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Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO] Social Sciences - Linguistics | |||||||
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fill up my car with petrol/ put petrol in my car Explanation: .. |
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fill up with petrol/gas >>> put petrol in my car >>> fig: to have a drink Explanation: Depende del contexto. |
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(I wnt) to get/buy gas Explanation: En EE.UU. "petrol" para Inglaterra -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 mins (2009-09-08 14:36:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- perdón por el typo: "went" |
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fill up the tank / fuel my car / buy petrol Explanation: Se me ocurren estas tres (la primera es "llenar el depósito"), pero habrá muchas más y diferentes según países, tanto hispanohablantes como angloparlantes. How to Figure Gas Mileage | eHow.com 1 Sep 2008 ... Go to a gas station to fill up the tank. Write down the station's name and location if necessary. Step 4. Put your vehicles trip odometer to ... www.ehow.com/how_2050670_figure-gas-mileage.html - Cached - Similar [PDF] Finding Happiness in a Gallon of Milk File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat A few blocks from her home I stopped at a gas station to fuel my car. As I began pumping I noticed that the gentleman in the car in front of me was having ... michaelberringer.com/articles/happiness.pdf - Similar Outcry as big oil drivers petrol merger > Senator Barnaby Joyce ... 28 May 2009 ... MIKE HARRIS: Like every motorist in the country who queues up at a service station to buy petrol, I remain sceptical about the price that ... www.barnabyjoyce.com.au/.../Outcry-as-big-oil-drivers-petro... - Cached - Similar -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 19 mins (2009-09-08 14:48:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Si es verbo, sí. Verbo: "fuel my car". Sustantivo: "buy fuel for muy car" . |
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Last night I went to fill my (gas) tank. Explanation: - |
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