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Por ley natural, los padres tienen que morir antes que los hijos y a nosotros nos toca sucederlos.
The death of parents is in the course of nature, and we must succeed them.
Los sucesivos ministros observaron con recelo el carisma y el talento mágico de Dumbledore, y temieron que desease sucederlos en el puesto.
successive Ministers feared Dumbledore’s charisma and magical talent, and were inclined to harbour fears that he wished to succeed them).
Por entonces yo ya había empezado a comprender que nunca iba a ser escritora, ni siquiera submarinista, y que las hermanas Brontë tendrían que esperar a otra candidata más afín para sucederlas.
By then I’d begun to realize that I would never be a writer, or even a submariner, and that the Brontë sisters would have to wait for another, more like-minded candidate to succeed them.
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