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Las antiguas certezas se debilitaban, y los creyentes afrontaban, por una parte, la amenaza del racionalismo, y, por otra, la del fideísmo.	Old certitudes were shaken, and believers were faced with the threat of rationalism on the one hand and fideism on the other.
Así, habiendo institucionalizado una mentira, sus verdades se debilitaban fuertemente.	So, having institutionalized a lie, its truths were severely weakened.
En poco tiempo, los niños estaban llorando y las familias se debilitaban por la sed.	Before long, children were crying and families grew faint from thirst.
En el último año, el sistema penal francés se endurecía al mismo tiempo que se debilitaban los mecanismos de control.	Over the past year, the French penal system has become tougher while controls mechanisms have been weakened.
A medida que sus vínculos con el electorado popular se debilitaban, se reforzaba su integración en los medios de negocios.	As its ties to working-class voters have weakened, so its fusion with business circles has accelerated.
Los partidos de la izquierda tradicional se debilitaban y el Partido Laborista estaba llevando a cabo políticas cada vez más derechistas.	The traditional left parties were getting weaker and the Labour Party was implementing more and more right wing policies.
Sudando y llorando, las personas se debilitaban al perder parte importante del escaso líquido que les dan a lo largo del día.	Sweating and crying, the women were weakened by losing an important part of the little bit of liquid they had been given.
Ella reconoció la grandeza de la Culminación y así pudo dar aliento a aquellos de carácter diferente que se debilitaban por la duda y el rechazo.	She recognized the grandeur of the Culmination and thus could give heart to those of diverse character who were weakened by doubt and rejection.
Akhenaton utilizó la estrategia de su modelo Hammurabi permaneciendo neutral cuando muchos poderosos príncipes de su propia época luchaban entre sí y se debilitaban.	Akhenaten used the strategy of his role model Hammurabi by remaining neutral as the many powerful princes of his own time fought with and weakened one another.
Como Hammurabi y el posterior Akhenaton, los cuales padecieron también un exilio de siete años, se convirtió en un recluso a medida que sus contemporáneos luchaban y se debilitaban por una interminable guerra entre ellos.	Like Hammurabi and the later Akhenaten, who also endured a seven-year exile, he became a recluse as his contemporaries strove and were weakened by perpetual war with each other.
Es preciso decir que desde que Elena había tomado la forma natural para aquellas buenas gentes, Jack Ryan se había visto obligado a convenir en que sus creencias respecto de los duendes se debilitaban algo.	It must be said that, since Nell had appeared in her own person, Jack Ryan had been obliged to admit that his belief in hobgoblins was in a measure weakened.