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1
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ni más ni menos

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no more, no less

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no había un alma a la vista

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there wasn’t a soul in sight

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en la acera

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on the footpath

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a manos llenas

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in handfulls

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El gato parecía arrepentido de no traer sus propios zuecos para lanzar.

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The cat looked as if it regretted not bringing its own clogs to lob back.

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Vete!

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Scram!

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Hora de ponerse en marcha o el maldito gato habría logrado retrasar toda la inspección. Buen estado de cosas que sería.

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Time to get going or the bloody cat would have succeeded in delaying the entire inspection. Fine state of affairs that would be.

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juró

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he swore

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Ove da la vuelta con una caravana

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Ove reverses with a trailer

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hombre rubio larguirucho de gran tamaño

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oversized blond lanky man

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un coche japonés ridículamente pequeño

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a ludicrously small Japanese car

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su naturaleza idiota

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his moronic nature

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el remolque rueda en su macizo de flores

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the trailer rolls into his flowerbed

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él está desequilibrado

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he is thrown off balance

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una sonrisa de disculpa

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an apologetic smile

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dos metros de alto

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two meters tall

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la sangre no puede hacer todo el trayecto ascendente hasta el cerebro.

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the blood can’t quite make it all the way up to the brain.

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“No estés tan seguro de que seguirá de ese modo”, ella espeta, su vientre de embarazada rebotando hacia arriba y hacia abajo.

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‘Don’t be so sure it’ll stay that way,’ she snaps, her pregnant belly bouncing up and down

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maldición arábica

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Arabic cursing

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El tipo de sonrisa que hace que la gente decente quiera abofetear a los monjes budistas

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The very sort of smile that makes decent folk want to slap Buddhist monks in the face

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Lo resolveremos!

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we’ll sort it out!

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y le dejo una caca

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and left a turd on it

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su flequillo enredado

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his tangled fringe

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asiente rápidamente, claramente dispuesto a evitar más provocaciones

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he nods quickly, clearly keen to avoid further provocation

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no endereza el remolque correctamente

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he does not straighten up the trailer properly

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No vi el buzón en el espejo trasero.

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I didn’t see the letter box in the back mirror.

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el Lanky One aparece en el costado del auto y golpea la ventana con cuidado.

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the Lanky One appears at the side of the car and carefully taps the window.

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le lanza al cretino sus llaves

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he tosses the cretin his keys

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Ove resopla, antes de regresar pisando fuerte a su casa.

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Ove huffs, before stomping back to his house.

30
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Se aleja flotando, como en una neblina.

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Floats away, as if in a mist.

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últimamente es como si algo se le revolviera en la cabeza

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lately it’s as if something’s twisted up in his head

32
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es como si estuviera despertando de un sueño cálido.

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it’s like he’s waking up from a warm slumber.

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Ove se vuelve y mira la campana como si tuviera que avergonzarse de sí misma.

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Ove turns round and stares at the bell as if it should be ashamed of itself.

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su cuerpo está rígido como yeso.

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his body is as stiff as set plaster.

35
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el crujido proviene de las tablas del piso

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the creaking is coming from the floorboards

36
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Abre la puerta con tanta fuerza que la corriente de aire arroja hacia atrás a una niña de tres años.

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he throws the door open so hard that a three-year-old girl is flung backwards by the draft

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termina muy inesperadamente en su trasero.

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ends up very unexpectedly on her bottom.

38
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rápidamente poniéndose de pie.

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briskly getting to her feet.

39
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mucho más cauteloso con él.

A

far more wary of him.

40
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aceptar esta premisa como una explicación.

A

to accept this premise as an explanation.

41
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ella agita sus mangas un poco demasiado largas.

A

she flaps her slightly-too-long sleeves.

42
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Ellas se escabullen.

A

they skulk off.

43
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El niño de tres años se vuelve y lo saluda alegremente.

A

The three-year-old turns round and waves cheerfully at him.

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Se mete las manos en los bolsillos.

A

Shoves his hands in his pockets.

45
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su reloj de pulsera abollado.

A

his dented wristwatch.

46
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ha caído el crepúsculo.

A

dusk has fallen.

47
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el gran pasillo de arriba.

A

the big upstairs hall.

48
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Se pliega por la escalera.

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Folds down the ladder.

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Como si eso le llevara la vida.

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As if that was all life was about.

50
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no se suponía que fueran dos

A

there weren’t supposed to be two

51
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Ove a menudo señala algo interesante

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Ove often points out something interesting

52
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todo lo que predicen está destinado a no suceder

A

whatever they predict is bound not to happen

53
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traqueteando por la casa por mi cuenta

A

rattling around the house on my own

54
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Su esposa a menudo se burla de él.

A

His wife often teases him

55
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El único hombre que ella conoce que prefiere estar en un ataúd que viajar en una camioneta de servicios de movilidad.

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The only man she knows who’d rather be laid out in a coffin than travel in a mobility service van

56
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el único gancho de los seis

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the only hook of all six

57
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Para asegurarse de que no los había vuelto a subir a escondidas.

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to make sure she hadn’t sneakily turned them up.

58
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su esposa comienza a quejarse por subir la temperatura

A

his wife starts nagging about turning up the heat

59
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arrastra un viejo generador diesel

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he drags down an old diesel generator

60
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No hay necesidad de ser generosa al respecto

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no need to be lavish about it

61
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ella da vueltas todo el invierno

A

she goes round all winter

62
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Estar descontenta con él

A

be disgruntled with him

63
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ya sea de la variedad peluda o no

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whether of the furred variety or not

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ha abrochado el botón superior de la camisa blanca.

A

has done up the top button of the white shirt.

65
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se ve tan guapo

A

he looks so handsome

66
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solo los impostores usan sus mejores trajes los días de semana.

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only posers wear their best suits on weekdays.

67
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Caminó hasta el área de estacionamiento.

A

He strolled up to the parking area.

68
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alguien irrumpió rutinariamente en el Saab

A

someone routinely broke into the Saab

69
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pasando fila tras fila

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passing row after row

70
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El Mercedes le dio de nuevo una ráfaga de luz completa.

A

The Mercedes gave him a burst of its full beam again.

71
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el Mercedes lo rebasó con un rugido.

A

the Mercedes overtook him with a roar.

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