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Slang | | Spanish term or phrase: Le tocó trabajar. | From a Texas investigation interview:
Oficial: Este… ¿a qué hora llegaste a la casa tuya?
Hombre: Yo no me vine. Yo me quedé en el hospital.
Oficial:No, el primer día.
Hombre: Yo llegué a las siete.
Oficial: De la tarde, ¿verdad?
Hombre: Sí.
Oficial: Este… ¿y dónde estaban tus niños?
Hombre: Con mi suegra.
Oficial: Con tu suegra?
Hombre: Con mi suegra.
Oficial: ¿Y tu esposa?
Hombre: Se fue a trabajar esa noche.
Oficial: ¿Le tocó trabajar…?
Hombre: Le tocó trabajar. Fue a trabajar ella. Le tocó trabajar esa noche.
Oficial: ¿Y cómo a qué hora se va ella? ¿Sabes a qué hora se fue? |
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| | English translation:she had to work | Explanation:
Yo lo traduciría como "she had to work"
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| Selected response from:
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Local time: 07:24
| Grading comment Thanks, Garfield.
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3 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1
5 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 she was scheduled to work
Explanation:
Instead of just repeating what the officer asked previously.
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Note added at 5 hrs (2011-09-21 21:58:45 GMT)
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'It was her turn to work."
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