estaban cotorreando
-they/you were chattering
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cotorrear

Otros 15 alumnos de otra escuela cercana se acercaron a donde estábamos y ahí estaban cotorreando hasta que un alumno exhortó, por altoparlante, que se unieran a la marcha.
Another nearby school of 15 students marched up to where we were gathering and stood around until one of the young students got on the bullhorn and called on them to join us.
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