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I cried: “Was there indeed a marriage portion promised?
—¿Así que había una dote prometida? —exclamé—.
it was clear to the Court that the marriage portion was a hopeless debt.
quedó claro para el tribunal que la dote matrimonial era una deuda perdida.
Your marriage portion will be the same as it was for Lord Ferris;
La dote que lleves al matrimonio será la misma que iba a ser para lord Ferris;
"You give me the hundred thousand guilders as a marriage portion, don't you?
– ¿Me dais vos los cien mil florines a título de dote?
And then there was the one thing about Ernestina his uncle had thoroughly approved of: her massive marriage portion.
Y luego estaba aquella cualidad de Ernestina que su tío aprobaba sin reservas: su lucida dote.
Yes, Hadrian does like me, and may even contribute to my marriage portion. I believe he would.
—Sí, a Adriano le caigo bien y puede que hasta contribuya a mi dote. Creo que lo haría.
but he could not allow a lie to be his marriage-portion, whose life’s enterprise had been the research after truth.
pero no podía permitir que su dote fuera una mentira, dado que la empresa a la que había dedicado su vida era la búsqueda de la verdad.
She was employed as a maid, she told him, and saving her money for a marriage portion when she returned to Cherokee land.
Estaba empleada como doncella, le dijo, y así ahorraba dinero para su dote cuando regresara a su país cherokee.
only she mightn’t now be able to bring him anything like the marriage-portion of which he had begun by having the virtual promise. Mrs.
Pero ahora ella difícilmente podría cumplir con la dote que virtualmente le había prometido a Gravener.
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