Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
empaparse con el verde (que nos regala la selva)
English translation:
until we soak up the greenness/until we are drenched in the greenness
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teju
Oct 11, 2007 01:03
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Spanish term
efficiency,expertise, punctuality
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empaparse con el verde que ....
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turismo
Es parte de la descripcion de una excursion en el Amazonas:
Navegar en las aguas caudalosas de este enmarañado rio, sentir el olor de la tierra en cada poro, hasta *empaparse con el verde que nos relaga la selva, es una experiencia emocionante e indescriptible.
Navegar en las aguas caudalosas de este enmarañado rio, sentir el olor de la tierra en cada poro, hasta *empaparse con el verde que nos relaga la selva, es una experiencia emocionante e indescriptible.
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Oct 18, 2007 18:01: teju Created KOG entry
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until we soak up the greenness/until we are drenched in the greenness
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-10-11 01:13:51 GMT)
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Is it "que nos regala la selva"?
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-10-11 01:13:51 GMT)
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Is it "que nos regala la selva"?
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moken
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Gracias Alvaro, saludos - teju ;)
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Rebecca Hendry
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Gracias Rebecca, saludos - teju ;)
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Henry Hinds
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to become infused with the green that
Se pasan, ¿no crees?
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Nora Bellettieri
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A reliable hard- working person.
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to fill oneself with / to gorge oneself in
Colins Cobuild
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Note added at 39 mins (2007-10-11 01:43:05 GMT)
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Sorry Collins Cobuild & Schuster's
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Note added at 39 mins (2007-10-11 01:43:05 GMT)
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Sorry Collins Cobuild & Schuster's
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Lydia De Jorge
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..until the green gift of the jungle saturates us...
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Noni Gilbert Riley
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sink deep into the green that is the jungle´s gift to...
What a shame they don't follow up their own comment about it being "indescriptible"...!
This will all depend on how you've decided to start off the paragraph (and indeed on what precedes).
"Sail along the brimming waters of this great tangle of a river, smell the odour of the earth in every pore, until you sink deep into the green that is the jungle's gift to us: such a moving experience, it's almost undescribable."
This will all depend on how you've decided to start off the paragraph (and indeed on what precedes).
"Sail along the brimming waters of this great tangle of a river, smell the odour of the earth in every pore, until you sink deep into the green that is the jungle's gift to us: such a moving experience, it's almost undescribable."
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