Translation examples
verb
My nose is about to fall off.
Se me va a caer la nariz.
He managed to fall off the bed.
Consiguió caer de la cama.
Evidently, it took about three years for the mortar to weaken and then the bricks began to fall off.
Al parecer, al cabo de unos tres años el cemento se disgregaba y los ladrillos empezaban a desprenderse.
She stirred the stew-it had been cooking for an hour now, and meat was beginning to fall off the bones.
Removió el estofado, que llevaba más de una hora cociendo a fuego lento; la carne empezaba a desprenderse de los huesos.
His fingers are swollen, and his nails, beneath which flows a gelatinous liquid with an indescribable stench, are beginning to fall off.
Los dedos están hinchados y las uñas empiezan a desprenderse de la piel, por las que fluye un líquido gelatinoso de hedor indescriptible.
women’s heels, for they were mangled-looking, deprived of flowing blood and abundantly blistered, and the smallest toes’ nails were blackening and preparing, Marathe noted, in the future to fall off.
Las uñas de los dedos pequeños se ennegrecían y se preparaban para desprenderse en el futuro, notó Marathe.
Here there was a tiny beach with steep, overhanging cliffs-so overhanging that it almost seemed as if a big piece was about to fall off!     ”Just the place.”
Allí había una pequeña playa entre altos acantilados… tanto… que parecía que iba a desprenderse alguna roca grande de un momento a otro.
The sails slackened, flapped, and her way began to fall off.
Las velas se pusieron flácidas, gualdrapearon, y la velocidad empezó a disminuir.
They rocketed down the hills but as soon as they reached the level ground their speed began to fall off.
Bajaron la ladera como una exhalación, pero en cuanto llegaron al llano la velocidad comenzó a disminuir.
verb
“True again.” She traced a third symbol, and the noise level upstairs began to fall off.
—Cierto, de nuevo —trazó un tercer símbolo y el ruido que se escuchaba en el piso de arriba comenzó a bajar—.
verb
She tried to contain herself, but her schoolwork began to fall off, though she had always been a conscientious student even if not the smartest brain in her class.
Intentaba contenerse, pero su rendimiento escolar empezó a decaer, pese a que siempre había sido una estudiante aplicada, sin ser la más lista de la clase.
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