Forum: Idioms & Sayings
June 24, 2010, 08:16 AM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
June 21, 2010, 01:00 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 15,833
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Forum: Vocabulary
June 17, 2010, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,687
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Forum: Translations
June 09, 2010, 12:57 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 14,566
Qué curioso es el idioma. En España (en mi zona...
Qué curioso es el idioma. En España (en mi zona al menos ;)) para expresar esto se dice: estar en la luna (a secas), en Babia, en la berza, en la parra... (las dos últimas creo que son más locales,...
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Forum: Vocabulary
June 06, 2010, 03:12 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,066
Taste and flavour
I've failed an exercise in wich I had to choose the correct word. I wrote tastes and the correct answer was flavours. I always used them as sinonyms, meaning "sabor".
The sentence was something...
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Forum: Vocabulary
June 06, 2010, 03:04 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 9,036
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
June 06, 2010, 03:01 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 8,140
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
June 02, 2010, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,980
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Forum: Practice & Homework
June 02, 2010, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,366
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
June 02, 2010, 10:22 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 15,833
No lo entiendo como ánimo de polémica, faltaría...
No lo entiendo como ánimo de polémica, faltaría más :)
No sólo no es una negación a secas como no, es una negación + un adverbio. La colocación en las oraciones es distinta, y perdona que no pueda...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
June 01, 2010, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 8
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Not to be in one's place
Just saw Sarah Ferguson telling Oprah Winfrey how embarrassed she was because her try of influence peddling (hope this means "tráfico de influencias").
I couldn't hear her well because of the...
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Forum: Vocabulary
June 01, 2010, 10:38 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,784
In Spain, no context information needed. It is...
In Spain, no context information needed. It is definitely refered to your beloved ones: Couple or kids exclusively. Nobody calls amor to other to be friendly.
But venezuelan people are sweeter...
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Forum: Vocabulary
June 01, 2010, 02:40 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,093
Confirmo que en el resto de España, al barrio...
Confirmo que en el resto de España, al barrio donde viven muchos chinos se le llama barrio donde viven muchos chinos :p . Si tuviera que traducir un folleto turístico donde se hiciera referencia a...
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Forum: Translations
May 31, 2010, 08:28 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,690
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Forum: Practice & Homework
May 30, 2010, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,999
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
May 30, 2010, 02:55 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,134
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
May 30, 2010, 02:54 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,575
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
May 30, 2010, 02:37 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,575
Qué cosas lees :p
Sino es una forma un poco...
Qué cosas lees :p
Sino es una forma un poco arcaica, y desde luego muy culta, de decir destino: No sé cuál será mi sino. En el contexto de tu lectura es más normal este tipo de vocabulario,...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
May 30, 2010, 02:32 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,134
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
May 30, 2010, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 15,833
I think this is a key (does it mean "esto es...
I think this is a key (does it mean "esto es clave" :?:). Many modern singers use the language very confusingly. Shakira is a good example of this, she takes licenses in her songs that would be...
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Forum: Grammar
May 29, 2010, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,378
mmmm, this is exactly what I was thinking while...
mmmm, this is exactly what I was thinking while reading the discussion. I don't hear english natives say Whose, wich, whom and such. As in Spain we don't use to say del cual, cuyo, etc:
Este es el...
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Forum: Vocabulary by Topic
May 29, 2010, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 12,510
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Forum: Vocabulary by Topic
May 29, 2010, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 12,510
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Forum: Grammar
May 28, 2010, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 94
Views: 28,601
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Forum: Grammar
May 27, 2010, 11:59 PM
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Replies: 94
Views: 28,601
:-O Incredible. Ok, if you are in the US, you...
:-O Incredible. Ok, if you are in the US, you will probably almost never talk to a spanish, and the most of the people you will talk to will be mexicans so learning vosotros could be not very useful....
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