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The Romanians were bitterly anticommunist and they wrote in Romanian and their prospects were bleak, their lives barely illuminated by a few faint rays of religious or sexual light.
Los rumanos eran visceralmente anticomunistas y escribían en rumano y sus vidas estaban destinadas a un fracaso apenas mitigado por unos débiles rayos de luz de orden religioso o de orden sexual.
Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 2666
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Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño
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Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño
© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
Z’s bleak eyes held on to John’s.
Los ojos desolados de Z se aferraron a los de John.
Ward, J.R. / Lover EnshrinedWard, J.R. / Amante Consagrado
Amante Consagrado
Ward, J.R.
© Traducción: 2009, Patricia Torres Londoño
© 2010, Santillana Ediciones Generales, S.L.
© 2007, Jessica Bird
Lover Enshrined
Ward, J.R.
© Jessica Bird, 2008
He also referred to the bleak economic situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, to the 40 per cent unemployment in Bethlehem, and to the millions of dollars in exports lost and expatriate funds stopped.
También mencionó la sombría situación económica que imperaba en los territorios palestinos ocupados, el 40% de desempleo que existía en Belén, y la pérdida de millones de dólares en exportaciones y en remesas que los expatriados no podían enviar.
© 2010 Naciones Unidas
© United Nations 2010

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bleak

noun
SingularPlural
Common casebleakbleaks
Possessive casebleak'sbleaks'

bleak

adjective
Positive degreebleak
Comparative degreebleaker
Superlative degreebleakest