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Para ellos el hombre de color no es más que una oveja que hay que esquilar.
The black man for them is a sheep to be sheared.
«A medianoche y con las tijeras de esquilar», como decía Mimmi.
In the middle of the night with the sheep shears, as Mimmi said.
siempre estaban más que dispuestas a trabajar durante la época de esquilar.
They were always quite keen to work during shearing.
Tiffany dejó muy atrás los cobertizos de esquilar, y nadie la vio.
Tiffany left the shearing sheds way behind. No one was watching.
—intervino Bronwyn—. Le clavó unas tijeras de esquilar entre los ojos.
said Bronwyn. “Stabbed it through the eyes with a pair of sheep shears!
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Donde todo lo que se necesita son agallas Y un mal acento húngaro para esquilar a las personas bellas.
Yeah, where all a guy needs is guts and a bad Hungarian accent to fleece the beautiful people.
La reina sabía mejor que nadie cómo esquilar a su cordero Enrique.
The queen knew better than any how easily her lamb Henry could be fleeced.
Si quieres esquilar a esa oveja, tendrás que hacerlo solo. —Vale, considera el plan desechado —dijo Farl—. Y ahora, cuéntame por qué.
Fleece such sheep an' ye'll do it alone." Farl looked at him. "Right, consider the plot abandoned. Now tell me why."
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