acaban antes
English translation: in this particular context: get away with it
| 18:32 Jul 14, 2011 |
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|  Selected response from: Laurie Price Mexico | ||||
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| 5 | and that's that! |
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| 3 +1 | in this particular context: get away with it |
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| 4 | which is the end of the matter |
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| 3 | finish (the tasks) before |
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| 3 | get it over and done with / get it out of the way |
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38 mins confidence: 
finish (the tasks) before Explanation: It means that the rich boys don't have to do anything to mend or repair what they have broken or damaged because their parent pay for it and this way they "acaban antes", that is they finish before with the repairing or mending tasks. Anyway, it would be helpful to see the sentence before that one as "antes" is here refered to the other boys (they finish before than the other boys whose parents don't pay for the broken shop windows). I hope this helps! |
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5 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1in this particular context: get away with it Explanation: Well, I may be climbing out on a limb here, but given the context we have, to me it feels like it means this -- I realize this gets away from its literalness (no pun intended), but I don't think it's said that way and the other options feel too literal for the context (imho). |
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10 hrs confidence:
which is the end of the matter Explanation: ... |
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11 hrs confidence:
and that's that! Explanation: ...but only another of many possible answers. |
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2 hrs confidence:
get it over and done with / get it out of the way Explanation: Not 100% sure, but I think that what she means is that the rich kids parents' simply pay for the damage and to the affair over and done with. Good luck, Álvaro :O) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 hrs (2011-07-15 07:00:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I reckon Andrew & Matt are closest to the mark. Laurie's right in that the above sugg. is too close to literal, but having seen the extended context, "acaban antes" seems related to the woman sitcking up for her own neighbourhood. She says it's no worse than any others, just that in other places the trouble is hushed up. "And that's the end of it." "And that's the last you hear." |
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