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A permutation of known words... suddenly bringing forward a previously unknown meaning.
Una permutación de palabras conocidas que adelanta repentinamente un significado hasta ahora desconocido.
On a fragment of stone, we recognized two known words.
En un fragmento de piedra, reconocimos dos palabras conocidas.
He did not like the grown—ups who talked down to him, but the ones who went on talking in their usual way, leaving him to leap along in their wake, jumping at meanings, guessing, clutching at known words, and chuckling at complicated jokes as they suddenly dawned.
No le hacían gracia las personas mayores que se dirigían a él con aires de superioridad, sino las que hablaban de un modo natural, que le permitieran sacar conclusiones, que adivinase, y se aferrase a palabras conocidas, o se riera de chistes jocosos.
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