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October 02, 2009, 06:39 AM
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Descartar de un plumazo
Carelessly do away with?
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October 02, 2009, 07:14 AM
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Discard right at once. I guess it has to do when people used ink and quill and had to cros out a word (discard) in one stroke of the quill. Pluma = feather = quill
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October 02, 2009, 07:59 AM
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Thanks Chileno. I guess we would say: to cross off one's list.
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October 02, 2009, 08:16 AM
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De un plumazo significa " At a stroke " in an instant.
To rule out at a stroke/ in an instant
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October 05, 2009, 07:14 AM
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