Translation examples
Or observe the self-betrayal in Claudius’ deference to obsequious sorrow, where obsequious carries the concrete force of its Latin etymology (funeral obsequies), together with the more modern hint of falsehood, of hollow gesture.
Obsérvese la autotraición de Claudio cuando condesciende a una obsequious sorrow («pesar obsequioso»), donde obsequious porta la fuerza concreta de su etimología latina («obsequias») junto con su sentido más moderno de oropel, de gesto vacío.
Taking off his hat, he observed, ‘This is that we have fought for, and by God’s help we must maintain.’ Obsequiously wooing him, the City presented the Lord General with a gold bowl and ewer, valued at a thousand pounds and overflowing with gold coins.
Se quitó el sombrero y observó: —Es por esto por lo que hemos luchado, y con la ayuda de Dios debemos mantener la lucha. —La ciudad agasajó servilmente al lord general, y lo obsequió con una jofaina y un aguamanil de oro valorados en un millar de libras y rebosantes de monedas de oro.
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