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Topics42 branches

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Keeping a Conversation Going27Conversation23Getting Around Mexico13Food and Eating Together11Requests11Home Together10Making Plans10Food and Dining9Health and Getting Help8Everyday Statements7Encouragement and Celebration6Travel and Directions6Clearing Up Misunderstandings5Shopping and Paying5Boundaries and Disagreements4Everyday Affection4Everyday Actions3Feelings and Check-ins3Reactions3Relationships and Family3Attending a Soccer Match in Mexico2Mexico City Metro and Bus Transfers2Romance2School Pickup and Talking to Teachers2Walking Directions2Buying Intercity Bus Tickets1Cooking Together1Everyday Conversation1Feelings1Food Allergies and Ingredients1Health and Safety1Home Repairs and Utilities1Household Chores1Making Plans with Friends1Missing Someone and Showing Affection1Natural Reactions and Replies1Ordering at a Mexican Taco Stand1Receiving a Package1Rental Car Pickup and Return1Viewing an Apartment and Moving In1Visiting a Pharmacy1Work and Shifts1

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  1. Can you speak slowly?¿Puedes hablar despacio?

    “¿Puedes hablar despacio?” means “Can you speak slowly?” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Requests. Ask a question.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  2. When are you free?¿Cuándo estás libre?

    “¿Cuándo estás libre?” means “When are you free?” in Mexican Spanish. Conversation builder.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  3. Can you fix it?¿Puedes arreglarlo?

    “¿Puedes arreglarlo?” means “Can you fix it?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to repair a contextually understood item/problem.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  4. What time do I start?¿A qué hora entro?

    “¿A qué hora entro?” means “What time do I start?” in Mexican Spanish. Entrar often means to start work when you’re discussing a schedule.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  5. Where’s the pickup point?¿Dónde es la salida?

    “¿Dónde es la salida?” means “Where’s the pickup point?” in Mexican Spanish.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  6. Two tickets together, please.Dos boletos juntos, por favor.

    “Dos boletos juntos, por favor.” means “Two tickets together, please.” in Mexican Spanish.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  7. I feel worse.Me siento peor.

    “Me siento peor.” means “I feel worse.” in Mexican Spanish. Report feeling worse, rather than improvement, during an ordinary or healthcare check-in.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  8. What’s your address?¿Cuál es tu dirección?

    “¿Cuál es tu dirección?” means “What’s your address?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone’s address in an appropriate exchange.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  9. I can’t do it.No puedo hacerlo.

    “No puedo hacerlo.” means “I can’t do it.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain inability to do the understood task.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  10. I can’t help you.No puedo ayudarte.

    “No puedo ayudarte.” means “I can’t help you.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain inability to assist the listener, rather than ask for help or reject needed assistance.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  11. Help me sit down.Ayúdame a sentarme.

    “Ayúdame a sentarme.” means “Help me sit down.” in Mexican Spanish. Request physical help to sit, not tell someone to sit independently.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  12. Where can I sit?¿Dónde puedo sentarme?

    “¿Dónde puedo sentarme?” means “Where can I sit?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask which location or seat is available for sitting.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  13. Help me carry this.Ayúdame a llevar esto.

    “Ayúdame a llevar esto.” means “Help me carry this.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask for physical cooperation carrying the indicated item.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  14. What are you looking for?¿Qué estás buscando?

    “¿Qué estás buscando?” means “What are you looking for?” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Ask a question.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  15. What would you like to drink?¿Qué quieres tomar?

    “¿Qué quieres tomar?” means “What would you like to drink?” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Food and Dining. Ask a question.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  16. Who is there?¿Quién está ahí?

    “¿Quién está ahí?” means “Who is there?” in Mexican Spanish. Ahí is natural when asking who is at the door; allá can refer farther away.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  17. Is it available today?¿Está disponible hoy?

    “¿Está disponible hoy?” means “Is it available today?” in Mexican Spanish. Check stock or availability for today.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  18. I am on vacation.Estoy de vacaciones.

    “Estoy de vacaciones.” means “I am on vacation.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain travel or work availability while on vacation.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  19. Can you try it?¿Puedes intentarlo?

    “¿Puedes intentarlo?” means “Can you try it?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask another person to attempt the understood task.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  20. I am eating.Estoy comiendo.

    “Estoy comiendo.” means “I am eating.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that eating is happening now.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  21. I can fix it.Puedo arreglarlo.

    “Puedo arreglarlo.” means “I can fix it.” in Mexican Spanish. Offer to repair an understood item.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  22. I plan to drive.Planeo manejar.

    “Planeo manejar.” means “I plan to drive.” in Mexican Spanish. State an intention to drive in a travel plan.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  23. Are you in love?¿Estás enamorado?

    ¿Estás enamorado? asks whether the listener is in love. Use enamorada when referring to a female listener. This is a personal question, so the relationship and context matter.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  24. What’s in the sauce?¿Qué lleva la salsa?

    “¿Qué lleva la salsa?” means “What’s in the sauce?” in Mexican Spanish.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
Technical Specs
Formality and register2 branches

How a phrase addresses someone: Neutral, Familiar (tú), or Formal (usted). Politeness also depends on wording and context; tú can be polite.

Neutral39Familiar (tú)30
Conversation role9 branches

What the phrase does in a conversation. A phrase can have several standardized roles, such as asking, answering or sharing information.

Ask a question36Answer or explain16Share information14Express feelings or opinions11Make a request11Give instructions10Greet or say goodbye2Invite or give permission1Offer help or make a promise1
Situations50 branches

The specific setting recorded by the editorial review. Not every phrase has a named situation.

Not recorded17Attending a Soccer Match in Mexico2Mexico City Metro and Bus Transfers2School Pickup and Talking to Teachers2Ask a familiar person whether they are in love, in an appropriate personal conversation. Female listener: ¿Estás enamorada?1Ask a trusted person or partner to remain with the speaker.1Ask about improvement in a previously discussed situation.1Ask about the effort involved in learning something.1Ask another person to attempt the understood task.1Ask for a personal promise or assurance from a familiar listener.1Ask for justification for doing an understood action.1Ask for physical cooperation carrying the indicated item.1Ask someone to do the laundry.1Ask someone to leave the current physical arrangement unchanged.1Ask someone to repair a contextually understood item/problem.1Ask someone’s address in an appropriate exchange.1Ask the listener to follow the speaker’s advice.1Ask to accompany someone who is leaving.1Ask what food listener is preparing during a meal conversation.1Ask what food someone is currently eating.1Ask what material an understood object is made from.1Ask which location or seat is available for sitting.1Ask why an understood business/place is closed.1Check stock or availability for today.1Describe making the bed as a household chore.1Describe progress learning English.1Discuss the weather forecast.1Explain current cooking activity/availability.1Explain inability to assist the listener, rather than ask for help or reject needed assistance.1Explain inability to do the understood task.1Explain that eating is happening now.1Explain travel or work availability while on vacation.1Food Allergies and Ingredients1Gently ask why the listener is upset/annoyed, not simply sad.1Grant permission to use an understood item.1Offer an opportunity to have a beverage.1Offer to repair an understood item.1Ordering at a Mexican Taco Stand1Reassure that some method/solution exists for the understood problem.1Receiving a Package1Rental Car Pickup and Return1Report feeling worse, rather than improvement, during an ordinary or healthcare check-in.1Report increasing outdoor warmth.1Report that the speaker has already had the midday meal, for example when offered lunch.1Request physical help to sit, not tell someone to sit independently.1Seek a shared decision about whether to wait.1State an intention to drive in a travel plan.1Viewing an Apartment and Moving In1Visiting a Pharmacy1Work and Shifts1
Gender forms3 branches

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neutral67feminine1masculine1
Who or what gender refers to3 branches

Find whether gender wording relates to the speaker, listener, noun or object.

Not recorded67listener1noun1
Learning collections4 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Core33Expansion19Not recorded17Introductory Set1
Vocabulary families99 branches

Browse recorded word families shared by phrases. These editorial family labels may not be dictionary headwords.

estar15poder9hora3ser3tomar3arreglarlo2ayudame2bien2buscar2cocinando2comiendo2da2deberia2donde2favor2hacerlo2ir2llevar2mejorando2pide2querer2salida2sentarme2tener2ver2vuelta2ahi1alegrar1algo1aparte1aprender1aqui1asi1ayudarte1boleto1calor1cama1cerrado1comi1comida1conmigo1consejo1contigo1dame1deberiamos1dejalo1derecha1despacio1devuelvo1dificil1direccion1disponible1dormiste1dos1empieza1enamorado1entrada1entrar1esperar1estas1facil1foto1hablar1haciendo1hago1hay1hecho1ingles1intentarlo1izquierda1juntos1lava1libre1llamame1llegues1llevame1llover1luz1manejar1manera1molesto1pagar1palabra1peor1planeo1quedate1rato1ropa1salsa1sentir1sigue1sopa1suena1toma1traer1usarlo1va1vacaciones1ya1
Vocabulary familiarity3 branches

Everyday, less common and specialized vocabulary, considered separately from grammatical difficulty.

Everyday43Not recorded17Less common9
Reusability4 branches

Editorial score for how broadly an expression can be reused; higher scores indicate more reuse.

4465173422
Coverage gap value5 branches

Editorial estimate of how much the phrase adds to the collection’s practical coverage.

331426271352
Ambiguity risk3 branches

Editorial score for how strongly meaning can depend on context; higher values indicate more ambiguity.

129223317
Confusion risk4 branches

Editorial estimate of the chance of confusing the expression with another; higher values indicate more risk.

23032011841
Spanish word count2 branches

Explore shorter and longer expressions using the recorded Spanish word count.

1–3414–628
Usefulness score3 branches

The detailed editorial usefulness score, distinct from the three usefulness labels.

438318513
Difficulty score2 branches

Scores run from 5 to 100. These ten-point ranges show the finer distribution within difficulty bands.

21–305431–4015
Vocabulary contribution2 branches

Recorded number of vocabulary-family contributions; it is not a learner’s vocabulary size.

0641–35
Review dates5 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-23392026-11-11132026-10-10122026-10-1932026-10-122
Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)69
Source batches7 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-2339Not recorded23Curated multi-source screenshot2LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 12Everyday conversation screenshot1Everyday questions screenshot1LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 21
Review methods6 branches

How the recorded editorial ratings were assigned. These are assessments rather than measured learning outcomes.

Individual editorial meaning/context/grammar review; difficulty-v2 vocabulary/reuse recomputed against reconciled 1414-card deck. Supplemental ratings are editorial estimates, not recall or CEFR measurements.39Editorial estimate for Mexican Spanish using phrase length, vocabulary, structure and context.12Editorial rules: templates, topic/role density, context dependence, and same-topic word-family overlap12Editorial review; initial difficulty and usefulness estimates.3Editorial review of this batch against the 273-phrase baseline2Individual editorial review for Mexican Spanish, with difficulty and usefulness estimates.1
Source review decisions2 branches

The recorded action taken when a phrase was reviewed in a source batch.

Added46Not recorded23
Introductory speakers2 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded68Host1
Length difficulty factor4 branches

Recorded points for this component of the difficulty score. See each phrase for the assessment note.

623920318128
Grammar difficulty factor15 branches

Recorded points for this component of the difficulty score. See each phrase for the assessment note.

13161011811177205234641221523216122124126191
Idiom difficulty factor4 branches

Recorded points for this component of the difficulty score. See each phrase for the assessment note.

0614514281
Unique Vocabulary Families6 branches

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None recorded64deberia1derecha1foto1izquierda1sopa1
New Families Vs Baseline32 branches

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None recorded25Not recorded10arreglarlo2cocinando2comiendo2hacerlo2mejorando2sentarme2alegrar1aprender1asi1cama1comi1deberia1dejalo1dificil1direccion1disponible1enamorado1lava1llover1manera1molesto1palabra1peor1planeo1quedate1ropa1suena1toma1usarlo1vacaciones1
New Vocabulary Vs Baseline3 branches

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1–334025Not recorded10
Pronunciation Included2 branches

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No56Not recorded13