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Las máquinas de votación electrónica se negaban a registrar un voto para Trump.	Electronic voting machines refused to register a vote for Trump.
Las compañías aún se negaban a distribuir el disco.	The companies still refused to distribute the record.
Cuando pedían volver a Mauritania, sus patronos se negaban.	When they asked to return home to Mauritania, their employers refused.
Algunas maestras se negaban terminantemente a bailar, mientras que otras condescendían.	Some teachers would absolutely refuse to dance, while others comprised.
Los colegas de Galileo se negaban a mirar por su telescopio.	Galileo's colleagues refused to look through his telescope.
Ellos se negaban a entender por qué su padre los amaba tanto.	They refused to understand why their father doted on them.
Aquellos que se negaban a retractarse eran aniquilados.	Those who refused to recant were physically liquidated.
Quienes se negaban a ello no recibían la tarjeta magnética.	Those who refused did not receive magnetic cards.
En Tesalónica Pablo había encontrado personas que se negaban a trabajar con las manos.	At Thessalonica Paul had met those who refused to work with their hands.
Los socialistas querían luchar, pero se negaban a romper con el Congreso 'burgués'.	The Socialists wanted struggle, but refused to break with the 'bourgeois' Congress.
Las personas que se negaban a marcharse eran expulsadas o eliminadas.	Those who refused were either forced to leave or were murdered.
Eran alemanes que se negaban a cumplir con su deber para el país.	They were Germans who refused to do their duty to their country.
Algunos se negaban a seguir las políticas, enfureciéndose cuando los guardias hacían cumplir las reglas.	Some refused to follow policies, becoming irate when guards enforced the rules.
Los primeros cristianos se negaban a reconocer el estado o servir en el ejército.	The early Christians refused to recognise the state or serve in the army.
Los trabajadores que se negaban -relativamente pocos- eran perseguidos por la 'Sicherheitsdienst' (SD).	Workmen who refused - relatively few - were prosecuted by the 'Sicherheitsdienst' (S.D.).
Quienes se negaban a pagar solían ser detenidos durante horas y recibir palizas.	Those who refuse to pay are often detained for several hours and beaten.
Pero ellos se negaban a escuchar.	But they refused to listen.
Como Joan Williams, otras mujeres se negaban a recibir la Orientación Laboral.	Like Joan Williams, other women refused even to register for directions of labour.
Sin embargo, sus labios se negaban a moverse.	But his mouth refused to work.
A una edad temprana, Will era uno de los desafiantes que se negaban a someterse.	At an early age, Will was one of the defiant ones who refused to submit.