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Week 28 · Cooking at Home

Cocinar en casa

Play each sentence at normal and slow speed, pause, and repeat it out loud. The audio uses an AI-generated voice (Latin American Spanish).

Monday · day 190

¿Me pasas la sal, por favor?

Can you pass me the salt, please?

Tuesday · day 191

Primero, pica la cebolla.

First, chop the onion.

Wednesday · day 192

El arroz necesita veinte minutos.

The rice needs twenty minutes.

Thursday · day 193

¿Dónde guardas las ollas?

Where do you keep the pots?

Friday · day 194

Le falta un poco de limón.

It needs a little more lime.

Saturday · day 195

Baja el fuego y tapa la olla.

Turn down the heat and cover the pot.

Sunday · day 196

¡Qué rico! ¿Me das la receta?

So tasty! Can I have the recipe?

Step-by-step solutions

Try the pyramid in the book first. The solutions are hidden: open them one at a time.

Monday (day 190): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “salt” and there are 3 bricks. The word is SAL; you met it in week 28, Monday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “rice” and there are 5 bricks. The word is ARROZ; you met it in week 28, Wednesday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “bedroom” and there are 6 bricks. The word is CUARTO; you met it in week 20, Monday.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “onion” and there are 7 bricks. The word is CEBOLLA; you met it in week 28, Tuesday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: A, Z, U, L → AZUL, which means “blue”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Tuesday (day 191): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “I can” and there are 5 bricks. The word is PUEDO; you met it in week 20, Thursday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “to charge (money)” and there are 6 bricks. The word is COBRAR; you met it in week 21, Saturday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “first (adverb)” and there are 7 bricks. The word is PRIMERO; you met it in week 28, Tuesday.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “traffic light” and there are 8 bricks. The word is SEMÁFORO; you met it in week 9, Wednesday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: P, A, P, Á → PAPÁ, which means “dad”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Wednesday (day 192): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “boxes” and there are 5 bricks. The word is CAJAS; you met it in week 26, Thursday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “I come back” and there are 6 bricks. The word is VUELVO; you met it in week 26, Sunday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “minutes” and there are 7 bricks. The word is MINUTOS; you met it in week 28, Wednesday.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “you work (tú)” and there are 8 bricks. The word is TRABAJAS; you met it in week 14, Wednesday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: C, O, S, A → COSA, which means “thing”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Thursday (day 193): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “hello” and there are 4 bricks. The word is HOLA; you met it in week 1, Monday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “cooking pots” and there are 5 bricks. The word is OLLAS; you met it in week 28, Thursday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “to arrive” and there are 6 bricks. The word is LLEGAR; you met it in week 23, Wednesday.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “saturdays” and there are 7 bricks. The word is SÁBADOS; you met it in week 26, Wednesday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: H, A, G, O → HAGO, which means “I do”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Friday (day 194): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “I get off” and there are 4 bricks. The word is BAJO; you met it in week 10, Thursday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “lime (fruit)” and there are 5 bricks. The word is LIMÓN; you met it in week 28, Friday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “email” and there are 6 bricks. The word is CORREO; you met it in week 24, Monday.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “delivery” and there are 7 bricks. The word is ENTREGA; you met it in week 24, Friday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: B, I, E, N → BIEN, which means “well”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Saturday (day 195): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “foot” and there are 3 bricks. The word is PIE; you met it in week 9, Tuesday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “table” and there are 4 bricks. The word is MESA; you met it in week 27, Monday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “fire, heat” and there are 5 bricks. The word is FUEGO; you met it in week 28, Saturday.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “file (document)” and there are 7 bricks. The word is ARCHIVO; you met it in week 24, Monday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: P, A, G, O → PAGO, which means “I pay”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Sunday (day 196): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “better” and there are 5 bricks. The word is MEJOR; you met it in week 13, Tuesday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “name” and there are 6 bricks. The word is NOMBRE; you met it in week 25, Friday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “ripe (masc. pl.)” and there are 7 bricks. The word is MADUROS; you met it in week 6, Wednesday.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “pill” and there are 8 bricks. The word is PASTILLA; you met it in week 18, Friday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: M, E, S, A → MESA, which means “table”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.

Printable review cards

Print, cut along the lines and fold each card in half: English on the front, Spanish on the back.

W28 · 1Can you pass me the salt, please?
¿Me pasas la sal, por favor?
W28 · 2First, chop the onion.
Primero, pica la cebolla.
W28 · 3The rice needs twenty minutes.
El arroz necesita veinte minutos.
W28 · 4Where do you keep the pots?
¿Dónde guardas las ollas?
W28 · 5It needs a little more lime.
Le falta un poco de limón.
W28 · 6Turn down the heat and cover the pot.
Baja el fuego y tapa la olla.
W28 · 7So tasty! Can I have the recipe?
¡Qué rico! ¿Me das la receta?