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People understand that together they can get by in life.
- to get by (not "rebuscarse") (to manage)

La gente entiende que juntos pueden arreglárselas en la vida.
- arreglárselas

It wasn't something small, to be forgotten after a day or two.
lit: as in order to forget

No era algo pequeño, como para olvidar después de uno o dos días.

The civil war in Lebanon is also considered among its consequences.
- to be considered
- Lebanon

También se consideran entre sus consecuencias la guerra civil en el Líbano.
- considerarse m/pronominal passive
- el Líbano

the jihadist group
- jihadist
- the jihad

el grupo yihadista
- yihadista
- la yihad

to color

colorear

After the insults that were said, it will be impossible for them to mend their relationship.
lit: that they mend
- to mend (trans)
(to be said) (?/could it be: "were said to each other")

Después de los insultos que se dijeron, será imposible que recompongan su relación.
- recomponer (note subj: impersonal)
(decirirse m/pronominal passive)

Manolo was the one in charge of smoothing the communication between Guillermo and Emilio.
lit: oiling the communication
- to oil

Manolo fue el encargado de aceitar la comunicación entre Guillermo y Emilio.
- aceitar

three periods of prehistory:
- paleolithic (2.5 million years ago)
- neolithic (10000 BC)
- the age of metals (5000 BC)

tres etapas de la prehistoria:
- paleolítico (hace 2,5 millones de años)
- neolítico (10000 a.C.)
- la edad de los metales (5000 a.C.)

the tools made of carved stone
- to carve

las herramientas fabricadas de piedra tallada
- tallar

responded Guillermo curtly
- dryly, curtly

respondió Guillermo secamente
- secamente (2)

the lighter (not "el mechero (Sp)")

el encendedor

the cabin, the hut

la cabaña (2)

to domesticate
the domestication

domesticar
la domesticación

The rate of obesity is increasing partly because of sedentary lifestyles.
- the sedentary lifestyle
- sedentary

La tasa de obesidad está aumentando en parte a causa del sedentarismo.
- el sedentarismo
- sedentario/a
("aumentar" can be intransitive)

They made tools of polished stone.
- to polish i.e., to smooth the surface
Hint; not "pulir" which has additional sense of refining or perfecting

Fabricaban herramientas de piedra pulimentada.
- pulimentar

to rearm the army
to rebuild your life
- to rearm, to rebuild

rearmar el ejército
rearmar su vida
- rearmar (2)

when he was getting dangerously close to a cell
- dangerously

cuando se estuviera acercando peligrosamente a una celda
- peligrosamente
(acercarse: note past subj progressive)

to plow
the plow

arar
el arado

the ceramic floors
- ceramic
- the ceramics

los pisos cerámicos
alt: los pisos de cerámica
- cerámico/a
- la cerámica

metallic
the metallurgy
(the metal)

metálico/a
la metalurgia
(el metal)

because of the use that was given to this metal
- to be given

por el uso que se le dio a este metal
- darse m/pronominal passive

I'm from a small town and I don't like the hustle and bustle of the city.
- the hustle and bustle

Soy de un pueblo pequeño y no me gusta el bullicio de la ciudad.
- el bullicio

A bit more than one day until Christmas, the last-minute purchases are in full swing.
lit: have not been made to wait
(ChatGPT, after I asked for an affirmative translation)

A poco más de un día para la navidad, las compras de último minuto no se han hecho esperar.

There are several inmates who know about the escape.

Hay varios reclusos que saben de la fuga.

Bronze is obtained by mixing copper and tin.
- the tin
(to be obtained)

El bronce se obtiene mezclando cobre y estaño.
- el estaño
(obtenerse m/pronominal passive)

Egyptian
(Egypt)

egipcio/a
(Egipto)

one day before the day scheduled to escape
- to program (including a computer), to plan, to schedule

un día antes del día programado para fugarse
- programar (3)

the doubts that had never arisen in his life
- to arise (to show up, to introduce oneself)

las dudas que no se habían presentado nunca en su vida
- presentarse

responded Manuel in a faint voice
lit: with a thread of voice

respondió Manolo con un hilo de voz

the enclave

el enclave