‘Andar como un burro sin mecate’ – this literally means ‘to walk round like a donkey without a leash’, and it means ‘to be out of control’.
Topics: learn spanish, Light look at the Spanish language, Matthew's Idioms, Spanish Idiom, spanish idioms, spanish language

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My good friend Tony has done some videos of his trips to Spain so that he can practice his Spanish commentaries. Here is one he has done of the Lemon Express - a train trip from Alicante to Benidorm. At the very end of this video, he has included a...
Topics: alicante, lemon express train, Light look at Alicante, Spanish Songs & Videos, spanish video

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Here is a video we took of our trip to Granada - included is a video of the Alhambra Palace and the ski slopes in Sierra Nevada. The video is about 10 minutes long. Please leave comments if you enjoyed viewing it. Click on the your preferred play...
Topics: Alhambra Palace, Granada, Light look at Granada, sierra nevada video, video of Granada

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There are three main ways of saying ‘again’, two phrases and a verb construction. The phrases are useful because they can be used in a ‘partial sentence’, that is a sentence with no verb.1) Otra vez - this is the phrase I use the..
Topics: Light look at the Spanish language

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‘Divertir’When I was working down in Torrevieja, a few of us were going out to lunch, and an Irish lady said ‘¿divertimos el teléfono?’ - meaning, of course, ’shall we divert the phone to our mobile?’This caused a...
Topics: false friends spanish lesson, Light look at the Spanish language, spanish lesson on divertir

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