Forum: Vocabulary
May 31, 2025, 11:52 AM
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Forum: Vocabulary
May 30, 2025, 07:26 PM
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...does not suffer Congress...
Right now, there's a headline at The Guardian's website international front page that reads
"Why Trump does not suffer Congress when it comes to his prized tariffs"
and I understand that...
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Forum: Culture
May 29, 2025, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 5
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Nou problemo :D
At least, it caught...
Nou problemo :D
At least, it caught out your adverb duplication. You used sólo, that means solamente, and principalmente, that means solamente too.
Sólo quería decir = Simplemente quería...
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Forum: Culture
May 27, 2025, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: Culture
May 27, 2025, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 61
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Forum: Vocabulary
May 23, 2025, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 62
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Forum: Vocabulary
May 23, 2025, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 6
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Thanks you, Rusty! That is such a trove of...
Thanks you, Rusty! That is such a trove of related terms.
It helped me realised how little English I know and about anything. One part reminded me about the time I suffered restless leg syndrome...
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Forum: Vocabulary
May 22, 2025, 06:08 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 62
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Forum: Vocabulary
May 22, 2025, 12:48 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 62
Dorveille
I was trying to translate the song Sueñero (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7YgSqK8E4k) into English and I had problems with the title itself.
Sueñero is a made-up word that means someone who is...
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
May 14, 2025, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 63
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
May 14, 2025, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 63
Beatriz Dick, como homenaje al autor de La...
Beatriz Dick, como homenaje al autor de La transmigración de Timothy Archer.
Hay un tema mesiánico en toda la obra, y al final Denis queda orbitando el mundo infernal que al principio miraba de...
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
May 12, 2025, 07:54 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 63
Movie suggestion: Hombre mirando al sudeste
Another film, listed in the 100 best Argentine films of all time. Available here
https://m.ok.ru/video/8029734636274
It's use of language is clear enough and international enough, though...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
May 09, 2025, 06:10 PM
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Replies: 6
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Thanks you both. That was very complete. I need...
Thanks you both. That was very complete. I need to read it again carefully a couple more times. A lot of expressions come to mind, but their boundaries don't match. I'll study it a little more before...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
May 08, 2025, 02:20 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 121
Thanks you both, Rusty and poli. Good...
Thanks you both, Rusty and poli. Good suggestions. My only doubt is both your examples describe the same final state, but "le tomaron el tiempo" also refers to the process of reaching that result,...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
May 07, 2025, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 121
Tomarle el tiempo a alguien
In Argentina, when we say "le tomaron el tiempo (a alguien)" we mean they have learn that person's habits, style, way of thinking, weaknesses, etc. so the person has become predictable and so it's...
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Forum: Culture
May 06, 2025, 02:20 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 123
Pude encontrar crítica seria contemporánea. No...
Pude encontrar crítica seria contemporánea. No sólo chismorreo profesional de la categoría de Hedda Hopper y Louella Parsons.
En IMDB hay 121 críticas profesionales, incluyendo una de la revista...
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Forum: Culture
May 06, 2025, 11:14 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 123
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Forum: Culture
May 06, 2025, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 123
Es cierto. Y su cabello rubio se justificó: la...
Es cierto. Y su cabello rubio se justificó: la hace ver como una fría Grace Kelly.
Welles, siempre ninguneándose a sí mismo, no toma crédito por la dirección, aunque quizás sea en protesta porque...
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Forum: Culture
May 06, 2025, 12:23 AM
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Replies: 10
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En cuanto a imágenes, las secuencias finales...
En cuanto a imágenes, las secuencias finales tienen una enorme deuda con Spellbound (1945) de Hitchcock y el sueño de Dalí. Me pareció muy interesante la escena de la "malparición" de Black Irish,...
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Forum: Culture
May 05, 2025, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 123
No hay porqué.
El filme tiene ciertamente...
No hay porqué.
El filme tiene ciertamente algo hamletiano, especialmente en "Horacio" quedando para contar la historia.
Hay varios temas y sub-tramas que son difíciles de seguir y sospecho que...
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Forum: Culture
May 05, 2025, 01:53 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 123
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Forum: Grammar
May 01, 2025, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 21
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
April 27, 2025, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 233
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
April 27, 2025, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 233
Cantarle cuatro frescas is an expression used...
Cantarle cuatro frescas is an expression used locally, modelled after cantarle unas cuantas verdades (tell them some facts they would prefer not to hear). Un/a fresco/a is a person who uses far too...
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
April 26, 2025, 09:16 AM
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Replies: 14
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