coyunturales juegos de alianzas
English translation: alliances momentarily playing out
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|  Selected response from: Sandra Rodriguez Puerto Rico Local time: 21:39 | ||||||
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changing, short-term alliances Explanation: hth |
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informal sets of alliances Explanation: an option |
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(sets of) alliances in play at a specific time Explanation: Taken from the sports idiom: the ball is now in play. JSTOR: The Earliest Public Exhibition of Renoir's 'Luncheon of the ...- [ Traduzca esta página ]One way of addressing this notion would be by concentrated work on the many complex alliances in play in Paris during the 1870s and 1880s, ... links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0007-6287(199704)139%3A1129%3C261%3ATEPEOR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D Or "in force at a specific moment". Just some other options; your suggestion would also be valid. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2008-01-21 19:29:52 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- JSTOR: The Earliest Public Exhibition of Renoir's 'Luncheon of the ...- [ Traduzca esta página ]One way of addressing this notion would be by concentrated work on the many complex alliances in play in Paris during the 1870s and 1880s, ... links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0007-6287(199704)139%3A1129%3C261%3ATEPEOR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/coyuntural Collins also has "interim" and "relevant", but I've always seen it used referring to something that arose at a specific moment/period, etc. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2008-01-21 19:33:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry, cut and paste didn't work. Collins online: coyuntural, adj. = relating to the moment or situation, etc.; relating to the present moment or situation, etc. |
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the alliances of the moment Explanation: seems to refer to alliances between different energy producers because it explains the term with "energy flows" |
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alliances momentarily playing out Explanation: Alternativa. |
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