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1
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Suplicar, alegar, implorar

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plead

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2
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Creciente distanciación

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growing stand-off

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3
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Asesoría política

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Polítical consultancy

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4
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Clausurar

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to shut down

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5
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Dijo que la decisión se tomó porque

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He said the decision was taken because

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6
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Mezcolanza

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hodgepodge

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7
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Instalaciones

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Facilities

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Las tensiones se han Ido acrecentando

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Tensions have been rising

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9
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Chocar (ruidosamente)

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clash

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10
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En su alegación culpable

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In his guilty plea

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11
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Dejar en suspenso algo

A

Put something on hold

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12
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Bajo vigilancia

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Under siege

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10 niños han sido mataos por los rayos

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Ten children have been killed by lightning

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Una tormenta azotó el estado australianos e Victoria

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a storm lashed the Australian state of Victoria

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Las camas de hospital están escaseando (4 formales 2 idiom)

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Hospital beds are

  • becoming scarce
  • being in short suplay
  • falling short (idiom)
  • being in shortage
  • running low (idiom)
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16
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El Tour de Francia se pone en marcha finalmente

A

Tour de France finally gets under way

17
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Los canadienses que viajan al extranjero

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Canadians who do travel abroad

18
Q

De acuerdo con un contaje recogido por global News

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according to a tally recorded by Global News.

19
Q

Un informe filtrado del gobierno

A

A leaked government report

20
Q

Estimaciones del gobierno

A

Gobernment figures

21
Q

El bulo del COVID

A

COVID hoax

22
Q

Presentarse como candidato, respaldar

A

Stand for

23
Q

Se puede multar a la gente que no se aisla por sí misma

A

People who do not self-isolate can be fined

24
Q

Derrochador

A

Wasteful

25
Q

Condenado

A

Convicted

26
Q

Asistente de la excampaña

A

Ex-campaign aide

27
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Abogado, letrado

A

attorney, counsel, lawyer

28
Q

Se espera de él que emita (publique) más perdones

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He is expected to issue more pardons

29
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Perdones que arrasan convicciones

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Pardons (forgiveness, absoluciones) wich wipe out convictions

30
Q

Incapacitante

A

crippling

31
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Se cree que más de 200 refugiados rohingya han muerto o desaparecido en el mar en 2020 en busca de una vida mejor

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More than 200 Rohingya refugees are believed to have died or gone missing at sea in 2020 in search of a better life

32
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La Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados, ACNUR, dice que más de un tercio de los que hicieron los peligrosos viajes desde los campos de refugiados en Bangladesh a Malasia e Indonesia eran niños.

A

The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, says more than a third of those who made the perilous journeys from refugee camps in Bangladesh to Malaysia and Indonesia were children.

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Muchos se desnutrieron en el mar en barcos operados por contrabandistas antes de ser devueltos a su punto final de destino, debido a las restricciones de Covid-19.

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Many starved at sea on boats operated by smugglers before being turned away at their final point of destination, due to Covid-19 restrictions.

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Los musulmanes rohingya ya habían huido de sus hogares en Myanmar para escapar de la persecución y regresar a Bangladesh por mar ha sido complicado, con las autoridades se niegan a permitir que la mayoría de los barcos atraquen en el territorio continental del país.

A

The Rohingya Muslims had already fled their homes in Myanmar to escape persecution and returning to Bangladesh by sea has been complicated, with authorities refusing to allow most boats to dock in the country’s mainland.