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eat for two
Language:
Meanings:
1.
General (English)
neutral
colloquial
To consume food in order to nourish both oneself and an unborn child during pregnancy; to increase food intake because one is pregnant.
2.
General (English)
informal
To eat on behalf of another person or to provide food sufficient for two people (used figuratively or hyperbolically).
Examples:
EN:
Please governor. I hadn't had nothing to eat for two days.
ES:
Por favor, gobernador, llevo dos días sin comer...
EN:
-Yes. It's ours I'm sorry. But one who doesn't eat for two days doesn't think at all.
ES:
Lo siento, pero uno que no come hace dos días no piensa muchas cosas.
EN:
I didn't eat for two or three days!
ES:
¡No comí por dos o tres días!
EN:
-Sí. I no eat for two days.
ES:
- Sí, llevo dos días sin comer.
EN:
I've had nothing to eat for two days.
ES:
- No he comido nada en dos días.
EN:
You gotta eat for two, now. Remember?
ES:
Ahora debes comer por dos, ¿recuerdas?
EN:
He's lost a lot of blood, and had nothing to eat for two days.
ES:
Ha perdido mucha sangre y lleva dos días sin comer.
EN:
- Don't eat for two hours.
ES:
No coma durante dos horas.
EN:
I work two jobs, I have to eat for two jobs.
ES:
tengo que comer por dos trabajos.
EN:
You haven't had anything to eat for two days.
ES:
Hace dos días que no come.
EN:
Take something to eat for two days.
ES:
Coger consigo alimentos para dos días.
EN:
I think because I have to eat for two.
ES:
Según parece estoy comiendo por dos.
EN:
It's normal. You have to eat for two.
ES:
- He sí, usted debe comer por dos.
EN:
What about when you didn't eat for two days... and then you had your first big meal at the mission?
ES:
¿Recuerdas cuando no comiste por dos días... y luego tuviste tu primera comida grande en la misión?
EN:
Haven't had anything to eat for two days.
ES:
Llevo dos días sin comer.
EN:
Please governor. I hadn't had nothing to eat for two days.
ES:
Por favor, gobernador, llevo dos días sin comer...
EN:
Haven't had anything to eat for two days.
ES:
Llevo dos días sin comer.
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