es lo poco que
| 21:25 Mar 9, 2010 |
| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | |||||
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| 5 | it is the small thing that makes this man go |
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| 4 | It's what |
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| 3 +1 | Not long ago, this man used to go to... each morning |
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| 4 | It´s how much he needs to... |
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| 4 | it was just for this that...; this was sufficient to... |
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| 4 | It's the little that makes... |
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| 3 | It didn't take too much for this man to go |
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it is the small thing that makes this man go Explanation: I see it this way |
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16 mins confidence: 
It's what Explanation: in this context |
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3 hrs confidence:
It didn't take too much for this man to go Explanation: HTH |
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9 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Not long ago, this man used to go to... each morning Explanation: because the past tense is used (iba, era) I understand "Es lo poco que hace que" as "desde hace poco" (a short while ago) |
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14 hrs confidence:
It´s how much he needs to... Explanation: Good luck |
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17 hrs confidence:
it was just for this that...; this was sufficient to... Explanation: i.e., this (and nothing more) was all the incentive he needed to... ... this was all it took for him to... he needed no more than this to... he did it for this reason alone ___ makes sense of it... for some of the above suggestions, you'd need to change the text around a little, but this shouldn't prove too problematic |
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454 days confidence:
It's the little that makes... Explanation: direct translation |
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