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Con aquel fantasioso nombre de opereta, Kimberly hacía todo lo posible por acicalarse, aquellos agujeros en las orejas para ponerse bonita, para adornarse.
Kimberly with her soap opera name tried to fix herself, punched all those holes in her ears trying to look pretty, trying to decorate herself.
La comida no representa crimen alguno en la mesa ni jamás se piensa en ello, pero como el animal-hombre puede hablar, vestirse con fibras vegetales y adornarse con pedazos de metal o de cuarzo brillante, se da un valor a su vida que niegan al cerdo o a la vaca que pasta en los prados de los mismos que late matan.
There's hardly a dish at your table which doesn't represent wilful murder, and yet you never think of it, but because the man animal can talk and dresses himself or herself in queer animal and vegetable fabrics, and decorates the body with bits of metal and pieces of glittering quartz, you give its life a value which you deny to the cattle within your gates!
Una mujer tiene que adornarse siempre con un ramito de flores o con algún broche.
A woman should always adorn herself with a small bouquet of flowers or a brooch.
Les encantaba adornarse con magia y dormir con ella, metida debajo de la cabeza.
They like to adorn their bodies with magic, like to sleep with it at night, tucked beneath their heads.
¿Acaso es más ladino que adornarse con buenas ropas para atraer la mirada de tu amada?
Is it any more underhanded than adorning yourself with fine clothing to catch the eye of your beloved?
Se empieza á embanderar toda la armada, Y de toldos alegres á adornarse,
Começa a embandeirar-se toda a armada, E de toldos alegres se adornou,
Adornarse ellos mismos con flores, danzar, cantar al sol; esto era lo que quedaba del espíritu artístico y nada más.
To adorn themselves with flowers, to dance, to sing in the sunlight: so much was left of the artistic spirit, and no more.
Todas las semanas él le da tanto dinero de bolsillo como lo que gana la cocinera y Lizzie da a los pobres que lo merecen lo que no gasta en adornarse.
He gives her each week in pin-money the same as the cook gets for wages and Lizzie gives that which she does not spend on personal adornment to the deserving poor.
A Ursula le encantaba adornarse, y su padre le ataba un cordel de algodón en la oreja y colgaba del extremo una cuenta azul, como si fuera un pendiente.
She was very fond of adorning herself, so he would tie a piece of cotton round her ear, and hang a blue bead on it underneath for an ear-ring.
No volvieron a verla enredada en matonerías de barriada, y si de vez en cuando abría la caja del tesoro era para adornarse con alhajas y contemplarse en el espejo.
She was never again seen engaged in childish brawls in the barrio, and if from time to time she opened the treasure chest, it was to adorn herself with jewelry and gaze at herself in the mirror.
Todas esas mujeres pueden vestirse y adornarse como flores rutilantes para complacer a un hombre, pero detrás de su actitud y de su risa, saben que el hombre con el que flirtean es superior.
All of these women may dress and adorn themselves up like scintillating flowers to please a man, but behind their manner and laugh, they know the man they flirt with is superior.
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