What does sumar puntos mean?

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that's a point in its favour

The image is a mental scorecard where the good and the bad get noted down. It is said about things and about people — eso le suma puntos — and always lightly: nobody is really keeping score, or so they claim.

Que sepa cocinar le suma puntos.
Approval, kept deliberately casual.

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Unit 03

¿Qué tal está el piso?

«estás a tiro de piedra»

The ¡Vale! app: a conversation from Spain, read with its recording
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