SPAN 2010 4-C Los eventos importantes de la vida

milestone events

los eventos importantes

to adopt a child

adoptar a un niño

to advance, move forward

avanzar

to be baptized

bautizarse

to get married (to)

casarse (con)

to compete

competir

to meet one's best friend

conocer a su mejor amigo

to graduate

graduarse

to achieve a goal

lograr una meta

to move (to a new home)

mudarse

to participate in a mission trip

participar en un viaje misionero

to lose something important

perder algo importante

to prepare oneself (for)

prepararse (para)

to accomplish a dream

realizar un sueño

to complete (keep) a promise

cumplir con una promesa

to realize

darse cuenta de

to discover one's purpose

descubrir su propósito

to get divorced

divorciarse

to focus on what's most important

enfocarse en los más importante

to face a difficult situation

enfrentarse a una situación difícil

to experience

experimentar

to win a competition

ganar una competencia

to break up with someone

romper con alguien

to survive a natural disaster (an earth-quake, a hurricane)

sobrevivir un desastre natural (un terremoto, un huracán)

to suffer an illness

sufrir una enfermedad

to overcome a difficulty

superar una dificultad

to have the opportunity to (do something)

tener la oportunidad de

to finish a project

terminar un proyecto

to make a decision about one's career

tomar una decisión en cuanto a la carrera

to travel to another country

viajar a otro país

useful adverbs in the past

adverbios útiles en el pasado

last night

anoche

the day before yesterday

anteayer

last year/summer/Thursday

el año/verano/jueves pasado

yesterday

ayer

an hour/month/week ago

hace una hora/un mes/una semana

last week

la semana pasada

to be born

nacer

to die

morir

to give birth to

dara a luz a