botar
En alguna medida, por qué yo decía que si no nos golpeaban esa semana no nos botaban nunca? | To a certain degree, why did I say that if they did not hit that week, they would never overthrow us? |
La tosca grava usada para nivelar el camino se había apelmazado con la tierra durante las lluvias, y piedras de barro seco re botaban contra el fondo metálico del coche, produ ciendo fuertes sonidos de explosión. | The coarse gravel which was used to level the road had lumped with dirt during the rains, and chunks of dry mud rocks bounced against the metal underside of my car, making loud explosive sounds. |
Usted o alguien en su grupo pueden haber escuchado anteriormente sobre un grupo de apoyo en su comunidad vecina que tuvo un problema con alguna de sus industrias porque botaban desechos sin tratar en el río. | You or someone in your group may have already heard about an advocacy group in a neighboring community that had a problem with one of their major industries dumping untreated waste into the river. |
Cada vez que botaban una nave grande, invitaban a algún dignatario de Londres al tren para dar un discurso, romper una botella de champán, lanzarlo por la grada en el río y hacia el mar. | So whenever they'd launch a big ship, they would invite some dignitary up from London on the train to make a speech, break a bottle of champagne over the bows, launch it down the slipway into the river and out to sea. |
Lo botaban de un trabajo tras otro. | He was getting bounced from one job after another. |
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