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#1
September 28, 2012, 02:00 PM
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Para evitar que hierva el aceite
To avoid the oil to boil.
Sometimes it is difficult to translate subjunctive ... 
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#2
September 28, 2012, 03:38 PM
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To prevent the oil from boiling over ?
I believe Spanish uses subjunctive way more than English... Let's see what the English natives have to say.
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September 28, 2012, 05:07 PM
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To prevent the oil from boiling.
@JPablo: WAY more is closer to the truth.
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September 28, 2012, 07:45 PM
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WAY!
Ah, I had to do a second (third, fourth) take, to get it! Ah, if I were not such a recalcitrant Spaniard, I would get it at first sight!
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Lo propio de la verdad es que se basta a sí misma, aquel que la posee no intenta convencer a nadie. "An enemy is somebody who flatters you. A friend is somebody who criticizes the living daylights out of you."
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September 29, 2012, 01:38 PM
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Bur I don't understand what you told JPablo, Rusty. Would you mind explaining it to me?
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September 30, 2012, 07:55 PM
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#7
September 30, 2012, 08:33 PM
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And written in all caps means that I thought that emphasis was lacking still. The subjunctive is used WAY more in Spanish than it is in English.
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October 01, 2012, 01:50 AM
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#9
October 02, 2012, 02:08 PM
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OK, now I understand it. Thank you all.
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