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It certainly livened up the party, but apparently for some of them it wasn't fun.
—Desde luego la fiesta se ha animado mucho, pero al parecer a algunos no les ha divertido demasiado.
he had banned cars and unhappy faces, and people who didn't smile when they tried to get into the street were made to wear funny masks until they had livened up a bit.
prohibió el tráfico de vehículos, y las caras malhumoradas y las personas que intentaban acceder a la calle sin una sonrisa en los labios eran obligadas a llevar máscaras de payaso hasta que se hubieran animado un poco.
She says that some of the things in the book are strikingly daring, “this part about quenching his thirst lip to lip,” for instance, in a novel that’s otherwise said to be “une peinture remarquable des moeurs provinciales de la Normandie du XIX siècle”—an exceptional portrait of provincial customs in nineteenth century Normandy. And this, as well as making everyone laugh aloud, livens up the debate.
Dice que le llaman la atención ciertas prácticas —«Eso de calmar la sed labio con labio, por ejemplo»— en una novela que, por otra parte, se considera que es «une peinture remarquable des mœurs provinciales de la Normandie du XIX siècle», lo que provoca, además de la carcajada general, que se abra un animado debate.
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