the most proactive began to look for other job possibilities
- proactive, farsighted
los más previsores empezaron a buscar otras posibilidades de trabajo
- previsor/a
the spelling errors
- the orthography, the spelling
los errores de ortografía
- la ortografía
when hiring people for his campaign
lit: at the time of
a la hora de contratar gente para su campaña
m/the gift cards
lit: the purchase cards
las tarjetas de compra
to maintain anonymity
- the anonymity
(anonymous)
para mantener el anonimato
- el anonimato
(anónimo/a)
I prefer to inform myself and use services that do not threaten my health.
- to threaten (not "amenazar") (to make an attempt)
Prefiero informarme y usar servicios que no atentan contra mi salud.
- atentar contra (intrans)
The civil servants had to handle themselves with caution.
- to handle oneself (to manage, to be operated)
Los funcionarios debían manejarse con prudencia.
- manejarse
That a student behaves like this is a loss of prestige for the school.
- the loss of prestige
Que un alumno se comporte así es un desprestigio para el colegio.
- el desprestigio
m/para: affecting/impacting
the smear campaign (not "la campaña difamatoria")
alt: the campaign to discredit
la campaña de desprestigio (2)
They were manufacturing defective products.
- defective
Ellos fabricaban productos defectuosos.
- defectuoso/a
and prove otherwise in a thousand and one ways
y demostrar lo contrario de una y mil formas
Sandra's arrival at the company was not accidental.
- accidental (not "ocasional") (chance, casual (L.A.))
La llegada de Sandra a la compañía no fue casual.
- casual
no one could have imagined that
no one could/would have been able to imagine that
nadie podría haber imaginado que
nadie hubiera podido imaginar que
a spy for hire
una espía a sueldo
Couldn't it be that she has something against you?
lit: Will not be
sim: Could it be ...?
¿No será que tiene algo contra ti?
sim: ¿Será que ...?
Why would she get confused? (not "¿Por qué se confundiría?)
¿Por qué habría de confundirse?
the prostate cancer
- the prostate
el cáncer de próstata
- la próstata
There were a good number of options to choose from.
- to choose from (to elect, to choose)
Había una buena cantidad de opciones para elegir.
- elegir
m/para: A in order to do B (a verb)
I think it's about time that you went back to your room.
- it's about time, it's high time
Creo que ya va siendo hora de que regreses a tu habitación.
- ya va siendo hora de
(note subj)
in solo, duo, trio and in band formats
en formato solo, dúo, trío y en bandas
the car window
- the window (not "la ventana")
la ventanilla del auto
- la ventanilla
in a combination of white and aqua green tones
en una combinación de tonos blancos y verde agua
("agua" is plural)
It sounds similar to “l’école”.
Suena parecido a “l’école”
That there are other opportunities swirling around out there.
Que hay otras oportunidades dando vueltas por ahí.
We teach Christian morals in our school.
- the morals (the morality (not "la moralidad"), the morale)
Enseñamos la moral cristiana en nuestra escuela.
- la moral
The moral of the story is that you should never lie.
- the moral
La moraleja del cuento es que nunca debes mentir.
- la moraleja
as lately the trend had resurfaced
- to resurface
como últimamente había resurgido la tendencia
- resurgir (intrans)
Sandra asked her, in a mocking tone
- mocking
le preguntó Sandra, en torno burlón
- burlón, burlona
"I want to see you well," Sandra told her.
(m/meaning: that you are doing well)
Quiero verte bien -le dijo Sandra.
a mint lemonade
- the mint
una limonada de menta
- la menta