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Hoy publico una de mis canciones favoritas de la película:
Matchstick Men
(Presentada en Español como: Los Impostores)
Realmente debería traducirse como: Los Estafadores, aunque literalmente dice:
Los Hombres de los Fósforos
quizá porque en algún momento los estafadores pudieron haber empleado Fósforos de Madera para hacer algún juego en el cual cayeran incautos apostadores:
de forma similar a la estafa callejera llamada:
¿Donde está la bolita?
El truco consiste en que dejan salir la bolita por detrás de la tapa de forma rápida y desapercibida, quedando entre algunos de los dedos de la mano que sostiene la tapa. De este modo el Timador principal la puede soltar luego donde quiera.
This Town - Frank Sinatra
Hay lugares que enamoran, pero también hay pueblos y ciudades que por una u otra razón no quisieras estar en ellos quizás entre ellas, para olvidar que alguién allí te estafó económicamente, o tal vez... Estafó a tu corazón.
First time, that I saw your eyes Boy, you looked right through me mmm mmm
Played it cool, but I knew you knew That cupid hit me mmm mmm
CHORUS You got me tripping, oh stumbling, oh flipping, oh fumbling (So) Clumsy 'cuz I'm falling in love (in, in lo-love)
You got me slipping, oh tumbling, oh sinking, oh crumbling (So) Clumsy 'cuz I'm falling in love (in, in lo-love) So in love with you
Can't help it, the girl can't help it. (Oh Baby) Can't help it, the girl can't help it. (Oh No) Can't help it, the girl can't help it. (Oh God) Can't help it
Can't breathe, when you touch me slink Butterflies so crazy mmm mmm
Whoa now? Think I'm going down Friends don't know what's with me mmm mmm
You got me tripping, oh stumbling, oh flipping, oh fumbling I'm scared you got me falling in love (in, in lo-love)
You got me slipping, oh tumbling, oh sinking, oh crumbling I'm scared you got me falling in love (in, in lo-love) So in love with you Can't help it, the girl can't help it. (Oh Baby) Can't help it, the girl can't help it. (Oh Please) Can't help it, the girl can't help it. (No, How?) Can't help it
You know... This isn't the first time this has happened me
this love sick thing... See, I like serious relationships, and know A girl like me don't stay single for long
'Cuz everytime a boyfriend and I break-up My world is crushed and I'm all alone The love bug comes right back And bites me!.. And I'm back!
Can't help it, the girl can't help it. (In love) Can't help it, the girl can't help it. (Oh God) Can't help it, the girl can't help it. (Back in love) Can't help it (Whoo, hoo, hoo) Can't help it, the girl can't help it. (I'm back in love now baby) Can't help it, the girl can't help it. (I'm back in love now darling) Can't help it, the girl can't help it. (I'm back in love now baby) You got me tripping, oh stumbling, oh flipping, oh fumbling (So) Clumsy 'cuz I'm falling in love (in, in lo-love)
You got me slipping, oh tumbling, oh sinking, oh crumbling (So) Clumsy 'cuz I'm falling in love (in, in lo-love) So in love with you
El ritmo de esta canción parece ser del 'Pianito' Casio VL-Tone Tuve uno de esos cuando pequeño ;-)
Abraza a tus seres queridos, y aun... a los que no te son tan queridos
;-)
I dont mind where you come from As long as you come to me But I dont like illusions I cant see Them clearly I dont care, no I wouldn't dare To fix the twist in you You've shown me eventually what you'll do I dont mind I dont care As long as you're here
[Chorus]
Go ahead and tell me you'll leave again You'll just come back running Holding your scarred heart in hand It's all the same And I'll take you for who you are If you take me for everything And do it all over again It's all the same
Hours slide and days go by Till you decide to come But in-between it always seems too long Suddenly But I have the skill, yeah I have the will, to breath you in while I can However long you stay is all that I am
I dont mind, I dont care As long as you're here
Go ahead and tell me you'll leave again You'll just come back running Holding your scarred heart in hand It's all the same And I'll take you for who you are If you take me for everything And do it all over again It's always the same
Wrong or Right Black or White If I close my eyes Its all the same
In my life The compromise I'll close my eyes Its all the same
Go ahead say it You're leaving You'll just come back running Holding your scarred heart in hand It's all the same And I'll take you for who you are now If you take me for everything Do it all over again It's all the same
Oh language is dead, so she believes I'm looking up, socially bereaved, Just like Carlisle, she lies on the border Disorder surrounds, her every noun
One Night In October The clocks go back And she attacks me oh Grabbing my left shoulder Suspects in texts that leave her wrecked Oh oh, One night in October
So, I sit her down and say this must stop Cause all we do is argue, then shop She goes to Boots, I go to Argos Complete with deceit We stalk each aisle
One night in October She throws a towel, the sink, a scowl Oh oh One night in October With more invective than the average detective Questions me on the lawn
With doors ajar, tonight I will sleep in my car One night in October
Oh ooooh oooh
Oh intensive care, intensively she's aware That I, I miss the heat, solace and sway of the sheets Oh, this dashboard's so hard Can't cushion the beats of my heart
One night in October! Oh oh one night in October The clocks go back, And she attacks me oh Grabbing my left shoulder With more invective Than the average detective Questions me on the lawn
With doors ajar Tonight I might sleep in the car One night in October
Mira emociona y suena Si ya... agua y ritmo lleva Ella como gira y vuela Mientras
Aquel se menea (x2)
Maximum respect to la campana Celso Piña y su Ronda Bogota
Yes, yes in any area, ¡Cumbia!
Sonidero, Sonidero, Sonidero Nacional
Sonidero Nacional tarareando al compás Salido del barrio vallenato free style Sonidero Nacional tarareando al compás Salido del barrio Yumecan Mexican
Yumecan Mexican, Yumecan Mexican Yumecan Mexican, Yumecan Mexican El río y la cadencia buena sobre melodía sueña Ella como gira y vuela mientras
aquel se menea (x2)
Suena, suena y emociona Nuestra, nuestra acordeona
Cumbia Over the River Sweet bless since you deliver We are not fighters We're the Yah believers
Colombia te canto con la mano arriba Cumbia Reggae sound alegrándote la vida Chilling en la cima, suena nueva rima
Bailando en la campana con mi pana Celso Piña Rebajada, cumbia fina Bailando en la campana con mi pana Celso Piña
Habría hoy que aprovechar Para mandar saludar
Al que comenzó a bailar Sarariando el compás Habría hoy que sintonizar
Cuando comienza a soñar Desde el río en la ciudad Y nunca dejar de soñar
Suena, suena y emociona Nuestra Nuestra acordeona
Suena, suena y emociona Nuestra Nuestra acordeona
¡Suena, nuestra acordeona!
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*Yumecan: Yumeca, por extensión, persona de piel muy oscura.
" Carlos Vives, quien hizo popular La gota fría ... habla de los ‘indios yumecas’.
Por deformación de la palabra inglesaJamaicans, se ha llamado ‘yumecas’ en la zona vallenata a los negros procedentes de Jamaica. Más morenos que los mulatos del César, han sido referencia de color negro intenso.
En el original de la canción, Emiliano tilda a Moralitos de ‘negro yumeca’. Vives lo copió mal... "
Step by step, I fell in love with you And step by step, it wasn't hard to do
Kiss by kiss, and hand in hand That's the way it all began Soon we found the perfect plan for love
Side by side, we took a lovers walk And word by word, we had a lover's talk
One word led to another and then In no time we're up to ten My heart knew it was gonna end in love
1st step, a sweet hello 2nd step, my heart's aglow 3rd step, we had a date 4th step, we stayed up late 5th step, I walk you home 6th step, we're all alone 7th step, we took a chance One kiss and true romance
Step by step, we climbed to heaven's door Step by step, each thrill invited more
Then you promised faithfully All your love belonged to me Now I know we'll always be in love
En inglés, todos Los Ordinales (Primero, Segundo, tercero, etc) se forman añadiendo a los nombres de los números th al final, excepto los tres primeros despues del comienzo de cada decena first, second and third.
Como pueden ver esos 3 primeros son alteraciones de los nombre normales de los números one, two and three.
Otros que cambian, pero solo un poco son los que están en azul clarito:
1st - first 2nd - second 3rd - third 4th - fourth 5th - fifth 6th - sixth 7th - seventh 8th - eighth 9th - ninth 10th - tenth
11th - eleventh 12th- twelfth 13th - thirteenth (Recuerda que los 3 primeros 'teens' también son especiales)
14th - fourteenth (Recuerda que los 'teens' del 14 al 19 son nombre+teen) 15th - fifteenth (five suelecambiar a fif: fifteen= 15 - fifty= 50 - fifth= 5º) 16th - sixteenth 17th - seventeenth 18th - eighteenth 19th - nineteenth
20th- twentieth (En comienzos de decena se cambia la y final de twenty, por ie)
21st - twenty first 22nd - twenty second 23rd - twenty third 24th - twenty fourth 25th - twenty fifth
. Yo he aceptado el regalo de Dios, el regalo de Vida a través de lo que sufrió Jesús en mi lugar.
Él sufrío el castigo de muchos, para pasarlos de muerte a vida.
Éramos desvalidos*, incapaces de salvarnos a nosotros mismos por nuestras obras, y el pagó el precio:
Su Muerte.
Compró con precio de sangre a todo quien lo acepte como Señor y Salvador y resucitó en victoria para darnos Vida...
Para Él ser nuestra Vida.
You say you know just who I am But you can't imagine What waits for you across the line You thought you had me But I'm still here standing And I'm tired of backing down
And I'm here now feeling the pain Of a thousand hearts Been to hell and back again I won't take this
You try so hard to bring me down You can't break the broken You still don't seem to understand It's your turn to see just How it feels to be me How it feels to be knocked down
And you're here now feeling the pain Of a thousand hearts You've been to hell and back again You can't take this
Remember This feeling
How it feels to be alive Now you see me through my eyes And we're here now feeling the beat Of a thousand hearts Coming back to life again We can make it
Tal como en el Español, el Inglés, está influenciado por el Griego y el Latín (Además de las partículas sajonas propias).
Uno de los secretos para aprender nuevo vocabulario es conocer los Prefijos (Partículas al comienzo de las palabras) y Sufijos (Partículas al final de las palabras) provenientes de los idiomas mencionados, los cuales nos ayuda a deducir en muchos de los casos su significado aproximado.
En este artículo organicé Sufijos con algunos ejemplos.
Aclaro queno son reglas generales, es decir que no se aplican a todos los casos, pero dan la idea de la gran ayuda que puede ser el que detallemos la estructura de las palabras para que las aprendamos de una forma más fácil.
-fold doblar, multiplicar
billfold (billetera, billete-doblado) blindfold (pañuelo doblado para vendar) enfold (envolver, para envolver algo doblas una tela o papel) fanfold (doblez en forma de abanico, en zig zag) unfold (desdoblar)
wisdom sabiduría (dominada por lo sabio) freedom libertad (dominada por lo libre) boredom aburrimiento (dominado por lo aburrido) dukedom ducado (dominado por el duque) kingdom reino (dominado por el rey)
-ful lleno de
beautiful (hermoso/a... lleno/a de belleza) bashful (timido/a... lleno/a de timidez) blissful (dichoso/a... lleno/a de dicha)
-ness que tiene, o que está
kindness (bondadoso/a, que tiene bondad) broadness (amplitud, que tiene anchura) bareness (desnudez, que está desnudo)
-ory -orio -oria
territory (territorio) history (historia) glory (gloria)
Para quienes se inscribieron a tiempo enispeak y ya presentaron la prueba en línea para clasificar a presentar el iTEP les cuento que llegó la hora de la Prueba Presencial:
Será este fin de semana.
Deben llamar a los teléfonos visibles en la imágen, para saber donde y a que hora les toca.
puedes ver el vaso medio vacío... o medio lleno. Dependiendo como veas la vida, la disfrutarás.
Solo disfrutarás la deliciosa brisa de la tarde si tu cuerpo está sintonizado en la modalidad de:
'quiero ser feliz y disfrutar este momento'
La música te ayuda a vibrar en esa modalidad es alimento para tu cuerpo y mente.
Esta canción es cover de otra que hacía apología a la droga reemplazando la droga por algo de verdad necesario y útil:
La comida.
No pases droga, pasa comida.
Comida para tu cuerpo y comida para tu mente: pasa Buena Onda, tolerancia, buena música...
¡Pasa alegría!
This generation Rules the nation With vration*
Music happen to be the food of love Sounds to really make you rub and scrub
Chorus: I say... /Pass the Dutchie on the left hand side/ It a gonna burn, give me music make me jump and prance It a go done, give me the music make me rock in the dance
It was a cool and lovely breezy afternoon (How does it feel when you've got no food?)
You could feel it 'cause it was the month of June (How does it feel when you've got no food?)
So I left my gate and went out for a walk (How does it feel when you've got no food?)
As I pass the dreadlocks' camp I heard them say (How does it feel when you've got no food?)
Chorus
So I stopped to find out what was going on (How does it feel when you've got no food?)
'Cause the spirit of Jah, you know he leads you on (How does it feel when you've got no food?)
There was a ring of dreads and a session was there in swing (How does it feel when you've got no food?)
You could feel the chill as I seen and heard them say (How does it feel when you've got no food?)
Chorus
'Cause me say listen to the drum, a me say listen to the bass Give me little music make me wind up me waist Me say listen to the drum, a me say listen to the bass Give me little music make me wind up me waist, I say
Chorus
You play it on the radio, a so me say we a go hear it on the stereo A so me know you a go play it on the disco A so me say we a go hear it on the stereo
/Pass the Dutchie on the left hand side/ It a gonna burn, give me music make me jump and prance It a go done, give me the music make me rock in the dance
I say east, say west, say north and south (on the left hand side) This is gonna make us jump and shout (on the left hand side)
*Abreviatura de Vibration
Nota:
En el Inglés Isleño son comunes las mezclas de lenguas y ciertos cambios que distan del Inglés Clásico por ejemplo, a veces se usa el me en lugar de I como en esta canción.
Steadily-diddly really and truly no second fiddle steadily-diddly really and truly first class
She call my name from coast to coast telling people that she needs me the most whenever she passes by
she always finds herself with another guy she will go as far to say that I'm her superstar...
But girl, oh girl... I'm not a substitute lover oh no...ooh ooh
Oh girl... Don't take me for no substitute lover oh no, ooh yeah
Whenever I call you on the telephone there's someone to say you're not at home girl you always have an alibi it seems to me you have another guy don't pretend that I a love ladder are you caught up in your rapture?
you see girl, oh girl... don't take me for no substitute lover oh no... ooh ooh
Oh girl, oh girl I'm not a substitute lover oh no
Get yourself together and change your act with your behaviour you might get caught in a trap sometime I wonder if you love is really true by your actions little girl... I won't get through
Oh girl, oh girl... I'm not a substitute lover oh no... ooh oh
Oh girl, oh girl... don't take me for no substitute lover oh ooh, no
Steadily-diddly really and truly don't play me no second fiddle steadily-diddly really and truly first class love is what I need, ooh ih...
She call my name from coast to coast telling people that she needs me the most whenever she passes by
she always finds herself with another guy she will go as far to say that I'm her superstar...
But girl, oh girl... Don't take me for no substitute lover oh no...ooh ooh
Oh girl, oh girl... I'm not a substitute lover oh no...
Whenever I call you on the telephone there's someone to say you're not at home you always got an alibi it seems to me you have another guy sometime I wonder if you love is really true but you actually girl... You won't get through
you see girl, oh girl... don't take me for no substitute lover oh no... ooh ooh
Oh girl, oh girl I'm not a substitute lover oh no
Half Pint es más o menos 1/2 Litro.. Curioso nombre para un cantante
No, don’t bring me your excuses Don’t stay and don’t persist Apologies existed long before you did
And no, don’t start with your rhetoric Just speak for yourself Don’t forget I’ve known you since the age of twelve
I’ll ask you now never to return again Don’t you know that you still hurt me deep inside? In my heart And I am sure that you’ve lived long enough To know best how to break a person’s heart
No, no one can live without some affection Your love was greater than the greatest hope I’d ever known before And I swear, I’m not lying
No, no one can live without some devotion But I’ll never give my heart like that again I choose life over love Preferring silence to death
I hope you don’t want to find me waiting Since you’ve left me all alone My patience has turned dry long ago
And now, collecting daisy petals I’m blinded by the tears Instead of flowers my eyes see the better years
So I will ask you not to return again Now you know that you still hurt me deep inside In my heart And now I’m sure that you’ve lived long enough To know best how to break my heart
No, no one can live without some affection Your love was greater than the greatest hope I’d ever known before And I swear, I’m not lying
No, no one can live without some devotion I’ll never give my heart like that again I choose life over love Preferring silence to death