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They might not be good books, she said, but for a woman who'd been illiterate until she was past twenty, they weren't entirely lacking in merit.No eran buenos libros, dijo, pero para una mujer que había sido analfabeta hasta pasados los veinte años no carecían de mérito.Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 26662666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño2666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
I introduced him to María, who treated him coldly at first, as if she were a princess and poor Fernando were an illiterate peasant.Le presenté a María, que al principio se mostró bastante fría, como si ella fuera una princesa y el pobre Fernando un campesino analfabeto.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
I can't tell you how sickening I've found it playing the naive young illiterate slave girl. 'No te imaginas la rabia que me daba hacer el papel de joven esclava ingenua e ignorante.Scarrow, Simon / The Eagle's ConquestScarrow, Simon / Roma Vincit!Roma Vincit!Scarrow, Simon© 2001 by Simon Scarrow© de la traducción: Montserrat Batista, 2002© de la presente edición: Edhasa, 2002The Eagle's ConquestScarrow, Simon© 2001 by Simon Scarrow
Most vulnerable are the poorest - those most likely to be illiterate and powerless.Los más vulnerables son los más pobres, los que más probabilidades tienen de ser analfabetos e impotentes.Rutherford, StuartRutherford, Stuart
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illiterate
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | illiterate | illiterates |
| Possessive case | illiterate's | illiterates' |