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Palabra por palabra

estar	to be
cortar	to cut

Ejemplos

Le estaban cortando el pelo en el retiro.	He was getting his hair cut at the retreat.
Porque hace unos meses me estaban cortando el pelo y tuve una revelación muy extraña.	Because you see, a few months ago, I was having my semiannual haircut and I had the strangest revelation.
Cuando estaban cortando el pastel de boda, ella me dijo:	When they were cutting the cake, she said to me:
Quizas has escuchado de los dos hombres que estaban cortando arboles.	Perhaps you heard about the two men who were chopping trees.
Quizas han escuchado de los dos hombres que estaban cortando arboles.	Perhaps you heard about the two men who were chopping trees.
Dijeron que estaban cortando al hombre medio.	They said they were cutting out the middle man.
Una tarde calurosa de verano John y Dan estaban cortando la hierba larga.	One hot summer afternoon, John and Dan were cutting the long grass.
Escuché que lo estaban cortando.	I heard they were cutting it up.
Los demonios estaban cortando sus labios como si fuera un fino corte de carne o verduras.	The demons were slicing their lips as if one thinly slicing meat or vegetables.
Los demonios les estaban cortando sus labios como si fueran finos cortes de carne o verduras.	The demons were slicing their lips as if one thinly slicing meat or vegetables.