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Se preguntó por qué Der Alte trataba de desalentarle.
So now Alois wondered why Der Alte had been seeking to discourage him.
Había pensado que sólo se trataba de una postura para desalentarle en su deseo de venir hasta aquí.
He had thought it was just a pose to discourage him from wanting to go there.
Yo creía que sabría menos de lo que sabía en realidad, y me esforzaba por no desalentarlo.
I had thought he would know less than he did, and was striving not to discourage him.
Y fingía que creía que Lucy había tenido razón al desalentarle de que abriera un estudio por su cuenta.
And he pretended that he believed she had been right to discourage him from opening a studio of his own.
Le hubiera gustado hablarle con franqueza, explicarle por qué no le respondía pues, al fin y al cabo, no quería desalentarlo.
She would have liked to talk frankly with George, explain why she was not responding. She did not, after all, want to discourage him.
Un consomé royale no llevaba aquellos aderezos herbáceos, que lo convertirían en un consomé julienne, pero Gabe no quería desalentarlo. —Está bien —dijo—.
A consommé royale did not have those herb garnishes. That would turn it into a consommé julienne. But Gabe did not want to discourage him. 'It's OK,' he said.
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