Translation examples
It gives a whole new dimension to nose-picking.
Le da toda una nueva dimensión a lo de hurgarse la nariz.
it always reminded her of nose-picking, though it was only the technique whereby the colonel stimulated his thinking processes.
Le parecía que era como hurgarse la nariz, pero sólo se trataba de una técnica con la cual el coronel estimulaba sus procesos mentales.
He wasn’t including himself in this question: his tone was one of detached but not very strong interest, as if he were conducting a survey of people’s less attractive personal habits, such as nose-picking.
No se incluía a sí mismo en la pregunta: hablaba con un interés distanciado y no excesivo, como si estuviera llevando a cabo una encuesta sobre los hábitos personales menos atractivos de la gente, como el de hurgarse la nariz.
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