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From the episode 'Pilot'

BO: It's not your fault.
CORTEZ: Pardon me?
BO: That man in the other room. You tried to save him. You're a good doctor. You saved Senga.
CORTEZ: Who is Senga?
BO: Come on! You took care of him.
CORTEZ: You're tired, Bo. I'll check in on you a little later, okay?
BO: How is Senga doing?
CORTEZ: I'm sorry. I don't know anyone named Senga. Now get some rest.

fault	culpa. It's not your fault significa "No es tu culpa".
Pardon me?	¿Perdón, que dijiste? ¿Podrías repetir eso?
to try to do something	intentar, hacer un esfuerzo para lograr algo. Cuando el verbo try es seguido de un gerundio, significa probar, experimentar algo. If you can't concentrate with the noise, try closing the door (Si no puedes concentrarte por el ruido, prueba cerrando la puerta).
to save somebody	salvar a alguien
Come on!	Interjeccion que equivale al español ¡Venga!, ¡Vamos!
to take care of somebody	cuidar a alguien
to check in on somebody	revisar a alguien
later	más tarde. Es la forma comparativa del adjetivo late (tarde). Para aprender a hacer comparaciones, ver Comparatives and Superlatives.
I'm sorry	Perdón. Lo siento.
named	llamado
rest	descanso. Get some rest significa "descansa un poco".

 

WINTER: Our adversary is resourceful. We have to keep use of cell phones or other electronics to a minimum. Lovely Channing will be monitoring your whereabouts and progress.
TATE: You realize I haven't agreed to any of this yet.
WINTER: Oh, but you are. The FBI is undoubtedly on to you by now.
TATE: Maybe I'll take my chances.
CHANNING: You won't last ten minutes out there. They'll shoot you on sight.
WINTER: But that won't happen with our help. We're not superheroes, Mr. Tate. Far from it. But we're hardworking, dedicated people. And we can protect you.
TATE: You still haven't answered my question. Why me?
WINTER: Do you think we would have gone through all that trouble without a reason? I can't tell you now. But you'll figure it out.

resourceful	habilidoso, capaz
to keep something	mantener algo
whereabouts	paradero, ubicación
to realize	darse cuenta (en inglés americano). En inglés británico, se escribe to realise.
to agree to something	acceder a algo, consentir a algo
undoubtedly	indudablemente
to be on to somebody	estar detrás de alguien, perseguir a alguien
by now	en estos momentos
to take one's chances	correr el riesgo
to last	durar
to shoot somebody	disparar a alguien
on sight	apenas verlo
far from it	lejos de eso
hardworking	trabajador, laborioso
to go through something	pasar por algo, atravesar algo
trouble	dificultad, problema
to figure something out	llegar a entender

BO: What about Senga?
CORTEZ: I told you. I don't know who that is. I never had a patient with that name.
BO: I know. I thought you knew Senga. Sometimes I get things wrong. You don't know him yet. But you will... Senga lives in Congo. He plays soccer like I do. But one day they're gonna kick the ball too far and he'll have to run into the bushes to get it. And he'll step on something. And it will blow up and hurt him really bad. He'll be scared and he'll be crying. But he's lucky. You'll save Senga... The same way you're fixing him... Your father thinks you're a very good doctor. He knows he was wrong and he's sorry. He believes in you.

to tell	decir. Las formas del pasado son told, told. No debe confundirse con to say. Para aprender más, ver Speak, talk, say or tell?
to think	pensar. Las formas del pasado son thought, thought.
to know somebody	En este caso, significa conocer a alguien. Las formas del pasado son knew, known.
to get things wrong	confundirse, equivocarse
soccer	fútbol (en inglés americano). En inglés británico, se dice football. Para aprender vocabulario del fútbol, ver Football.
like I do	igual que yo
gonna	Forma coloquial de going to (ir a)
to kick	patear
too far	demasiado lejos
bush	arbusto
to step on something	pisar algo
to blow up	explotar
to hurt somebody	lastimar a alguien
to be scared	tener miedo, estar asustado
to cry	llorar
lucky	afortunado. Luck es suerte. Unlucky significa desafortunado.
to fix somebody	En este caso, significa curar a alguien. To fix something significa reparar o arreglar algo.
to know something	saber algo
to believe in somebody	creer en alguien

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