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El resultado era una generosa cosecha de cebollas, acelgas, lechugas y tomates.
The result was a bountiful crop of onions, chard, lettuce, and tomatoes.
Cogíamos judías verdes en cubos de veintitrés litros y acelgas con una carretilla.
We gathered green beans in five-gallon buckets and chard in a wheelbarrow.
Se acercó a paso rápido y vio a la señora Zeit cortando acelgas en la cocina.
He strode towards it and found Frau Zeit chopping chard in the kitchen.
En el huerto siguen creciendo las acelgas, todavía hay zanahorias y tomates verdes;
Her vegetable garden is still pushing up the Swiss chard, there are still carrots and green tomatoes;
Comemos las hojas de repollos, espinacas, acelgas y coles chinas, así como otras plantas de ensaladas y condimentos;
We eat the leaves of cabbage, spinach, chard and pak choi, as well as other salad plants and herbs;
La señora Luddy me dejaba comprarle helados y verduras, esperando la época de la col y las acelgas, pero era demasiado pronto.
Luddy let me buy her ice cream and green vegetables. She was waiting for kale and chard, but it was too early.
Gaetano se sorbió la nariz, barbotó algo como para decir gracias y se puso a trinchar acelgas para los animales, con ímpetu, como si cortase cabezas.
Gaetano snuffled noisily and mumbled something like “thanks.” He started cutting up chard for the animals, with enough vigor to be chopping off heads.
Y, mientras se tomaba su ensalada de acelgas y remolacha, me confesó que su principal objetivo era traer a su hermana a Nueva York, para alejarla de ese hombre—.
Her ultimate aim, she confided, over her chard and beetroot salad, was to bring her sister to New York, away from that man.
Picoteó la punta de una acelga, un cachito de patata cocida, restos de la víspera, más que nada porque le disgusta tirar la comida, pero fue inútil. ¿Y eso?
She picked at some Swiss chard, a tiny bit of potato, both left over from the previous evening, more than anything because she hated to throw food away, but it was useless. Why is that?
Preparado para encontrarse con máquinas, le sorprendió ver un invernadero que cubría un tercio de kilómetro cuadrado lleno de cebollas españolas, tomates, acelgas, lechugas, cilantro, alverjas, pimentón, perejil, ajos, repollos, toronjil y rábanos.
Expecting to see machines, he was unprepared to also find greenhouse enclosures covering a third of a square kilometer, filled with Spanish onions, tomatoes, chard, lettuce, cilantro, peas, peppers, parsely, . garlic, cabbage, balm, and radishes.
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