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5 | acceleration |
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3 | accelerating the development of |
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3 -1 | put pressure on |
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apresuración |
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accelerating the development of Explanation: It doesn't seem clear to me but unless the original author has used the term erroneously it doesn't mean 'pressure'. 'apresurar' means to accelerate of quicken: -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2012-09-17 12:03:49 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- *Excuse the typo, should be 'accelerate OR quicken' Reference: http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=apresuraci%C3%B3n |
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put pressure on Explanation: Biodiversity beyond protected areas | Biodiversity Institute www.biodiversity.ox.ac.uk/biodiversity-beyond-protected-are... Recent assessments of the threats to biodiversity indicate that both climate change and human impact will put increasing pressure upon existing protected areas ... Populations pressure Vietnam's protected parks - CIFOR Forests ... blog.cifor.org/10690/populations-pressure-vietnams-protected-parks/ 6 days ago – As the number of people living in protected areas increases, so too does ... “An expansion of the local population will put some pressure on the ... [PDF] EUROPARC www.naturvardsverket.se/Documents/.../978-91-620-8409-7.pdf File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View Large numbers of visitors, however, put pressure on the protected area management to construct facilities for birdwatching. Cranes in Hornborgasjön Nature ... Sundarbans Cetacean Diversity Protected Area - WDCS International www.wdcs.org/text/protect/species/story_details.php?select=... Introducing the Sundarbans Cetacean Diversity Protected Area in the Bay of ... sign WDCS's Global Petition for Marine Protected Areas and put pressure on your ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2012-09-17 13:18:51 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- so put pressure on/upon |
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acceleration Explanation: Definición de apresuración (lleva tilde) Acceleration: The act of quickeningmotion, or making haste. Diccionario Velázquez español - inglés. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 horas (2012-09-18 01:43:38 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Apresuración: feminine, comes from apresurar: va. To accelerate, to hasten, to hurry, to cut off delay, to forward.--vr. To accelerate. Diccionario Velázquez. |
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Reference: apresuración Reference information: The sentence below from an Argentinian source seems to confirm that 'apresuración' is sometimes used in Latin America as a calque of 'pressure', as Simon has suggested in the discussion: Con respecto a la apresuración de las instituciones en la reunión mantenida en la sede comunal, opinó que “la cooperativa no tiene relación con el Municipio ni con las permisionarias, es de los tarjeteros, totalmente independiente” y añadió que “lo que hará la Municipalidad es contratar a la cooperativa en su conjunto” (http://www.laprovinciadigital.com.ar/notix/noticia.php?i=310... So a possible meaning could be the '(increasing) pressure on', which would make sense in your context. |
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