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    <title>SpanishPod - rachaelt Conversations</title>
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    <description>Learn Spanish on Your Terms</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Vamos a comer en España]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/vamos-a-comer-en-espana/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-08-08 17:48:43]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;Me encanta esta lecci&oacute;n! Me gusta comer la comida de Espa&ntilde;a, y la cocinar tambi&eacute;n.&nbsp; Tengo recetas muy rico por gazpacho y paella pero ahora quiero hacer &ldquo;fabada asturiana&rdquo;.</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;Me encanta esta lecci&oacute;n! Me gusta comer la comida de Espa&ntilde;a, y la cocinar tambi&eacute;n.&nbsp; Tengo recetas muy rico por gazpacho y paella pero ahora quiero hacer &ldquo;fabada asturiana&rdquo;.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Favorite Book]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/favorite-book/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-06-30 21:49:31]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>Me gusta leer mucho, entonces es muy dif&iacute;cil decir solo un libro favorito&hellip;.creo que &ldquo;To Kill a Mockingbird&rdquo; por Harper Lee es fant&aacute;stico, y estoy de acuerdo con Lili, me gusta &ldquo;Cien a&ntilde;os de soledad&rdquo; mucho.&nbsp; Tambi&eacute;n me gustaba &ldquo;The Time Traveller&rsquo;s Wife&rdquo; por Audrey Niffenberger, &ldquo;My name was Judas&rdquo; por CK Stead y muchos otros&hellip;.</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Me gusta leer mucho, entonces es muy dif&iacute;cil decir solo un libro favorito&hellip;.creo que &ldquo;To Kill a Mockingbird&rdquo; por Harper Lee es fant&aacute;stico, y estoy de acuerdo con Lili, me gusta &ldquo;Cien a&ntilde;os de soledad&rdquo; mucho.&nbsp; Tambi&eacute;n me gustaba &ldquo;The Time Traveller&rsquo;s Wife&rdquo; por Audrey Niffenberger, &ldquo;My name was Judas&rdquo; por CK Stead y muchos otros&hellip;.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: It's Not Goodbye]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/its-not-goodbye/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-06-09 01:07:45]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome Santiago!&nbsp; Very selfishly I am pretty happy about having an Argentinian import because I am travelling there next year, so can get recommendations on what to do and where to go...plus get used to the accent!</p>
<p>But as for the sad news that JP and Esti are leaving, I am really disappointed...having listened to you guys every day I agree with what others have said, that it will feel like I'm losing friends. But I wish you both the very best for your next adventures.</p>
<p>And for the whole Spanishpod team, I wanted to pass on some feedback about how fantastic this site has been for me.&nbsp; In my day to day life I never come across any Spanish speakers, and we don't have any Spanish television or radio here, so I have been learning Spanish almost solely via spanishpod.com.&nbsp; I have recently started a university course as well, which I study extramurally.&nbsp; We have assignments through the course, which includes oral components, and last week was our oral exam.&nbsp; My Spanish teacher (a native speaker) told me my Spanish accent was excellent, and asked me what I have been doing to practice, because he was really impressed. So that's thanks to you guys and your entertaining lessons, which make it so easy to listen and learn.&nbsp; Also, I have my written exam on Thursday so have been brushing up on the grammar with La Clave - so much easier than the text book!</p>
<p>So thank you to Esti and JP, I will certainly miss you both when I'm listening to the lessons, because you and the whole team make learning fun.</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome Santiago!&nbsp; Very selfishly I am pretty happy about having an Argentinian import because I am travelling there next year, so can get recommendations on what to do and where to go...plus get used to the accent!</p>
<p>But as for the sad news that JP and Esti are leaving, I am really disappointed...having listened to you guys every day I agree with what others have said, that it will feel like I'm losing friends. But I wish you both the very best for your next adventures.</p>
<p>And for the whole Spanishpod team, I wanted to pass on some feedback about how fantastic this site has been for me.&nbsp; In my day to day life I never come across any Spanish speakers, and we don't have any Spanish television or radio here, so I have been learning Spanish almost solely via spanishpod.com.&nbsp; I have recently started a university course as well, which I study extramurally.&nbsp; We have assignments through the course, which includes oral components, and last week was our oral exam.&nbsp; My Spanish teacher (a native speaker) told me my Spanish accent was excellent, and asked me what I have been doing to practice, because he was really impressed. So that's thanks to you guys and your entertaining lessons, which make it so easy to listen and learn.&nbsp; Also, I have my written exam on Thursday so have been brushing up on the grammar with La Clave - so much easier than the text book!</p>
<p>So thank you to Esti and JP, I will certainly miss you both when I'm listening to the lessons, because you and the whole team make learning fun.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Dichos y refranes II]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/dichos-y-refranes-ii/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-06-06 16:55:10]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>Buen hecho dubhais!&nbsp; Gracias.</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Buen hecho dubhais!&nbsp; Gracias.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Lili's Book Club]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/lilis-book-club/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-06-05 22:50:05]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>Me gusta leer mucho y he leyendo mucho de los autores has nos recomiendo, mis favoritos son Gabriel Garcia Marquez y unos de Isabel Allende.&nbsp; Pero le&iacute; en ingl&eacute;s, no creo mi habilidad de espa&ntilde;ol es muy buen en este momento....me tardar&iacute;a demasiado tiempo....<br /><br />Recomiendo tambi&eacute;n "La sombre del viento" de Carlos Ruiz Zaf&oacute;n.&nbsp; Un libro sensacional.</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Me gusta leer mucho y he leyendo mucho de los autores has nos recomiendo, mis favoritos son Gabriel Garcia Marquez y unos de Isabel Allende.&nbsp; Pero le&iacute; en ingl&eacute;s, no creo mi habilidad de espa&ntilde;ol es muy buen en este momento....me tardar&iacute;a demasiado tiempo....<br /><br />Recomiendo tambi&eacute;n "La sombre del viento" de Carlos Ruiz Zaf&oacute;n.&nbsp; Un libro sensacional.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Rock Band]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/rock-band/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-06-05 22:37:32]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>Me gustan muchas bandas, pero en este momento mi favorito es Kings of Leon.&nbsp; Desafortunadamente los perd&iacute; cuando vinieron aqu&iacute; a prinicipios del a&ntilde;o.<br /><br />De ni&ntilde;a, sol&iacute;a tocar el piano, pero ahora nunca lo toco.</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Me gustan muchas bandas, pero en este momento mi favorito es Kings of Leon.&nbsp; Desafortunadamente los perd&iacute; cuando vinieron aqu&iacute; a prinicipios del a&ntilde;o.<br /><br />De ni&ntilde;a, sol&iacute;a tocar el piano, pero ahora nunca lo toco.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Guinea Ecuatorial]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/guinea-ecuatorial/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-06-05 21:11:21]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>La pregunta del d&iacute;a es muy dificil contestar.&nbsp; Por una parte creo que s&iacute;, los otros paises deben ayudar los otros. Pero hay demasiado tiempos cuando las superpotencias tienen en su beneficio propio y no la gente del pa&iacute;s.&nbsp; Desgraciadamente, hay muchos ejemplos de las tragedias cuando los otros paises no interven&iacute;an.</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>La pregunta del d&iacute;a es muy dificil contestar.&nbsp; Por una parte creo que s&iacute;, los otros paises deben ayudar los otros. Pero hay demasiado tiempos cuando las superpotencias tienen en su beneficio propio y no la gente del pa&iacute;s.&nbsp; Desgraciadamente, hay muchos ejemplos de las tragedias cuando los otros paises no interven&iacute;an.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Dichos y refranes]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/dichos-y-refranes/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-05-26 23:08:35]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>Esta lecci&oacute;n es una de mis favoritos!&nbsp; Me gustan los dichos...quiz&aacute;s sea una dicharachera!</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Esta lecci&oacute;n es una de mis favoritos!&nbsp; Me gustan los dichos...quiz&aacute;s sea una dicharachera!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Going to the pharmacy]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/going-to-the-pharmacy/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-05-26 23:03:22]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>Soy asm&aacute;tica, pues cada d&iacute;a necesito tomar medicaciones para aspirar libremente. Desafortunadamente ahora he resfriado y me duele la garganta, no paro de toser, y me gotea la nariz. Tomo medicinas para mitigar los s&iacute;ntomas.</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Soy asm&aacute;tica, pues cada d&iacute;a necesito tomar medicaciones para aspirar libremente. Desafortunadamente ahora he resfriado y me duele la garganta, no paro de toser, y me gotea la nariz. Tomo medicinas para mitigar los s&iacute;ntomas.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Thank you, Carmentheintern; 400 Lessons; and do we have to talk about it?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/thank-you-carmentheintern-400-lessons-and-do-we-have-to-talk-about-it/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-05-23 22:11:58]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>Adios Carmen y buenos viajes.</p>
<p>Gracias a spanishpod por escuchando nos comentarios.</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Adios Carmen y buenos viajes.</p>
<p>Gracias a spanishpod por escuchando nos comentarios.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Entrevistando a SpanishPod]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/entrevistando-a-spanishpod/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-05-22 15:26:44]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>I'm having the same issue as Rodneyp &amp; Docmolly - I can see it online, but not coming through to iTunes.&nbsp; It also doesn't appear under the list of Advanced lessons.</p>
<p>400 lecciones - buen hecho!</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I'm having the same issue as Rodneyp &amp; Docmolly - I can see it online, but not coming through to iTunes.&nbsp; It also doesn't appear under the list of Advanced lessons.</p>
<p>400 lecciones - buen hecho!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Tostadas de ceviche de camarón]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/tostadas-de-ceviche-de-camaron/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-05-19 02:26:11]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>Me gusta ceviche, marisco y esta lecci&oacute;n!&nbsp; Tengo muchas ganos de lo cocinar.</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Me gusta ceviche, marisco y esta lecci&oacute;n!&nbsp; Tengo muchas ganos de lo cocinar.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: EXTRA!  New Features and Publication Schedule Change]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/extra-new-features-and-publication-schedule-change/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-05-19 02:10:37]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>Martinillo - that's a great idea.&nbsp; That way at least we continue to receive one lesson a day.&nbsp; I also like the idea of everyone having the same one to stimulate discussions, which also goes to Cobre's point.&nbsp; I&nbsp;frequently mangle the Spanish language in an attempt to improve my written communication skills, but I do think it's making a difference!!</p>
<p>Spanishpod - will it be possible to elect which level of "random" lesson we receive, and change that from week to week?&nbsp; I think I'm an intermediate, but I find it enormously&nbsp;beneficial listening to the more advanced lessons (be it upper intermediate or advanced).</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Martinillo - that's a great idea.&nbsp; That way at least we continue to receive one lesson a day.&nbsp; I also like the idea of everyone having the same one to stimulate discussions, which also goes to Cobre's point.&nbsp; I&nbsp;frequently mangle the Spanish language in an attempt to improve my written communication skills, but I do think it's making a difference!!</p>
<p>Spanishpod - will it be possible to elect which level of "random" lesson we receive, and change that from week to week?&nbsp; I think I'm an intermediate, but I find it enormously&nbsp;beneficial listening to the more advanced lessons (be it upper intermediate or advanced).</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: EXTRA!  New Features and Publication Schedule Change]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/extra-new-features-and-publication-schedule-change/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-05-18 04:14:22]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>Oh dear - sorry about all those back slashes but I can\'t seem to get rid of them, even with the edit feature.&nbsp; I\'ve got my keyboard set to Spanish, so that may be the problem.</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh dear - sorry about all those back slashes but I can\'t seem to get rid of them, even with the edit feature.&nbsp; I\'ve got my keyboard set to Spanish, so that may be the problem.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: EXTRA!  New Features and Publication Schedule Change]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/extra-new-features-and-publication-schedule-change/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-05-18 04:11:37]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>I was extremely surprised to hear that you are reducing your schedule to 3x per week.&nbsp; I have 574 lessons in my \'studied\' pile and I\'ve listened to nearly all of them at least twice.&nbsp; I know that there is lots of opportunity to go back and review them, and I do this frequently.&nbsp; Especially Upper Intermediate, Advanced and the all in Spanish Del Taco al Tango, as I\'ve got a long way to go until I can understand fluent conversational Spanish.&nbsp; But I really look forward to listening to the new lessons every day.</p>
<p>So I am disappointed.&nbsp; The problem is that you guys are too good!&nbsp;</p>
<p>A couple of questions - if you are reducing your schedule, what levels are you publishing each week?&nbsp; Is it week one: newbie, elementary, intermediate; week two: upper intermediate, advanced and newbie again?&nbsp; Or will it not be a set schedule?&nbsp; Secondly, when is the \'super secret\' new feature that you can\'t talk about going to be available?</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was extremely surprised to hear that you are reducing your schedule to 3x per week.&nbsp; I have 574 lessons in my \'studied\' pile and I\'ve listened to nearly all of them at least twice.&nbsp; I know that there is lots of opportunity to go back and review them, and I do this frequently.&nbsp; Especially Upper Intermediate, Advanced and the all in Spanish Del Taco al Tango, as I\'ve got a long way to go until I can understand fluent conversational Spanish.&nbsp; But I really look forward to listening to the new lessons every day.</p>
<p>So I am disappointed.&nbsp; The problem is that you guys are too good!&nbsp;</p>
<p>A couple of questions - if you are reducing your schedule, what levels are you publishing each week?&nbsp; Is it week one: newbie, elementary, intermediate; week two: upper intermediate, advanced and newbie again?&nbsp; Or will it not be a set schedule?&nbsp; Secondly, when is the \'super secret\' new feature that you can\'t talk about going to be available?</p>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Can I have a light]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/can-i-have-a-light/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-05-18 02:57:41]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>Soy asm&aacute;tica, entonces no fumo.&nbsp; Pero cuando estaba estudiante a la universidad fumaba a veces.&nbsp; Muy est&uacute;pido por una asm&aacute;tica!&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Soy asm&aacute;tica, entonces no fumo.&nbsp; Pero cuando estaba estudiante a la universidad fumaba a veces.&nbsp; Muy est&uacute;pido por una asm&aacute;tica!&nbsp;</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: I am pregnant]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/i-am-pregnant/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-05-18 01:53:19]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>elshay - me ri&oacute; cuando le&iacute; tu cuento.&nbsp; Estoy de acuerdo contigo, una lecci&oacute;n sobre &ldquo;false friends&rdquo; ser&aacute; buena.&nbsp; Me acuerdo cuando dije &lsquo;excitado&rsquo;- se arm&oacute; un esc&aacute;ndalo!</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>elshay - me ri&oacute; cuando le&iacute; tu cuento.&nbsp; Estoy de acuerdo contigo, una lecci&oacute;n sobre &ldquo;false friends&rdquo; ser&aacute; buena.&nbsp; Me acuerdo cuando dije &lsquo;excitado&rsquo;- se arm&oacute; un esc&aacute;ndalo!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Quedamos bien]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/quedamos-bien/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-05-18 00:55:41]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>JP - thanks for clarifying that odd noise - I heard it and thought it was a bit strange!</p>
<p>Docmolly &amp; hypersport - thanks for the quedar examples.</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JP - thanks for clarifying that odd noise - I heard it and thought it was a bit strange!</p>
<p>Docmolly &amp; hypersport - thanks for the quedar examples.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Latin American Cinema]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/latin-american-cinema/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-05-17 00:40:00]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>Gracias por esta lecci&oacute;n - me le gusta mucho!</p>
<p>Acabo de ver "Bomb&oacute;n (El Perro)", no s&eacute; exactamente donde es - creo Chile o Argentina. Me gustaba mucho.</p>
<p>Y siempre me gusta las pel&iacute;culas de Gael Garcia Marquez!</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gracias por esta lecci&oacute;n - me le gusta mucho!</p>
<p>Acabo de ver "Bomb&oacute;n (El Perro)", no s&eacute; exactamente donde es - creo Chile o Argentina. Me gustaba mucho.</p>
<p>Y siempre me gusta las pel&iacute;culas de Gael Garcia Marquez!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Sayings]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://spanishpod.com/lessons/sayings/discussion]]></link>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[2009-05-13 17:35:39]]></pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rachaelt]]></dc:creator>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>No s&eacute; como se dice en espa&ntilde;ol, pero en ingl&eacute;s decimos &ldquo;build a bridge&rdquo;, significa necesitar construyeron un puente sobre el tema para que olvidar los desacuerdos.&nbsp; Normalmente se dice para los bordes adolescentes a sus padres!&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No s&eacute; como se dice en espa&ntilde;ol, pero en ingl&eacute;s decimos &ldquo;build a bridge&rdquo;, significa necesitar construyeron un puente sobre el tema para que olvidar los desacuerdos.&nbsp; Normalmente se dice para los bordes adolescentes a sus padres!&nbsp;</p>]]></content:encoded>
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