Translation for "to pick out" to spanish
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It was not hard to pick out the figure he was looking for.
No le resultó difícil distinguir la silueta que buscaba.
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I tried to pick out my father's face in the mob, but it was hopeless.
Intenté descubrir entre la multitud el rostro de mi padre, pero fue inútil.
My eyes scan the room, trying to pick out something, anything.
Mis ojos recorren la sala tratando de descubrir algo, cualquier cosa.
the melody was eerily discordant, and Edgar found it difficult to pick out a pattern.
la melodía discordaba de forma inquietante, y a Edgar le resultó difícil descubrir su pauta.
Dozens of searchlights crisscrossed to pick out possible targets for German mortars and light artillery.
Docenas de reflectores entrecruzaban sus chorros de luz en un intento de descubrir blancos para los morteros y la artillería ligera alemana.
I tried to pick out Nephilim faces in the audience, but I wasn’t experienced enough to trust myself to do a thorough job.
Traté de descubrir rostros Nefilim entre el público, pero carecía de experiencia para reconocerlos.
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The reason he gave for this was that the sheer volume of information collected swamped analysts, making it impossible to pick out the relevant data to address specific threats.
La razón que ofreció para esta afirmación era que el mero volumen de información recopilada era tal que desbordaba a los analistas y hacía imposible entresacar los datos relevantes para afrontar amenazas específicas.
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It is not difficult to pick out the things which signal that a city is in trouble, or in decline.
No resulta difícil discernir las cosas que señalan que una ciudad está en peligro o en declive.
Timon shaded his eyes and tried to pick out the distinctive figure of the priest amongst the men in the castles.
Timón colocó una mano a modo de pantalla sobre los ojos y se esforzó por discernir la particular figura del sacerdote entre los hombres de los castillos.
‘The runes say …’ Whirrun squinted down like he was trying to pick out something a long way off. ‘There’s going to be blood.’
—Las runas dicen… —Whirrun entornó los ojos como si intentara discernir algo a lo lejos— que se va a derramar sangre.
As we made our slow progress toward the cathedral, my senses grew accustomed to the chaos and it was possible to pick out individual sounds, smells, and sights. Bread baking. Coal fires. Wood smoke. Fermentation.
Mientras avanzábamos en silencio hacia la catedral, mis sentidos se acostumbraron al caos y logré discernir sonidos, olores e imágenes por separado. Pan horneado. Fuego de carbón. Humo de leña. Fermentación.
He had managed to pick out the outlines of Britain, along with several stains that looked amazingly like giant cauliflowers, and above the window he had found a large frog with a tennis racquet in its mouth.
En ellas llegó a discernir la silueta de Gran Bretaña, junto con otras manchas diversas que, sorprendentísimamente, parecían coliflores gigantes; en el dintel de la ventana había descubierto un sapo de buen tamaño con una raqueta de tenis en la boca.
Nigger-Nicholas was usually quite indifferent to sunrises. However, he felt very pleased with the success of his initiative, and above all, he was proud of his own perspicacity. He had been able to pick out Napoleon from the common sailors, for whom he had nothing but contempt; from the beginning, he had guessed that this was a different breed of man—almost his equal. And now his diagnosis had been fully confirmed: the cabin hand had obviously not been brought up on the same diet of lard and moldy biscuit as those ignorant sailors.
El Negro Nicolas (a quien los amaneceres le eran, por otra parte, bastante indiferentes) se encontraba muy satisfecho del éxito de su iniciativa, y sobre todo estaba orgulloso de su perspicacia: entre esos gavieros hacia los que no sentía sino desprecio, había sabido discernir en Napoleón a un ser de una esencia diferente: casi su igual. Ahora veía confirmado su diagnóstico: el mozo de camarote no se alimentaba de la misma dieta de manteca que esos marineros de cortos alcances.
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By squinting until tears came into his eyes, he was able to pick out Hillcrest.
Forzando la vista hasta que los ojos se le anegaron de lágrimas, pudo divisar Hillcrest.
As her eyes adjusted to the dim light, Maggie was able to pick out a single high-heeled shoe, turned on its side in front of the fireplace.
Maggie logró divisar un zapato de tacón de lado delante de la chimenea.
At one point when he was able to spare a glance, Turalyon managed to pick out Danath again, and watched as the warrior impaled a charging orc upon his sword, yanked the blade free, and whirled to slice another's throat open.
En un momento dado, cuando pudo levantar la vista fugazmente, Turalyon logró divisar de nuevo a Danath y observó cómo el guerrero empalaba con su espada a un orco que arremetía contra él.
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