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1. Heartless Apple
1. Parallel structure: Worker after worker threw
themselves off the towering dorm buildings,
sometimes in broad daylight, in tragic displays of
desperation – and in protest at the work conditions
inside.
2. Pleonasm: unauthorized trespassing → trespassing
itself means that you are illegally entering a prohibited area
Sprawling: muy extendido / vast / tentaculaire
Compound: complejo / group of buildings organised in a
cluster
Weather-beaten: worn and damaged by the effects of
the sun, wind, rain, etc. weathered → buriné
Seamlessly: fluently, effortlessly (seam: costura / couture)
Sealed-off: Hermetically closed
Infamous: famous for the wrong reasons / despicable
(verb: to despise)
A twist of fate: reversal of fortune / cambio de suerte
retournement de situation
Cutting-edge: extremely innovative / technologie de pointe
/ tecnología puntera
state-of-the-art: the latest technology available
Unprecedented: unheard-of / never done before / inouï -
sans précédent
The lion’s share of: The best/biggest part of → se tailler la
part du lion → le gros du travail etc.
(on its/the) Payroll: All the employees receiving a salary in
a given company. Gente en nómina

2. Flagship plant: Fábrica más grande / representativa de
una empresa (Flagship = buque insignia) / figure de
proue
To be prone to: ser proclive / propenso a
être enclin à
To spur: encourager, pousser, causer → synonyms: to
cause / to trigger / to prompt / to provoke / to unleash /
to bring about / to spawn / to lead to…
A spate (of): a string of / a series of
To pounce: a lion lurks in the shadows before it pounces…
abalanzarse / asaltar / atacar / abordar / bondir / fondre
sur
Callous: cruel / insensitive / careless
Boxy: en letras grandes cuadradas