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four compelling reasons

cuatro razones de peso

how will he tell her
lit: how will he do

cómo hará para decirle

tomorrow morning
(not "mañaña por la mañaña")

mañaña a la mañaña

the Normandy landing
- the disembarkation, the landing
- to disembark

el desembarco de Normandía
- el desembarco (2)
- desembarcar

but the United States went further

pero Estados Unidos fue a más

blasphemous
to blaspheme
the blasphemer
the blasphemy

blasfemo/a
blasfemar
el blasfemador, la blasfemadora
la blasfemia

the Cold War

la guerra fría

the Second World War

la segunda guerra mundial

the communist bloc
- the bloc, the block

el bloque communista
- el bloque (2)

to take a step back

dar un paso atrás

fragile
the fragility

frágil
la fragilidad

although the details of the confrontation have not emerged
- to emerge
(transcends the vagaries - trans)

aunque no han trascendido los detalles del enfrentamiento
- trascender (intrans)
(trasciende los caprichos - trans)

the atomic bomb
- atomic

la bomba atómica
- atómico/a

the USSR
the Soviets

la URSS (pronounced "oors")
(la Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas)
los soviéticos

the peninsula

la peninsula

In the south, the first republic was constituted.
- to be constituted
(to constitute)

En el sur, se constituyó la primera república.
- constituirse
(constituir - trans)

the communism

el comunismo

by means of intensive aerial bombardment
- on the basis of, by means of
- the bombardment (the bombing)

a base de bombardeos aéreos intensivos
- a base de (2)
- el bombardeo

the caucus

el caucus

the appropriations committee
- the appropriation

el comité de apropiación
- la apropiación

You have to adapt your speech to the occasion.
- to adapt (not "adaptar")

Tienes que apropiar tu discurso a la ocasión.
- apropiar (trans)

I appropriated that phrase.
- to appropriate

Me apropié de esa frase.
- apropiarse de

You told me you were still working/continuing to work.

Me dijiste que seguías trabajando.

charred, burned
to char, to burn

calcinado/a (2)
calcinar (2)

the armistice

el armisticio

I'll see.

Ya veré.

A few days ago she got in touch with a real estate agency.
- to get in touch with (not "comunicarse con")

Hace unos días se contactó con una inmobiliaria.
- contactarse con

In the following years, democratic governments and military regimes alternated.
- to alternate, to take turns
(the regime) (to alternate - trans)

En los años siguientes se alternaron gobiernos democráticos y regímenes militares.
- alternarse
(el régimen) (alternar - trans)

At the end of the 80's democracy was consolidated.
- to be consolidated
(to consolidate - trans)

A finales de los años ochenta se consolidó la democracia.
- consolidarse
(consolidar - trans)

Kim-il-sung established a totalitarian regime.
- to establish (not "establecer")
- totalitarian
- the totalitarianism

Kim-il-sung instauró un régimen totalitario.
- instaurar
- totalitario/a
- el totalitarismo

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