apurar

to finish

Oye, le dije que eso podía suceder si ella apuraba el trabajo.	Hey, I told her that would happen if she rushed the job.
Ello lo empezó a hacer, y yo me apuraba a desnudarme.	It was very tight, and I had to be quite forceful.
Me apuraba por ti.	I was hurrying for you.
Si me apuraba, podría pasar por la agencia de autos de papá.	If I hurried, I'd have just enough time see Dad at his car dealership.
Si me apuraba, podría pasar por la agencia de autos de papá.	If I hurried, I'd have just enough time to see Dad at his car dealership.
Pero la verdad es que era la incertidumbre la que apuraba a los otros y hacía perdonar su comportamiento.	But it was the very uncertainty which distressed the others and excused their behaviour.
Primero, en respuesta a la quema de la bandera, si bien ella tuvo que reconocer que es perfectamente legal, se apuraba para ensalzar este país empapado de sangre.	First, in response to the flag burning, while she had to admit this is perfectly legal, she fell over herself to uphold this blood-soaked country.
Me sentía tan majestuosa que no me apuraba nada acerca de mis hijos, ni del recién nacido a pesar del gran placer que me dio el tener mi primer hija.	And I felt so majestic that nothing worried me about my children, nor the newborn baby notwithstanding the great pleasure I took in having my first daughter.
Algunas veces el pequeño Hans se apuraba mucho al pensar que sus flores creerían que las había olvidado, pero se consolaba pensando que el molinero era su mejor amigo.	Little Hans was very much distressed at times, as he was afraid his flowers would think he had forgotten them, but he consoled himself by the reflection that the Miller was his best friend.
Tenía medios tecnológicos, un mapa, que por cierto no me servía de nada porque no traía los caminos por donde me apuraba más y más, transitaba por la zona donde se encontraba el enclave, nadie me molestaba, pero al lugar no llegaba nunca.	Had technological means, a map, which by the way I was worthless because I had the paths along which hurried me more and more, was passing through the area where the spot was, nobody bothered me, but never came to the place.
Cuando estaba en la escuela, me apuraba demasiado con las notas y no bastante con ser buena persona.	When I was in school, I worried myself too much with grades and not enough with being a good person.