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Tradicionalmente, los indios recolectaban en verano las conchas en la arena y reservaban para el invierno el tedioso trabajo de perforarlas con un punzón de piedra.
Traditionally, the Indians had dug the shells from the sand in summer and done the tedious work of piercing them with a stone drill in winter.
- Intentaron envenenarla, han estado a punto de perforarle el estómago.
They tried to poison her, they've been on the verge of perforating her stomach.
- La explosión,... podría perforarle los tímpanos.
-What? The blast, it could perforate your eardrums.
El arma fracturó el cráneo pero no llegó a perforarlo.
The weapon cracked the skull, but it didn't perforate it.
Vale decir que Davey Johnston y yo estábamos a punto de perforarles la valla.
That is, Davey Johnston and I were about to perforate their nets.
Clavar a la víctima a la pared, atravesarla, perforarla, así se trate de un peno: dejarlo ahí crucificado hasta que muera.
Nail the victim to the wall, pierce it, perforate, like a dog: leave it crucified until it dies.
Jonas le hincó un dedo índice en el pecho y empezó a repiquetear como si quisiera perforarle el esternón.
Jonas put his index finger on the priest’s chest and started to prod him as if trying to perforate his sternum.
El acero, dentro de aquella armazón a prueba de choques, era demasiado resistente para que Maitland pudiera perforarlo.
The heavy-gauge steel inside its collision-resistant frame was too strong for him to perforate. Maitland dropped the spanner on to the muddy ground at his feet.
Sintió una punzada brutal en el costado, como si alguien le hubiera golpeado las costillas con un martillo, y comprendió que el filo se había hundido hasta perforarle el pulmón.
He felt a brutal stab in his side, as if someone had bashed his ribs with a hammer, and realized that the cutting edge had sunk so deep, it had perforated his lung.
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