Ch 17 Mechanical Creatures Flashcards

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Mechanical Creatures

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Criaturas Mecánicas

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De ninguna manera

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In no way

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Podríamos negar

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Can we deny

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Procesándose

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Processes itself

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No puede darse cuenta de esta

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Can’t realise this

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Incesante repetición diaria

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Incessant daily repetition

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Resulta, resultado, efecto, éxito

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Result

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Resulta evidente

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It is evident

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Quien

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Those; whoever; whosoever

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No siente interés alguno

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Does not have any interest

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Por observarse a sí mismo

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In observing themselves

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Para lograr

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To achieve; in order to achieve

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Una verdadera transformación radical

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A true radical transformation

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Para colmo de los colmos

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To top it all off

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Transformarse

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Transform themselves

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No negamos

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We do not deny

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El hecho

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The fact

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De que cada cual tiene

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That everyone has

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….derecho a la real felicidad del espíritu,

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…..a right to real happiness of spirit

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Más también

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But also

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Es cierto

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It is true

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Sería

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would be

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Que la felicidad sería algo

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That happiness would be something

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Más que imposible

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More than impossible

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Uno puede cambiar íntimamente
One can change intimately
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...cuando de verdad
....when really
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Consigue modificar
Manages to modify
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Sus reacciones ante
His reactions against
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Los diversos hechos
The diverse facts; the diverse happenings; the various events
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Que le sobrevienen diariamente
.... happenings that occur daily; that happen to him daily; that supervene daily
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Empero no podríamos
However, we could not; we cannot
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Modificar nuestra de reaccionar
Change our way of reacting; modify our way of reacting
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....ante los hechos de la vida práctica
....to the facts of practical life
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Sino trabajáramos seriamente
If we do not work seriously
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Tampoco desea
Also does not desire; neither desires
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Necesitamos cambiar nuestra manera de pensar
We need to change our way of thinking
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ser menos negligentes
To be less negligent
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Volvemos más serios
Become more serious
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....y tomar la vida en forma diferente
...and face life in a different manner; and take life in a different way; and take life differently
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.....en su sentido real y práctico
....in its real and practical sense; in a real and practical sense.
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Empero, si continuamos
However, if we continue
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...así tal como estamos
...like this as we are
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Comportándonos
Behaving
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En la misma forma
In the same way
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Repitiendo los mismos errores
Repeating the same mistakes
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Con la misma negligencia de siempre
With the same negligence as always
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....quedará de hecho eliminada
.....will in fact be eliminated; will indeed be eliminated
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Si uno de quiere llegar a conocerse a sí mismo
If one truly wants to know oneself
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Debe empezar
One must begin
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....por observar su propia conducta
By observing his own conduct/behaviour
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Ante los sucesos
...while facing the events; before the events
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...de cualquier día de la vida
...of any day of (his) life
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No queremos decir
We do not want to imply
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Afirmar
To state, say, affirm, assert
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Debe haber
There must be
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Comienzo
A start, beginning, commencement
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Empezar
To start, begin
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Alcoba
Bedroom
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Hogar
Home
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Comedor
Dining room
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Lo que uno dice
What one says
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Lo importante es ver luego
Later, the important thing to see
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Esas
Those
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Nunca
Never
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Nos comportamos
We behave, we act
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Forma inconsciente
Unconscious way
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Equivocada
Mistaken, wrong
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Nunca cambiaremos
We will never change
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Ante todo
First of all, before all else
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Comprender
Understand
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Simples marionetas
Simple puppets
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Ocultos
Hidden
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Mezquina
Selfish, mean
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Espléndida
Generous
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Escandalosa
Scandalous
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Calumniadora
Slanderous
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Santo
Saint, holy,
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Embustero
Liar, cheat, imposter
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Especie
Species
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Un muñeco parlante
A talking doll
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Empecemos
Let us start, let us begin
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Necesitamos dejar de ser
We need to stop being
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Dejar
To leave, to stop
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Breves
Brief
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Esto influirá decisivamente
This will have a decisive influence
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Desgraciadamente
Unfortunately
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Repetimos sucesos
Repeating events, repeating occurrences
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Por donde quiera
Everywhere
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Abundan
Abound
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Míseros
Wretched
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Movidos
Moved
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Personajes del lodo de la tierra
People from the mud of the earth