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—Así que por lo visto ha estado haciendo la mili, ¿no?
“So, it looks like you’ve finished your military service?”
Todos sabían que había hecho la mili en Brindisi.
Everyone knew he had done his military service at Brindisi.
Hizo la mili como paracaidista y después estudió para oficial de la reserva.
He was in the paratroopers when he did his military service, then he went on to train as an officer in the reserves.
Me debería haber esforzado más cuando hice la mili en lugar de perder el tiempo como un zángano.
Should have made a bit more of an effort when I did my military service.
Habían ido juntos a la mili. ¿Conoces a Michel?, preguntó Régis. Yo conocía a Michel.
They had done their military service together. You know Michel? asked Régis. I knew Michel.
Allí se echó un novio que estaba haciendo la mili, la dejó embarazada y desapareció.
She had a boyfriend while she was there, he was doing his military service, he got her pregnant and then he disappeared.
¡Dínoslo!, pidieron los muchachos. ¡La mili! La horizontalidad del paisaje circundante les era extraña, y no les resultaba fácil calcular las distancias.
Tell us! demanded the boys. Military service! The flatness of the surrounding countryside was unfamiliar, making it difficult to judge distances.
En el primero, un padre se acostaba con su joven y bella nuera mientras el hijo estaba en la mili o en prisión, y cuando el hijo regresaba y se enteraba, lo mataba.
In the first kind, a father would bed his beautiful young daughter-in-law while his son was away on military service or in prison, after which the son, discovering the truth upon his return, would murder his father.
En realidad se sentía sin fuerzas, pero como decía algún sargento cuando él hizo la mili: «Tienes que correr hasta que incluso tu madre piense que estás muerto, y después correr un poco más».
He didn't really have the strength, but as some sergeant had said to him during his military service, 'You're going to run until even your own mother thinks you're dead, and then you're going to run a little bit more.'
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