Spanish C1 · Day 39
Day 39: Evaluación de políticas — Argument frames: closing moves (part 3)
What you'll learn
- Grammar: Argument frames: closing moves (part 3)
- Reading: Cuando la evidencia no cierra: contrafactuales, indicadores y disputa en la evaluación de políticas
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Grammar point: Argument frames: closing moves (part 3)
At C1, you're learning to close an argument with greater precision and formality. One such advanced construction is «no poder por menos de + infinitivo». This phrase translates to 'cannot help but do something' or 'cannot but do something.' It conveys a strong sense of inevitability, a compulsion, or a situation where one feels logically, morally, or intellectually bound to conclude in a certain way, suggesting …
Key vocabulary (8 of 19 words)
- la indagación evaluativa – evaluation research
- la elaboración de políticas – policy making/design
- la consecución de objetivos – achievement of objectives
- la solidez argumental – validity, soundness
- la asignación de medios – resource allocation
- evaluar – to evaluate
- concebir – to design, conceive (a policy)
- implementar – to implement
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