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lejos de conseguir la paz, generaba más violencia

English translation: far from achieving peace, only gave rise to further violence

12:54 May 16, 2013
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - History / Perón third period
Spanish term or phrase: lejos de conseguir la paz, generaba más violencia
.Su accionar se fue incrementando, y lejos de conseguir la paz, generaba más violencia a la que respondía con más violencia.

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susiq
Argentina
Local time: 10:51
English translation:far from achieving peace, only gave rise to further violence
Explanation:
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patinba
Argentina
Local time: 10:51
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4 +9far from achieving peace, only gave rise to further violence
patinba
5far from achieving peace, it produced more violence
DGawarecki (X)


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
far from achieving peace, only gave rise to further violence


Explanation:
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patinba
Argentina
Local time: 10:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 105
Grading comment
Thanks!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andres Fekete
1 min
agree  Yvette Neisser Moreno
2 mins
agree  Lisa McCarthy
3 mins
agree  Patricia Bower
4 mins
agree  Emily Marcuccilli (X)
8 mins
agree  Adriana Uribe
30 mins
agree  Richard Hill
1 hr
agree  Cinnamon Nolan: I'd put: ...peace, it only
1 hr
agree  Zilin Cui
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
far from achieving peace, it produced more violence


Explanation:
For purposes of referencing "accionar," the "it" is required. I'm not sure that anything in the text implies the word "only" since "only" would require that there were no other ramifications arising from the original act. It distinctly isn't stated as such.

DGawarecki (X)
United States
Local time: 09:51
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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