juntura
English translation: matching team
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| 09:09 May 18, 2017 |
| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Marie Wilson Spain Local time: 12:25 | ||||||
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| 3 | confederates /in cahoots (with each other) |
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| 3 | patchwork |
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| 3 | matching team |
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confederates /in cahoots (with each other) Explanation: They seem to be two street people, perhaps panhandlers, who live hand-to-mouth every day. They might have a questionable collaboration to wheedle money from passers-by. Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cahoots |
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42 mins confidence:
patchwork Explanation: patchwork or assemblage could depict this, especially patchwork in rags |
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1 hr confidence:
matching team Explanation: My answer is to fit in with the one I suggested for the previous question, as the sentence follows on and both answers have to make sense. "They were like a yoke of oxen, that's to say a team, a matching team..." |
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