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Sparing them signalled to Washington that there was to be no escalation to the highest level.
El hecho de evitarlos indica a Washington que no habrá una escalada de máximo nivel.
If one with the gift refuses all three offers, they are to be killed, to spare them the suffering at the end, the madness.
Si alguien con el don rechaza las tres ofertas, hay que matarlo para evitarle el sufrimiento final, la locura.
Their comrades swerved round them or jumped over, sparing them no more than a glance as they charged the Roman line.
Sus compañeros vira-ron con agilidad para evitarlos o saltaron sobre ellos, dirigiéndoles apenas una mirada mientras cargaban contra la formación romana.
In an effort to be helpful, I approached the tumbler so that I could spare them the trouble and embarrassment of getting out of bed naked.
Tratando de serles útil, me acerqué al sitio donde solía estar el vaso para evitarles la molestia y la vergüenza de levantarse desnudos de la cama.
I had hidden this from the family to spare them unnecessary grief, and I did not even want to imagine what Papá’s reaction would be if I told him that afternoon.
Se lo había ocultado a la familia por evitarle un disgusto inútil y no quise imaginar siquiera cuál sería la reacción de papá si se lo contaba aquella tarde.
He was, in reality, referring to the poor Christians of every color, in the slums and in the countryside, who had the courage to poison the food of their rabid kin in order to spare them a ghastly death.
Se refería en realidad a los cristianos pobres de cualquier color, en los arrabales y en el campo, que tenían el coraje de echar un veneno en la comida de sus arrabiados para evitarles el espanto de postrimerías.
If it had been up to him, Roran would have revealed their presence to the villagers and assured them they were not about to lose their houses, not if he and the rest of his companions could prevent it, for he well remembered the pain and desperation and sense of hopelessness that abandoning Carvahall had caused him, and he would have spared them that if he could.
Si hubiera estado en su mano, Roran hubiera revelado su presencia a la gente y les hubiera asegurado que no iban a perder sus casas, no si él y sus compañeros podían evitarlo, porque recordaba muy bien el dolor, la desesperación y la desesperanza que había sentido al abandonar Carvahall, y hubiera querido evitarles eso.
In Roma, the Pontifex Maximus called for the punishment of Quintus Fabius, saying that all guilt should rest on one man so as to exonerate the rest of the citizens and spare them from divine retribution.
En Roma, el pontífice máximo pidió el castigo para Quinto Fabio, diciendo que toda la culpa debía recaer en un solo hombre para exonerar de este modo al resto de los ciudadanos y evitarles el merecido desquite divino.
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