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No es esto: A Formula That Travelled Beyond Ortega: C2 Spanish

Ortega’s 1931 phrase circulates without quotation marks and gains new referents while retaining a historical echo.

No es esto: una fórmula que viajó más allá de Ortega

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Level C2 Reading focus

What you'll learn

Recognises concealed political quotation and restores its original and new scenes of utterance.

No es esto can retain Ortega’s voice while a new speaker decides which unfulfilled promise it names.

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