Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
June 11, 2019, 09:03 AM
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Forum: Grammar
May 09, 2019, 09:07 PM
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Common in Spain, you can see DRAE:
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Common in Spain, you can see DRAE:
https://dle.rae.es/?id=7DBlluB|7DCRVC3
a canto, o al canto
1. locs. advs. A pique o muy cerca de.
2. locs. advs. Inmediata y efectivamente. Sacó dinero...
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Forum: Translations
May 09, 2019, 09:05 PM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
May 09, 2019, 07:37 PM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
April 24, 2019, 02:43 PM
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@ Poli: What is the context where you got the...
@ Poli: What is the context where you got the expression from?
It could make a big difference on meaning, or just a nuance. But any word or expression could mean many different things, depending...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
April 21, 2019, 10:22 PM
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Do you have some context?
It would mean to...
Do you have some context?
It would mean to me, how a painter would show reality.
I.e., he would see a "live scene", and the reflect that in his paintings.
Like at Salvador Dalí's Museum,...
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Forum: Vocabulary
April 21, 2019, 08:56 PM
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Por interés te quiero Andrés...
Además de...
Por interés te quiero Andrés...
Además de las aportaciones ya dadas, Oxford nos da:
Actúa solo por interés — he acts purely out of self-interest / in his own interest.
Con matices se podrían...
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Forum: Vocabulary
April 21, 2019, 08:48 PM
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Forum: Translations
April 19, 2019, 09:08 AM
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Forum: Translations
April 18, 2019, 12:45 PM
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De acuerdo con Angélica, es una expresión muy...
De acuerdo con Angélica, es una expresión muy común en España.
CREA da unos 15 ejemplos, todos de España, menos uno de Argentina:
- Bien -dijo Lacasa, sin [***]poner pegas[***]-. Necesitaríamos...
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Forum: Translations
April 14, 2019, 08:58 PM
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Rusty, but this seems to have the opposite...
Rusty, but this seems to have the opposite meaning.
"Morir en vida", as far as I understand it in Spanish is like "enterrarse en vida", as in "Retirarse del trato con los demás." or "suffer in...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
April 13, 2019, 03:32 PM
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Forum: Translations
April 13, 2019, 03:28 PM
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Forum: Vocabulary
March 19, 2019, 09:49 PM
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Forum: Grammar
March 19, 2019, 09:45 PM
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Forum: Translations
March 08, 2019, 07:14 PM
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Forum: Translations
March 07, 2019, 09:52 PM
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Forum: Vocabulary
March 04, 2019, 03:55 PM
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Forum: Translations
March 04, 2019, 03:53 PM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
March 04, 2019, 03:47 PM
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Oxford agrees with Alec!
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Oxford agrees with Alec!
https://es.oxforddictionaries.com/translate/english-spanish/a_flash_in_the_pan
It will also depend on the context!
Also "éxito pasajero"
Tormenta en un vaso de...
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Forum: Translations
December 19, 2018, 09:27 PM
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Forum: Translations
December 11, 2018, 03:26 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,932
Hi, Jalapeño!
Do you have more context?
...
Hi, Jalapeño!
Do you have more context?
Is it supposed to rhyme with the previous line?
What would you propose, or seems better to you?
"As time goes on" could be "conforme pasa el...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
December 08, 2018, 03:59 PM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
November 11, 2018, 12:33 PM
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Views: 3,586
I give a couple of additional ideas...
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I give a couple of additional ideas...
"Well, he is so cripple-minded that he just can't fathom it."
Bueno, tiene una mentalidad tan paranoica que no puede comprenderlo...
Bueno, tiene...
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Forum: Vocabulary
November 06, 2018, 11:25 PM
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Views: 3,783
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