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17:47 Jul 20, 2011 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / literature (Mexican) | |||||||
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4 | that don't have what it takes/are a pale reflection of... |
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4 | "that don't even come close" |
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3 | can't get it right |
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can't get it right Explanation: Casi por instinto, te diría que para mi equivale a "no dar pie con bola". No he encontrado ningún ejemplo de "atina color", pero podría muy bien significar "no da con el color adecuado". Hay una expresión, "atinar mal", que equivale a equivocarse. http://www.wordmagicsoft.com/dictionary/es-en/atinar mal.php |
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that don't have what it takes/are a pale reflection of... Explanation: Two answers, one a variation in the vein of Eski and Cgowar, which could reflect the new arrogance of someone just accepted into the group looking down at people who are now outside the inner circle. Just as I was writing that in, I remembered the English expression of "pale reflection". A little more formal and you might have to rephrase to fit your context, but it at least gets the idea of color in there. Your pellejo could be just a pale reflection of the real deal. Or real men or bad dudes or tough guys or the genuine article or whatever fits. The pellejo guy could be like a wannabe poseur but he's just a pale reflection...". In the spirit of options for you. |
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"that don't even come close" Explanation: Don't think a literal translation is likely to do you much good here, ldillma; Saludos eski :)) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 mins (2011-07-20 17:52:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "Atinar" literally means to be on target: 8 Feb 2009 – Santi doesn't think this means a thing, anyone can say that, why there have been times when ..... atinar - to be accurate, or on target ... ► Caray, Caray!: February 2009 caraycaray.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html - Cached1 Feb 2009 – Well, then they use the word encuerado, which means naked, so maybe these .... atinar - to be accurate, or on target ... las ratas andan sueltas haciendo fiesta," literally, "the rats are running loose having a party."). ... Dolmetsch Online - Music Dictionary At - At www.dolmetsch.com/defsa11.htm - Cached(German f., literally 'breather') a small pause on a weak beat used to strengthen the following ..... atinar en el blanco, (Spanish) to hit the target. ¡atinaste! .... a toda costa, (Spanish) by all means, at all cost, at any price, ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 mins (2011-07-20 17:53:22 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sign UpI Laugh At "1000000 Strong" Groups That Don't Even Come Close. is on FacebookSign up for Facebook to connect with I Laugh At "1000000 Strong" Groups ... ► Swype No Longer Works Correctly [Archive] - Swype Forums forum.swype.com/archive/index.php/t-3634.html?s... - Cached 2 posts - 2 authors - Last post: 1 Jun I swype the word "the" and I get, "ee" or "here" or "vex" along with a slew of other words that don't even come close to what I was swyping. ... PEP TALK FOR PARENTS www.borntocompete.com/peptalk.html - CachedBetween their announcer and their enthusiastic parents that don't even come close to sitting down. They all have on Tucker paraphernalia or green shirts so ... Why Facebook games don't look like Call of Duty blog.games.com/2011/02/18/facebook-games-call-of-duty/ - Cached18 Feb 2011 – ... of social gamers--middle-aged mothers as many studies have shown--run Facebook games on computers that don't even come close to this. ... Can We Please Stop Pretending That Microsoft's Bing Is Doing Well? www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-bing-losing-billions-2011... - Cached29 Apr 2011 – Specifically, Microsoft is gaining share for Bing by doing spectacularly expensive distribution deals, deals that don't even come close to ... Spell check suggestions not working in firefox 4? • mozillaZine Forums forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2152391...15 - Cached 5 posts - 4 authors The fact of the matter is the spell check suggestions is not working correctly, it is suggesting words that don't even come close, why would it suggest ... Saludos eski :)) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days4 hrs (2011-07-22 21:50:59 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Mil gracias y muchos saludos, ldillma eski in Acapulco :)) |
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