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Su despreciable egocentrismo su amarga hostilidad, su mal genio los lamentables actos de una vanidad sin límites y una envidia capaz de decolorar cualquier objeto.
His disgusting egotism... his bitter animosity, his ungovernable temper... the unfortunate foibles of a vanity without bounds, and a jealousy capable of discoloring every object.
Aunque entonces logré secar la piel antes de que se decolorara.
In that case I was able to dry the skin before mold discolored it.
Aquella fascinación aumentó durante un tiempo, hasta alcanzar cierto punto a partir del cual se mezcló en ella, gradualmente, una sensación de lo horrible que fue profundizándose, como verás, hasta decolorar y pervertir todos los aspectos de mi vida.
This fascination increased for a time, until it reached a certain point, when gradually a sense of the horrible mingled itself with it, deepening, as you shall hear, until it discolored and perverted the whole state of my life.
Por supuesto, la tinta no decolorará nada porque se fabrica en el apartado Deptford.
Certainly it will never be discoloured by the ink, which is manufactured in faraway Deptford.
En consecuencia tiene el significado original, no sólo de «colorear» o «decolorar», sino casi de lo contrario, «perder lustre».
As a result it has the early meaning, not only of ‘to colour’ or ‘discolour’, but also almost the opposite, ‘to lose lustre’.
Sin embargo, creo que estuve poco tiempo con ellos, porque no llegaron a decolorar o teñir mi piel, como suelen hacer con los niños pequeños que llevan con ellos en sus correrías.
but I believe it was but a very little while that I had been among them, for I had not had my skin discoloured or blackened, as they do very young to all the children they carry about with them;
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