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así las cosas

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
así las cosas expr	(llegados a este punto)	at this point expr
		because of that, because of this expr
		in this context, against this background expr
	Así las cosas ya no hay nada que podamos hacer.
	At this point there's nothing we can do.

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
así están las cosas loc adv	(mal)	that's the way things are expr
		that's the way it is expr
		that's how it is expr
	Y bueno, con políticos como esos así están las cosas.
	With politicians like that, that's the way things are.
así son las cosas expr	(resignación, aceptación)	that's the way things are expr
		that's the way it is exp
	Así son las cosas, ya no podemos cambiar el destino.
	That's the way things are. We can't change destiny.
dejar las cosas así loc verb	CO, coloquial (olvidar asunto, no actuar)	leave [sth] as is, leave [sth] alone v expr
		forget it v expr
		let sleeping dogs lie v expr

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