La Palabra del Día: El horizonte (Winners announced)
El horizonte
horizon, perspective
Note: This word will be the official Word of the Day and will be posted November 3, 2011.
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My Example:
En algunas películas el héroe cabalga hacia el horizonte.
In some movies the hero rides off into the sunset.
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Me gusta conducir por las carreteras que ofrecen una vista del horizonte espectacular.
I like driving on the roads that offer a spectacular view of the horizon.
Dear friends, thank you for your daily help to broaden the horizon of my Spanish and English knowledge.
Muy amigos míos, gracias por vuestra ayuda diaria de ampliar el horizonte del de mis conocimientos de mi español y e inglés.
La lectura de libros te amplía los horizontes.
Reading books broadens your horizons.
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I am always there, some distance away, somewhere between land or sea and sky I lay, you may move toward me, yet distant I'll stay.
I am the horizon.
Siempre estoy allí, más alla en la distancia, en algún lugar entre la tierra o el mar y el cielo me hallo, por mucho que intentes acercarme, en la distancia siempre me quedaré.
Soy el horizonte.
Some horizons are beautiful, but for keeping an airplane in line, this type of horizon, the "artificial horizon," can be critical.
Algunos horizontes son hermosos, pero para que mantener un avión en linea, este tipo de horizonte, el "horizonte artificial", puede ser crítico.
Mis horizontes están limitados solomente a lo que imagino.
My horizons are limited only by my imagination. 
I have a feeling that I have tied myself up in knots here , but in for a penny in for a pound.
When I travel by aeroplane, I always choose a seat near the window so as to watch the horizon.
Cuando viajo en avión, siempre elijo un asiento cerca de la ventana de ventanilla para mirar el horizonte.
En 1492 Cristóbal Colón salió de Palos de la Frontera y navegó hacia el oeste buscando nuevos horizontes.
In 1492 Christopher Columbus left from Palos de la Frontera and sailed westwards looking for new horizons.
Cuando estamos en el mar el horizonte siempre está a trece millas de nosotros.
When we are at sea,the horizon is always 13 miles (away) from us.
Something a little more difficult this time.
Mire hacia el horizonte y alcanzará su objectivo.
Look to the horizon and you will attain your goal. 
The horizon is an optical illusion created by the curvature of the earth and thus, in reality, is a place that we will never reach.
El horizonte es una ilusión óptica creado creada por la curvatura de la tierra y por eso, en realidad, es un lugar a lo al que nunca llegaremos.
Para que hacer una imagen en perspectiva, todas las lineas deben encontrarse en el horizonte. In order to make a picture in perspective, all the lines should meet on the horizon.
Creo que siempre se debe amplía sus horizontes. ¡Esto es lo que la vida es toda sobre!
With Drvicente's comments:
Creo que siempre se debe ampliar sus horizontes. ¡Eso es lo que significa la vida!
I think you should always broaden your horizons. That is what life is all about!
When the moon is near the horizon, it always appears bigger.
Cuando la Luna luna está cerca del horizonte siempre parece más grande.
