a la tercera
English translation: third-time lucky
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| 18:05 Jul 16, 2009 |
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|  Selected response from: Timothy Barton Local time: 19:58 | ||||||
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| 4 +7 | third-time lucky |
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| 5 | third overtime |
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| 4 | third time's the chance |
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6 mins confidence: 
third overtime Explanation: Note that "prórroga" is the term being used to refer to "overtime". "Tiempo Extra" is the term used in the Spanish of Mexico that means "overtime". Observe the feminine gender of "prórroga" and the continuation of that feminine gender in "la tercera". Accordingly, the game was not decided until the third overtime period. Hope this helps. |
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peer agreement (net): +7
peer agreement (net): +7third-time lucky Explanation: It was third-time lucky for the XXX, who had already wasted two chances to win the title. But they finally managed to wrap it up with a 112-108 win against the XXX de XXX, thanks to the small forward XXX XXX, who scored 36 points and made 11 rebounds. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 26 mins (2009-07-16 18:32:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Forgot to add my explanation. I understand that in its last two games the team could also have won the division, but they failed to do so. This time, however, they finally won the title. Correction to my sentence: "who had already missed out on two opportunities to win the XXX Division". The reason for the change is because on the previous occasions they may have needed other teams to lose, so it might be unfair to say "wasted". |
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