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Los debates de los candidatos presidenciales republicanos del 2012
La carrera por la nominación en el partido republicano para las elecciones del próximo año se ha intensificado. Durante las primarias presidenciales, los votantes del Partido Republicano elegirán a su candidato a la presidencia de Estados Unidos para las elecciones presidenciales de 2012. En este momento, hay ocho candidatos republicanos que aún están compitiendo por la nominación. El ganador se enfrentará al presidente demócrata Barack Obama en noviembre de 2012.
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Hoy hablaremos de comparaciones, Rylan. Como sabes, hay comparaciones de superioridad, comparaciones de inferioridad; también hay comparaciones de igualdad…y como se dice muy a menudo, comparaciones odiosas.
Rylan:
¿Comparaciones odiosas? ¿Es esta una nueva clasificación de la gramática española? Porque aunque los ejercicios son tan útiles como siempre, creo que no tenemos "comparaciones odiosas" en los ejercicios de nuestra página web.
Marta:
Por supuesto que no, vamos a practicar con la gramática, pero fíjate en esta comparación. ¿Se parece el torero José Tomás al fallecido torero Manolete? ¿Es realmente José Tomas tan bueno como el llamado Califa cordobés, el monstruo de Córdoba?
Rylan:
¡Ah! Ya veo por dónde vas, seguro que hablar de este tema es delicado porque las comparaciones son siempre odiosas. Seguro que Manolete fue mejor queningún otro torero contemporáneo suyo o incluso anterior… bueno al menos eso es lo que se dice. ¿Por qué no nos hablas del gran torero Manolete, Marta?
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In Spanish, we speak of the comparison when a noun, adjective or adverb appears quantified by the adverbs of quantity "más...que", "menos...que", "tan/tanto...como" or by the phrase "igual de...que".
Es que he venido andando desde mi casa, pasando por el centro de la ciudad y dando una vuelta por ese barrio tan bonito que hay al lado de tu casa.
Marta:
¿Me estás tomando el pelo? Este recorridote podría haber llevado al menos medio día andando.
Rylan:
Bueno, creo que he exagerado un poco. De hecho, he salido de mi casa esta mañana y he ido al centro a comprar unos libros y después a comprar unas camisetas a una tienda cerca de tu casa. ¡Me ha llevado todo el día!
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The popular expression tomar el pelo is highly used in Spanish language. Its actual meaning cannot be inferred by its literal meaning “to take hair” which is not self-explanatory. Tomar el pelo is mainly conveyed in English by the expression to pull someone's leg. Other possible translations in English are to make fun of someone, to poke fun at someone, to joke, to tease someone, to take someone for a ride, to deceive someone, to mess with someone, to mess around, to kid someone.
No le creas, te está tomando el pelo. Do not believe him, he's pulling your leg/he's having you on/he's putting you on.
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Colombia - Parte II
"No hay medicina que cure lo que no cura la felicidad" ¿Qué bonito pensamiento no? Son frases como estas las que encontramos en las novelas y cuentos de Gabriel García Márquez, uno de los autores Latinoamericanos más importantes del siglo 20. Bienvenidos amigos, seguimos explorando la costa atlántica de Colombia, pero esta vez llegamos a Cartagena. Hoy vamos explorar las conexiones entre la literatura de Márquez y su país natal.
La semana pasada les dije que su carrera se inició en Barranquilla porque en 1950, cuando aún era un joven reportero, empezó a escribir para "el Heraldo." Poco después él se unió a "El Grupo Barranquilla" donde estaba rodeado de otros autores colombianos que lo animaron a desarrollar su propio estilo. Fue ahí que Márquez descubrió las obras de Virginia Woolf y William Faulkner, estas lo inspiraron a escribir sobre la vida en las provincias de su país, en particular la costa donde estaba su familia.
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¿Por qué a algunas personas les gusta
la carne
las verduras? ¿O por qué a otras les gusta
la carne
las verduras? Todo es cuestión de preferencias y depende del hábito alimenticio de cada uno de nosotros.
un estilo de vida
el otro son perfectamente aceptables en nuestra sociedad. Pero, ¿es ser vegetariano
saludable
ser carnívoro? ¿Deberíamos comer
carne
verduras para llevar una vida totalmente equilibrada?
Los vegetarianos justifican el vegetarianismo por muchas razones. La salud es la razón principal por la que más personas son vegetarianas, seguida por otras razones como los derechos de los animales, la presencia de aditivos y hormonas en productos de carne y razones religiosas.
