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Ambos ya se estaban separando a miles de kilómetros por segundo.
They were both already spreading apart at thousands of kilometers per second.
El hombre que se reía se volvió hacia los dos sensei, que se estaban separando por precaución.
The laughing man turned to the two sensei, who were carefully stepping away from one another.
No me puedo imaginar por qué ustedes dos se estaban separando.
I can't imagine why you two were splitting up.
Sabes, escuché que se estaban separando.
You know, I heard that they were splitting up.
Y mis padres se estaban separando.
And my parents were breaking up.
Quizás ella necesitaba un momento de privacidad, o quizás ambos se estaban separando.
Perhaps she needed a moment of privacy, or perhaps the two were parting ways.
Me ayudó mucho cuando mis padres se estaban separando.
He helped me through a lot when my mum and dad were splitting up.
Mis padres se estaban separando.
My parents were splitting up.
Sus padres se estaban separando.
Her parents were splitting up.
Mis padres se estaban separando.
My parents were separating.
Solía venir de cuando en cuando, mis padres se estaban separando.
I used to come in when my Mum and Dad were splitting up.
Digo, era el marido de mi prima y sabía que estaba mal pero se estaban separando
I mean, he was my cousin's husband, and I knew it was wrong, but they were splitting up.
Y las ricas tierras aluviales que eran propiedad del pueblo se estaban separando con una cerca para el proyecto.
And the rich alluvial land which belonged to the people was being fenced off for the project.
Irían a la marcha a pesar de la confusión generada por Enrique Rueda Pacheco, quien declaró hace dos meses que los maestros se estaban separando de la APPO.
They would march, despite the confusion generated by Enrique Rueda Pacheco who declared two months ago that the teachers were dissociating from the APPO.
Esta metamorfosis tuvo lugar en las aguas poco profundas de las bahías y las lagunas tropicales abrigadas, situadas en los extensos litorales de los continentes que se estaban separando.
This metamorphosis took place in the shallow waters of the sheltered tropic bays and lagoons of the extensive shore lines of the separating continents.
¿Se estaban separando? No.
Were they separating? No.
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