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Ella tenía una «mente práctica, aguda percepción y particular encanto».
She had a “practical mind, keen perception, and rare charm.”
Su mente práctica sopesó los sentimientos y las ventajas y ganaron estas últimas.
Her practical mind could weigh sentiment against advantages, and the advantages won.
—Eso es pedirme demasiado —protestó compresiblemente Everard, como habría hecho un vagabundo de mente práctica—.
"This is asking much of me," Everard protested reasonably, as a practical-minded hobo would.
Su mente práctica dejó volar la imaginación y se permitió el lujo de detenerse en una o dos bonitas escenas futuras.
She let her busy, practical mind speed ahead, allowed herself the luxury of indulging in one or two pretty images of the future.
Iza estaba convencida de que debía su formación ideológica a Vince, un hombre carente de conciencia política, pero que actuaba movido por los reflejos de su honestidad humana; y pensaba que había logrado acabar sus estudios universitarios gracias a la mente práctica de la madre y a su ingenio para sortear la pobreza.
Iza was convinced that her whole outlook – including her entirely instinctive political attitudes based on purely human reflexes – was down to the example of Vince and that the fact she got through university and emerged with qualifications was attributable to her mother’s practical mind in getting over the complications of poverty. Iza set about her obligations to them whenever and however she could, in the most natural way without ever being asked or called upon.
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