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The faces turned toward Baedecker were as translucent as water, as unsteady as candle flames.
Las caras vueltas hacia Baedecker eran transparentes como el agua, inestables como la llama de una vela.
Simmons, Dan / Phases of GravitySimmons, Dan / Fases de Gravedad
Fases de Gravedad
Simmons, Dan
© 1991 Ediciones В S.A.
© 1989 by Dan Simmons
Phases of Gravity
Simmons, Dan
© 1989, 2001 by Dan Simmons
In one of the rooms there was a bed, a candlestick with a candle, and a big mirror next to the bed.
En una de ellas, sin embargo, había una cama, una palmatoria con una vela y un gran espejo junto a la cama.
Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 2666
2666
Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño
2666
Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño
© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
"I lit a candle for you.
– Encendí una vela por ti.
Ward, J.R. / Lover AwakenedWard, J.R. / Amante Despierto
Amante Despierto
Ward, J.R.
Lover Awakened
Ward, J.R.
© Jessica Bird, 2006
A candle had been left burning on a table and I took it over to the chest.
Sobre una mesa había una vela encendida, que cogí y llevé junto al cofre.
Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negro
El gallo negro
Sansom, Christopher John
Dissolution
Sansom, Christopher John
© C.J. Sansom, 2003
A candle she could remember lighting next to the claw-foot tub.
Una vela que recordaba haber encendido al lado de la bañera con patas de garra.
Ward, J.R. / Lover AwakenedWard, J.R. / Amante Despierto
Amante Despierto
Ward, J.R.
Lover Awakened
Ward, J.R.
© Jessica Bird, 2006
'Do not give up, sir,' Mark said awkwardly as he set the candles on the table.
– No os rindáis, señor -dijo Mark tímidamente dejando las velas en la mesa-.
Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negro
El gallo negro
Sansom, Christopher John
Dissolution
Sansom, Christopher John
© C.J. Sansom, 2003
I don’t think lighting candles and doing all that stuff is honoring her memory.
No creo que encender velas y hacer todo eso honre su recuerdo.
Sebold, Alice / The Lovely BonesSebold, Alice / Desde Mi Cielo
Desde Mi Cielo
Sebold, Alice
© 2002 por Alice Sebold
© 2003 por Aurora Echevarria
© 2003 por Random House Mondadori, S. A.
The Lovely Bones
Sebold, Alice
© 2002 by Alice Sebold
The place still smelled the same… a combination of the lemon floor wax she used on the wide pine boards and the rosemary candles she liked to burn.
El lugar todavía olía igual... una combinación de la cera de limón del piso que había utilizado en los anchos tableros de pino y las velas de romero que le gustaba quemar.
Ward, J.R. / Lover AwakenedWard, J.R. / Amante Despierto
Amante Despierto
Ward, J.R.
Lover Awakened
Ward, J.R.
© Jessica Bird, 2006
In contrast to the antechamber, Lord Cromwell's room was gloomy, only one small sconce of candles by the desk lit against the dark afternoon.
A diferencia de la antecámara, el despacho de lord Cromwell sólo estaba iluminado por un pequeño candelabro que había junto al escritorio y que apenas paliaba la oscuridad de la tarde.
Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negro
El gallo negro
Sansom, Christopher John
Dissolution
Sansom, Christopher John
© C.J. Sansom, 2003
He had not yet lit the candles, but the firelight cast a flickering glow over his troubled face.
Aún no había encendido las velas, pero las llamas del hogar arrojaban una claridad vacilante sobre su preocupado rostro.
Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negro
El gallo negro
Sansom, Christopher John
Dissolution
Sansom, Christopher John
© C.J. Sansom, 2003
Some way off another coffin stood surrounded by candles: Simon Whelplay's.
A cierta distancia había otro ataúd rodeado de velas: el de Simón Whelplay.
Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negro
El gallo negro
Sansom, Christopher John
Dissolution
Sansom, Christopher John
© C.J. Sansom, 2003
There was a large metal sconce filled with fat candles in the centre of the room.
En el centro de la cámara había un gran candelabro de hierro provisto de gruesos cirios.
Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negro
El gallo negro
Sansom, Christopher John
Dissolution
Sansom, Christopher John
© C.J. Sansom, 2003

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large candle
hacha
burn the candle at both ends
hacer de la noche día

Word forms

candle

verb
Basic forms
Pastcandled
Imperativecandle
Present Participle (Participle I)candling
Past Participle (Participle II)candled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I candlewe candle
you candleyou candle
he/she/it candlesthey candle
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am candlingwe are candling
you are candlingyou are candling
he/she/it is candlingthey are candling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have candledwe have candled
you have candledyou have candled
he/she/it has candledthey have candled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been candlingwe have been candling
you have been candlingyou have been candling
he/she/it has been candlingthey have been candling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I candledwe candled
you candledyou candled
he/she/it candledthey candled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was candlingwe were candling
you were candlingyou were candling
he/she/it was candlingthey were candling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had candledwe had candled
you had candledyou had candled
he/she/it had candledthey had candled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been candlingwe had been candling
you had been candlingyou had been candling
he/she/it had been candlingthey had been candling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will candlewe shall/will candle
you will candleyou will candle
he/she/it will candlethey will candle
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be candlingwe shall/will be candling
you will be candlingyou will be candling
he/she/it will be candlingthey will be candling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have candledwe shall/will have candled
you will have candledyou will have candled
he/she/it will have candledthey will have candled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been candlingwe shall/will have been candling
you will have been candlingyou will have been candling
he/she/it will have been candlingthey will have been candling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would candlewe should/would candle
you would candleyou would candle
he/she/it would candlethey would candle
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be candlingwe should/would be candling
you would be candlingyou would be candling
he/she/it would be candlingthey would be candling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have candledwe should/would have candled
you would have candledyou would have candled
he/she/it would have candledthey would have candled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been candlingwe should/would have been candling
you would have been candlingyou would have been candling
he/she/it would have been candlingthey would have been candling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am candledwe are candled
you are candledyou are candled
he/she/it is candledthey are candled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being candledwe are being candled
you are being candledyou are being candled
he/she/it is being candledthey are being candled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been candledwe have been candled
you have been candledyou have been candled
he/she/it has been candledthey have been candled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was candledwe were candled
you were candledyou were candled
he/she/it was candledthey were candled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being candledwe were being candled
you were being candledyou were being candled
he/she/it was being candledthey were being candled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been candledwe had been candled
you had been candledyou had been candled
he/she/it had been candledthey had been candled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be candledwe shall/will be candled
you will be candledyou will be candled
he/she/it will be candledthey will be candled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been candledwe shall/will have been candled
you will have been candledyou will have been candled
he/she/it will have been candledthey will have been candled

candle

noun
SingularPlural
Common casecandlecandles
Possessive casecandle'scandles'