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In the meantime, Gerard had taken hold of the chain with both hands.
Mientras tanto, Gérard había agarrado la cadena con las dos manos.
Before she knew it, Evreux had taken hold of her wrist.
Antes de que pudiera darse cuenta, Evreux la tenía agarrada por la muñeca.
He released her as suddenly as he'd taken hold and began walking away.
La soltó tan bruscamente como la había agarrado y empezó a alejarse.
Then, as quickly as they had taken hold of him, the hands were gone and he was alone.
Entonces, con la misma rapidez con la que lo habían agarrado, las manos desaparecieron y se encontró solo.
Sara had taken hold of one of the drunks, and was shaking him as if he were a little boy.
Sara había agarrado con fuerza a un hombre borracho. Lo sacudía como si se tratase de un niño pequeño.
He opened the door, and the flames, which by now had taken hold of the walls and some of the furniture, blazed up fiercely.
Abrió la puerta. Entonces las llamas, que ya se habían agarrado a las paredes de la cabaña y a algunos de los muebles, se inflamaron violentamente.
By this time Vladimir had taken hold of Baobab who was, in turn, losing his grip on the Malaysian woman. “What is this?”
Para entonces éste había agarrado del brazo a Baobab, que a su vez se había visto obligado a soltar a la chica malaya. —¿Qué haces?
Something else was happening: The ship was bending, folding up, as if it were cardboard, as if an invisible hand had taken hold of it, had begun squeezing it.
Estaba sucediendo algo más: la nave se estaba curvando, doblándose, como si estuviera hecha de cartón, como si una mano invisible la hubiera agarrado y hubiera empezado a apretar.
Colette, her back to the two men, had taken hold of the red wooden handle of the light switch the master switch, which the working girl had warned her of earlier and she plunged the factory into darkness.
Colette, de espaldas a los dos hombres, había agarrado el mango rojo de madera del interruptor —el general, de cuya existencia le había advertido la trabajadora un rato antes— y sumió a la fábrica en la oscuridad.
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