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verb
En ellos no han recibido a los soldados con la gratitud que los pueblos prósperos deben a sus defensores, sino con el amargo antagonismo (o incluso la franca hostilidad) que deparan los pueblos mal tratados a las tropas que exigen más comida y forraje de los que los aldeanos están en condiciones de proporcionar.
There the soldiers have been greeted, not with the gratitude a prosperous people owe their defenders, but with the sullen antagonism (or even open hostility) that a mistreated populace feels for troops who require more food and forage than the townspeople seem able to offer.
Yo mismo haré una inspección dentro de tres meses y si encuentro cualquier desobediencia o que los niños han sido mal tratados o que son infelices con usted... entonces le sentenciaré a 20 años de prisión sin fianza.
I will check on them after three months, and if I find any violation, or that the children are ill-treated or unhappy with you, I shall sentence you to 20 years imprisonment without bail.
verb
Ella me abrió su pecho con toda franqueza y me di cuenta de que, a pesar de que creía que había sido mal tratada, no estaba resentida por ello, sino muy picada por haberlo perdido y, sobre todo, porque pudiera conquistarlo otra con menos fortuna.
I perceived presently that though she thought herself very ill used, yet she had no power to resent it, and was exceedingly piqued that she had lost him, and particularly that another of less fortune had gained him. I fortified her mind against such a meanness, as I called it;
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