engulf
I felt I was engulfing him. | Sentí que me envol vía. |
The surmises they had voiced began to appear inadequate: the improbable was verified, the fabulous had become the factual, and was engulfing them more and more. | Las suposiciones que habían expresado comenzaron a parecer inadecuadas: lo improbable se hizo cierto, lo fabuloso se convirtió en un hecho, y les estaba envolviendo más y más. |
Yet in January of this year he resigned, most likely forced out, after being unable to shake off the stink of the phone-hacking scandal that was engulfing the whole of 10 Downing Street. | Sin embargo, este enero pasado renunció, muy probablemente obligado, tras ser incapaz de deshacerse del hedor de los pinchazos telefónicos, que impregnaba totalmente al no 10 de Downing Street. |
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