That is how we reached the figure of EUR 5.5bn and I have slightly resented the implication in some newspapers that this is a figure we have plucked out of the air and does not make any sense. | Así es cómo llegamos a la cifra de 5.500 millones de euros y me ha ofendido un poco el que algunos periódicos insinuaran que hemos sacado esta cifra de la nada y que no tiene ningún sentido. |
The demands we are making of the Council are not after all demands which we have plucked out of thin air, and I believe that it ought to be possible through skilful negotiation to secure something here, because the conditions are not after all impossible to meet. | Estas exigencias que planteamos al Consejo no son exigencias que nos saquemos de la manga, y creo que si se negocia con acierto debería ser posible obtener algún resultado positivo, pues no es imposible cumplir las condiciones. |
We have plucked two really fine Americans to be vice chairmen—that's, of course, Senators Glenn and Dole—distinguished Americans who have served their country in many ways. | Hemos escogido a dos estadounidenses realmente excelentes para que sean vicepresidentes: Son, por supuesto, los Senadores Glenn y Dole, estadounidenses distinguidos quienes han servido a su país de muchas maneras. |
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