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Old June 23, 2010, 09:23 AM
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Safety valve = vent = válvula de escape

Cholera = enfermedad del Cólera
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Old June 23, 2010, 09:26 AM
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Sorry, I was in a rush to reflect enough. Thank you.
This is a leaning forum, and you should feel sorry. It's intersesting that
rabies and cholera aren't used figuratively in English as they are in other
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Old June 23, 2010, 10:09 AM
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This is a leaning forum, and you should feel sorry.
I'm sure you meant the opposite.
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I'm sure you meant the opposite.

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Old June 23, 2010, 12:03 PM
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I'm sure you meant the opposite.
OOPS. I did.
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Old June 29, 2010, 04:31 AM
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That was funny!
Repent ye sinners! (Don't make mis-steaks!)
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