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El Brasil, cofundador de la UNCTAD, se preciaba de proseguir su participación en la labor de la organización y en la contribución extraordinaria que el Secretario General de la UNCTAD, brasileño, estaba aportando a la organización.
Brazil, a co-founder of UNCTAD, took pride in its continuing participation in the work of the organization and in the outstanding contribution that the Secretary-General of UNCTAD, a Brazilian, had been making to the organization.
Para cuando tenía cuatro, se preciaba de pronunciar todo.
By the time he was four, he prided himself on pronouncing everything.
Pero Eumenes se preciaba de su disciplinada mente;
But Eumenes prided himself on his disciplined mind;
Era un ganzúa que se preciaba de trabajar sólo para los más ricos.
He was a lockpick who prided himself on working for only the wealthiest employers.
—Bill Dunne se preciaba de llevarse bien con las mujeres.
Bill Dunne prided himself on getting on well with women.
El Maestro se preciaba de trocar sus mercancías en dones de Dios.
The Maestro took pride in smuggling his wares into God’s gifts.
Se preciaba tanto de mi fama que consiguió que yo misma me enorgulleciera aún más.
He took such satisfaction in my fame that it gave me new pride in it.
El profesor Malik Solanka se preciaba de ser un hombre práctico.
Professor Malik Solanka prided himself on being a practical man.
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