La Palabra Del Día: "ajeno"
ajeno ( ah-heh'-noh )
adjective ( foreign, alien; unaware )
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Examples:
1: Cuando llegué al pueblo remoto, todo me era ajeno y confuso.
When I arrived at the remote village, everything seemed foreign and confusing.
2: La niña jugaba completamente ajena a la tormenta que se acercaba a la ciudad.
The little girl kept playing, completely unaware of the storm that was approaching the city.
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Cuando dos partículas interactúan en ciertas maneras, según una teoría, se forma un enlace y ya no están ajenos la una de la otra, sino que si algo sucede con una, la otra lo "sabe" inmediatamente, no importa la distancia. Hay explicaciones acerca de la razón por la que esta transferencia de información puede exceder la velocidad de la luz.
When two particles interact in certain ways, according to one theory, they form a bond and are no longer unknowns to each other, but instead if something happens to one, the other "knows" it immediately, no matter what the distance. There are explanations regarding the reason that this information transfer can exceed the speed of light.
A llegar al hospital, Pablo bajó del taxi del polaco corriendo, gritando, -¡ Espera! Te pagaré en cinco minutos. El polaco suspiró, sabía que nunca iba a cobrar por este viaje. No fue la primera vez que le había occurido algo así.
Pablo llegó a la entrada para médicos y enfermeras. Había un señal: Prohibido el paso de toda persona ajena a la empresa. Una enfermera estaba esperando en el portal. ¿Tiene fuego? le preguntó a Pablo.
Upon arrival at the hospital, Pablo rushed out of the Polish driver's taxi, shouting: '' Wait! I'll pay you in five minutes!''
The Pole sighed, he knew he would never get anything for this trip. It was not the first time that something like this had happened to him.
Pablo got to the entrance for doctors and nurses. There was a sign: No entry for people who are not employed by this firm . There was a nurse hanging about in the doorway. ''Have you got a light? '', she asked Pablo.
The foreign mountain scene was very hard for the woman with the suitcase to imagine.
La ajena montaña escena fue muy difícil para la mujer con la maleta a imaginar.
Seres humanos evolucionaron de raíces tribales. Nos consolamos en Estamos a gusto con lo que es propio y normal en nuestro clan. Generalmente reaccionamos con miedo o incomodidad ante costumbres ajenas y comportamiento extraño. Pero también sabemos que crecemos y desarrollamos cuando ampliamos nuestras experiencias a las desconocidas.
Human beings evolved from tribal roots. What makes us comfortable is We are comfortable with that which is proper and normal in our tribe. Generally we react with fear and discomfort to alien customs and strange behavior. But we also know that we grow and develop when we broaden our experiences to the unfamiliar.
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Es una táctica muy fácil por los políticos crear miedo de los refugiados y afirmar que su partido va a protegernos de estas personas ajenas.
It is a simple tactic for politicians to create fear of refugees and to claim that their party will protect us from these alien people.
He who covets what belongs to another, soon loses the his own.
Desde niña, siempre le había interesado todo lo ajeno.
Since she was a little girl, she had always been interested in everything alien.
Desde que era pequeño niño, José quería viajar en aguas ajenas para buscar tesoro como hicieron los piratas en sus libros favoritos.
Ever since he was a little boy, José wanted to travel foreign waters to search for treasure like the pirates did in his favorite books.
