Core 1,000 Part of Chapter 1

Solo una noche

Just one night

Reading time: 1 min
Total words: 48
Unique words: 25
Typical word: #45

Nico's selfie on the stairwell landing, waving goodbye, a bar apron under his jacket and a bag on his shoulder; behind him, through the flat's open front door, a huge grey Great Dane sits inside filling the doorway.

An enormous grey Great Dane sprawled across a tiny two-seat sofa in a lamp-lit flat; a handbag and keys dropped on the floor in front.

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22 words

#	Freq	Word	Translation	Part of speech	Qualifications
1	2	quéwhat (interrogative); how, what a... (exclamative)	what (interrogative); how, what a... (exclamative)	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
2	3	serto be (identity, essential qualities)	to be (identity, essential qualities)	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
3	4	nono, not	no, not	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
4	6	lathe (feminine singular)	the (feminine singular)	article	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
5	12	una, an (masculine)	a, an (masculine)	indefinite-article	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
6	16	hacerto do, to make	to do, to make	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
7	19	unaa, an (feminine)	a, an (feminine)	indefinite-article	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
8	30	todoall, everything, whole	all, everything, whole	determiner	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
9	38	tuyour (informal singular)	your (informal singular)	determiner	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
10	39	buenogood, fine, okay	good, fine, okay	adjective	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
11	43	aquíhere	here	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
12	46	esethat	that	determiner	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
13	51	yaalready, now, soon, anymore	already, now, soon, anymore	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
14	66	sóloonly, just, alone	only, just, alone	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
15	103	la noche(feminine)night, evening	night, evening	noun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
16	120	grandebig, large, great	big, large, great	adjective	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
17	256	ahah, oh (expression of understanding or surprise)	ah, oh (expression of understanding or surprise)	interjection	-
18	381	el libro(masculine)book	book	noun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
19	420	el perro(masculine)dog	dog	noun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
20	574	la canción(feminine)song	song	noun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation

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