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To say "He must have closed the door.", does one simply switch to the present indicative of deber and say "Él debe haber cerrado la puerta." or can one stay with the simple conditional and say "Debería haber cerrado la puerta." and translate it into English as must or should, depending on context?

I think this issue boils down to trying to know when to translate deber as "should" or as "must". ¿Puedes ayudarme?

Buenos días team,

Should this be "dentro de cinco minutos", as in another B1 lesson, "Using dentro de for in/within/among in Spanish (time/place)"?

¡Muchas gracias!

Note that the last example above expressing it's about to rain, could also use por with the same meaning: "Está por llover"

Hola, what is the difference  between estar por and estar para. Muchas gracias, shirley.

Damm!

I don't understand this one below

poco a poco is an adverb

I answered me siento but was wrong

________ que te alejas de mí poco a poco.  answer SientoI feel that you are drifting away from me little by little.could you offer an explanation to this pleaseSilvia replied to Marcus G

'So, in essence:

i would have thought you couldn't physically feel someone 'drifting away' 

which is why I used sentirse as it felt like an emotional situation

please clarify if possible

thank you

If we use hechas, doesn't that mean "Why do you do that there?" As in, "Whenever we go to my parents' house, you always sulk in the corner and refuse to talk to anyone. Why do you do that there?"

I believe hechas is just as valid as echas, but it was marked incorrect. Please either accept this answer or remove this question from the quizzes.