9. Juana also wished Elisa to prevent Antonio from going to the dance.

10. There's no use talking any more; it's a settled fact that our husbands intend to go to the dance tonight.

Más vale maña que fuerza — Part 27

11. Tell me what you think of Antonio's letter.

Más vale maña que fuerza — Part 27

12. I can't tell you now,ásvalemañ I haven't time to think about it.

Más vale maña que fuerza — Part 27

13. It seems to me I hear somebody knocking; do you suppose it's Antonio?

1. Antonio said he would be thirty-six years old next week.

2. Do you think it is proper for a married man who's beginning to turn gray, to go to dances?

3. If Antonio had had more sense, he wouldn't have believed Juana.

4. It wouldn't be a bad idea for you to write Miguel a few lines.

5. Now that you are not to go to the ball, what are you going to do?

6. Antonio wanted Juana to hear him at all costs.

7. Juana told Antonio that if the men persisted in doing as they liked, the women ought to do the same.

8. I told you not to forget that you were talking to a lady.

9. If Miguel had known that his wife was at Antonio's, he would have been afraid to go there.

10. If I took it into my head to go to a dance, nobody could stop me.

1. Antonio was afraid he'd have to call the chief of the vigilance department.

2. Antonio was curious to see how his wife would act when she was angry.

3. Although Antonio was not accustomed to quarrel with his wife, he thought it necessary to be firm on that occasion.

4. Elisa came up to her husband and put her hands affectionately on his shoulders.

5. It's plain now (I see it all now); she intends to make fun of me.

6. There's no way out of it; I'll have to start the attack.

7. Antonio must have been a fool to believe that his wife would have lost her temper merely because he wanted to go to the dance.

8. Juana was the one who was furious, not Elisa.

9. Elisa pretended to be glad that Antonio was going to the masquerade.

_com._ common; if used alone, noun of common gender

_f._ feminine; if used alone, noun of feminine gender

_m._ masculine; if used alone, noun of masculine gender

Words whose form and meaning are identical in the two languages are generally omitted from this vocabulary. Nouns ending in #o# are masculine; those in #a#, feminine. The gender is indicated only in the case of nouns that do not follow this rule.