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Tissues in these areas become drier and thinner.
Los tejidos en estas áreas se vuelven más secos y delgados.
©2012 International Myeloma Foundation
©2012 International Myeloma Foundation
To locate them, Stone peers back into the sink: "As the water (or solar wind) expands, it gets thinner and thinner, and it can't push as hard.
Para darnos una idea de la ubicación en la cual se encuentran, Stone regresa a la pileta para lavar los platos, en la cocina: "Conforme se expande el agua (o el viento solar), se torna cada vez más delgada y deja de ejercer una presión significativa.
Prenatal exposure of rat pups to phenylacetate (the active metabolite of phenylbutyrate) produced lesions in cortical pyramidal cells; dendritic spines were longer and thinner than normal and reduced in number.
La exposición prenatal de crías de rata al fenilacetato (el metabolito activo del fenilbutirato) produjo lesiones en las células piramidales corticales; las espinas dendríticas eran más largas y finas de lo normal y su número, reducido.
Then a thin, dark-skinned young woman with big breasts took off her clothes while seated on a bed.
Después aparecía una mujer joven, muy morena, delgada y con grandes pechos, que se desnudaba sentada en una cama.
Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 2666
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Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño
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Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño
© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
The descriptions he could come up with were vague, when not contradictory: Cifuentes was short and thin and his sister was nondescript looking.
Las descripciones que pudo conseguir fueron vagas, cuando no contradictorias: Cifuentes era chaparro y muy delgado y su hermana tenía rasgos físicos nada memorables.
Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 2666
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Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño
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Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño
© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
He could read the name 'Joanie' stamped in thin letters in the center of the chain.
En el centro de la cadena se alcanzaba a leer «Joanie» grabado en letras diminutas.
Katzenbach, John / Just CauseKatzenbach, John / Juicio Final
Juicio Final
Katzenbach, John
© 1992 by John Katzenbach
© Ediciones B, S. A., 2006
Just Cause
Katzenbach, John
© 1992 by John Katzenbach
Weirdest of all, the silver layer is so thin—only 50 to 100 nanometers—that it actually solidifies.
Lo más extraño de todo es que la capa de plata es tan delgada —sólo de 50 a 100 nanómetros— que en realidad se solidifica.
The broken filaments of the flash would turn a molten marble blue or sometimes smoke the thin glass black.
Los filamentos rotos se volvían de un azul intenso o ennegrecían el fino cristal con el humo.
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
One of the employees was a young pharmacist, barely out of his teens, extremely thin and with big glasses, who would sit up at night reading a book when the pharmacy was open twenty-four hours.
Uno de los empleados era un farmacéutico casi adolescente, extremadamente delgado y de grandes gafas, que por las noches, cuando la farmacia estaba de turno, siempre leía un libro.
Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 2666
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Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño
2666
Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño
© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
A little thin, maybe, but you've hardly aged at all."
Un poco delgado, quizá, pero apenas has envejecido.
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
It looks like a croissant because the twisted ropes are fat in the middle and thin on the ends."
Se ve como un croissant porque las cuerdas retorcidas son gruesas en el centro y delgadas en los extremos".
Perhaps my medications were wearing thin.
Quizá los efectos de la medicación empezaban a diluirse.
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
Nisus tilted his head to one side, resting it against a long, thin spear with three prongs.
Niso ladeó la cabeza y la apoyó sobre una larga y fina lanza con tres puntas.
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
He was smiling, but his lips formed only a thin line.
Sonreía, pero sus labios formaban un trazo delgado-.
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
Only whole thin skirt may be imported under the quota.
En el marco del contingente sólo podrán importarse delgados enteros.

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thin cardboard
cartulina
make thin
enflaquecer
thin out
entresacar
grow thin
enflaquecer
grow thin
enflaquecerse
grow thin
adelgazarse
thin-layer chromatography
cromatografía en capa fina

Word forms

thin

adjective
Positive degreethin
Comparative degreethinner
Superlative degreethinnest