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Gracias, chicos. Poli, qué es fanfarria?
Lovely quote, Sosia. There might be more to Kipling than I thought...
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"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies." from Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie Last edited by AngelicaDeAlquezar; March 26, 2010 at 03:19 PM. Reason: Merged back-to-back posts |
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Entonces, es como "be on high alert"?
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From what I've learnt on this thread I would say so.
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"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies." from Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie |
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Fanfarria is fanfare.
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"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies." from Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie |
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¿Y cómo es la fanfarria inglesa?
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Will a Scottish example minus the fanfare intro do? It's the best I could find.But maybe you were just kidding...
Anyway...
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"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies." from Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie |
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, and that's a proper greeting.
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Thanks! I wasn't kidding, I didn't know it.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X56XLpnS4wA
Here's another - the quality of the video is not good but when she walks into the cathedral a fanfare sounds.
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"Desiderata" - ...be gentle with yourself.You are a child of this universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. ...sé amable contigo mismo. Eres una criatura de este universo al igual que los árboles y las estrellas; tienes derecho a estar aquí. |
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