they flounder
Sometimes their answer is obvious and immediate; other times, they flounder. | A veces su respuesta es obvia e inmediata, otras veces, titubean. |
The number of courses that don't transfer or that don't apply to a particular degree or the number of students that never get a degree because they flounder a couple of years adds to that debt. | El número de cursos que no son transferibles o que no aplican a una determinada carrera se suman al número de estudiantes que nunca obtienen un título porque avanzan a tropiezos durante un par de años. |
The revolution catches them by surprise, engulfs them; they flounder helplessly and later at the first opportunity become converted into the tools of the counter-revolution. | La revolución les coge por sorpresa, les ahoga. Se debaten débilmente y, más tarde, a la primera oportunidad, se transforman en instrumentos de la contrarrevolución. |
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