Jun 21, 2010 18:59
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habiendo tantos cómo van a estar entre ustedes
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What does the above mean in English in the following context? I don't know what is missing where you see the ellipse (...), but the words in quotes are apparently what the police said to the two women, according to their testimony.
Dos lesbianas fueron víctimas de una detención arbitraria. Demoradas horas por la policía, llevadas a la comisaría “para que eligieran un hombre ... habiendo tantos cómo van a estar entre ustedes”.
Dos lesbianas fueron víctimas de una detención arbitraria. Demoradas horas por la policía, llevadas a la comisaría “para que eligieran un hombre ... habiendo tantos cómo van a estar entre ustedes”.
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Eileen Banks
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there being so many (men), why would you want to be together?
a suggestion :) Suerte!
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Note added at 1 day6 hrs (2010-06-23 01:40:19 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you, Bob :)!
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Note added at 1 day6 hrs (2010-06-23 01:40:19 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you, Bob :)!
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Comment: "Thanks, this is the closest to what I went with, but I wouldn't have seen it without your help. "
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Monica Colangelo
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with so many men around, why would you hook up together?
HTH:)
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
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With so many men to choose from, how is it that you two ended up together?
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there are so many, why should you two stick together?
trying to keep it brief
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Note added at 14 hrs (2010-06-22 09:33:42 GMT)
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I think the officers are trying to intimidate the women with what they are planning to do at the police station (pair each one up with a man) -- i.e. their dialogue refers to the future -- rather than asking the women a rhetorical question about how they ended up together -- dialogue referring back to the past.
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Note added at 14 hrs (2010-06-22 09:33:42 GMT)
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I think the officers are trying to intimidate the women with what they are planning to do at the police station (pair each one up with a man) -- i.e. their dialogue refers to the future -- rather than asking the women a rhetorical question about how they ended up together -- dialogue referring back to the past.
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