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Explanation: This is interesting and difficult. I guess we use a metaphor in English for a good reason - from the context, other words in English might be "stolid" or "ponderous" but both seem a little too strong. Spanish: "impasible, imperturbable" don't seem physical enough; "pesado" maybe? My 1962 Roget's Thesaurus doesn't list "earthbound" (the irregular hyphenation you found is probably a proofreader's error.) Hope this is some help.
1. mundane and unimaginative: exclusively concerned with or confined to ordinary everyday or worldly matters and lacking in imagination or spirituality
2. heading toward Earth: heading or moving toward Earth
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Explanation: This is interesting and difficult. I guess we use a metaphor in English for a good reason - from the context, other words in English might be "stolid" or "ponderous" but both seem a little too strong. Spanish: "impasible, imperturbable" don't seem physical enough; "pesado" maybe? My 1962 Roget's Thesaurus doesn't list "earthbound" (the irregular hyphenation you found is probably a proofreader's error.) Hope this is some help.
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