest.

Modesta.

FEMININE GENDERS.

He has been blind these three years.

Hace tres años que está ciego.

They fear she will become blind.
Temen que se vuelva ciego.
He is skilful in every thing.
Es diestro para todo.

This lady showed herself very skilful.
Esta señora se mostró muy diestra.
It is very damp weather.

El tiempo está muy húmedo.

This room is too damp for us to stay in.

Esta sala es demasiado húmeda para estar en ella.
The heat is very troublesome in this country.
El calor es muy incómodo en este pais.
Noise is troublesome to those who study.
La bulla es incómoda á los que estudian.
He is the most covetous man I knew.
Es el hombre mas avariento que he conocido.
She is more covetous than her husband.
Es mas avarienta que su marido.

I never saw a more modest young man.
Nunca he visto un jóven mas modesto.
You gave him a modest answer.

Vmd. le ha dado una respuesta modesta.
He is become very lean indeed.

Verdaderamente que se ha puesto muy flaco.
Pharaoh saw seven lean kine in a dream.

Faraon vió en sueños siete vacas flacas.

He is very glad to see you

Lean.

Flaco.

Lean.

Flaca.

Glad.

Satisfecho.

Glad.

Satisfecha.

Qué satisfecha está con esta noticia !

Strange.

Extraño.

Está muy satisfecho de verle á vmd.
How glad she is of the news!

This is a very strange man.

Este es un hombre bien extraño.

Strange.
Extraña.

He brought us a strange piece of news.
Nos ha traido una noticia muy extraña.
He is lame of his left foot.

Está cojo del pie izquierdo.

He has been wounded in the left hand.
Recibió una herida en la mano izquierda.
This cloth is too rough.

Este paño es demasiado áspero.

Coarse new linen is rough.

La lencería gruesa or basta es áspera quando

nueva.

The belt of your sword is too loose.

El cinturon de su espada está demasiado floxo.
You must keep your girdle a little more loose.
Es necesario que lleve vmd. la cintura algo mas
floxa.

He is not so rich as he is said to be.

No es tan rico como le hacen.

I heard she was very rich.

He oido decir que era muy rica.
He is not worthy of living.

No puede estar sosegado.

No es digno de vivir.

His fortune is worthy of envy.
Su fortuna es digna de envidia.

I always thought he was unworthy of it.
Siempre le he considerado indigno de ello.
As for her, her conduct is unworthy.
En quanto á ella, su conducta es indigna.
He could not bear so painful a task.
No pudo sufrir un trabajo tan fenoso.

I have not succeeded in my painful undertaking.
No he sido feliz en mi empresa penosa.

He is not quiet at his place.

She leads a very quiet life.

Pasa una vida muy sosegada.
Do not make rash vows.

No haga vmd. ningun ofrecimiento inconsiderado.
You made her a very rash promise.

Vmd. le hizo una promesa muy inconsiderada.
It is convenient for those who ride on horseback.
Es cómodo para los que montan á caballo.

I have changed my house for a more convenient

one.

He cambiado mi casa por otra mas cómoda.
You have a very pale complexion.

Vmd. tiene el color muy pálido.

She is as pale as a corpse.

Está pálida como un cadáver.