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Poner el broche de oro

ROBINDESBOIS

March 04, 2010 04:00 PM

Poner el broche de oro

English?

AngelicaDeAlquezar

March 04, 2010 04:26 PM

Apart from other people's replies, maybe some of these answers might help:

http://forums.tomisimo.org/showthread.php?t=6019 :)

chileno

March 04, 2010 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS (Post 74973)

English?

You know that with age memory is the second thing to go, don't you? :)

poli	March 04, 2010 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chileno (Post 74978)

You know that with age memory is the second thing to go, don't you? :)

What comes first? Or shouldn't I ask--- or have I forgotten.
Anyway memory loss is the guinda sobre el bizcocho.:cake:

Perikles

March 05, 2010 02:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poli (Post 75001)

What comes first? Or shouldn't I ask--- or have I forgotten.

:lol::lol::lol: It seems that at least the second one has ceased to be operative.

ROBINDESBOIS

March 05, 2010 03:27 AM

So, how can we translate this:`
Ahora como broche de oro vamos a terminar el capítulo con un pensamiento de Descartes.

Perikles

March 05, 2010 04:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS (Post 75019)

So, how can we translate this:`
Ahora como broche de oro vamos a terminar el capítulo con un pensamiento de Descartes.

And now, as a final flourish, we are going to finish the chapter/episode/issue with a thought from Descartes.

... cogito ergo sum ?

ROBINDESBOIS

March 05, 2010 04:53 AM

Thanks Pericles that´s was I was behind, all this time.
And in what context do we you the crowning jewel?

Perikles

March 05, 2010 05:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS (Post 75025)

And in what context do we you the crowning jewel?

India has some wonderful places of architectural merit, the crowning jewel being the Taj Mahal.

(I would say 'the jewel in the crown being' ...)

chileno

March 05, 2010 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perikles (Post 75021)

And now, as a final flourish, we are going to finish the chapter/episode/issue with a thought from Descartes.

... cogito ergo sum ?

How about: "And not we are going to crown the night/presentation etc. finishing the episode...."?

el cojito...

ROBINDESBOIS

March 05, 2010 09:31 AM

To crown the night sounds OK to me.

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