Flashcards - Yearbook 2014 pg 47 'Jimmy'

he grew up
se crió
he started drinking
empezó a beber
he would (used to) get drunk
se borrachaba
he would (used to) lose
perdía
to become, to end up
llegar a estar
there was, were
había
he would (used to) take / have
se tomaba
he would (used to) smoke
se fumaba
to not have any money, to be broke
quedarse sin dinero
to drink up, to knock back
beberse
to look like (somebody or something)
parecer
a corpse
un cadáver
to admit, hospitalize, enter, go in
ingresar
so spend (time)
pasar
it didn't help (him) at all
no le sirvió de nada
he met
conoció
he accepted
aceptó
he would go out
salía
a swig
un trago
he studied
estudió
he realized
se dio cuenta
he had to change
tenía que cambiar
he felt
sentía
he was reading
leía
to stop
detener
I stopped at
me detuve en
(they) marked
marcaron
to mark a milestone
marcar un antes y un después
he studied (ongoing action)
estudiaba
he made the decision to, he made his mind up to
se resolvió a
to pick oneself up
levantarse
the eighth
el octavo
to beg, plead, pray
rogar
his vices
sus vicios
he got baptized
se bautizó
he became
se hizo
currently, now, at the moment
en la actualidad