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I consider woman as a beautiful, romantic animal, that may be adorned with furs and feathers, pearls and diamonds, ores and silks.
Pienso que la mujer es un bello animal romántico, que puede ser adornado con pieles y plumas, perlas y diamantes, sedas y metales.
A woman should always adorn herself with a small bouquet of flowers or a brooch.
Una mujer tiene que adornarse siempre con un ramito de flores o con algún broche.
They like to adorn their bodies with magic, like to sleep with it at night, tucked beneath their heads.
Les encantaba adornarse con magia y dormir con ella, metida debajo de la cabeza.
Is it any more underhanded than adorning yourself with fine clothing to catch the eye of your beloved?
¿Acaso es más ladino que adornarse con buenas ropas para atraer la mirada de tu amada?
Começa a embandeirar-se toda a armada, E de toldos alegres se adornou,
Se empieza á embanderar toda la armada, Y de toldos alegres á adornarse,
To adorn themselves with flowers, to dance, to sing in the sunlight: so much was left of the artistic spirit, and no more.
Adornarse ellos mismos con flores, danzar, cantar al sol; esto era lo que quedaba del espíritu artístico y nada más.
He gives her each week in pin-money the same as the cook gets for wages and Lizzie gives that which she does not spend on personal adornment to the deserving poor.
Todas las semanas él le da tanto dinero de bolsillo como lo que gana la cocinera y Lizzie da a los pobres que lo merecen lo que no gasta en adornarse.
She was very fond of adorning herself, so he would tie a piece of cotton round her ear, and hang a blue bead on it underneath for an ear-ring.
A Ursula le encantaba adornarse, y su padre le ataba un cordel de algodón en la oreja y colgaba del extremo una cuenta azul, como si fuera un pendiente.
She was never again seen engaged in childish brawls in the barrio, and if from time to time she opened the treasure chest, it was to adorn herself with jewelry and gaze at herself in the mirror.
No volvieron a verla enredada en matonerías de barriada, y si de vez en cuando abría la caja del tesoro era para adornarse con alhajas y contemplarse en el espejo.
All of these women may dress and adorn themselves up like scintillating flowers to please a man, but behind their manner and laugh, they know the man they flirt with is superior.
Todas esas mujeres pueden vestirse y adornarse como flores rutilantes para complacer a un hombre, pero detrás de su actitud y de su risa, saben que el hombre con el que flirtean es superior.
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