El primer día de Laura
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El primer día de Laura

Reading time
4 min
Total words
1,026
Unique words
390
Avg frequency
#282

Story

Laura . Laura . . . Laura . , .

Today is Laura's first day at the new office. The job is in the centre, and Laura has to arrive at half past eight. She leaves the house very early. Her mother says goodbye to her from the door. Laura is carrying a piece of paper with the name of the boss and the number of the floor. She is a little afraid, but she thinks everything is going to go well.

mucha . Laura , . . . . . , . Laura .

In the street, there are lots of people. Laura looks for the place on her phone, but the phone has no power any more. She cannot believe it. A moment ago it was fine. Now she does not know which way to go. She asks a friendly man. The man tells her the office is close, two streets away. Laura thanks him and walks quickly down the street.

. , . . ", Laura. ." . "¿Laura ?" Laura . . " . ¿ ?" Laura .

She arrives at the place at ten past eight. She is not late, but she is not early either. She walks in and looks at the woman at the desk by the door. "Hello, I'm Laura. It's my first day." The woman looks at a sheet of paper. "Laura what?" Laura tells her her name. The woman looks at the paper again. "You're not on here. Are you sure it's today?" Laura feels something bad inside.

", ," Laura. " Ramírez. ." . . Laura. " Ramírez . . ." Laura . .

"Yes, of course," says Laura. "My boss is Mr Ramírez. I have a meeting at half past eight." The woman makes a phone call. She talks to someone for three minutes. Then she looks at Laura. "Mr Ramírez is not in today. He's in another place. Nobody knew you were coming today." Laura cannot say anything. She stands in silence in front of the desk.

Laura . ", . Marta. Marta Ramírez. ." Laura . , Laura . , , .

The woman sees the look on Laura's face and speaks to her in a kinder voice. "Come on, I'll take you up to the bosses' floor. You're going to talk to Marta. Marta is Ramírez's boss. She'll know what to do." Laura goes with the woman up to the third floor. The place is very big and pretty, but Laura looks at nothing. She just thinks about her mother, about her phone with no power, about the day that no longer feels like a good day.

Marta , . Laura . " . . Ramírez , . . . , ." Marta . Laura .

Marta is a tall woman, with kind eyes and a friendly face. She talks to Laura for ten minutes. "You're right. You do start today. Ramírez is the one at fault, because he didn't tell me anything. That's the truth. But it isn't a big problem. We're going to start now, you and I." Marta gives her a coffee and a sheet of paper with small things to do on the first day. Laura feels something good again.

, Laura . . . Laura : ". . ." contenta. Laura . , , . , , .

At two in the afternoon, Laura has lunch with two new people. They are friendly and ask normal questions. One person asks her how her morning went. Laura looks at the water on the table and tells the truth: "Bad. Very bad. But now everything is better." The two people make a happy face. Laura too. She thinks that tomorrow, probably, will be a normal day. And a normal day, today, seems to her the loveliest thing in the world.

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Words in this story

188 words
#Word
1elthe (masculine singular)
5una, an (masculine)
7deof, from
8lathe (feminine singular)
8yand
9enin, on, at
10ato, at
10loit, him; the (neuter)
11quethat, which, what
12nono, not
12porfor, by, through
13meme, myself
13yes; if
14serto be (identity, essential qualities)
14unaa, an (feminine)
15estarto be (state, location)
17teyou, yourself (informal)
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
30comolike, as, how
31aquíhere
32tuyour (informal singular)
33alto the
34másmore, most
36estethis
37todoall, everything, whole
38yaalready, now, soon, anymore
40ahoranow, right now
41muyvery
45algosomething, anything, somewhat
47buenogood, fine, okay
49cuandowhen
52nadanothing, anything
54oor
60quererto want, to love
63graciasthank you, thanks
64veztime, occasion
67sóloonly, just, alone
69porquebecause
81holahello, hi