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English translation: smooth things out
| 11:15 May 19, 2008 |
| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Other | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: giulio76 Local time: 13:22 | ||||||
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| 4 | smooth things out |
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| 4 | to try and keep him happy |
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| 3 | to compromise |
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| 3 | massage egos |
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to compromise Explanation: Una sugerencia. Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=temp... |
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smooth things out Explanation: or "calming things up", "keep things cool". It is used when you enter a discussion (probably an aired one!) to calm down moods (bad moods obviously!) Check the reference for all your "gaitas" questions! Reference: http://usuarios.lycos.es/Aqueron/definiciones.htm |
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to try and keep him happy Explanation: This is what Oxford Superlex suggests. Good luck |
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massage egos Explanation: Another option that could work. |
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