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The Last Unicorn (1982)

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Gustav Klimt Garden Path with Hens 1916 Oil on canvas destroyed by fire, 1945

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Hey Profe 🍓:

Other ways to use quedar beyond "stay"?

This is a complicated one because quedar has so many idiomatic uses, as well as some idiomatic verbs in reflexive

First, quedar is "to remain" or "to be left" so it can be used in subtraction

Second, quedar is the verb used for clothing that "fit", and/or "suit (someone)"... if you look up the verb for "to fit" you'll likely see caber but that means "to fit" like capacity [as in "to fit in a car" or "to fit in an elevator"], but when clothing "fits" it's quedar(le) bien and it can also can be "to suit someone"

Also there's quedar(le) en ridículo which is like "to look like an idiot" or "to be left looking like a fool"

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Then you have quedarse which is "to stay behind" most likely

quedarse can be "to remain" like "to stay the same" or "remain the same"

But the most idiomatic one is that quedarse is a "verb of change" in that in can be "to become" - but it's used in a distinct way

quedarse + adjective is like "to be left (adjective)" or "to be struck (adjective)"... like quedarse ciego/a "to be left blind" or quedarse mudo/a "to be struck dumb/mute"... Sometimes it's quedarse paralizado/a or parapléjico/a "paraplegic", or tetrapléjico/a "quadriplegic" for serious accidents

You usually see quedarse as "to become" when it's a kind of ailment or something very serious that isn't easily overcome

A less serious one is quedarse en shock "to be stunned/blindsided" or "to be in shock" [lit. "to remain in shock"], or quedarse de piedra "to be stunned/speechless" [lit. "to be turned to stone"]

It's dramatic but these are more like hyperbole than ailments, but still the emphasis is drama

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fields of green

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'The Fatigue' by Mihail Zablodski (2022)

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Princess Mononoke (1997) background art

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Senshi Rose Quartz para el que lo quiera

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Dragon mantis, Toxodera beieri, Toxoderidae

Found in Southeast Asia

Photo 1 by lungchris

Photos 2-3 by Frank Deschandol // Instagram (Shared with permission - do not remove credit or re-post!)

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me teaching my pet vampire how to adapt to human society

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