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Traducción & Definición
to let someone (do something): dejar, permitir a alguien (hacer algo)
Este verbo es irregular:
I let someone / I let (someone) / I have let (someone)
Ejemplos
- "Brian : If you won't let me clean, then I shall organize your records."
- "The Thai immigration police wouldn't let me go back and get it!"
- "Bruno won't let us attend the May Day demonstration this afternoon."
- "That's why I'm prepared to let you get your hands on La Potion de Papi in just two weeks' time: two and a half months before anyone else."
- "I will not let my little Icarus suffer the same fate as my poor husband: stress is a very dangerous thing, and Icarus will be staying at home with me until his blood pressure drops."
- "Speaking of things that aren't what they seem, let me get straight to the point."
- "Fiona : Let me ask you the question one more time Mr. Cheeter."
- "Bruno : Listen, Brian, I'm sorry but we both agreed, if I let you become president of Europe AND keep your job at Delavigne, you would need to be willing to make some sacrifices."
- "Let me ask you a few questions, and then we'll fix a date for the installation."
- "I remind you that my home country, Ozsglackastan, is not yet part of Europe - the EU is not crazy enough to let us join."
- "I don't think letting them live in the lab complies with health and safety regulations."
- "Finally they let me go back into the stadium, but I was thirsty, so I went to get a glass of wine, but they had only pretzels!"
- "Sigourney : Let me stop you right there Susan."
- "Krazy Gidyeon : Let me ask you question, Mr. Perfume man."
- "Hannah : And we can't afford to sacrifice quality by letting just any site sell our products."
- "Let us have "Multiplicity", and the money is yours."
- "Why gamble the company's money away when we can let the bankers gamble it away for us?"
- "American businesses like to employ people who want to succeed and show ambition, that is why you should never let your supervisor or team leader forget that you want their job!"
- "Hannah : Cheryl, let me stop you there."
- "Well, listeners, we should not just sit back and let these thieves take what they please."
Ejercicio 1
Let's follow on from the irregular verb test in the previous lesson. The first three verbs were used in the audio. The fourth is a lucky bonus.
| infinitive | simple past form | past participle |
|---|---|---|
| to go | went | (have) gone |
| to eat | (have) | |
| to let | (have) | |
| (bonus) to rise | (have) |
Let's follow on from the irregular verb test in the previous lesson. The first three verbs were used in the audio. The fourth is a lucky bonus.
| infinitive | simple past form | past participle |
|---|---|---|
| to go | went | (have) gone |
| to eat | ate 1 | (have) eaten 2 |
| to let | let 3 | (have) let 4 |
| (bonus) to rise | rose 5 | (have) risen 6 |
1 ate: The simple past tense form of "to eat" is irregular for all persons: I ate, you ate, he ate. Example: "I ate far too much at the Chinese buffet last night".
2 eaten: The past participle of the verb "to eat" is irregular: I have eaten, you had eaten. Example: "I have never eaten meat in my life, because I consider it unethical". There are several other irregular verbs with a past participle ending in ‑en: speak / spoken, take / taken, steal / stolen.
3 let: The verb "to let" (meaning "to allow, to permit") is very unusual: its present tense form, simple past tense form, and past participle are all exactly the same: "let"! Example: "After I caught the fish, I let it go again".
4 let: The verb "to let" (meaning "to allow, to permit") is very unusual: its present tense form, simple past tense form, and past participle are all exactly the same: "let"! Example: "A man just knocked on the door, so I have let him in. Should I have checked with you first?".
5 rose: The verb "to rise" (meaning "to move upwards") is irregular in the simple past tense: I rose, you rose, it rose. Example: "The unemployment level rose continuously last year".
6 risen: The verb "to rise" (meaning "to move upwards") has an irregular past participle: risen. Example: "The balloon has risen into the sky and will soon be too far away to see". There are several other irregular verbs with a past participle ending in ‑en: freeze / frozen, give / given.
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