arrimar

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Pueden ser instalados singularmente o arrimados a la pared.	To be placed independently or to be placed to the wall.
Adentro tenía costales de cereal y maíz arrimados contra pilas de leña.	Inside he had costales of grain and corn standing next to stacks of firewood.
De hecho, en 1860, solo contaba con 36 habitantes arrimados a las bases de las colinas que lo circundan.	In fact, in 1860, this area only had 36 inhabitants, living against the bases of the hills that surround it.
La región es rica en fosfato pero no le aprovecha a la población, exceptuando a los que están arrimados al poder.	The area is fertile in phosphate but the population does not profit by it except those that are close to the authorities.
Los dos primeros bancos, a una distancia de 3-4metros de los procesados están arrimados uno junto al otro y ocupados por cuatro soldados.	The chairs of the first two rows, 3-4 meters behind the defendants, were pushed together and occupied by four soldiers.
Quizá los padres estaban sentados a la mesa con el apoderado y cuchicheaban, quizá todos estaban arrimados a la puerta y escuchaban.	Perhaps his parents were sitting with the manager at the table and were whispering; perhaps they were all leaning against the door and listening.
Estos muebles, antecesores de las sillas inglesas para vestíbulo, están concebidos para ser arrimados a las paredes y presentan, por tanto, un acusado sentido de frontalidad.	These pieces of furniture, the predecessors of English hall chairs, were designed to be placed against a wall and therefore to be seen from the front.
Caminaron hasta la sección de depósitos sin ventanas y edificios de almacenamiento con las fachadas limpias, por calles de piedra iluminadas tenuemente por faroles azules, por entre guacales de manzanas arrimados contra las paredes de ladrillo en pilas de ocho y diez metros de altura.	They walked down to the section of windowless warehouses and blank-faced cold-storage buildings, walked along cobbled streets softly pearled with blue lamplight, apple crates stacked up twenty, thirty feet high against the brick.
Yo pensé que estaban casados, pero nada más están arrimados.	I thought they were married, but they're just shacking up.
Jorge y Victoria viven arrimados desde hace dos años.	Jorge and Victoria have been living together for two years.
Se avanza hacia levante siempre arrimados al agua. 9,35 km (1 m).	Arrambats always advancing towards the east in the water. 9.35 km (1 m).
Más allá, otros dos bancos arrimados y también ocupados por cuatro soldados y un oficial.	Farther back two rows were similarly occupied by four more soldiers and an officer.
Las ramitas son anchos y planos, agujas scalelike arrimados a escapar, verde brillante en la parte superior, inferior, con grandes manchas blancas de los estomas.	Twigs are wide and flat, scalelike needles, closely pressed to escape, shiny green on top, bottom, with large white patches of stomata.
El viaje diario desde el Cabo Haitiano, la gran urbe regional, hacia destinos arrimados a la RN6, es bastante caro y reduce de manera significativa el salario diario.	The commute from the region's largest city, Cap Haitien, to destinations along RN6 is expensive and consumes a large part of income.
Arrimados a las paredes se mueven silenciosamente varios interrogadores quienes lanzan cortas y repentinas preguntas.	Along the walls noiselessly move several questioners who put to him short, sudden questions.