entrench
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Patriarchy had entrenched itself in society and in the minds of men and even of women. | El patriarcado se enquistó en la sociedad y en la mente de los hombres e incluso de las mujeres. |
The Bolsheviks directed them to the centre of the capital, to surround the Winter Palace, where the Provisional Government had entrenched itself. | Los bolsheviques los enviaban al centro de la ciudad, a cercar el Palacio de Invierno, donde se había atrincherado el Gobierno provisional. |
Waiting had become a habit—a way of life. Despair had entrenched itself in the consistent denial of his healing, as others always got into the water first. He was focused on this means to gain healing. | Esperando se había hecho un hábito—una forma de vivir. Desespero se enmaraba en la negación de su cura, ya que otros siempre llegaban primero al agua. Él se enfocaba en este medio de restauración. Era su única esperanza. |
Meanwhile a political opposition to the monarchical power was growing in the cities as well. Composed mainly of intellectuals and professionals, the rising bourgeoisie, it was critical of the cliques and factions which had entrenched themselves at the summit of the Iraqi state. | Mientras tanto también en las ciudades iba creciendo una oposición política al poder monárquico: se trataba sobre todo de intelectuales y profesionales, la naciente burguesía, críticos hacia las camarillas y las facciones que se habían situado en la cúspide del Estado iraquí. |
It was razed to the ground on 15 February by the most impressive bombardment in history ever directed at a single building, which was followed by three months of fierce combat to drive out the Germans, who had entrenched themselves among the ruins after the bombardment. | Ha sido arrasado por el más imponente bombardeo de la historia contra un solo edificio el 15 de febrero, al que siguieron tres meses de combates feroces para echar a los alemanes, que se habían atrincherado entre los escombros después del bombardeo. |
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