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She stared at the man sitting in his orange car and felt something kick inside her – the queasy kick of an empty womb.Se quedó mirando al hombre sentado en el coche anaranjado y sintió una especie de patada en su interior: la patada inquieta de un útero vacío.Sebold, Alice / The Lovely BonesSebold, Alice / Desde Mi CieloDesde Mi CieloSebold, Alice© 2002 por Alice Sebold© 2003 por Aurora Echevarria© 2003 por Random House Mondadori, S. A.The Lovely BonesSebold, Alice© 2002 by Alice Sebold
The formation dissolved and each man scrambled up the earthworks towards the British warriors screaming war cries beneath their flowing serpent standards.La formación se disolvió y todos los soldados treparon por los terraplenes hacia los guerreros enemigos que proferían gritos de guerra bajo sus estandartes en los que aparecía una serpiente.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
His first thought was technical: How to isolate and proceed against the man who slept in the bunk where he'd made his discovery.Su primera idea fue técnica: cómo aislar a aquel hombre y cómo desenmascararlo. Se percató de que había mucho queKatzenbach, John / The Madman's TaleKatzenbach, John / La Historia del LocoLa Historia del LocoKatzenbach, JohnThe Madman's TaleKatzenbach, John© 2004 by John Katzenbach
She wasn’t a bad female and was more than beautiful enough, but her affect… man, it was like she wanted to crawl into his lap right then and there and get down to it.No era una mala hembra y era más que suficientemente hermosa, pero su comportamiento... joder, era como si quisiera arrastrarse hasta su regazo allí mismo, en ese mismo momento y ponerse a ello.Ward, J.R. / Lover EnshrinedWard, J.R. / Amante ConsagradoAmante ConsagradoWard, J.R.© Traducción: 2009, Patricia Torres Londoño© 2010, Santillana Ediciones Generales, S.L.© 2007, Jessica BirdLover EnshrinedWard, J.R.© Jessica Bird, 2008
I'll confess to you, young man, that I never earned anything.Le quiero confesar, joven, que jamás me gané nada.Kellerman, Jonathan / When The Bough BreaksKellerman, Jonathan / La Rama RotaLa Rama RotaKellerman, JonathanWhen The Bough BreaksKellerman, Jonathan© 1985 by Jonathan Kellerman
He reached into a fold of the cloth wrapped around his torso in a flash, the other CSIS man had his gun in his hand, too and pulled out a polyhedral object about the size of a golf ball.–Metió un brazo entre los pliegues de tela que le cubrían el torso... de un golpe, el otro hombre del SCSI tenía el arma en la mano... y sacó un objeto poliédrico del tamaño de una pelota de golf.Sawyer, Robert / Calculating GodSawyer, Robert / El calculo de DiosEl calculo de DiosSawyer, Robert© 2002 by Ediciones B, S.A.© 2000 by Robert SawyerCalculating GodSawyer, Robert© 2000 by Robert Sawyer
Aliens, said the man with the crew cut, as if trying on the word for size; he had a similar accent.–Alienígenas –dijo el hombre del corte de pelo militar, como si estuviese probando la palabra; tenía un acento similar.Sawyer, Robert / Calculating GodSawyer, Robert / El calculo de DiosEl calculo de DiosSawyer, Robert© 2002 by Ediciones B, S.A.© 2000 by Robert SawyerCalculating GodSawyer, Robert© 2000 by Robert Sawyer
Before the tall man could respond, Francis heard a hissing sound.Antes de que él pudiera responder, Francis oyó un siseo.Katzenbach, John / The Madman's TaleKatzenbach, John / La Historia del LocoLa Historia del LocoKatzenbach, JohnThe Madman's TaleKatzenbach, John© 2004 by John Katzenbach
It's easier for a ship's cable or a thick rope to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.Es más fácil que una maroma de barco o que una cuerda gruesa entre por el ojo de una aguja que el que un rico vaya al reino de los cielos.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
Francis looked around for somewhere to run, or to hide, but he was hemmed in by the man lurching toward him and the back wall of the room.Francis miró alrededor en busca de una escapatoria o de un sitio donde esconderse, pero estaba acorralado entre el hombre que avanzaba hacia él y la pared.Katzenbach, John / The Madman's TaleKatzenbach, John / La Historia del LocoLa Historia del LocoKatzenbach, JohnThe Madman's TaleKatzenbach, John© 2004 by John Katzenbach
He was frowning as he gazed down on the river, and was so deeply immersed in his thoughts that he did not notice his visitor until the man sat down on a log close by.Tenía el cejo fruncido mientras miraba hacia abajo, al río, y estaba tan inmerso en sus pensamientos que no se dio cuenta de que tenía visita hasta que el hombre se sentó en un tronco cercano.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
The rest of the dozen members of the group were fixed in their chairs, no one moving, their eyes locked on the tall man, as he struggled with the fears that buffeted around within him.El resto del grupo estaba clavado en la silla, sin moverse, con la mirada fija en Larguirucho mientras éste combatía los temores que lo zarandeaban interiormente.Katzenbach, John / The Madman's TaleKatzenbach, John / La Historia del LocoLa Historia del LocoKatzenbach, JohnThe Madman's TaleKatzenbach, John© 2004 by John Katzenbach
He wrote fast and flashed the page to the other man, but somehow that just made the situation worse.Escribió rápido y le entregó apresuradamente la hoja al otro hombre, pero de alguna forma esto sólo empeoro la situación.Ward, J.R. / Lover AwakenedWard, J.R. / Amante DespiertoAmante DespiertoWard, J.R.Lover AwakenedWard, J.R.© Jessica Bird, 2006
What will become of a man like me when he is stranded in a hostile land?¿Qué será de los hombres como yo, que nos encontramos solos en una tierra hostil?Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negroEl gallo negroSansom, Christopher JohnDissolutionSansom, Christopher John© C.J. Sansom, 2003
Money, said Seaman, was ultimately a mystery, and as an uneducated man, he was hardly the right person to try to explain it.El dinero, dijo Seaman, en el fondo era un misterio y él no era, por sus nulos estudios, la persona más adecuada para hablar de ese tema.Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 26662666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño2666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
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Collocations
bag man
hombre vagabundo
advertising by a sandwich man
publicidad ambulante
sandwich man
hombre anuncio
man-portable
portátil
blind man
ciego
young man
joven
delivery man
repartidor
old man
viejo
front man
testaferro
old man
anciano
white man
blanco
leading man
galán
young man
mozo
man of action
acción
garbage man
basurero
Word forms
man
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | manned |
Imperative | man |
Present Participle (Participle I) | manning |
Past Participle (Participle II) | manned |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I man | we man |
you man | you man |
he/she/it mans | they man |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am manning | we are manning |
you are manning | you are manning |
he/she/it is manning | they are manning |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have manned | we have manned |
you have manned | you have manned |
he/she/it has manned | they have manned |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been manning | we have been manning |
you have been manning | you have been manning |
he/she/it has been manning | they have been manning |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I manned | we manned |
you manned | you manned |
he/she/it manned | they manned |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was manning | we were manning |
you were manning | you were manning |
he/she/it was manning | they were manning |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had manned | we had manned |
you had manned | you had manned |
he/she/it had manned | they had manned |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been manning | we had been manning |
you had been manning | you had been manning |
he/she/it had been manning | they had been manning |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will man | we shall/will man |
you will man | you will man |
he/she/it will man | they will man |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be manning | we shall/will be manning |
you will be manning | you will be manning |
he/she/it will be manning | they will be manning |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have manned | we shall/will have manned |
you will have manned | you will have manned |
he/she/it will have manned | they will have manned |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been manning | we shall/will have been manning |
you will have been manning | you will have been manning |
he/she/it will have been manning | they will have been manning |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would man | we should/would man |
you would man | you would man |
he/she/it would man | they would man |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be manning | we should/would be manning |
you would be manning | you would be manning |
he/she/it would be manning | they would be manning |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have manned | we should/would have manned |
you would have manned | you would have manned |
he/she/it would have manned | they would have manned |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been manning | we should/would have been manning |
you would have been manning | you would have been manning |
he/she/it would have been manning | they would have been manning |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am manned | we are manned |
you are manned | you are manned |
he/she/it is manned | they are manned |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being manned | we are being manned |
you are being manned | you are being manned |
he/she/it is being manned | they are being manned |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been manned | we have been manned |
you have been manned | you have been manned |
he/she/it has been manned | they have been manned |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was manned | we were manned |
you were manned | you were manned |
he/she/it was manned | they were manned |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being manned | we were being manned |
you were being manned | you were being manned |
he/she/it was being manned | they were being manned |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been manned | we had been manned |
you had been manned | you had been manned |
he/she/it had been manned | they had been manned |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be manned | we shall/will be manned |
you will be manned | you will be manned |
he/she/it will be manned | they will be manned |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been manned | we shall/will have been manned |
you will have been manned | you will have been manned |
he/she/it will have been manned | they will have been manned |
man
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | man | men, *mans, *mens |
Possessive case | man's | men's, *mans', *mens' |