Louis Penny Flashcards

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1
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Si CC de Poitiers hubiera sabido que iba a ser asesinada

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Had CC de Poitiers known she was going to be murdered

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Incluso podría haber ido al desfile de fin de curso de su hija…

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She might even have gone to her daughter’s end of term pageant

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3
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Lo sacó de su enorme bolso…

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She dragged it out of her huge purse

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4
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Había hecho la foto.

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He’d taken the picture.

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Y se preguntó cuánto tiempo más podría estar cerca de CC de Poitiers antes de que se convirtiera en ella.

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And he wondered how much longer he could be around CC de Poitiers before he became her.

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Era esbelta, fibrosa y tonificada,

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She was slim and ropy and toned,

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Si alguna vez ella se rompía, si se hacía añicos, lo haría pedazos.

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If she ever broke, if she shattered, she’d tear him to pieces.

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sus amigos no eran tan brillantes, ni tan listos, ni tan

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his friends weren’t quite as brilliant, not quite as clever, not quite

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Estaban creciendo gruesos y calvos y apagados,

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They were growing thick and bald and dull,

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Él había empezado a considerar intercambiar sus esquís de descenso

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he’d begun to consider trading his downhill skis

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Y también había notado algún que otro bostezo por parte de ellos

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And he’d noticed a telltale yawn or two from them as well.

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No era tan malo que las mujeres rara vez lo miraran…

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It wasn’t so bad that women rarely looked at him

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Y había empezado a despreciarse a sí mismo.

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And he’d begun despising himself.

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14
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La gente se lo devorará

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‘People’ll eat it up.

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Las manos ansiosas y nerviosas, alisando y enderezando constantemente.

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The anxious, nervous hands, constantly smoothing and straightening.

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16
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la impaciencia que se desembocaba en enfado

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the impatience that spilled over into anger.

17
Q

No hacía tanto de todo aquello,

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It wasn’t all that long ago,

18
Q

los rostros amoratados y maltrechos

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the bruised and battered faces

19
Q

para dirigir la mirada a su libro,

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to stare at her book,

20
Q

cuerda teñida de rubio,

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dyed-blonde rope,

21
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Un árbol majestuoso se elevó hacia el cielo,

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A majestic tree soared into the sky,

22
Q

como clamando por el sol.

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as though keening for the sun.