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«"Essere al verde " is an expression typical of the colloquial Italian language, but also literary, which means "left without a penny, to be on the rocks, to be flat broke". The expression is widespread, but the origin is unknown to most people.»
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participants:
* my new book by Federico Garcia Lorca "Drawings as poems"
*Japanese green tea
*split pea soup
*my diary 2011
*oil pastel Van Gogh
*finally i have a NIE (Foreigner Identification Number)!