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Su primer objetivo debía ser zafarse de la persecución.
His first goal must be to throw off pursuit.
—soltó este tras zafarse con violencia de la mano que le atenazaba.
the actor retorted, throwing off the hand gripping his arm.
Laura intentó zafarse de sus dedos, pero la agarraba de manera tan tenaz que tuvo que correr para no quedarse atrás.
She tried to throw off his hand, but his hold was tenacious and she had to run to keep up with him.
Si conseguía zafarse del yugo de los españoles, menos razón tendría para acudir a ellos en un ataque de ira o en un simple ataque de locura.
If he had a reason to throw off the Spaniards' yoke, he would be less likely to go to them in a fit of temper or simply a fit of folly.
Recordó entonces una de las lecciones que el viejo rastreador le había enseñado cuando hablaron sobre distintas maneras de zafarse de los perseguidores: el agua es el mejor disfraz para unas huellas, había dicho el anciano con su peculiar estilo metafórico.
When the raft was finished, he carried it down to the river's edge and suddenly recalled one of the lessons taught to him by the old tracker. They had been talking of ways to throw off a pursuit. Water was the best disguise of one's tracks, the old man had announced in his cryptic way.
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