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#1
October 06, 2022, 04:17 AM
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La única cuerda
What does this mean?
¿ …. o era la única cuerda? Could it be figuratively limited to a single musical note. 
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#2
October 06, 2022, 08:27 AM
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Context is needed. It could be a way of saying or something else. 
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 ... ...'cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.Last edited by pinosilano; October 06, 2022 at 08:30 AM.
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October 06, 2022, 12:24 PM
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The only sane one?
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October 07, 2022, 06:46 AM
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The only sane one
Would fit in context Something like Are you crazy or am I the only sane one I can’t see how to get there from Was it the only string
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#5
October 07, 2022, 10:21 PM
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It works that way in English too. Consider, the only nut
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October 09, 2022, 08:29 PM
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Because the adjective "cuerdo(a)" comes from the noun "cordura" (sanity), which is derived from Latin "cordis" (heart), not "chorda" (string). 
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#7
October 11, 2022, 05:40 AM
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Thank you very much
That’s great
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February 08, 2023, 08:54 AM
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"She's the only person who isn't nuts around here", something like this.
Silopanna/Dean
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