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The different element here was their fear of me, but I had to handle my authority carefully, for when men are frightened they close up like clams.
La diferencia era que ahora me temían; no obstante, debía utilizar mi autoridad con prudencia, porque, cuando están asustados, los hombres se cierran como cepos.
Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negro
El gallo negro
Sansom, Christopher John
Dissolution
Sansom, Christopher John
© C.J. Sansom, 2003
Holiday had been closed up in my father’s den as soon as Buckley had yelled from his post at the upstairs window – “It’s Grandma!”
Habían encerrado a Holiday en el estudio de mi padre en cuanto Buckley había gritado desde su puesto en la ventana del piso de arriba: «¡La abuela!».
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
Solly's mobile home is closed up for the winter; Miz Callahan's school has heavy curtains pulled across the windows; and pockets of snow on the side streets have not been disturbed.
La escuela de Callahan tiene las ventanas tapadas con gruesas cortinas, y la nieve de las calles laterales está intacta.
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
But by the time the Gilberts’ dog found my elbow three days later and brought it home with a telling corn husk attached to it, Mr. Harvey had closed it up.
Pero antes de que el perro de los Gilbert encontrara mi codo tres días después y se lo llevara a casa con una reveladora cáscara de trigo, el señor Harvey lo había tapado.
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
ON LOWER CIRCULAR ROAD, halfway to the P. G. Hospital, Urmila found herself reading and rereading the bright yellow lettering on the side of a crowded minibus that was jammed up close against her window.
En el Periférico Sur, a mitad de camino del Hospital G. P., Urmila se encontró leyendo y releyendo el brillante letrero amarillo que había en el costado de un rebosante microbús que iba pegado a su ventanilla.
Ghosh, Amitav / The Calcutta ChromosomeGhosh, Amitav / El cromosoma Calcuta
El cromosoma Calcuta
Ghosh, Amitav
The Calcutta Chromosome
Ghosh, Amitav
© 1995 by Amitav Ghosh
"We're seeing for the first time, up close, what an asteroid is actually made of!"
"¡Estamos viendo, de cerca y por primera vez en la historia, de qué está realmente hecho un asteroide!"
He's about to get a real up close and personal look at evil, after all.
Al final verá a la encarnación del mal de cerca y en persona.
Katzenbach, John / The Madman's TaleKatzenbach, John / La Historia del Loco
La Historia del Loco
Katzenbach, John
The Madman's Tale
Katzenbach, John
© 2004 by John Katzenbach
"Dawn is taking us, in the truest sense, up close to two distant, alien, unexplored worlds."
"Dawn nos está transportando, sin lugar a dudas, a dos mundos distantes, extraños e inexplorados".
From up close he could see that both of the fighter's cheekbones were bruised.
Al observarlo de cerca se dio cuenta de que tenía los dos pómulos amoratados.
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
The Commission shall draw up, in close cooperation with the Authority and the Member States, a general plan for crisis management in the field of the safety of food and feed (hereinafter referred to as "the general plan").
La Comisión redactará, en estrecha cooperación con la Autoridad y los Estados miembros, un plan general para la gestión de crisis en el ámbito de la seguridad de los alimentos y los piensos (en lo sucesivo, denominado el "plan general").
Tilting his chin up, he closed his eyes for a moment… and vowed to thank his father the next time he saw him.
Levantando la barbilla, cerró los ojos por un momento… y se prometió que la próxima vez que le viera, se lo agradecería a su padre.
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

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