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apretar
Y cuando la nube se apartaba un momento, apretaba el gatillo. | And when the cloud lifted for a moment... you squeeze the trigger. |
El hambre, con todos sus horrores, apretaba cada vez más. | Famine, with all its horror, comes closer and still closer. |
Su mano libre apretaba, como siempre, su enorme revólver pavonado. | In his free hand he carried, as always, the enormous bluesteel revolver. |
Cada vez que lo pensaba, apretaba el gatillo. | Every time I thought about it, I pulled the trigger. |
El dolor donde la roca le apretaba la espalda. | Pain where the rock cut into his back. |
Jia sintió que una mano de piedra apretaba su corazón. | A stone hand closed over Jia's heart. |
Entonces desperté en la balsa y había gente que me apretaba. | Then I woke up on the raft and people were pushing on me. |
Cuando Jack Delano apretaba el obturador, los puertorriqueños éramos, casi siempre, víctimas pasivas. | When Jack Delano pressed the shutter, Puerto Ricans were, mostly, passive victims. |
Agarraba un rifle, apuntaba a su mujer con él, y apretaba el gatillo. | He picked up a rifle, aimed it at her, and pulled the trigger. |
Un día, cuando el hambre apretaba, me entregó la niña para criarla. | When hunger struck, he asked me to look after the child. |
El sacerdote había colocado una mano en su cabeza y apretaba los dientes con fuerza. | The priest had placed one hand to his head and was baring tightly-clenched teeth. |
Agarraba un rifle, apuntaba a su mujer con él, y apretaba el gatillo. | He picked up a rifle, aimed it at her, and pulled the trigger. |
Y yendo, le apretaba la multitud. | And as he went the crowds thronged him. |
Era el mes de junio/julio, así que algo de calor ya apretaba. | It was during the month of June/July, so it was already hot weather. |
Algunas veces apretaba los párpados como para fijarse mejor o concentrarse. | More than once she squinted her eyes as if to see or concentrate better. |
Sentía que las posibilidades se ampliaban cada vez que apretaba el botón del disparador. | I felt the possibilities expanding every time I pressed the shutter button. |
Los apretaba como lata de sardinas. | I used to pack them in like sardines in a can. |
Pero, ¿apretaba los labios así? | But did he purse his lips at the end and go like that? |
Mientras, el Movistar apretaba los dientes y se colocaba tercero en una remontada remarcable. | Meanwhile Movistar gritted her teeth and moved up into third place in an impressive comeback. |
El dolor constante había cedido y mi abdomen solo dolía si yo me lo apretaba. | The constant pain had subsided and my stomach only hurt when I pressed on it. |
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