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Prior carraspeó. —Le he dicho que tosa. —Le metió los dedos—.
Prior cleared his throat. 'I said, cough' The fingers jabbed.
Tosa si lo ha entendido. Nash carraspeó. —Buen chico.
Cough if you understand.” Nash cleared his throat. “Atta boy.”
La próxima vez que tu padre tosa, le vas a rebanar la nariz.
The next time your father coughs, you’re going to cut his nose off.”
Vosotros misericordiosos dioses, dejad que duerma y tosa, y que se vuelva a dormir para no despertar ya jamás.
O you merciful gods, let him sleep and cough and sleep again, never to wake.
—Tosa, por favor —me ordena y escucha con el estetoscopio, deslizando por mi espalda el frío disco de metal.
‘Cough, please,’ he says, and listens with a stethoscope, sliding the cold metal disc up and down my back.
Pronto, pensé, pronto bastará que tosa hacia las viejas con las que me cruce por la calle para hacerles la zancadilla.
Soon, I thought, soon, just by coughing in the direction of their legs, I'd be able to trip up old ladies in the street.
Deben de creer que ya es de noche. Que nadie tosa ni estornude. Nuestra suerte depende de lo que ocurra en las dos horas próximas.
They seem to think its night, and are roosting in a row! Now nobody must sneeze or cough - everything depends on the next hour or two!
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