estaban acabando
-they/you were finishing
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acabar

Y se le estaban acabando la otras opciones ya.
And he's running out of options by now.
Se te estaban acabando los calcetines que podría tomar prestados.
You were running out of socks for me to borrow.
Ya se nos estaban acabando los hombres.
And we were just running out of men.
Un grupo de salseros y bailarinas mulatas estaban acabando su actuación en el escenario.
A group of salsa dancers and mulattoes were finishing their performance on stage.
Solo, se me estaban acabando algunas cosas, así que, ya sabes.
Just, uh, I was running low on a few things, so, you know.
Creo que necesitaba saber que ustedes dos estaban acabando en buenos términos.
I think he needed to know that you two were ending on a good note.
Vi que se te estaban acabando.
I saw you were running low.
Sus días estaban acabando, pero los candidatos para estar sus zapatos se apresuraron en declarar su obediencia.
His day was ending, but candidates for his shoes hastened to declare their allegiance.
El cansancio y la desilusión estaban acabando con sus reservas y con su esperanza.
His tiredness and disappointment were tearing down his reserves. His trust?
Como no sabíamos que existía una forma sencilla de manejar esto, los nervios estaban acabando con nosotros.
Since we didn't know there was such a simple way to handle this, it was so nerve-wracking for us.
El mismo año la Reina Carolina falleció y las comisiones que Handel recibía por componer música para las ocasiones royales se le estaban acabando.
That same year Queen Caroline passed away and the commissions Handel had received for composing music for royal occasions all but dried up.
El mar circundante era denso, con banquisas que detendrían cualquier barco de rescate; los suministros alimenticios se estaban acabando y ningún pingüino se acercaba a tierra.
The surrounding sea was dense with pack ice that would halt any rescue ship, food supplies were running out and no penguins were coming ashore.
Se trata de una especie invasora, introducida en los anos 50 desde Trinidad, para controlar las poblaciones de reptiles que a su vez estaban acabando con los escarabajos.
This is an invading species, introduced in the 1950's from Trinidad, to control the reptilian population that was in turn, exterminating beetle species.
Cuando estuve en casa de Lea, aproveché para buscar por Internet donde podía encontrar recambios para las bombonas de campingaz en Graz ya que se me estaban acabando.
At Leaís home, I had found through Internet where to find spares of camping gas bottles in Graz, because mine were nearly empty.
Cuando estuve en casa de Lea, aproveché para buscar por Internet donde podía encontrar recambios para las bombonas de campingaz en Graz ya que se me estaban acabando.
At Lea's home, I had found through Internet where to find spares of camping gas bottles in Graz, because mine were nearly empty.
El tema común que expresado por la gente que ha completado el programa es que ya no se ven agobiados por las sustancias químicas que estaban acabando con sus vidas.
The common theme expressed by people who have completed the program is that they are no longer encumbered by chemicals which were shutting off their lives.
Tanto se les estaban acabando que, al volver, Servín y el encargado de marketing se mudaron a la azotea del edificio de Santamaría, donde tenía un cuarto de servicio.
They were in fact so low in funds that when they returned to Mexico, Servín and another marketer moved into a maids' room on the roof of Santamaría 's apartment building.
Cuando narran la visita a la ciudad, en efecto, los Cinta Larga que participaron de la aventura explican que deseaban obtener herramientas – dabékara weribáte: los machetes y las hachas se estaban acabando.
When they talk about their visit to the city, in effect, the Cinta Larga who participated in the adventure explain that they wanted to obtain tools - dabékara weribáte: they had no more axes and machetes.
Con un rápido vistazo vio que el resto de Cangrejos habían tomado ventaja de que Aki matara al oni y estaban acabando con los últimos atacantes y repeliéndolos de lo alto de la muralla. Aki clavo una rodilla en el suelo.
A quick glance saw that the rest of the Crab had taken advantage of Aki slaying the oni and were just finishing the last attackers and repelling them from the top of the wall, with some force.
Nuestra parte en vuestra vasta transformación fue la de actuar como suministradores de las tecnologías necesarias, y como los enviados especiales necesarios para convencer a la cábala de que sus días de poder se estaban acabando.
Our part in your vast transformation was to act as the suppliers of needed technologies, and as the special envoys needed to convince the cabal that its days were truly numbered. It took a long time to finally convince the cabal that its power was fading.
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