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Te he provocado disgustos, desvelos y también sustos porque me porto muy mal.
¤ I've caused you trouble,... ¤ anxieties and terrors... ¤ because I behave very badly.
Para apurar mis desvelos sólo quisiera saber qué otros delitos cometí además del de nacer,
Still, I should like to know, to ease my anxiety, how I could offend You more, to deserve more punishment?
Eran desvelos normales, puntos fijos en el mapa de la guerra.
Such were ordinary anxieties, fixed points on the map of this war.
Aquí debo indicar que mis desvelos y preocupaciones, enigmas y humillaciones buscaron salida a dos niveles muy distintos.
I should indicate here that my anxieties and concerns, enigmas and humiliations sought an outlet on two very distinct levels—contrary, I should say.
Aceptaba con calma los desvelos de Erica, pero no solía tener paciencia para quedarse sentada en su regazo y dejarse acariciar demasiado tiempo.
Anna took Erica’s anxieties in stride but seldom had the patience to sit on her lap or let herself be cuddled for very long.
Los británicos desperdiciaban riquezas, energía y desvelos al cultivar el tipo erróneo de quino a una altura inapropiada, y Henry, con fría satisfacción, lo sabía.
The British were expending wealth, energy, and anxiety growing the wrong species of cinchona at the wrong altitude, and Henry, with cold satisfaction, knew it.
Si, no obstante, se confirmaba que no quería volver a ver a Emmanuelle, ¡pues bien!, quería decir que no merecía el desvelo que estaba provocando.
If, however, it turned out that she did not want to see Emmanuelle again, it would mean only that she was not worth all the anxiety that Emmanuelle was feeling.
El médico aseguró ante las cámaras que tu ansiedad y preocupación por Charles conmovieron a todo el personal del hospital… —Puro teatro —desveló ella, lanzando una sonora carcajada—.
The doctor who was interviewed told how your anxiety and concern for Charles touched the hearts of the medical staff." "Pure theatrics." She laughed.
Dulcie llevaba un rato queriendo preguntarle por su hermano Neville, y ahora, una vez superados con éxito los desvelos de la comida, reunió el valor para hacerlo.
Dulcie had been wanting to ask him about his brother Neville, and now, with the anxieties of the meal safely behind her, she found the courage to begin.
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