Translation for "short-shrifts" to spanish
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Translation examples
The Cappadocians were making short shrift of the unfortunate legionaries on the right flank.
Los capadocios prestaban escasa atención a los desventurados legionarios del flanco derecho.
Most of the graveyard's residents gave him a wide berth; those who did not received short shrift.
La mayoría de los residentes del cementerio le evitaban, pero los que no lo hacían recibían escasa atención.
Don played the customary role of the concerned spouse—he rang the university and received short shrift from one ill-tempered secretary or intern after another, none of them the slightest bit interested in Don’s plight, none of them knowledgeable of any professor by the name of Bjorn Trent.
Desempeñó el papel de esposo preocupado de manual: llamó a la universidad y recabó escasa información de una secretaria o becario malhumorado tras otro, ninguno de los cuales estaba interesado en lo más mínimo en su apuro, ninguno de los cuales conocía a nadie que se llamase Bjorn Trent.
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