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Could you help me, please?
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mdros
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Could you help me, please?
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Hi there, I �m explaining "used to" to my students and I told them to write a composition about the things they used to do when they were little, and one of wanted to know how "jugar a las comiditas" is said in English!! and to be honest, I haven �t got the faintest idea, could you help me, please? Thanks a bunch
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24 Jan 2013
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edrodmedina
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The closest thing I can come up with is "playing house". When you play house you make believe you are cooking, eating, ironing, cleaning, etc. Ed |
24 Jan 2013
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mdros
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thanks a lot for your post |
24 Jan 2013
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yanogator
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Ed, you forgot "yelling at your lazy husband". Bruce  |
24 Jan 2013
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MoodyMoody
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Or telling your "wife" to get you a beer (root beer for the children, of course!) |
24 Jan 2013
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douglas
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...and then there is that gray area between playing house and playing doctor.  |
25 Jan 2013
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Terri Lawson
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And all the comedians get in on the act - love it - well done you guys!!! |
25 Jan 2013
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yanogator
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You stay out of my gray areas, Dr. Douglas!!!!! |
25 Jan 2013
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edrodmedina
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Ahhmm...I don �t even want to know where your gray areas are Bruce. Ed |
25 Jan 2013
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cunliffe
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I know but I promised I wouldn �t tell... |
25 Jan 2013
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edrodmedina
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Thanks. Please keep your promise. Ed |
25 Jan 2013
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