defensiva

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Este no es tu momento para ponerte a la defensiva.	This is no time for you to get defensive.
Así que...no tienes por qué estar tan a la defensiva.	So... you don't have to be so defensive.
No se puede jugar a la defensiva con este sujeto.	You can't just be on defense with this guy.
Ella estaba a la defensiva y un poco demasiado preparada con sus respuestas.	She was confrontational and a little too ready with her answers.
Nosotros los europeos estamos demasiado a la defensiva en esto.	We Europeans are much too defensive in this respect.
En resumen, conduzca a la defensiva y mantenga los ojos bien abiertos.	In short, drive defensively and keep your eyes peeled.
No estoy a la defen... Está un poco a la defensiva.	I'm not being defensi— You're getting a little defensive.
No puedes pasar tu vida a la defensiva.	You can't spend your life being defensive.
Muy bien, ahora suenas a la defensiva.	All right, now it just sounds like you're getting defensive.
Belleza para unirse a la defensiva preferida.	Beauty to join the preferred defensive.
Halperin tuvo su epifanía mientras se encontraba a la defensiva.	Halperin had his epiphany while he was on the defensive.
A veces un marido tiene que ponerse a la defensiva.	Sometimes a husband has to go on the defensive.
A veces un esposo tiene que jugar a la defensiva.	Sometimes a husband has to go on the defensive.
Me tenías a la defensiva, y eso no es fácil.	You got me on the back foot, and that's not easy.
El profeta (utilice un tono de voz diferente) está a la defensiva.	The prophet (use a different tone of voice) is defensive.
Bueno, creo que alguien está un poco a la defensiva.	Well, I think someone is a little defensive.
No pongas a la defensiva, pero tal vez usted está bebiendo demasiado.	Don't get defensive, but maybe you are drinking too much.
Está muy furioso y a la defensiva de ser acusado.	He is very furious and defensive at being accused.
Siempre alerta, siempre a la defensiva y re-accionando de manera automática.	Always alert, always on the defensive and re-accionando automatically.
Eso está bien, pero intenta no parecer a la defensiva.	That's good, but try not to sound defensive.