La Palabra del Día : mil
mil (number) thousand
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¿Se va a terminar el mundo en el dos mil doce ?
Is the world going to end in 2012?
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No he fallado diez mil veces, he encontrado diez mil maneras que no funcionarán.
"I have not failed 10,000 times, I have found ten thousand ways that will not work."
Thomas Edison
Es mil veces mejor tener sentido común sin educación que tener educación sin sentido común.
It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.
Robert Green Ingersoll
Nací en mil novecientos ochenta y seis, el mismo año del desastre Chernobyl.
I was born in nineteen eighty six, the same year as the Chernobyl disaster.
Hay una expresión que dice algo como esta ilustración: una imagen vale más que mil palabras.
There is an expression that says someting like this illustration: a picture is worth more than a thousand words.
When a person gives a thousand explanations, the only true one is that they have lied.
Cuando una persona da un mil respuestas a una pregunta, la unica verdad es que ha mentido.
It is better to have a thousand friends than a thousand dollars.
Es mejor tener mil amigos que mil dólares.
Antes de ir de compras en Playa del Carmen, aprenda a contar hasta mil.
Before going shopping in Playa del Carmen, learn to count to a thousand.
They say that when your car has one hundred thousand miles, it is time to buy a new one.
Dicen que cuando su coche tiene cien mil millas, es el momento de comprar uno nuevo.
Muchísimas gracias por todas las correcciones. 
¡Te tengo dicho mil veces que no te comas las uñas!
I have told you a thousand times not to bite your nails!
Algunos cristianos creen que Jesucristo regresará a la Tierra para reinar durante mil años.
Some Christians believe that Jesus Christ will return to the earth to rule for a thousand years.
¡Te he dicho mil veces... que no exageres!
I've told you a thousand times....never exagerate!
One loving act is better ( ie; has greater value) than a thousand words
= Un acto de amor vale más que mil palabras
Editor's note: I wanted to put across the idea that one act of love (kindness) is worth more than /is greater than/has more value than ....a thousand words!
Corregid mi español, por favor 
original caption:
Un acto de amor tiene más valor (o es mejor) que mil palabras
The duck still wants more and more money though what he has found can let him live luxuriously for thousands of years.
El pato aún quiere más y más dinero aunque lo que ha hallado le permite vivir lujosamente durante miles de años.
Some people have more than a thousand friends on FaceBook, I wonder how they get time to read all the notifications they get?!
Algunas personas tienen más de mil amigos en Facebook, me pregunto ¿cómo obtienen el tiempo para leer todas las notificaciones que reciben?
Cuando era joven, mi madre me decía,
"¡Tengo mil cosas pendientes, pero primero te escucho a ti!"
When I was young my mother used to say,
"I have a thousand things to do, but first, I'll listen to you!"
