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Spanish: Ahí está el quid del asunto.

English translation: Therein lies the crux/heart/core/nub of the matter.



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Spanish term or phrase:Ahí está el quid del asunto.
English translation:Therein lies the crux/heart/core/nub of the matter.
Entered by:María Teresa Taylor Oliver
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Spanish term or phrase: Ahí está el quid del asunto.
¿Cuál sería el equivalente en inglés de "Ahí está el quid del asunto" o "de la cuestión"?

Hace un rato tuve necesidad de la frase y no supe cómo decirlo. Escribí algo así como "Thereby lies the heart of the matter", pero ahora quiero saber si hay una frase fija en inglés.

Gracias :)
María Teresa Taylor Oliver
Panama
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xxxOso: 2:38am Sep 18, 2005: Hola MariTere. Tal vez te interese este link: http://www.answers.com/crux+of+the+matter&r=67 ¶:^) -

Therein lies the crux of the matter
Explanation:
This is how it is usually expressed:

Bangs Sisters; Investigative Files (Skeptical ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
One notes that, like theirs, the Thayer method employed two canvases, and I think
therein lies the crux of the matter. After considerable experimentation ...
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The College Magazine - Spring 2000 : page's top template - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Therein lies the crux of the matter, and not just the matter of the Eskimo hoax,
but also the matter of studying languages. There are plenty of good reasons ...
www.indiana.edu/~college/magazine/s2000/word.shtml - 9k - En caché - Páginas similares

Planetary Economic Forecasting by Bill Meridian - [ Traduzca esta página ]
And therein lies the crux of the matter. The mainstream presentation of economic
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Why aren't we raising our children as Pagans - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Therein lies the crux of the matter; for a child of tender years can only learn
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He did not, and therein lies the crux of the matter. Lincoln did what he had no
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Arabic Media Internet Network - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Even now, the PA appears willing to continue playing its former role, provided
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Andy Watkinson
Spain
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Summary of answers provided
5 +12Therein lies the crux of the matter
Andy Watkinson
5 +1That's the nub of the matterNeil Crockford
5That is / Therein lies the heart of the matter/issue
Marcelo González


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +12
Therein lies the crux of the matter

Explanation:
This is how it is usually expressed:

Bangs Sisters; Investigative Files (Skeptical ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
One notes that, like theirs, the Thayer method employed two canvases, and I think
therein lies the crux of the matter. After considerable experimentation ...
www.csicop.org/sb/2000-06/i-files.html - 29k - En caché - Páginas similares

The College Magazine - Spring 2000 : page's top template - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Therein lies the crux of the matter, and not just the matter of the Eskimo hoax,
but also the matter of studying languages. There are plenty of good reasons ...
www.indiana.edu/~college/magazine/s2000/word.shtml - 9k - En caché - Páginas similares

Planetary Economic Forecasting by Bill Meridian - [ Traduzca esta página ]
And therein lies the crux of the matter. The mainstream presentation of economic
information has become so distorted, so willfully bastardized, ...
www.businessastrologers.com/ Planetary_Economic_Forecasting.htm - 16k - En caché - Páginas similares

Why aren't we raising our children as Pagans - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Therein lies the crux of the matter; for a child of tender years can only learn
what we, the parents choose to teach or allow them to learn. ...
www.sanfords.net/Pagan_Humor_and_Thoughts/ raising_our_children_as_Pagans.htm - 22k - En caché - Páginas similares

[Where is this leading us?] - A New Kind of Science: The NKS Forum - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Therein lies the crux of the matter insofar as “the problem of the now” is
concerned – as “free inventions of the human intellect”, which aid in our mental ...
forum.wolframscience.com/archive/topic/304-1.html - 30k - En caché - Páginas similares

Origin of the Confederate Battleflag - [ Traduzca esta página ]
He did not, and therein lies the crux of the matter. Lincoln did what he had no
right to do--and the feds have been doing that and getting away with it ever ...
www.scvcamp469-nbf.com/thereasonortheright.htm - 8k - En caché - Páginas similares

motoring.iafrica.com | cars in action | shootout GSi vs GTI vs RSi ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... intelligent - Lift (VVTi-L), which offers a specific power output of 79kW per
litre compared to 65 of the GSI - and therein lies the crux of the matter. ...
motoring.iafrica.com/carsinaction/shootout/433135.htm - 42k - En caché - Páginas similares

Arabic Media Internet Network - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Even now, the PA appears willing to continue playing its former role, provided
there is a political quid-pro-quo. Therein lies the crux of the matter. ...
www.amin.org/eng/george_giacaman/2002/jun30.html - 11k - En caché - Páginas similares

Mindful Chaos - [ Traduzca esta página ]
And therein, lies the crux of the matter. Even though through the persistent
practice of org-mindfulness, a system's capacity for learning and change can be ...
www.orgmind.com/chaos/mindful.html - 20k - En caché - Páginas similares

Al-Ahram Weekly | Opinion | Catch up, Washington - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Therein lies the crux of the matter: political independence, the end of occupation,
sovereignty, and the establishment of a state, were all contingent upon ...
weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/586/op12.htm - 14k - En caché - Páginas similares



Andy Watkinson
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree John Hughson (J.D., M.B.A. Finance)
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agree xxxOso: ¶:^)
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agree teju
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agree Marcelo González
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
That is / Therein lies the heart of the matter/issue

Explanation:
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Note added at 6 mins (2005-09-18 02:35:02 GMT)
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Su sugerencia está bien. Lo único que cambiaría es "thereby" por "therein" :-)


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Note added at 8 mins (2005-09-18 02:36:46 GMT)
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And it's the second part that is the heart of the matter. For it's not enough to
get an immediate burst. We need long-term improvement in our economic ...
www.c-span.org/executive/transcript. asp?cat=current_event&code=bush_admin&year=1992 - 69k - Cached -

Online NewsHour: Convention Speeches
That is the heart of the matter. That has always been the heart of the matter.
That will always be the heart of the matter; those children, those children ...
www.pbs.org/newshour/convention96/ floor_speeches/cuomo.html

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Note added at 20 mins (2005-09-18 02:49:24 GMT)
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The "crux" is good, too. I'd say "heart" is quite common, and that the references I've included reflect contemporary usage in the US media. Saludos, Maria Teresa :-)


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Note added at 38 mins (2005-09-18 03:07:09 GMT)
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www.bcifv.org/pubs/Identifying%20Those%20At%20Risk.pdf - Similar

NYArtsMagazine
and therein lies the heart of the matter of Grosvenor’s work. Gentleness and kind
attention are revealed to be powerful Spiritual laws. ...
www.nyartsmagazine.com/pages/ nyam_document.php?nid=49&did=741

And therein lies the heart of the matter: an image attracts, deceives, imitates,
resembles, replaces and animates. It is precisely this unruly behavior that ...
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/faculty/mitchell/glossary2004...

Walter Crane and the Rhetoric of Art - by David Gerard
Therein lies the heart of the matter. Both technically and philosophically, for
Walter Crane, the power, one could even say the sanctity, of art lies in the ...
www.wcml.org.uk/people/wcrane/dg_crane.htm - 59k - Cached - Similar

Marcelo González
Mexico
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
That's the nub of the matter

Explanation:
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Neil Crockford
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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