vicisitudes

f.pl.

vicissitudes, ups and downs.

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= vicissitudes, pitfalls and potholes, long haul, twists and turns, ups and downs

Ex. The textual vicissitudes of British nineteenth-century novels in America are notorious.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Getting your licence: pitfalls and potholes on the electronic highway'.

Ex. The author presents an outline of a guide for those considering the long haul associated with such a major undertaking = El autor presenta una guía breve para aquellos que estudiando las vicisitudes relacionadas con esta importante tarea.

Ex. He carefully traces Churchill's twists and turns on this subject and concludes that his 'apparent somersaults were mere digressions and often only tactical in character'.

Ex. The book trade is a mixed bag of ups and downs even within one broad category of publishing.

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= vicissitudes, pitfalls and potholes, long haul, twists and turns, ups and downs

Ex: The textual vicissitudes of British nineteenth-century novels in America are notorious.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Getting your licence: pitfalls and potholes on the electronic highway'.

Ex: The author presents an outline of a guide for those considering the long haul associated with such a major undertaking = El autor presenta una guía breve para aquellos que estudiando las vicisitudes relacionadas con esta importante tarea.

Ex: He carefully traces Churchill's twists and turns on this subject and concludes that his 'apparent somersaults were mere digressions and often only tactical in character'.

Ex: The book trade is a mixed bag of ups and downs even within one broad category of publishing.

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vicisitudes nfpl

1. [sucesos] setbacks, mishaps;

tras muchas vicisitudes alcanzamos la costa after many setbacks we reached the coast

2. [altibajos] ups and downs, Literario vicissitudes;

el relato de las vicisitudes de una familia de emigrantes the story of the ups and downs o Literario vicissitudes in the life of a family of emigrants

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vicisitudes

fpl ups and downs