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Sii, dije, sin darme cuenta de lo que me acababa de suceder.	Yeah, I said, not realizing what just happened to me.
Oh, me acababa de dar cuenta de que te habías ido.	Oh, just noticed you were out.
Muchas gracias, me acababa de quedar dormido.	Oh, thank you very much, just nodded off.
Un ex-colega de la Organización Mundial de la Salud me acababa de informar que solo teníamos dos salas de operaciones en la capital.	A former colleague from the World Health Organisation had just informed me that we only had two operating rooms in the capital.
Y para mí, el sonido de la guitarra de acero, porque uno de los vecinos de padres me acababa de dar una.	And for me, the sound of a steel guitar, because one of my parents' neighbors just gave me one of these things.
Y se me acababa el tiempo, entonces les mostré el vídeo y dije: "Bueno, pueden resolverlo, y luego lo controlaremos."	And I was running out of time, so I showed the egg video and then said, "Well, you can work it out, and ask me afterwards to check."
Yo misma me quedé tratando de discernir lo que me acababa de suceder y le dije: Fui al cielo y vi todo lo que hay ahí.	I was trying to discern what just had happened to me and I said, 'I went to heaven and saw everything that was there.
Esta pregunta fue expresada con desesperación por un amigo que me acababa de contar la historia de su familia, y se remonta al genocidio de 1994, que dejó cicatrices en todos los ruandeses.	This question was expressed with the sound of desperation by a friend who had just told me about his family's history, and goes back to the 1994 genocide, which has left scars with all Rwandans.
No me lo podía creer. Aquella preciosa mujer me acababa de preguntar si quería bailar.	I couldn't believe it. That gorgeous woman had just asked me to dance.
Me acababa de llamar; estaba en problemas.	She just called me; she was in trouble.
Me acababa de despertar cuando llamaron de su comisaría.	Just woke up when your station called.
Me acababa de mandar una postal.	He just sent me a postcard.
El tiempo se me acababa y ella empezaba a desvanecerse.	The time was running out and it was starting to fade away.
Llevé mi Marshall y Flying V que me acababa de comprar.	I brought in my Marshall & Flying V that I just got.
Reggie Jackson me acababa de pedir el teléfono.	Reggie Jackson had just asked for my number.
Además, me acababa de comprar ese vestido.	Plus, I'd just bought that dress.
No me daba cuenta de que se me acababa el tiempo, eso es todo.	I just didn't realize I was out of time, that's all.
Solo me acababa de mudar, y ella me echó.	I mean, I've only just moved in, she's already kicked me out.
Mira, me acababa de enterar de que estoy esperando un hijo nuestro.	Look, I had just found out that I was pregnant with our baby.
Solo me acababa de mudar, y ella me echó.	I mean, I-I've only just moved in. She's already kicked me out.