Sentence examples of "build upon" in English

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He likes to build model planes. A él le gusta construir maquetas de aviones.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko congratulated Alexei Dudarev upon his birthday. El presidente bielorruso Alexander Lukashenko felicitó a Alexei Dudarev en su cumpleaños.

Our company is planning to build a new chemical plant in Russia. Nuestra empresa está planeando construir una nueva planta química en Rusia.

She hit upon a good idea. Ella dio con una buena idea.

It takes many people to build a building. Se requieren muchas personas para construir un edificio.

While on a mountain trip, I was chewing on some hard, stale bread when I happened upon a huge snake. Durante un viaje a las montañas, masticaba un trozo de pan duro y rancio, cuando me encontré con una enorme serpiente.

I thought he was angry at me because I didn't help him build his house. Pensé que él estaba enojado conmigo porque no lo ayudé a construir su casa.

Killing your spouse is one way to end a marriage. However, it's frowned upon. Matar a tu esposo es una manera de terminar un matrimonio. Sin embargo, es mal visto.

Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a carpenter to build one. Cualquier imbécil puede derribar un granero, pero se necesita un carpintero para construir uno.

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess. Había una vez una hermosa princesa.

It's fun to build a snowman in winter. Es divertido hacer muñecos de nieve en invierno.

The father of a father is a grandfather, a grandfather's father is a great-grandfather, a great-grandfather's father is a great-great-grandfather, but no word has been decided upon for the generations before great-great-grandfather. El padre del padre es el abuelo, el padre del abuelo es el bisabuelo, el padre del bisabuelo es el tatarabuelo, pero no se ha definido una palabra para las generaciones anteriores al tatarabuelo.

I never thought it'd be this hard to build a picnic table. Nunca pensé que sería así de difícil construir una mesa de picnic.

I came upon an old friend of mine on the train. Me encontré con un viejo amigo mío en el tren.

Sadako's friends wanted to build a monument to her and all children who were killed by the atomic bomb. Los amigos de Sadako querían construir un monumento para ella y todos los niños que murieron por la bomba atómica.

I came upon a friend of mine. Me encontré con un amigo mío.

It took them two years to build the house. Tardaron dos años en construir la casa.

Once upon a time lived a king who had three daughters. Había una vez un rey que tenía tres hijas.

Spiders like to build spiderwebs. A las arañas les gusta hacer telarañas.

You must not look down upon parents' advice. No debes menospreciar un consejo de tus padres.

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