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Caballeros, es una suprema ironía... que el mundano Becket, el derrochador y libertino, se encuentre a sí mismo... aquí en este momento.
Gentlemen, it is a supreme irony that the worldly Becket, the profligate and libertine should find himself standing here at this moment.
La suprema ironía de la vida es que casi nadie sale vivo de ella.
The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.
Era el niño suplantado… y, en un rasgo de suprema ironía, Pickman había pintado las facciones de aquel adolescente de forma que guardaban un extraordinario parecido con las suyas.
It was their changeling — and in a spirit of supreme irony Pickman had given the features a very perceptible resemblance to his own.
–¡Cuando no se puede detener al asesino -dijo Larsan con un tono de suprema ironía-, uno siempre se puede dar el lujo de descubrir a los cómplices!
"When you can't arrest the real murderer," he said with an air of supreme irony, "you can always indulge in the luxury of discovering accomplices."
Fue una suprema ironía que esta arma soviética, el rifle de asalto preferido de cualquier movimiento disidente y terrorista del mundo, se usara contra los propios rusos.
It was a supreme irony that this Soviet weapon, the preferred assault rifle of every dissident movement and terrorist in the world, was now being used against them.
Una delle supreme ironie della storia... sinceri e brillanti ricercatori di verità e conoscenza, eppure tutta la loro filosofia è stata stravolta senza speranza dalla superstizione...
One of history's supreme ironies – sincere and brilliant seekers of knowledge and truth, yet their whole philosophy hopelessly distorted by superstition...
El airoso y delicado arte de la suprema ironía —por contraste con la ironía acerca de los irlandeses— le interesaba y gustaba, como podía interesar y gustar un ballet lleno de gracia, sedosos ademanes, piruetas y un acopio de armonía.
The airy and delicate art of supreme irony-in contrast with the acid irony of the Irish-interested him and pleased him, as one would be interested and pleased by a ballet full of grace, gauzy gestures, pirouettes, and collected harmony.
Una nota final, y es algo que me llama la atención como la suprema ironía de la Expedición a Penobscot: Peleg Wadsworth, que prometió hacer que arrestaran a Paul Revere y a quien sin duda enfurecía el comportamiento de Revere en Majabigwaduce, fue el abuelo materno de Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, el hombre que sin ayuda de nadie hizo famoso a Revere.
A final note, and this strikes me as the supreme irony of the Penobscot Expedition: Peleg Wadsworth, who promised to have Paul Revere arrested and who was undoubtedly angered by Revere’s behavior at Majabigwaduce, was the maternal grandfather of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the man who single-handedly made Revere famous.
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