embarcado en operaciones para hacer retroceder
English translation: was working on tatics to make the enemy retreat/draw back
| 23:21 Jul 27, 2012 |
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44 mins confidence: 
embarked on operations to make the enemy retreat/fall back Explanation: these can be "special" or military or clandestine operations depending on your context http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/arsoc-his... you might use "started" for "embarked on" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 45 mins (2012-07-28 00:06:53 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/operation_unthinkable.h... |
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41 mins confidence:
was working on tatics to make the enemy retreat/draw back Explanation: I would suggest -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 42 mins (2012-07-28 00:03:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "tactics" of course -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 44 mins (2012-07-28 00:05:32 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- was laying plans to make /force the "enemy" to retreat -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 45 mins (2012-07-28 00:06:43 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- we really need more context to define enemy here and see how literal of figurative we have to be ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 46 mins (2012-07-28 00:07:19 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "or" all butterfingers it would seem :) |
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9 hrs confidence:
embarked on measures to repress/defeat the "enemy"/"foe". Explanation: I don't think we are talking about actual military operations, so retreat, withdraw etc. aren't really applicable (unless I've got it totally wrong!). |
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35 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1embarked on operations to make the enemy withdraw Explanation: Creo que podría usarse esta forma tan literal: Chapter VI: Endnotes www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/.../ch6-f.htm - Traducir esta página 1 Nov 2006 – ... if Japan embarked on operations against Britain and the Netherlands. .... A cool appraisal of the enemy situation would have revealed that ... (2) "A small group wished to prevent the withdrawal of MacArthur from Manila. [PDF] China's New Silk Road to the Mediterranean kms1.isn.ethz.ch/.../Files/.../165_Lin.pdf - Traducir esta página Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Vista rápida ISPSW network experts have worked – in some cases for ...... over time, a fact borne out by the cyclical expansion and withdrawal from Western Regions that ..... time could sustain an army embarked on operations in enemy territory”, China is ... August 25, 1969 www.25thida.org/TLN/tln4-34.htm - Traducir esta página 12 Aug 2004 – Remember how glad you were to get that last letter from home. ... Although enemy fire was coming from three directions, the heaviest volume of ..... May 1968, the Lightning forces embarked on Operations Saratoga and Toan Thang. ..... with precision and timing to drop off a team of men at the landing zone. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 hrs (2012-07-28 12:06:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Si quisieras que suene un poco menos 'militar', podría usarse 'campaign' en vez de 'operations' |
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1 day 18 hrs confidence:
involved in operations/activities to make the "enemy" pull back Explanation: Unless there's earlier context I'm unaware of, I don't know if you should assume military context with "enemy" in quotes. This could, work more generally, like a political debate where someone is working for a compromise with the "enemy" and make them pull back from a stated position, which would fit better than withdraw or retreat. Operaciones could also be "measures" or "maneuvers" or "tactics" Involved in could also be "undertaking" or "engaged in." Depends on the rest of the text and phrasing choices. |
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