Translation examples
Era madera estacionada, creo, y alguna mano cuidadosa la había lustrado con cera de abejas.
“That was well-seasoned wood, I think, and it has been rubbed with bees’ wax by some careful hand.
Su pelo era del «bueno» —más liso que ensortijado— y sus facciones tenían la regularidad de los objetos colocados por una mano cuidadosa.
Her hair was “good”—more straight than kinky—and her features had the regularity of objects placed by a careful hand.
Si les falta una mano cuidadosa, la casa difícilmente podrá soportar la acción corrosiva de las intemperies, sobre todo la lluvia que empapa los adobes y el viento que va raspando como si estuviese forrado de lija gruesa.
With no careful hand to watch over it, such a house will have little chance of withstanding the corrosive effect of the elements, especially the drenching rain and the rough winds that rasp away at it like sandpaper.
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