cortar

Le estaban cortando el pelo en el retiro.	He was getting his hair cut at the retreat.
Porque hace unos meses me estaban cortando el pelo y tuve una revelación muy extraña.	Because you see, a few months ago, I was having my semiannual haircut and I had the strangest revelation.
Cuando estaban cortando el pastel de boda, ella me dijo:	When they were cutting the cake, she said to me:
Quizas has escuchado de los dos hombres que estaban cortando arboles.	Perhaps you heard about the two men who were chopping trees.
Quizas han escuchado de los dos hombres que estaban cortando arboles.	Perhaps you heard about the two men who were chopping trees.
Dijeron que estaban cortando al hombre medio.	They said they were cutting out the middle man.
Una tarde calurosa de verano John y Dan estaban cortando la hierba larga.	One hot summer afternoon, John and Dan were cutting the long grass.
Escuché que lo estaban cortando.	I heard they were cutting it up.
Los demonios estaban cortando sus labios como si fuera un fino corte de carne o verduras.	The demons were slicing their lips as if one thinly slicing meat or vegetables.
Los demonios les estaban cortando sus labios como si fueran finos cortes de carne o verduras.	The demons were slicing their lips as if one thinly slicing meat or vegetables.
Los guatemaltecos estaban cortando xate ilegalmente en Belice y uno de ellos estaba armado ilegalmente.	The Guatemalans were illegally harvesting xate in Belize and one of them was illegally armed.
En la época de la cosecha, nos fuimos todos al campo dónde estaban cortando el maíz.	In the harvest time we all went to the field Where they were cutting the corn.
Así lo distrajo, el hurón no se dio cuenta que se le estaban cortando las garras y que sentía mucho placer.	Thus distracted, the ferret heeded not that the claws were being trimmed, and there was much rejoicing.
Hemos cruzado el puente con precaución y hemos seguido adelante, pero finalmente unos hombres que estaban cortando un árbol nos han llamado la atención y hemos vuelto atrás.	We have crossed the bridge with precaution and have been ahead, but finally some men who were cutting a tree have drawn us the attention and we have go back.
En muy poco tiempo Pronto los clientes estaban cortando vidrio para la fabricación de parabrisas de automóviles, láminas delgadas para turbinas, compuestos para la industria aeroespacial y vidrio sensible para óptica de uso espacial.	Soon customers were cutting automotive glass for windshields, thin sheet metal for jet engines, difficult composite materials for aerospace and sensitive glass for space optics.
Si Poco después de la experiencia dos noté que estaba cortando lazos o los lazos se estaban cortando con aquellos amigos que no eran realmente amigos o que tenían una mala influencia en mí.	Yes Shortly after experience two, I noticed that I was severing ties, or ties were being severed with those 'friends' who were not truly friends or had a bad influence on me.
Los opositores a la actividad minera estaban cortando las vías de acceso a un predio de la empresa cuando unos 600 efectivos policiales llegaron hasta el lugar para reprimir, con trágicas consecuencias, según informó la Coordinadora Nacional de Radios (CNR).	The opposers to mining were blocking the access to a land owned by the corporation when 600 police officers arrived there to repress. There were serious consequences, according to Coordinadora Nacional de Radios (CNR).
Podía oír a los doctores y a las enfermeras conversando. Estaban cortando mis pantalones y sacándome la ropa.	I could hear nurses and doctors talking, cutting my pants and clothes off.
Estaban cortando el rico pasto de los prados y los campos para alimentar a las vacas durante el largo invierno; todos trabajaban, los adultos y los niños.	They were cutting the meadows and the fields of their rich grass for the cows during the long winter; everyone was working, grown-ups and children.