Meaning of READ BETWEEN THE LINES - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

So sometimes when people are talking to you they don't say exactly what they mean.

Entonces, a veces, cuando las personas te hablan , no dicen exactamente lo que quieren decir.

They don't come right out and ask you what they want to ask you, and you need to read

No salen directamente y te preguntan lo que quieren preguntarte, y necesitas leer

between the lines.

entre líneas.

So let's look at an example of this.

Así que veamos un ejemplo de esto.

Maybe you're talking to your sister and she's talking about how she didn't have enough money

Tal vez estás hablando con tu hermana y ella está hablando de cómo no tenía suficiente dinero

to go out and buy groceries the day before.

para salir a comprar comestibles el día anterior.

She mentions that she doesn't have enough money to pay the bills, and she mentions that

Menciona que no tiene suficiente dinero para pagar las cuentas y menciona

she doesn't have enough money to pay for her tuition at university.

que no tiene suficiente dinero para pagar su matrícula en la universidad.

If you read between the lines your sister might be asking you for money.

Si lees entre líneas, es posible que tu hermana te esté pidiendo dinero.

She just might not want to come right out and ask it.

Es posible que ella no quiera salir directamente y preguntarlo.

So when you read between the lines you listen to everything people are saying and you kind

Entonces, cuando lees entre líneas, escuchas todo lo que dice la gente y

of have to guess what they're actually saying or what they mean.

tienes que adivinar lo que realmente están diciendo o lo que quieren decir.