For the general behoof

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by poli

De verdad "a lot of years" se usa mucho. En un poquito informal y parece
muy americano

That is interesting - that is why I have never heard it.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Soy muy tímido.

No sé, pero no se dice. Tal vez "many, many years"

No seas tímido, hombre

OK, I was sure it existed

Thanks, Perikles

Edit: I was attending someone and Poli wrote another answer. Maybe that's why I was sure I had read or listened to "lot of years". OK, thanks, Poli.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

I was attending someone

I was attending to someone.

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by irmamar

When I was writing "setting me in the context" I wasn't sure if it was correct. I'd like to know it (I meant "situarme en el contexto")

Bueno, "situarme en el contexto" se puede traducir "setting me in the context", pero sólo si se entiende en el sentido de "llevarme y ponerme en medio de".

[brute]

Originally Posted by irmamar

The following excerpt is from a novel by Dickens. I don't understand well what I'm going to underline. Is there someone to help me?:

Girl number twenty unable to define a horse! said Mr. Gradgrind, for the general behoof of all the little pitchers.

¿Para el beneficio general de todas las jarritas?

Thanks

Your translation seems as good as any.

Perhaps " little pitchers" refers to the empy heads of the rest of the girls in the class?
People never use the word behoof nowadays,
and I am quite sure that none of the girls played baseball either.

(Sorry Pericles, I have only just seen your earlier answer)

[irmamar]

Thanks everybody.

By the way, how would I say "situarme en el contexto" in English? (without moving from my place, of course)

Thanks again.

[pjt33]

Explaining the context to me. Quizás haya una traducción más literal que sirva, pero de momento no me occure.

[irmamar]

OK, thanks

Brute, don't blame on me, but on my teacher. We have many words to learn that I'm sure they're not used nowadays

[chileno]

Originally Posted by pjt33

Bueno, "situarme en el contexto" se puede traducir "setting me in the context", pero sólo si se entiende en el sentido de "llevarme y ponerme en medio de".

Could it be "situating myself in context"?

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Thanks Perikles. You do me a great favour with your corrections .

When I was writing "setting me in the context" I wasn't sure if it was correct. I'd like to know it (I meant "situarme en el contexto")

Yes, I'm expecting you to write in Spanish, so I'll come running to correct you!



Well, I saw the film years ago, too. And also a lot of years have passed since I read the book. But I remember Oliver was a child whose mother died when he was born and he must live in an orfanage. There he goes hungry and lives a sad life until he goes to learn a job: he's learning to be a thief. I can't explain anymore because I would spoil you book

I hope "a lot of years" is good

Yes, I guess that you have written sufficient about the relate, but definitely there're more about that story, at this moment I don't remember the mainly story, because well just, I saw it a lot time before, although always I said this, a great movie never should be will forgot in your mind.

Thank you for the comments.