Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
kneeling beside the grocer/ over the coffee
Spanish translation:
arrodillarse junto al abarrotero o almacenero / durante, a la hora del café
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María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Jun 2, 2006 23:49
17 yrs ago
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English term
kneeling beside the grocer/ over the coffee
English to Spanish
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Poetry & Literature
...Failing this, there is a subtler and a more entertaining method. He can be made to take a positive pleasure in the perception that the two sides of his life are inconsistent. This is done by exploiting his vanity. He can be taught to enjoy kneeling beside the grocer on Sunday just because he remembers that the grocer could not possibly understand the urbane and mocking world which he inhabited on Sunday evening; and contrariwise, to enjoy the bawdy blasphemy over the coffee with these admirable friends all the more because he is aware of a deeper, spiritual world within him which they cannot understand.
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arrodillarse junto al abarrotero o almacenero / durante, a la hora del café
Mi lectura.
Linda traducción, Marisol.
¡Buena suerte!
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Note added at 48 mins (2006-06-03 00:37:35 GMT)
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Arrodillarse el domingo durante el servicio religioso, por supuesto.
Linda traducción, Marisol.
¡Buena suerte!
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Note added at 48 mins (2006-06-03 00:37:35 GMT)
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Arrodillarse el domingo durante el servicio religioso, por supuesto.
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arrodillarse al lado del tendero/durante el café
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49 mins
del hecho de arrodillarse/hincarse al lado del tendero/tomando café/mientras toma café
Puede enseñársele a disfrutar del hecho de arrodillarse al lado del tendero los domingos (en misa) simplemente porque recuerda...; y por el contrario, a disfrutar de la blasfemia obscena tomando café con ...
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