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The reason why Holmes put his ear to the ground was beacuse his boss told him to. Also so he kept his ear to the ground, so that he would be the first to get a new idea.
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The English translation of this is "How much homework will you have on Friday?" Therefore you can answer, "Not alot, only math homework." Or so on.
Copa -- cup is the correct cognates
1. Cuántas clases tienes?
2. Cuándo es la clase de matemáticas?
3. A qué hora es la clase de español?