Word Translation Part of Speech Sentence (Simple Past) 1 start school Empezar la escuela VERB A week ago and school is starting 2 finish school terminar la escuela VERB A month ago I finished school 3 go to college ir a la universidad VERB A year ago I was going to go to university 4 get a degree Obtener un grado VERB Many years ago I thought to have a degree 5 get a job consigue un trabajo VERB Several months ago I got a job 6 meet someone conocer a alguien VERB It's been heavy years knowing me with 7 get married casarse VERB someone She has thought about getting married 8 have a baby/ family tener un bebe/ familia VERB He wanted to have a family with her 9 get divorced divorciarse VERB They got divorced last year 10 retire retirarse VERB I thought about dropping out of school