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139 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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139 months ago

Charles Ferguson   wrote:

Would they ever be close again?

My comment:

Intuition. As it happens, I don't know this turn of words; it appears to be an idiomatic expression. I suppose I could have Googled on "vivir puerta a puerta"....

139 months ago

Clara Fernández   wrote:

Woould they continue to live next door to each other?

My comment:

I'm not sure if this refers to "living next door to the wife" or if there might be an antecedent prior to this.

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

139 months ago

   wrote:

Lo que me extraña es, si están casados, que no viven en la misma casa. ¿Está referiéndose a su esposa o a otra persona?

139 months ago

Clara Fernández   wrote:

That should be "would" - sorry, hit "submit" too fast.

139 months ago

Clara Fernández   wrote:

I think you're translation is, most likely, the correct one, because what's going on involves two couples who live on the same landing in an apartment building. I was as confused as everyone else about whether they were referring to just the wife or the other couple.

139 months ago

Clara Fernández   wrote:

That would explain the "puerta a puerta". You might need to play around with the translation a little bit and perhaps add the other name to the sentence to avoid confusion. Otherwise it is very ambiguous

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