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para que esta tenga un ápice

English translation: to breath a bit of life

13:43 Oct 12, 2015
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / In A Novel
Spanish term or phrase: para que esta tenga un ápice
Contexto:

Hace algunas semanas que los pocos trabajadores que aún están en la plantación con Elizabeth han abandonado sus maltrechas cabañas para dormir en la hacienda. Son más que suficientes para que esta tenga un ápice de vida.

"To make things lively?"

Gracias,

Barbara
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 23:45
English translation:to breath a bit of life
Explanation:
They're more than enough to breath a bit of life into it.

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Note added at 52 mins (2015-10-12 14:35:19 GMT)
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It´s "breathe," as Adoración pointed put
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George Rabel
Local time: 23:45
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4to breath a bit of life
George Rabel
3make it come alive
bcsantos


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
to breath a bit of life


Explanation:
They're more than enough to breath a bit of life into it.

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Note added at 52 mins (2015-10-12 14:35:19 GMT)
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It´s "breathe," as Adoración pointed put

George Rabel
Local time: 23:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adoración Bodoque Martínez: To "breathe" a bit of life
36 mins
  -> of course. Thank you for the correction
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: ...breathe...BACK into it/the place
7 hrs
  -> Thank you, Gallagy. Yes, with BACK
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: I also like Gallagy's suggestion of 'back'
14 hrs
  -> Thank you, Muriel
agree  bcsantos
1 day 21 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, bcsantos
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1 day 21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
make it come alive


Explanation:
Just thought of it.

bcsantos
Gibraltar
Local time: 05:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 96
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