Tag Archives: sustainable

To Beat About the Bush – Marear la Perdiz

Posted on Tuesday, 23 November, 2010 by John

Proverbs, or refranes in Spanish, can be quite intimidating in any language and sometimes a great source of amusement. Trying to explain English proverbs to my Spanish friends can be very frustrating and the point is often missed. Some vocabulary loses a lot in the translation. So it was very interesting to come across a [...]

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¡En todas partes cuecen habas!

Posted on Monday, 4 January, 2010 by John

Over the weekend, whilst doing a bit of editing for my brother, I came across a lesson on the use of the imperfect in Spanish, you know, I used to go to the cinema every day; when I was a child we used to go the country every summer etc. As is usual with the [...]