express elevator | Idiomator

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Examples:

EN: "Special express elevator to tower suites and roof. "
ES: "Ascensor especial directo a las suites superiores y la azotea."
EN: Take the express elevator, the first one on the right, to the 40th floor,
ES: Tomen el ascensor exprés, el primero a la derecha, al piso cuarenta.
EN: Tell Duncan to stop those Tower Room people from using that express elevator, or somebody'll get killed.
ES: Dígale a Duncan que nadie utilice el ascensor exprés. Puede morir alguien.
EN: And I get to ride the express elevator, too.
ES: Y también puedo montar en el ascensor rápido.
EN: We're on an express elevator to hell.
ES: Esto es un ascensor al infierno.
EN: Take the express elevator.
ES: Tome el ascensor rápido.
EN: What we have here are 13 passengers in an express elevator below floor 30.
ES: Hay 13 personas en un ascensor rápido bajo el piso treinta.
EN: - This is an express elevator.
ES: - Es un ascensor rápido.
EN: I'll take the express elevator to Labor and Delivery.
ES: Súbanme de inmediato al paritorio.
EN: The express elevator.
ES: El ascensor rápido.
EN: Wednesday night, after dinner... I took the express elevator to Loverville.
ES: El miércoles a la noche, después de cenar tomé el ascensor expreso a la Tierra de amantes.
EN: This is a high-speed express elevator.
ES: Este es un ascensor expreso de alta velocidad.
EN: - Neither does what I saw. Unh! - And that's why they need an express elevator.
ES: Tampoco lo que yo vi. Y es por eso que ellos necesitan un ascensor expreso.
EN: This is the express elevator to outer-space-level greatness, so you give me a call when you are down to go up, girl.
ES: Este es un elevador expreso para el piso de la grandeza espacial, así que llámame cuando estés lista para ir arriba, tía.
EN: That was like the express elevator to heaven.
ES: Eso fue como el elevador expreso al cielo.

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