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Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. | | Spanish term or phrase: a cuestas | | En este recorrido por algunas ciudades de Bolivia, encontramos una importante fuerza laboral formada por negocios y trabajadores informales que llevan su historia a cuestas. |
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| | on their backs | Explanation:
que llevan su historia a cuestas = who carry the burden of history on their backs
Anyone who has ever been there sees that they do that... literally. |
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3 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 carry the full burden/weight [of their history]
Explanation:
Suerte.
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Note added at 6 mins (2008-02-21 02:54:30 GMT)
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Example:
"The Foreseeable Future", which "presents convincing characters with complex lives who carry the burden of their history, both personal and ...
Sin embargo, "burden" tiene un matiz negativo. Si no es lo que quieres decir, utiliza "weight".
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Hey, David, great minds think alike, so it seems :-)
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