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January 05, 2011, 11:42 AM
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Telón de fondo
What does this mean?
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January 05, 2011, 11:51 AM
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literally: the back of the setting in the theatre.
figuratively: the frame of the situation; the environment or the setting against which something is seen, compared or contrasted. (I hope I said it well, corrections welcome)
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January 05, 2011, 12:29 PM
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Backdrop, background.
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"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies." from Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie 
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January 05, 2011, 12:36 PM
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Aha! Thank you both.
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