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FANNY: You might pretend to be worried—just out of decency.
FANNY .—Podrías fingir que estás preocupado, sólo por decencia.
I felt I should leave, out of decency, but Aaron gave me no signal.
Pensé que debía salir de la habitación, por decencia, pero Aarón no me hizo ninguna señal.
He could hear them that night, as on previous nights; they were not discreet out of decency or out of fear of him.
Podía oírlos esa noche, como en las noches anteriores, ni siquiera se cuidaban por decencia o por temor de él.
(Kaliinin looked in their direction in surprise.) "She will ignore you, I'm sure, out of decency and out of a feeling that in short order she will wish you to ignore her."
(Kaliinin los miró sorprendida.) Estoy segura de que lo ignorará por decencia y por el presentimiento de que, a no tardar, deseará que usted haga otro tanto.
Out of decency, Jean Lafitte could not go running to ask Juliana to marry him he would have to wait a prudent amount of time but the idea had already taken shape in his mind and in his heart, though he had not dared put it in words.
Por decencia, Jean Laffite no podía salir corriendo a pedirle a Juliana que se casara con él, debía esperar un plazo prudente, pero la idea ya había tomado forma en su mente y en su corazón, aunque todavía no se atrevía a ponerla en palabras.
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