=ese, a, o=, that =esfuerzo=, effort =espada=, sword =espalda=, shoulder =espaldas=, back =español=, Spanish =espantarse=, to be frightened =especias=, spices =especie=, species, kind, rumour, news =especulación=, deal, speculation =esperar=, to hope, to wait for,

The student must therefore form the habit of consulting over and over those pages of his grammar which deal with these suffixes, and of recognizing at sight such orthographical changes of consonants as those by which =poco= with =-ito= makes =poquito=, and =pez= with =-ecillo= (longer form of =-illo=) makes =pececillo=. =5= 3 =que no viven=: 'fit to die.

=asestar= t point (weapon), fire, deal, deliver, land (blow etc.

=¡Pues poquito gusto que tendrá en verme!= why, he will be simply delighted to see me! Poquito, "quite a little," "a good deal": the inflection of the voice and the context give the above meaning to poquito, rather than the usual "very little.

=puntilla=, f., dagger (for despatching wounded bulls in the arena); =dar la =, to deal the final blow, give the coup de grâce.

=tratar=, to try, treat, handle, deal with, act towards (a person), have relations with; = á las gentes=, go out into the world, go into society; =se de=, to concern, be a question of.

of =mozo=) young man, young fellow =muchacha= f. girl =muchacho= m. boy, youth, fellow =mucho=, =-a= much, a great deal of; =s= many; = fuera que= it would be very strange if; =tener mucha razón= be quite right; =mucho= adv.

much, a great deal =mudo=, =-a= mute, silent =muere= see =morir=

, =57=, 8, =63=, 25, humph, not by a good deal, not any.

n., to treat, deal with; to try, to attempt; =se=, v. refl.

=ni con mucho=, not by a great deal.

VARIANTS: =En flor; en el período de su florecimiento.= =¿... lo que no es poco decir?= which is saying a good deal.

=que se refieren al bien de la sociedad=, which deal with the welfare of society.

a great deal of lather.

Mujer muy rica me dan, She's a very rich one y mañana hay que cumplir and tomorrow I must take care los tratos que hechos están; to close the deal according to plan, lo que os advierto, don Juan, and I say it to you Don Juan, por si queréis asistir.

From conversations between my mother and father I learned a great deal of the life of the Imperial Family.

My French, which I own I spoke rather badly, came in for a great deal of ridicule.

The old Princess was a very clever woman and a brilliant conversationalist, although, to tell the truth, as she spoke very rapidly I lost a great deal of what she said.

The opal-hued boudoir of the Empress, where we spent a great deal of our time, was a lovely, quiet place, so quiet that the footsteps of the children and the sound of their pianos in the rooms above were often quite audible.

She was, as I remember her then, a small, slender woman, not beautiful certainly, not as attractive as her sister, Queen Alexandra of England, but with a great deal of presence and, when she chose to exert it, considerable personal charm.

As Alexei’s health continued to improve there was even a little shooting, and a great deal of tennis which the girls, after their long confinement to the house, greatly enjoyed.

Up to this time none of his studies were ever fitted with telephones, but now he had wires and instruments installed and spent a great deal of time in conversations with Ministers and members of the military staff.

Grand Duke Alexander Michailovitch, the Emperor’s brother-in-law, went to Dobrovolsky, Minister of Justice, and with a good deal of swagger told him that it was the will of the familythat is, of the Grand Dukesthat the whole matter should be quietly dropped.

Doubtless he knew a great deal about horses, but of the interior affairs of State he knew so little that even the influence of Grand Duke Nicholas was powerless to retain him in office longer than two months.

In virtue of his office he had to deal personally with the affairs of the Grand Dukes, their complicated financial transactions, their morganatic marriages, and other confidential affairs.