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Instantly Ava bellowed confirmation, calling out the hour in the style of a village watchman in Egypt, perfect in every detail, down to the tapping of a wooden staff.Ava se lo confirmó a gritos inmediatamente, anunciando la hora como lo hubiera hecho un sereno de un pueblo egipcio, perfecto en todos los detalles, incluidos los bastonazos en el suelo.Ghosh, Amitav / The Calcutta ChromosomeGhosh, Amitav / El cromosoma CalcutaEl cromosoma CalcutaGhosh, AmitavThe Calcutta ChromosomeGhosh, Amitav© 1995 by Amitav Ghosh
And what do you think about the night watchman? I asked.¿Y qué piensas del vigilante?, le pregunté.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
And the night watchman stood up and said: look, Hans, stop being an idiot, or something like that.Y el vigilante se levantó y le dijo: mira, Hans, ya basta de hacer el imbécil, o algo así.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
Then the watchman gave him a shove and slammed the gates shut.Luego el vigilante le dio un empujón y cerró de golpe la verja.Ghosh, Amitav / The Calcutta ChromosomeGhosh, Amitav / El cromosoma CalcutaEl cromosoma CalcutaGhosh, AmitavThe Calcutta ChromosomeGhosh, Amitav© 1995 by Amitav Ghosh
The next day the night watchman got to the campsite very early, long before his shift began, and we spent some time at the beach together and then we went walking to Castelldefels.Al día siguiente el vigilante llegó muy temprano al camping, mucho antes de que empezara su turno y estuvimos juntos en la playa y después nos marchamos caminando a Castelldefels.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
I went over to the night watchman and gave him a kiss.Me acerqué al vigilante y le di un beso.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
On weekdays, anyway, Hans left his friends at ten to run to the tram stop and make it just on time to the factory where he worked as night watchman.En los días de semana, por otra parte, Hans abandonaba a sus amigos a las diez de la noche para dirigirse corriendo a la parada del tranvía y llegar a la hora justa a su trabajo de vigilante nocturno.Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 26662666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño2666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
The smell worked its way into the walls of the apartment where the wretched ex-watchman of the Castroverde campground was living.Un olor que se enroscaba por las paredes de la casa en donde entonces vivía el desdichado ex vigilante del camping de Castroverde.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
He banged on the gates, just in case there was a watchman inside to let him in.Llamó con fuerza a la verja, por si dentro había un vigilante que le dejara pasar.Ghosh, Amitav / The Calcutta ChromosomeGhosh, Amitav / El cromosoma CalcutaEl cromosoma CalcutaGhosh, AmitavThe Calcutta ChromosomeGhosh, Amitav© 1995 by Amitav Ghosh
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night watchman
vigilante
night watchman
vigilante nocturno
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watchman
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | watchman | watchmen, *watchmans, *watchmens |
| Possessive case | watchman's | watchmen's, *watchmans', *watchmens' |