sequester
Since time immemorial the Anunnuki had sequestered a whole slew of earthly-born technologies. | Desde tiempo inmemorial, los Annunaki habían secuestrado toda una gran cantidad de tecnologías terrestres. |
Critics on both sides of the Atlantic had sequestered Modernism to enthrone their own vanguard; in other words, to market it to insufferable pendants (oh, but how they valued it). | En ambos lados del Atlántico los críticos habían secuestrado el Modernismo para entronizar a su vanguardia, léase comercializar a pedantes insufribles (ah, pero cómo cotizaban). |
Those who had sequestered Congress replied with a disrespectful, unworthy proposal, whose only goal was to protect the pride and arrogance of the legislators who rejected dialogue. | Quienes tenían secuestrado al Congreso respondieron primero con una propuesta indigna e irrespetuosa, cuyo único fin era el de salvar el orgullo y la soberbia de los legisladores que se negaban al diálogo. |
It was at the beginning of the sixties, during the Cold War. Critics on both sides of the Atlantic had sequestered Modernism to enthrone their own vanguard; in other words, to market it to insufferable pendants (oh, but how they valued it). | En ambos lados del Atlántico los críticos habían secuestrado el Modernismo para entronizar a su vanguardia, léase comercializar a pedantes insufribles (ah, pero cómo cotizaban). |
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