Translation examples
‘Yes, yes, yes!’ said the High King, rueing his choice of a phrase.
—¡Sí, sí, desde luego! —exclamó el gran soberano lamentando la frase escogida—.
Her greatness of spirit he acknowledges and rues, and moves to outwit the serpent of old Nile.
Reconociendo y lamentando su grandeza de ánimo, él se dispone a burlar a la serpiente del Nilo.
Lost to both of them, he realised, understanding that Macro would rue its passing at least as much as himself.
Más aún, se dio cuenta de que ambos lo habían perdido, y comprendió que Macro lo estaría lamentando tanto como él.
He leaned against the rail, thinking how much he’d like to light up a Gauloise right now, rueing the fact that smoking was banned for all staff aboard ship.
Se apoyó en la barandilla, pensando en lo mucho que le gustaría encender un Gauloise en este momento, lamentando que a todo el personal a bordo del yate le estuviera prohibido fumar.
If Maelo had been anyone else, Arminius would have punched his teeth down his throat – or tried to, he thought, rueing not just the previous night’s quantity of beer, but his recent behaviour. Maelo was right.
Arminio le habría hecho tragarse los dientes de un puñetazo, o al menos lo habría intentado, pensó, lamentando no solo la cantidad de cerveza que había ingerido la noche anterior, sino su comportamiento reciente. Maelo tenía razón.
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