Spanish C1 · Day 21
Day 21: Mediación de conflictos en organizaciones complejas — Adversative connectors: antes bien (part 2)
What you'll learn
- Grammar: Adversative connectors: antes bien (part 2)
- Reading: El desacuerdo inacabado: la mediación como espejo de la identidad organizativa
- Try it yourself
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Grammar point: Adversative connectors: antes bien (part 2)
At C1, you're ready to refine how you express adversative relationships. You already know «pero» as a conjunction for contrast or restriction (e.g., «El acuerdo es frágil, pero lo firmaron.»). Now let's look at «antes bien» , a powerful locución adverbial that adds a sophisticated touch to your Spanish.
Key vocabulary (8 of 23 words)
- el conflicto – conflict
- la mediación – mediation
- la intermediación – intermediation, brokering
- la parte en conflicto – party in a conflict
- el equilibrio de intereses – balancing of interests, reconciliation of interests
- la escalada – escalation
- desescalar – to de-escalate
- la solución del conflicto – conflict resolution
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