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Old November 11, 2009, 03:47 PM
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Lightbulb Poner condiciones

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Ejemplo.:
Siempre que le digo que venga al cine, me pone como condición, que lo invite.
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To make it a condition that.
To place a condition on.
To impose a condition on (más formal).
To condition it on.


E.g. Whenever I tell him to come to the cinema, he makes it a condition that I pay.
Whenever I tell him to come to the cinema, he agrees on condition that I pay.
Whenever I tell him to come to the cinema, he conditions it on me paying.
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Existe la forma plural?
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Sustituye "conditions" por "a condition". Si no dices cuáles son las condiciones también puedes decir "some conditions" o si son bastantes "a number of conditions".

The latest communiqué from the king places a number of conditions on his surrender.
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