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March 18, 2010, 06:14 AM
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Dejar las espadas en alto
What does this mean? To strongly defend?
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March 18, 2010, 07:22 AM
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I have never heard of it, but if anything when the swords are put up, is either to show fierceness or to honor something or somebody.
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March 18, 2010, 07:47 AM
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Hold shoulders high
He left the office with his shoulders still held high  
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March 18, 2010, 09:50 AM
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Bob, espadas (swords), no espaldas.
 Significa estar preparado para cualquier cosa. Cuando los soldados ponían las espadas en alto, significaba que ya estaban dispuestos para la batalla. También está relacionado con los toros, cuando el torero levanta la espada para matar al toro (  ).
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March 18, 2010, 08:11 PM
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March 23, 2010, 11:58 AM
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Although irmamar has already explained, some information
"con las espadas en alto" means ready to the battle (for example, prior to a horses' charge, the films show all the soldiers with their swords high) "dejar las espadas en alto" means that the fight is not ended. about "las espadas están en todo lo alto"». it's a strange cocktail between «poner la espada en todo lo alto» (lit, "to put the sword high above", the proper way to kill a bull) and «estar con las espadas en alto» (already sayed) source http://cvc.cervantes.es/el_rinconete...7042000_02.htm saludos
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March 26, 2010, 02:12 AM
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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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March 26, 2010, 02:19 AM
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Welcome back, Maria Jose
, con las espaldas en alto.
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March 26, 2010, 03:49 AM
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Bienvenida Mari Jose
Te formaremos un pasillo con las espadas en alto
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March 26, 2010, 05:28 AM
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,y con fanfarria inglesa.
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March 26, 2010, 02:41 PM
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Gracias, chicos. Poli, qué es fanfarria?
Lovely quote, Sosia. There might be more to Kipling than I thought...
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Last edited by AngelicaDeAlquezar; March 26, 2010 at 03:19 PM. Reason: Merged back-to-back posts |
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March 27, 2010, 10:30 AM
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Entonces, es como "be on high alert"?
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March 28, 2010, 05:01 PM
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From what I've learnt on this thread I would say so.
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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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March 28, 2010, 09:21 PM
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March 29, 2010, 02:34 AM
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Quote:
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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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March 29, 2010, 09:45 AM
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¿Y cómo es la fanfarria inglesa?
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March 30, 2010, 02:19 AM
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Will a Scottish example minus the fanfare intro do?
 It's the best I could find.But maybe you were just kidding...Anyway...
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March 30, 2010, 05:26 AM
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, and that's a proper greeting.
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March 30, 2010, 08:40 AM
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Thanks!
I wasn't kidding, I didn't know it. 
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March 30, 2010, 11:09 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X56XLpnS4wA
Here's another - the quality of the video is not good but when she walks into the cathedral a fanfare sounds.
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