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"parlous" in Spanish
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"parlous" in Spanish
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parlous(also: lamentable, regrettable, woeful, abject)
Mr Barroso, do you accept that the finances of the European Central Bank and its integrity are now in a serious and parlous state?
Señor Barroso, ¿acepta usted que las finanzas del Banco Central Europeo y su integridad se encuentran ahora en un estado grave y lamentable?
Some years ago I saw how parlous the state of the equipment was, particularly scientific equipment, in many of the countries that have been helped.
Hace algunos años tuve ocasión de ver el lamentable estado de los equipamientos, especialmente los equipos científicos, de muchos de los países que han recibido ayuda.
The anniversary today of the collapse of Lehman Brothers is a timely reminder of the parlous state of the European economy and especially that of the UK.
El aniversario de la quiebra de los Lehman Brothers es un recordatorio oportuno del lamentable estado de la economía europea y en especial la de Reino Unido.
parlous(also: calamitous, dire, disastrous)
And more unemployment is the last thing the European economy needs in its present parlous state.
Y un aumento del paro es lo último que la precaria economía europea necesita en su calamitoso estado actual.
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It seems to me that the recruitment of these observers is a very parlous affair.
El reclutamiento de estos observadores me parece de lo más dudoso.
The environment is in a parlous state.
La situación del medio ambiente es muy, muy grave.
However, the environment has reached a parlous state, as can be seen from natural disasters, and a credit crisis has been reached.
Sin embargo, el medio ambiente ha llegado a una situación peligrosa evidenciada por las catástrofes naturales, y se ha llegado a una situación de crisis crediticia.
We can decide, and the sooner we do this the better, as we are talking about people here, people in parlous circumstances, who we must rescue as quickly as possible.
Está en nuestras manos, y cuanto antes decidamos mejor será, ya que estamos hablando de las personas, de gente en situaciones desesperadas a la que debemos rescatar cuanto antes.
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