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Growing out of the other side of the mound was a little protuberance, like the amputated stub of an arm.En la espalda crecía una protuberancia, como el muñón de un brazo amputado.Ghosh, Amitav / The Calcutta ChromosomeGhosh, Amitav / El cromosoma CalcutaEl cromosoma CalcutaGhosh, AmitavThe Calcutta ChromosomeGhosh, Amitav© 1995 by Amitav Ghosh
As her hand went down and rested on the mound of her sex, she was the drawing he’d done the day before, everything sexual and feminine and powerful… only she was flesh-and-blood real.Cuando bajó la mano para ponerla sobre el montículo de su sexo, se convirtió en el dibujo que él había hecho el día anterior, era toda sexualidad, femenina y poderosa… pero esta vez era real en carne y hueso.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
Should be enough for a sizeable mound over the ashes.'Debería ser suficiente para formar un túmulo considerable encima de las cenizas.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
I spied a two - by - four several feet away, snatched it, hefted it like a stave and circled the mound of dirt, staying low to the ground.Descubrí un madero manejable a unos pasos, lo tomé, lo alcé como una estaca y rodeé el montón de tierra, en cuclillas y muy cerca del suelo.Kellerman, Jonathan / When The Bough BreaksKellerman, Jonathan / La Rama RotaLa Rama RotaKellerman, JonathanWhen The Bough BreaksKellerman, Jonathan© 1985 by Jonathan Kellerman
To one side of the facility stood a vast mound of intestines, organs and other unusable parts of the butchered animals.A un lado de aquellas instalaciones había un gigantesco montón de intestinos, órganos y otras partes de desecho de los animales muertos.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
Big Black seized one of the shovels, and stepped to the side of the small mound of freshly dug dirt that marked where Cleo had been laid to rest the day before.Negro Grande cogió una pala y se situó en un extremo del pequeño montículo que señalaba dónde se había dado sepultura a Cleo el día anterior.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 perched on the back of a small pony that flinched nervously as one of the elephants lifted its tail and deposited a small mound directly in its path.Iba a lomos de un pequeño pony que se sobresaltó, nervioso, cuando uno de los elefantes levantó la cola y depositó un pequeño montículo justo en su camino.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 writer sat lounging, with his back against the mound, and spent the better part of an hour watching the egrets as they foraged amongst the frogs that were skimming the surface of the flooded fields below.El escritor apoyó la espalda en la elevación y pasó casi una hora contemplando los airones, viendo cómo picoteaban entre las ranas que se asomaban a la superficie de los campos inundados de abajo.Ghosh, Amitav / The Calcutta ChromosomeGhosh, Amitav / El cromosoma CalcutaEl cromosoma CalcutaGhosh, AmitavThe Calcutta ChromosomeGhosh, Amitav© 1995 by Amitav Ghosh
Leaving the staff officers to their duties, the legate rejoined the Sixth Century and was horrified to see the new mounds of Roman bodies littering the wrong side of the ford's defences.El legado dejó que los oficiales del Estado Mayor cumplieran con sus obligaciones, se reunió con la sexta centuria y quedó horrorizado al ver los nuevos montones de cuerpos romanos que había desparramados al otro lado de las defensas del vado.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
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burial mound
túmulo
Word forms
mound
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | mound | mounds |
Possessive case | mound's | mounds' |
mound
verb
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Past | mounded |
Imperative | mound |
Present Participle (Participle I) | mounding |
Past Participle (Participle II) | mounded |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I mound | we mound |
you mound | you mound |
he/she/it mounds | they mound |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am mounding | we are mounding |
you are mounding | you are mounding |
he/she/it is mounding | they are mounding |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have mounded | we have mounded |
you have mounded | you have mounded |
he/she/it has mounded | they have mounded |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been mounding | we have been mounding |
you have been mounding | you have been mounding |
he/she/it has been mounding | they have been mounding |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I mounded | we mounded |
you mounded | you mounded |
he/she/it mounded | they mounded |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was mounding | we were mounding |
you were mounding | you were mounding |
he/she/it was mounding | they were mounding |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had mounded | we had mounded |
you had mounded | you had mounded |
he/she/it had mounded | they had mounded |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been mounding | we had been mounding |
you had been mounding | you had been mounding |
he/she/it had been mounding | they had been mounding |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will mound | we shall/will mound |
you will mound | you will mound |
he/she/it will mound | they will mound |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be mounding | we shall/will be mounding |
you will be mounding | you will be mounding |
he/she/it will be mounding | they will be mounding |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have mounded | we shall/will have mounded |
you will have mounded | you will have mounded |
he/she/it will have mounded | they will have mounded |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been mounding | we shall/will have been mounding |
you will have been mounding | you will have been mounding |
he/she/it will have been mounding | they will have been mounding |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would mound | we should/would mound |
you would mound | you would mound |
he/she/it would mound | they would mound |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be mounding | we should/would be mounding |
you would be mounding | you would be mounding |
he/she/it would be mounding | they would be mounding |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have mounded | we should/would have mounded |
you would have mounded | you would have mounded |
he/she/it would have mounded | they would have mounded |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been mounding | we should/would have been mounding |
you would have been mounding | you would have been mounding |
he/she/it would have been mounding | they would have been mounding |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am mounded | we are mounded |
you are mounded | you are mounded |
he/she/it is mounded | they are mounded |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being mounded | we are being mounded |
you are being mounded | you are being mounded |
he/she/it is being mounded | they are being mounded |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been mounded | we have been mounded |
you have been mounded | you have been mounded |
he/she/it has been mounded | they have been mounded |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was mounded | we were mounded |
you were mounded | you were mounded |
he/she/it was mounded | they were mounded |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being mounded | we were being mounded |
you were being mounded | you were being mounded |
he/she/it was being mounded | they were being mounded |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been mounded | we had been mounded |
you had been mounded | you had been mounded |
he/she/it had been mounded | they had been mounded |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be mounded | we shall/will be mounded |
you will be mounded | you will be mounded |
he/she/it will be mounded | they will be mounded |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been mounded | we shall/will have been mounded |
you will have been mounded | you will have been mounded |
he/she/it will have been mounded | they will have been mounded |