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  • As a translator, there are occasions where you will have to come up with a plan for dealing with a tongue twister, such as “Erre con erre, guitarra;│erre con erre, carril:│rápido ruedan los carros,│rápido el ferrocarril”.

    Time for Tricky Tongue Twisters 2010

  • "There are some business matters that require that I should go to the office of the Ferro carril del Norte this afternoon," he said.

    The Unspeakable Perk Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

  • "And he's got a voice like a bird -- you wouldn't think," Dolly went on; "he can sing a Christmas carril as his father's taught him; and I take it for a token as he'll come to good, as he can learn the good tunes so quick.

    Silas Marner (1885) 1861

  • Come, Aaron, stan 'up and sing the carril to Master Marner, come. "

    Silas Marner (1885) 1861

  • Come, Aaron, stan 'up and sing the carril to Master Marner, come. "

    Silas Marner George Eliot 1849

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