El mejor café de la calle

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Pedro . , . , . " ", Laura Sofía. " . ." Laura Sofía , .

Pedro has a very clear idea about the cafes on his street. For him, they are not all the same. He knows each place, because he goes for coffee every morning. "I can tell you which is the best and which is the worst," he says to Laura and Sofía. "It's the truth. I'm right." Laura and Sofía want to know more, because they are both new in the city.

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"The small cafe, at the end of the street, is the best," says Pedro. "The coffee is very good and the price is the lowest of all. The place is small and quiet, with few people. For me, this is the perfect spot in the morning." Laura thinks that good coffee at a good price is a very good idea.

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"Then there's another cafe, next to the new shop," says Pedro. "That one isn't the best, but it isn't bad either. It's the second best. The coffee is fine, the price isn't very high, and there are always lots of people. It isn't quiet, but the place is pretty. If the small one is full, I go to that one."

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"And the big new cafe, the one in the centre?" asks Sofía. Pedro makes a sour face. "That one is the worst. It's very big and very pretty, yes, but the coffee is bad and the price is the highest on the street. People go for the place, not for the coffee. For me, giving so much money for such bad coffee is not a good idea." Laura and Sofía think Pedro is very funny.

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"There's one more," says Pedro. "It's the sweetest of them all. They have a coffee with lots of water and lots of sweetness. I don't like it, but a lot of people do. Each person has their coffee. I'm only saying which is the best for me." Sofía thinks Pedro talks about the cafes the way another person talks about their city or their people.

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"All right, Pedro," says Laura. "Let's go to the small cafe now. If it's the best, we want to try the best first." Pedro is very happy. The three of them walk down the street to the end. The place is small and quiet, just as Pedro says. They have a coffee, and for Laura and Sofía, on their first morning in the city, that coffee is the best in the world.

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106 words
#Word
1elthe (masculine singular)
5una, an (masculine)
7deof, from
8lathe (feminine singular)
8yand
9enin, on, at
10ato, at
11quethat, which, what
12nono, not
12porfor, by, through
13meme, myself
13yes; if
14serto be (identity, essential qualities)
14unaa, an (feminine)
15estarto be (state, location)
16haberto have (auxiliary); there is / there are
17tenerto have, to possess
18conwith
18hacerto do, to make
19parafor, in order to
19poderto be able to, can
20decirto say, to tell
20losthe (masculine plural)
21mimy
22perobut, however
24bienwell, good, fine
25esethat
26suhis, her, its, your (formal), their
28yoI
29delof the, from the
30comolike, as, how
33alto the
34másmore, most
36estethis
37todoall, everything, whole
40ahoranow, right now
41muyvery
47buenogood, fine, okay
54oor
60quererto want, to love
67sóloonly, just, alone
69porquebecause
82verdadtruth, true
84tanso, such, as
88dostwo
95muchoa lot, much, many, very much
99mejorbetter, best
104sobreabout, on, over, envelope
116siemprealways, forever
117hastauntil, up to, as far as, even