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pursue a career

pursue a career(
puhr
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kuh
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rihr
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An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
intransitive verb phrase
a. hacer carrera
Did your parents encourage you to pursue a career in acting?¿Lo animaron sus padres a hacer carrera en la interpretación?
b. forjarse una carrera
It's pretty hard to pursue a career in music.Es bastante duro forjarse una carrera en el mundo de la música.
c.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
Julia wants to pursue a career in architecture.Julia quiere ejercer la profesión de arquitecta.
Whatever happened to Nestor? - Nestor pursued a career in business.¿Qué fue de Néstor? - Néstor se dedicó a los negocios.
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