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This book aims to teach Spanish idiom. The greatest hindrance to the use of idiomatic Spanish lies in the failure to realize that common English words have various Spanish meanings.

To meet this difficulty, the notes and exercises of Spanish Composition are focused on the errors beginners most frequently make. For instance, attention is drawn to the fact that words like up, down, out, in, away are usually included in the Spanish verb, which is often entirely different from the English expression. Thus, while "to get" is obtener, "to get up" is levantarse.

Of course the treatment cannot be exhaustive, but enough examples are given to show the pupil the necessity of thinking before translating even the commonest words and phrases. The aim has been to give a simple and specific discussion of everyday expressions rather than to try to cover the entire field of Spanish idiom.

About two hundred and fifty quotations from famous Spanish authors illustrate the various idioms and acquaint the learner with the great names of Spanish literature.

I wish to express my hearty thanks to Dr. Harry Kurz of Carleton College, and to my colleagues in the Minneapolis High Schools, Señor Fernando García and Señor Julius Arrieta, who have read the work either in manuscript or in proof.

Edith J. Broomhall.

Central High School,

Minneapolis, Minnesota.

January, 1921.

CONTENTS
PAGE
LESSON I.	English to be	1
LESSON II.	The verb to ask	4
English for	5
LESSON III.	The verb to have	7
English to be to	8
LESSON IV.	English since	10
The verb to go	10
LESSON V.	English long	13
The word before	14
The verb to know	14
LESSON VI.	English to get	16
LESSON VII.	Review exercises	19
LESSON VIII.	The verb to look or look at	20
English little	20
English there	21
LESSON IX.	The verb to grow	23
The word just	23
LESSON X.	English after	26
The verb to help	27
LESSON XI.	English here	29
English well	29
The verb to hold	30
LESSON XII.	The adverb so	32
English to keep	33
LESSON XIII.	Review exercises	35
LESSON XIV.	English to leave	37
To let	38
LESSON XV.	English now	40
English about	41
To be about to	41
The verb to feel	41
LESSON XVI.	English will	43
The word all	43
LESSON XVII.	The word way	46
The adjective hard	47
The verb to give	47
LESSON XVIII.	The verb to think	49
The verb to make	49
LESSON XIX.	The verb to miss	52
Emphasis in Spanish	52
LESSON XX.	Review exercises	55
LESSON XXI.	English time	57
The verb to like	58
LESSON XXII.	Very as an adverb	60
The verb to play	61
The verb to need	61
LESSON XXIII.	The verb to please	63
The verb to mean	64
Without	64
LESSON XXIV.	The word only	66
Alone, single	67
The verb to hear	67
LESSON XXV.	English right	69
English must	70
LESSON XXVI.	The verb to appear	72
The verb to succeed	72
The word even	73
Toward	73
LESSON XXVII.	Review exercises	75
LESSON XXVIII.	The verb to sit	77
To stand	77
English corner	78
LESSON XXIX.	English self	80
Last	80
The verb to tell	81
LESSON XXX.	To save	83
To see	83
Half	84
LESSON XXXI.	The word as	86
LESSON XXXII.	The verb to want	89
Either, or	89
Neither	90
Because	90
LESSON XXXIII.	The verb to wonder	92
The one	93
LESSON XXXIV.	Review exercises	95
LESSON XXXV.	The verb to take	97
LESSON XXXVI.	The word ever	100
The verb to pass	100
The verb to pay or pay for	101
LESSON XXXVII.	The verb to turn	103
LESSON XXXVIII.	English can and could	106
To ring	107
English but	107
LESSON XXXIX.	The verb to put	109
LESSON XL.	To strike	112
Spanish vez meaning time	112
The verb to start	113
LESSON XLI.	The verb to do	115
Adverbial expressions	115
LESSON XLII.	Review exercises	118
APPENDIX	121
SPANISH-ENGLISH VOCABULARY	1
ENGLISH-SPANISH VOCABULARY	19

AUTHORS QUOTED
Cervantes	Don Quijote
Echegaray	El Poder de la Impotencia, Siemore en Ridículo, El Hijo de Don Juan
Gil y Zárate	Guzmán el Bueno
Campoamor	Poems
Castelar	Recuerdos y Esperanzas
Alarcón	El Capitán Veneno, Short Stories
Pérez Galdós	Electra, Celia en los Infiernos
Pardo Bazán	La Piedra Angular, Short Stories
Valera	Pepita Jiménez
Benavente	La Princesa Bebé, La Malquerida, El Collar de Estrellas
Palacio Valdés	José, La Hermana San Sulpicio
Eduardo Marquina	El Rey Trovador
Martínez Sierra	Teatro de Ensueño
Los Quintero	Malvaloca, Doña Clarines, Manana de Sol, Los Galeotes
Escrich	Fortuna
De Larra	Partir a Tiempo
Blasco Ibañez	Los Cuatro Jinetes del Apocalipse
José Mármol	Amalia
Ramos Carrión	Zaragüeta, La Muela del Juicio