Forum: Idioms & Sayings
April 14, 2011, 02:38 PM
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I've also heard "bleed something white" for...
I've also heard "bleed something white" for "cause the exhaustion of all the resources of something," such as in a siege, and for "drain all the life from something," which the original graphically...
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Forum: Grammar
April 14, 2011, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 25
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¿Es posible el sentido que ocasione el uso de...
¿Es posible el sentido que ocasione el uso de "reformarles" es un punto de vista de "darles lo que necesitan para ser reformados"? La idea de reformar a alguien directamente me suena un poco...
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Forum: Grammar
April 14, 2011, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 3
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Forum: Grammar
April 14, 2011, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 9
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Haber de + inf. para expresar el futuro
¡Hola a todos!
He estado tropezando más con formas de "haber de + infinitivo" en mis lecturas hoy en día, y he leído el mensaje por Rusty en (http://forums.tomisimo.org/showthread.php?p=99659) que...
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Forum: Translations
March 11, 2011, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 11
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
March 10, 2011, 09:50 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 10,111
A variation I just remembered is "off you go"...
A variation I just remembered is "off you go" (meaning move on, go away, and as a softly imperative farewell). And I've frequently heard both "on you go" and "off you go" followed by "shoo!".
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Forum: Other Languages
March 10, 2011, 09:37 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 20,076
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Forum: Grammar
March 10, 2011, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,072
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Forum: Vocabulary
March 10, 2011, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,796
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Forum: General Chat
March 09, 2011, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 697
Views: 235,966
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Forum: Vocabulary
March 09, 2011, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,796
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Forum: General Chat
March 09, 2011, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 697
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*You are punish today without get out right. ...
*You are punish today without get out right.
You are being punished today without permission to leave.
(Mi intento en español: Hoy te castigas sin permiso para salir.)
*You have forbidden to get...
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Forum: Vocabulary
March 09, 2011, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,260
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Forum: Vocabulary
March 09, 2011, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,796
Got it! / get it!
Consideraba este modísmo ingles y me gustaría saber algunos parecidos de español en las siguientes circunstancias:
Comprobación
Alguien está entregando algo pesado o resbaladizo a otro y le...
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Forum: Other Languages
March 09, 2011, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 20,076
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
March 09, 2011, 02:24 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 10,111
I can only recollect hearing it said to people...
I can only recollect hearing it said to people much younger than the speaker, though I'm not saying its use is limited to that. A very characteristic example for me would be a grandmother who finds...
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Forum: Vocabulary
March 09, 2011, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,260
Muchas gracias, Angélica y Irma. :) En vista de...
Muchas gracias, Angélica y Irma. :) En vista de lo que habéis compartido conmigo, voy a dejar la acepción del DRAE a un lado.
Lo que empezó mi busqueda sobre qué significa muy en cuanto a very era...
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Forum: Vocabulary
March 08, 2011, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 5
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Muy ~ very
Miraba a la acepción de muy en el DRAE (http://bit.ly/gpNcnI) y se me occurío una pregunta. ¿Si muy denota el grado superlativo de algo, el nivel máximo de tal cosa, cómo se puede decir que muy igual...
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Forum: Practice & Homework
March 08, 2011, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,629
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Forum: Vocabulary
March 07, 2011, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,353
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Forum: Grammar
March 07, 2011, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,931
Me rindo. :D Si el DRAE no lo considera como...
Me rindo. :D Si el DRAE no lo considera como sidra, tal vez se pueda llamar ¿"jugo concentrado de pera"? Noto que muchos diccionarios ingleses tampoco incluyen esta acepción de sidra. (Aún así, mi...
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Forum: Practice & Homework
March 07, 2011, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,587
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Forum: Grammar
March 07, 2011, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,931
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Forum: Grammar
March 07, 2011, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,931
I'd be interested in knowing if there is a...
I'd be interested in knowing if there is a significant difference between todo lo que and todo que, and which sounds more natural.
Using Conejo's example, is there a lot of difference between...
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Forum: Culture
March 07, 2011, 12:50 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 18,843
That was extremely rude and prejudiced behavior...
That was extremely rude and prejudiced behavior shown by the manager. My first internal reaction would've been, "Shove it up yours, jerk!" I don't know a lot of people who would be as brazenly crass...
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