lo general

the general

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lo general(

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A phrase is a group of words commonly used together (e.g once upon a time).

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1. (the general concepts)

a. the general

El razonamiento inductivo avanza de lo particular a lo general.Inductive reasoning progresses from the particular to the general.

b. general principles

Es relativamente fácil manejar lo particular; lo difícil es extraer de ello lo general.Specific facts are relatively easy to handle; what is difficult is eliciting general principles from them.

2. (the quality of being general rather than specific)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

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Me di cuenta de lo general que era su discurso. No había datos reales ni propuestas concretas.I noticed how general his speech was. There were no hard facts or specific proposals.

Somos conscientes de lo general de esta propuesta. Ahora entraremos en detalles.We're aware of the generality of this proposal. We'll go into detail in a minute.

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