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second-best bed

Spanish translation: lo obligado por ley

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English term or phrase:second-best bed
Spanish translation: lo obligado por ley
Entered by: Loreto Pérez de la Fuente Cortina

09:08 Jan 18, 2007
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English term or phrase: second-best bed
La frase está incluida en una biografía y es la siguiente:

He left his wife his second-best bed in order to avoid death duties.
llunanineta
Local time: 03:23
lo obligado por ley
Explanation:
según la explicación, sería una connotación negativa, lo extrictamente obligado.

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Note added at 26 minutos (2007-01-18 09:35:01 GMT)
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Mr. Knight has, on the other hand, pointed out that Mrs. Shakspeare would, by law, have a third part of her husband's means;
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4 +3lo obligado por ley
Loreto Pérez de la Fuente Cortina
3 +2cama de segunda / cama marital
German Gonzalez
4segunda mejor cama
ines perrone


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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
lo obligado por ley


Explanation:
según la explicación, sería una connotación negativa, lo extrictamente obligado.

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Note added at 26 minutos (2007-01-18 09:35:01 GMT)
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Mr. Knight has, on the other hand, pointed out that Mrs. Shakspeare would, by law, have a third part of her husband's means;

Example sentence(s):
  • but the sole mention Malone accepted this interlined bequest as a proof that Shakspeare had, in making his will, forgot his wife, and then only remembered he
Loreto Pérez de la Fuente Cortina
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agree  patricia scott: Perdón, Loreto, tienes toda la razón. No me dí cuenta que se trataba de otro texto.
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agree  Carmen Hernaiz
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agree  Claudia Luque Bedregal
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
cama de segunda / cama marital


Explanation:
por lo que leí en tiempos Shakespeare, había dos camas. La mejor se la daban a las visitas y la de segunda era la que usaban la pareja de la casa. La segunda cama era la que Shakespeare usaba con su esposa y es la que le deja en su testamento. los autores dicen que es un gesto romántico...
Pido disculpas si me fui de tema. Saludos


    Reference: http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question56560.html
    Reference: http://www.shaksper.net/archives/1990/0035.html
German Gonzalez
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agree  Mauricio Coitiño: Efectivamente: William Shakespeare facts at AbsoluteShakespeare.com- [ Traduzca esta página ]Instead his loyal wife infamously received his "second-best bed". The Bard's second best bed wasn’t so bad, it was his marriage bed; his best bed was for ...
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agree  Cris_Alfonso
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
segunda mejor cama


Explanation:
In economics, you have first-best and second-best options.

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