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Old March 04, 2010, 05:33 AM
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Irma, creo que también podrías decir "I scraped through the exam"
Confirmo eso. Se puede decir: Pásé el examen pero raspando--(o algo así)?
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Thank you, Ambarina.

I'd say: aprobé el examen rozando o rayando el suspenso (using "scrape").
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Old March 05, 2010, 05:03 AM
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Can anybody provide an example with near miss, and close shave???
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Can anybody provide an example with near miss, and close shave???
I had a close shave yesterday when my girlfriend's husband returned home unexpectedly. I managed to jump out of the window just in time.

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Old March 05, 2010, 09:30 AM
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I had a close shave yesterday when my girlfriend's husband returned home unexpectedly. I managed to jump out of the window just in time.


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(Near miss) me suena raro.. Solamente yo lo usaría cuando con un objeto vuelve hacía a alguien

The baseball thrown by my girlfriend´s husband while I was escaping through the window was a near miss, it flew right past my head!
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The baseball thrown by my girlfriend´s husband while I was escaping through the window was a near miss, it flew right past my head!
Hey - a near miss and a close shave
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Old March 06, 2010, 11:31 AM
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Looking up these words, I've seen "by a narrow margin". I think that it would fit perfectly with "por los pelos"
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Looking up these words, I've seen "by a narrow margin". I think that it would fit perfectly with "por los pelos"
Yes, but it's a bit formal. You would say "the political party gained a majority by a narrow margin" or "the team won the championship by a narrow margin" meaning there was not much difference between them and those coming second.
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Yes, but it's a bit formal. You would say "the political party gained a majority by a narrow margin" or "the team won the championship by a narrow margin" meaning there was not much difference between them and those coming second.
Yes, the same than "un estrecho margen". Too formal inn Spanish, too. Thanks.
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Yes, the same than "un estrecho margen". Too formal inn Spanish, too. Thanks.
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The same as ...
Bigger than ..
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Bigger than ..


Will you mind to repeat it one hundred times? (the same I'm going to say it wrong)
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Will you mind to repeat it one hundred times? (the same I'm going to say it wrong)
Would you mind repeating it ....
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Would you mind repeating it ....


I had written 'would' but I preferred 'will', because I didn't want to use the conditional, but the future.

And repeating, yes. Thanks.
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Will you mind to repeat it one hundred times? (the same I'm going to say it wrong)
My correction.
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Old March 06, 2010, 12:19 PM
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My correction.
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Thanks.
No estoy seguro ahora si eso está en futuro o no.
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No estoy seguro ahora si eso está en futuro o no.
Good question:

Will is ambiguous, and can mean 'would', so:
Will you go to London tomorrow? - future
Will you repeat it one hundred times? (tomorrow) - future
Will you repeat it one hundred times? (=would you do it now?) - present

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Good question:

Will is ambiguous, and can mean 'would', so:
Will you go to London tomorrow? - future
Will you repeat it one hundred times? (tomorrow) - future
Will you repeat it one hundred times? (=would you do it now?) - present
Don't do that to me now. I ask the master and the master scratches his head?
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Old March 07, 2010, 09:31 AM
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Good question:

Will you repeat it one hundred times? (tomorrow) - future
Tomorrow? And the days after tomorrow?
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