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Y no tenía ni idea de por qué. ¿Para poseerlos? ¿Para venderlos?
And she had no idea why. To own them? To sell them? To possess them?
Algunas personas harían lo que fuera por poseerlas, aunque tuvieran que mantenerlas ocultas para siempre.
Some people would do anything to own them, even if they remained a secret forever.
No. Pensándolo mejor, soy avaro respecto a los libros. Deseo poseerlos.
No. On second thought, I am greedy about books. I do want to own them.
Phiri sólo vio reses, mombies, y lo asaltó el ansia de poseerlas.
What Mr Phiri saw was cattle, saw mombies, and he longed to own them.
solo quería poseerlos, como trofeos, en su creciente biblioteca de White Acre.
he merely wanted to own them, as prizes for his growing library at White Acre.
Sentir pasión por las viñas y las bodegas no sólo significa que te guste poseerlas;
Having a passion for your vineyards and cellar doesn’t just mean loving to own them;
La necesidad de América de hacer las cosas americanas para poseerlas, pensó Solanka, era el signo de una extraña inseguridad.
America’s need to make things American, to own them, thought Solanka, was the mark of an odd insecurity.
Durante otro registro, la policía descubrió un arma de fuego en la vivienda de verano del autor, quien fue acusado de poseerla ilegalmente.
During another search, the police discovered a firearm in the author's summer house, and he was accused of the illegal possession of said firearm.
a) Carece de un documento de viaje válido y de un visado cuando sea obligatorio poseerlo;
(a) he/she is not in possession of a valid travel document and a visa when it is obligatory to have it;
Tener algo es poseerlo y poseer algo es dominarlo.
To have something is to possess it, and to possess something is to dominate it.
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