Translation of "acechaba" to English language:
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| Un ladrón acechaba en el oscuro pasillo. | A thief lurked in the dark doorway. |
| Pero Herodía le acechaba y deseaba matarle, aunque no podía | Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn't, |
| Pero Herodía le acechaba y deseaba matarle, aunque no podía | Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him but she could not |
| Detrás de la elección presidencial acechaba el miedo en algunos sectores de que una victoria de Nidaa Tounes, que ganó una pluralidad en el parlamento, pudiera implicar el retorno a un régimen autoritario. | Lurking in the background of the presidential election was fear in some quarters that a victory by Nidaa Tounes, which won a plurality in parliament, might mean a return to authoritarian rule. |
| Por el contrario, una cantidad suficiente de votantes entendió que en ese mismo enojo en sus portavoces y en las palabras que usaron para expresarlo acechaba una amenaza a la república, a la democracia y a los valores fundamentales del país. | On the contrary, a sufficient number of voters came to understand that in that very anger in its spokespeople and in the words used to express it lurked a threat to the republic, to democracy, and to the nation s fundamental values. |
| Nos acechaba efectivamente el peligro de un vacío jurídico a partir del 3 de octubre, cuyas consecuencias hubieran podido ser caóticas, por lo que es de resaltar la prudencia con que han actuado todas las institucio nes comunitarias y el fervor con que lo han hecho. | I am shocked to the core that you, ladies and gentlemen, are prepared to legitimize the way you are being reduced to mere extras by the FRG after the event by actually approving the Donnelly report. I for one will certainly not vote for this report. |
