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verbe
No wonder Lestat had chosen this place to throw down the gauntlet.
No era extraño que Lestat hubiese elegido aquel lugar para arrojar el guante.
In a minor way it was like being able to throw down your crutches and stride away from the spring at Lourdes.
Salvadas las distancias, era algo así como arrojar las muletas y echar a andar en Lourdes.
A flood came down suddenly just as the men were crossing and many of them had to throw down their tusks to save their lives.
Hubo una repentina crecida cuando lo estaban pasando los porteadores, y muchos de ellos tuvieron que arrojar sus colmillos para salvar la vida.
Everything was twinkling out there and an eager young man was sitting opposite me ready to throw down the gauntlet and challenge the world.
Todo resplandecía y un joven ansioso estaba sentado frente a mí dispuesto a arrojar el guante y desafiar al mundo.
verbe
She liked to throw down dares, but was vexed when they were taken up.
Le gustaba lanzar desafíos, pero le irritaba que se los aceptaran.
Had it not been Nanny Ogg, this would have been a challenge equal to throwing down a glove or, in slightly less exalted circles, smashing a bottle on the edge of a bar.
Si no hubiera sido Tata Ogg, éste habría sido un desafío igual a lanzar un guante o, en círculos ligeramente menos elevados, hacer añicos una botella sobre el borde de una barra.
verbe
I said to Pylas, “One can’t travel these hills in darkness; yet what a pity to throw down such a feast as this like men upon the march.
Dije yo a Pilas: —No se puede andar por estas montañas a oscuras, pero sería una lástima abandonar este festín como si estuvieseis de marcha.
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