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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 Calcuta
El cromosoma Calcuta
Ghosh, Amitav
The Calcutta Chromosome
Ghosh, 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 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
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, 2002
The Eagle's Conquest
Scarrow, 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 Rota
La Rama Rota
Kellerman, Jonathan
When The Bough Breaks
Kellerman, 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, 2002
The Eagle's Conquest
Scarrow, 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 Loco
La Historia del Loco
Katzenbach, John
The Madman's Tale
Katzenbach, 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, 2002
The Eagle's Conquest
Scarrow, 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 Calcuta
El cromosoma Calcuta
Ghosh, Amitav
The Calcutta Chromosome
Ghosh, 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, 2002
The Eagle's Conquest
Scarrow, Simon
© 2001 by Simon Scarrow

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burial mound
túmulo

Word forms

mound

noun
SingularPlural
Common casemoundmounds
Possessive casemound'smounds'

mound

verb
Basic forms
Pastmounded
Imperativemound
Present Participle (Participle I)mounding
Past Participle (Participle II)mounded
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I moundwe mound
you moundyou mound
he/she/it moundsthey mound
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am moundingwe are mounding
you are moundingyou are mounding
he/she/it is moundingthey are mounding
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have moundedwe have mounded
you have moundedyou have mounded
he/she/it has moundedthey have mounded
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been moundingwe have been mounding
you have been moundingyou have been mounding
he/she/it has been moundingthey have been mounding
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I moundedwe mounded
you moundedyou mounded
he/she/it moundedthey mounded
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was moundingwe were mounding
you were moundingyou were mounding
he/she/it was moundingthey were mounding
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had moundedwe had mounded
you had moundedyou had mounded
he/she/it had moundedthey had mounded
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been moundingwe had been mounding
you had been moundingyou had been mounding
he/she/it had been moundingthey had been mounding
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will moundwe shall/will mound
you will moundyou will mound
he/she/it will moundthey will mound
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be moundingwe shall/will be mounding
you will be moundingyou will be mounding
he/she/it will be moundingthey will be mounding
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have moundedwe shall/will have mounded
you will have moundedyou will have mounded
he/she/it will have moundedthey will have mounded
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been moundingwe shall/will have been mounding
you will have been moundingyou will have been mounding
he/she/it will have been moundingthey will have been mounding
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would moundwe should/would mound
you would moundyou would mound
he/she/it would moundthey would mound
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be moundingwe should/would be mounding
you would be moundingyou would be mounding
he/she/it would be moundingthey would be mounding
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have moundedwe should/would have mounded
you would have moundedyou would have mounded
he/she/it would have moundedthey would have mounded
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been moundingwe should/would have been mounding
you would have been moundingyou would have been mounding
he/she/it would have been moundingthey would have been mounding
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am moundedwe are mounded
you are moundedyou are mounded
he/she/it is moundedthey are mounded
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being moundedwe are being mounded
you are being moundedyou are being mounded
he/she/it is being moundedthey are being mounded
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been moundedwe have been mounded
you have been moundedyou have been mounded
he/she/it has been moundedthey have been mounded
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was moundedwe were mounded
you were moundedyou were mounded
he/she/it was moundedthey were mounded
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being moundedwe were being mounded
you were being moundedyou were being mounded
he/she/it was being moundedthey were being mounded
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been moundedwe had been mounded
you had been moundedyou had been mounded
he/she/it had been moundedthey had been mounded
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be moundedwe shall/will be mounded
you will be moundedyou will be mounded
he/she/it will be moundedthey will be mounded
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been moundedwe shall/will have been mounded
you will have been moundedyou will have been mounded
he/she/it will have been moundedthey will have been mounded