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[...]... in the day ᭿ toward the end of the day ᭿ at the end of the day a fi nales de abril in late April ᭿ toward the end of April ᭿ at the end of April ᭿ near the end of April a fi nales de año ᭿ para finales de año by the end of the year a fi nales de mes late in the month ᭿ toward the end of the month ᭿ near the end of the month ᭿ at the end of the month a fi nales del año toward the end of the year ᭿ near the. .. the purpose of ᭿ with the * Voy a aim of ᭿ with the intention of ᭿ with the objective of Valladolid a fi n de visitar el Museo Colón I’m going to Valladolid when all is said and done ᭿ ultimately ᭿ (coloquial) at the end of the day a fi n de mes ᭿ al final del mes at the end of the month a fi n de mes: llegar ~ to make ends meet ᭿ to make it through the month (fi nancially) ᭿ to make it to the end of the. .. be at the head a la búsqueda de (poco común) * a la cabeza de la búsqueda de leading the search for estar a la cabeza de la cola ᭿ estar el primero de la fi la to be fi rst in line ᭿ to be at the head of the line ᭿ to be at the front of the line ᭿ to be at the beginning of the line estar a la cabeza del pelotón to be at the head of the pack a la cabeza del pelotón: ir ~ to be the leader of the pack... on the sides 2 (de un cerro) on the slopes 3 around * A los lados de la Sierra de the perimeter ᭿ to either side Madrid, hay muchas haciendas On the slopes of the Madrid Sierra, there are a lot of ranches A los lados de la Plaza Mayor hay muchos músicos peregrinos Around the perimeter of the Plaza * Mayor, there are a lot of street musicians a los ojos de in the eyes of * A los ojos del estado In the. .. comienzo de at the beginning of ᭿ early in ᭿ in the early * A principios de siglo At the beginning of the century ᭿ Early in the century * A principios del Siglo XX At the beginning of the 20th Century ᭿ In the early 20th Century a principios de abril in early April ᭿ at the beginning of April a principios de la primavera in early spring ᭿ early in the spring ᭿ at the beginning of (the) spring a a... being smart a lo alto at the top ᭿ (way) up high ᭿ high up * ¿Ves la casa en la sierra, a lo alto? Do you see the house (way) up high on the side of the mountain? ᭿ Do you see the house high up on the side of the mountain? a lo alto: tirar ~ to be on the high side ᭿ to be on the high end ᭿ to estimate on the high side * Tirando a lo alto, puede valer doce mil euros (Estimating) on the high side, it could... (frase preposicional) in the Italian style ᭿ (adjetivo) Italian-style a la izquierda 1 on the left ᭿ to the left ᭿ at the left 2 contra el sentido de las agujas del reloj counterclockwise * Está, entrando, a la izquierda the left as you go in It’s on the left as you go in ᭿ a la fuga: darse ~ – a la memoria de us They were in the next apartment ᭿ They had to have heard us They were in the next apartment... from Barcelona, your letter was in the mailbox a la vuelta de la esquina 1 around the corner 2 (figurativo) right out the door from here * La zapatería está a la vuelta de la esquina de mi piso The shoe repair shop is right around the corner from my apartment a la vuelta de la página on the back of the page ᭿ on the reverse side of the page ᭿ on the fl ip side of the page ᭿ when I get back from my... camino para to open the way for abrir el corazón ᭿ abrir el alma to open one’s heart abrir el desfi le ᭿ encabezar el desfi le to lead the parade ᭿ to head the parade abrir el grifo (Esp.) to turn on the tap ᭿ to turn the tap on abrir el juego ᭿ abrir juego to start the game ᭿ to start the match ᭿ to make the opening bet abrir el juicio to open the trial ᭿ to start the trial ᭿ to start the hearing abrir... pertenecer ~ to belong to the category of ᭿ to fall into the category of ᭿ to belong to the field of ᭿ to fall into the domain of * Sus productos pertenecen a la rama de * calzado Their products fall into the category of footwear El estudio de los reflejos pertenece a la rama de la neurología The 10 study of reflexes belongs to the field of neurology ᭿ The study of reflexes falls within the domain of neurology . año by the end of the year a fi nales de mes late in the month ᭿ toward the end of the month ᭿ near the end of the month ᭿ at the end of the month a fi nales del año toward the end of the. or y aquí estoy yo. By looking up either, you will  nd the other. To illustrate the usefulness of the Phrase Finder, the following are a few examples of phrases that are di cult to construct. connect it to “(if) in the event that” but might miss another impor- tant equivalence, “whether, if,” as in The interviewer asked the applicant whether, if they offered her the job, she would