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Why, then, after so severe a judgment, was he wasting the dawn recalling this aesthetic imperfection, a crude scribbler who, to make matters worse, even plied the ugly trade of informer?
¿Por qué, pues, luego de fallo tan severo, perdía este amanecer rememorando una imperfección estética, un chusco cacógrafo que, para colmo, llegó a ejercer el feo oficio de soplón?
It gave me pleasure to sit on the terrasse of the little tabac and observe her as she plied her trade, observe her as she resorted to the same grimaces, the same tricks, with others as she had with me.
Me daba placer sentarme en la terraza del pequeño tabac y observarla ejercer su oficio, observar cómo recurría con otros a las mismas muecas, a los mismos trucos, que había usado conmigo.
So, on having his official office shut down, Rasputin -- so called by the Soviets for his ability to get women to bend to his will -- had simply plied his trade in the new free-enterprise environment.
De modo que cuando cerraron su departamento, Rasputín, así llamado por los soviéticos por su habilidad para someter a las mujeres a su voluntad, se había limitado a ejercer su profesión en el nuevo ambiente del libre mercado.
His chalk-white skin and utterly hairless face and body usually made him conspicuous among the peoples of the planets on which he plied his trade, and even on those infrequent occasions when his complexion might have allowed him to pass, his size made him stand out.
Su piel blanca como la tiza y su total carencia de vello corporal le hacían destacar entre los habitantes de los planetas que visitaba para ejercer su profesión e, incluso en las poco frecuentes ocasiones en que su complexión le habría permitido pasar desapercibido entre ellos, su talla le hacía destacar.
verb
Colonel Zane coughed, and then, catching Betty’s glance, which had begun to flash, he plied his spade vigorously.
El coronel Zane tosió y luego, sorprendiendo una mirada de Betty, que había empezado a sonrojarse, se dedicó a manejar la pala.
Felix, while he plied his brush, told her a great many stories, and she listened with charmed avidity. Her eyes rested upon his lips;
Felix, sin dejar de manejar los pinceles, le contó muchas historias y ella le escuchaba con encantadora avidez, los ojos en los labios de su primo y muy seria.
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