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1
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We have to ask ourselves

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Tenemos que preguntarnos

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At first sight

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A primera vista

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In the short term

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A corto plazo

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In the long term

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A largo plazo

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It’s a topic which has been in the media for several years now

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Es un tema que ya lleva varios años apareciendo en los medios

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A crisis on a world scale

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Una crisis a escala mundial

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A worrying situation

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Una situación inquietante

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In addition to what has been said

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Además de los dicho

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Likewise

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Asimismo

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On the other hand

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Por otra parte

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In other words

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Dicho de otro modo

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As we already know

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Como ya se sabe

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That is to say

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Es decir

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I don’t understand why

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No me explico por qué

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This explains why

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Esto explica por qué

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Therefore

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Así es que

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17
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It’s a question of

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Se trata de

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18
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In spite of this

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A pesar de esto

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19
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The stumbling block

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El tropiezo

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20
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Be that as it may

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Sea como sea

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21
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La situación va empeorando

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The situation is getting worse

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Given that

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Dado que

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23
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Although I would like to think otherwise

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Aunque quisiera pensar de otra manera

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From other people’s point of view

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Desde el punto de vista ajeno

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Anyone can see that

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Cualquiera es capaz de ver que

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The plain truth of the matter is that

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La verdad lisa y llana es

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As is already known

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Como ya se sabe

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On the contrary

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Al contrario

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On the one hand

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Por un lado

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30
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On the other hand

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Por otro lado

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There is no denying that

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No se puede negar que

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It’s certain that

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Es cierto que

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Your have to bear in mind that

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Hay que tener en cuenta que

34
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And as if that were not enough

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Y por si eso fuera poco

35
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To cap it all

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Para colmo

36
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To what extent?

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¿Hasta qué punto?

37
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To a certain extent

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Hasta cierto punto

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For the most part

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Por la mayor parte

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In the last few months

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Durante estos últimos meses

40
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As soon as possible

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Cuanto antes

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From now (on)

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Desde ahora

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Never again

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Nunca más

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Every so often

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Cada cuando

44
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At the turn of the century

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Al final del siglo

45
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The keystone

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La piedra clave

46
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Of course it’s true that

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Claro que es verdad que

47
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I want to make it very clear that

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Quiero dejar muy claro que

48
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It cannot be denied that

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No se puede negar que

49
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I’m not surprised that

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No me sorprende que

50
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It has t be unthinkable that

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Tiene que ser inconcebible que

51
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It’s even more astonishing that

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Es incluso más sorprendente que

52
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It’s an affront to society that

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Es una afrenta a la sociedad que

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The main thing should be that

A

Lo fundamental debe ser que

54
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To turn a blind eye (to)

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Hacer la vista gorda (a)

55
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When all is said and done

A

A fin de cuentas

56
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The key to the problem has to be

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La clave del problema tiene que ser

57
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I wish I could conclude by saying that

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I wish I could conclude by saying that

58
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Esto nos lleva a la conclusión inevitable que

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This brings us to the inevitable conclusion that

59
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To sharpen the imagination

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Avivar la imaginación

60
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To produce a hypnotic effect

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Producir un efecto hipnótico

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To prejudice a chid’s development

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Perjudicar el desarrolla del niño

62
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The influence on moral values

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El influjo sobre los valores morales

63
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Advertising industry

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La industrial publicitaria

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Advertising poster

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El cartel publicitario

65
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To promote

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Promocionar

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Message

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El mensaje

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Target market

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El mercado objetivo

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Advertising slogan

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El eslogan publicitario

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To manipulate

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Manipular

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To tempt (to)

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Tentar (a)

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To appeal to our baser instincts

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Llamar a nuestros instintos más bajos

72
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Brainwashing

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El lavado de cerebro

73
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Consumer

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El consumidor / la consumidora

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Consumer society

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La sociedad consumista

75
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Purchasing power

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El poder adquisitivo

76
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Constant interruption of programmes

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La interrupción constante de los programas

77
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To target the young consumer

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Dirigirse al consumidor joven