The most frightening day of my life

Several years ago, I lived in Valencia because I was studying my degree at the University of Valencia. I was sharing a small flat, which was close to the university, with other students. One night, my friends and I were dining at home. We were excited because it was a festive day public holiday in Valencia and we were going to have a good night.

It all happened when Joan suggested us to that we go up for to watching the fireworks on the rooftop terrace. The fireworks were about to start and nobody wanted to miss it them. We all very quickly all of us went out home and entered got into the lift. We There were six people in the lift although it was forbidden entering for more than four to enter.

For some reason when the lift’s door closed, it went downwards instead of went going upwards. Suddenly, the elevator stopped and we realised that we were locked stuck. We almost could not move and the temperature started to increase quickly. It was bitterly hot. Our breathing misted the lift’s mirror and we got rather nervous.

By this stage, Javi felt overwhelmed and tried to phone the police. Araceli felt dizzy, so she sat down on the floor. There, it was less hot and she could breathe better. Alvaro did not seem really concerned about it. He was bothering us all the time. He was joking and jumping up and down into inside the lift. Another friend told us that he needed to piss, and I was sweating because of the high temperature.

Fortunately, some neighbors heard the shouts and they called the firehouse department. Just About half an hour later, a fireman opened the door and we finally got out of the lift. After this ordeal, I swore I would never take a lift with too many people again.

Not bad, Salva.

Just a couple of notes:

We say "bitterly cold" but not really "bitterly hot". No real reason - maybe it's a customary phrase. It sounds a bit strange.

"Breath" - the air that we breathe out causes the misting, not the action of breathing - well, in English it does.

"Jumping up and down" sounds very obvious. Yes, English many times does not make sense. Sometimes you cannot translate directly - we have our own strange way of saying things. It may be to show the difference between jumping out, jumping off, etc. Many phrasal verbs are simply a verb with an indication of the direction of the action.

Saludos:

Simón.

The most frightening day of my life.

Several years ago, I lived in Valencia because I was studying my/a degree at the University of Valencia. I was sharing a small flat, which was close to the University, with other students. One night, my friends and I were dining at home. We were excited because it was a festive day in Valencia and we were going to have a good night.

It all happened when Joan suggested to us to go up for watching to watch the fireworks on the terrace. The fireworks were about to start and nobody wanted to miss it. Very quickly all of us went out left home and entered into the lift. We There were six people of us in the lift, although it was forbidden entering more than four there was a limit of four.

For some reason when the lift’s door closed, it went downwards instead of went upwards. Suddenly, the elevator stopped and we realised that we were locked in. We almost could not hardly move and the temperature started to increase quickly. It was bitterly very/scorching hot. Our breathing misted up the lift’s mirror and we got rather nervous.

By this stage, Javi felt overwhelmed and tried to phone the police. Araceli felt dizzy, so she sat down on the floor. There, It was less hot there and she could breathe better. Alvaro did not seem really concerned about it. He was bothering us all the time. He was joking and jumping into the lift. Another friend told us that he needed to piss, and I was sweating because of the high temperature.

Fortunately some neighbors heard the shouts and they called the firehouse fire brigade. Just About half an hour later, a fireman opened the door and we finally got out the lift. After this ordeal, I swore I would never take a lift with too many people.