los líderes militares que se aprestaron a penalizar a los soldados
English translation: the military leaders who set about punishing/penalizing the soldiers
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|  Selected response from: Marcelo González United States Local time: 02:43 | ||||
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the leaders of the military who lent themselves to discipline their soldiers Explanation: This poor guy! The correct form is "que se prestaron a..." It is also a common idiom in English, as so many that the Puerto Rican culture has absorbed from their mainland brothers. https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/lent+themselves+to |
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10 hrs confidence:
the military commanders who galvanis/zed themselves into punishing soldiers Explanation: a slight change of emphasis, rebalancing of the subclause and 'galvanic' irony added ... UK Daily Mail readers with a spelling problem and colloquially: who galvanised theirselves or thereselves .... Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/galvanize+into+action conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-english-verb-galvanize oneself.html |
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the military leaders who undertook to punish the soldiers Explanation: I think that "undertook" supplies the (desirable) connotation that it is probably something that such military leaders would not ordinarily do, or would not ordinarily be expected to do. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day 9 hrs (2020-12-13 15:42:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Alternative: the military leaders who betook it upon themselves to punish the soldiers. (Supplies the same desirable connotation of irregularity of the action.) |
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3the military leaders who set about punishing/penalizing the soldiers Explanation: aprestar = disponer To set about (idiom) (set about something) to begin doing something, especially in a determined or enthusiastic way She set about the problem with her usual energy. set about doing something: Donaghue set about resolving the problem of rehousing the victims. https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/set-a... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2020-12-12 08:55:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "...who set about sanctioning the soldiers" may work, too :-) sanction = to impose a penalty -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 days (2020-12-17 07:11:00 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- My pleasure, Jenny. Suerte y saludos :-) |
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